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Bell Work 1.30.26

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Madisonian Government Concepts Explained

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Read the passages below and select the correct term from the dropdown menu for each blank.

The American government is governed by the Constitution, a document largely shaped by the intellectual framework of James Madison. His design was rooted in --- Lockean Theory Popular Sovereignty Republicanism Separation of Powers Federalism , which suggests government is a social contract created to protect natural rights, and --- Lockean Theory Popular Sovereignty Republicanism Separation of Powers Federalism , the idea that ultimate power resides with the people. To make this functional, Madison utilized --- Lockean Theory Popular Sovereignty Republicanism Separation of Powers Federalism , where citizens elect representatives to make decisions, rather than voting directly on every issue. He further protected the nation from tyranny through the --- Lockean Theory Popular Sovereignty Republicanism Separation of Powers Federalism , which split the federal government into three branches, and --- Lockean Theory Popular Sovereignty Republicanism Separation of Powers Federalism , which divides authority between the national government and the individual states.

The Madisonian model of government operates exactly like a professional restaurant turnaround, where stability is built on clear structural divisions. The foundation is the Social Contract (" --- Lockean Theory Popular Sovereignty Republicanism Separation of Powers Federalism "), which functions as a standard employment agreement: the staff agrees to follow the rules and provide labor in exchange for the owner's guarantee of fair pay and protection. To prevent a "kitchen nightmare" where one person has too much control, --- Lockean Theory Popular Sovereignty Republicanism Separation of Powers Federalism partitions the workplace into distinct zones—the cooks ( --- Legislative Executive Judicial ) who prep the menu, the servers ( --- Legislative Executive Judicial ) who carry out the orders, and the floor managers ( --- Legislative Executive Judicial ). --- Lockean Theory Popular Sovereignty Republicanism Separation of Powers Federalism streamlines communication by having employees elect a team lead to represent their interests to management, rather than having every staff member argue at once. Finally, --- Lockean Theory Popular Sovereignty Republicanism Separation of Powers Federalism acts as a franchise model. "Corporate" sets the essential safety and branding standards for everyone, individual locations retain the flexibility to adjust their local decor and daily specials to suit their specific neighborhood.

Bell Work 1.20.26 - Fill-in Blank - Articles of Confederation and Kitchen Nightmares

The Failing Pizza Shop: Articles of Confederation Allegory

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The Failing Pizza Shop

Imagine a pizza shop owner who runs his business like America operated under the --- Constitution Articles of Confederation Declaration of Independence . This owner has --- complete zero unlimited authority over his employees—the cooks show up whenever they feel like it, the delivery drivers refuse to follow routes, and nobody agrees on how much to charge for pizzas. The employees don't listen to him because they --- support disagree with admire his leadership and don't feel any --- competition unity conflict with him or each other. They're all just doing their own thing, trying to make money for themselves even though they can see the business isn't working. Each employee basically does whatever they want, and the owner can't --- force allow encourage anyone to do anything because he gave up all his --- money power employees when he opened the shop. He can't even collect enough money from his employees to pay the --- employees rent taxes because they all ignore his requests for contributions. Just like the --- fifty thirteen seven states under the Articles, every employee in this pizza shop has complete --- control independence discipline , which sounds great until you realize nothing gets done and the whole business is --- thriving collapsing expanding .

Gordon Ramsay to the Rescue

The pizza shop is days away from shutting down—customers are furious, employees are fighting, and there's no money left—just like America in --- 1776 1787 1791 was broke, chaotic, and falling apart. Then --- Thomas Jefferson Gordon Ramsay George Washington walks through the door. He doesn't just give advice; he creates an entirely new --- menu system recipe with clear rules, defined roles, and actual authority for the owner to manage his business. Ramsay's new plan gives the owner the power to hire and fire, set prices, create standards, and make everyone work together as one --- state team company instead of thirteen separate operations. This is exactly what --- Benjamin Franklin James Madison Alexander Hamilton and the Framers did at the --- Continental Congress Constitutional Convention Federal Convention —they scrapped the weak Articles of Confederation and created the --- Bill of Rights Constitution Federalist Papers , a completely new plan that gave the --- state federal local government real power to collect --- votes taxes delegates , regulate --- states commerce militias , and actually govern the nation before it collapsed completely.

The Principal-Less School Experiment

⚖️ The Principal-Less School ⚖️

An Articles of Confederation Simulation

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Freedom

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Stability

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Welcome to Oak Valley High School

The Situation: The principal has left, and no replacement has been hired. The school board decided to try an "experiment in educational freedom" - letting individual teachers and departments govern themselves.

Your Role: You're on the teacher council trying to keep the school running. Each decision you make affects two crucial factors:

• FREEDOM: Teacher autonomy and independence
• STABILITY: School-wide order and coordination

The Challenge: Just like the Articles of Confederation, a system with no central authority struggles to survive. Too much freedom leads to chaos. But imposing order reduces the freedom that defines the system.

Game Rules:

• Start with 10 Freedom and 10 Stability
• Each decision affects these values
• If either drops below 5, the experiment fails
• Your score = Rounds survived + Final Freedom + Final Stability

Can you survive longer than the Articles of Confederation?

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