Instructor's Notes-Ch. 1 and 2

by Dr. Ramona Becker

Instructor Notes for Part One - PartOne in the textbook (Chapter 1 - Freedom, Order, or Equality &Chapter 2 Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy) Two themes underlie The Challege of Democracy. The first is that contemporary government involves tradeoffs between three important political values--freedom, order, andequality. Keep these political values in mind as we study and discuss issues this semester.In the Overview each week, you will find a brief synopsis of the chapter(s) that should be quite helpful to you. When appropriate videos are available online, the links will be provided to you in this area. Each week's assignments will have the same basic format. Each lesson will have a Discussion Forum that is a critical part of the class. You may select the discussion question(s) that interest you the most. You will have a self-test that you may take as many times as you like until you achieve the grade you desire. It will be graded and should be an easy A most of the time. You will also have a Web Critique to do each week. You may select which website you want to critique from the choices provided. My students in past classes have truly enjoyed and appreciated these great links.