Political Science Journal 1

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Political Science Journal 1

• What is government?
• What should government be?
• What is the ideal state?

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Values

• Who has a better foreign policy, Liberals, NDP or
  Progressive Conservatives?
• Should we have a moment of prayer each morning in
  our schools?
• Is it appropriate to shop on Sundays?
• A value is
• a deeply held belief
• subjective
• something that varies from person to person, and
  even situation to situation

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Facts

• What is the average flow rate of the Gaspereau
  River?
• When taken into custody, what was the suspect's
  blood-alcohol level?
• Is global warming natural or the result of
  pollution?
• A fact is
• what is
• an actual occurrence
• a truth about the world
• a statement about some aspect of objective reality

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How Open-Minded Are YOU?!

• Number 1 20 on your page.
• Scoring Your Answers
• 1 point for each agree on an even number (2, 4,
  6, etc.)
• The lower your score, the more open-minded you
  are!

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QUESTION what you see

• Propaganda
• manipulation of ideas, images, and symbols to
  persuade a large group of people to think a
  certain way.

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QUESTION what you see

• Class shared economic, political, or cultural
  characteristics
• How we see things depends on our class
• How things are portrayed depends on the source
• Ethnocentrism belief that one's own ethnic
  group or culture is superior
• How we see things depends on our cultural beliefs
• How things are portrayed depends on the source
• Ignorance lack of background knowledge,
  training, expertise and judgment
• How we see things depends on our experiences
• How things are portrayed depends on the source

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