Using the five reasons we make laws, give an example from each reason from different areas of your life (examples: in school, at home, at work, in society). I have given you an example in the comments area.
The five reasons:
Keep Order
Ensure Safety
Protect Property
Protect Your Constitutional Rights
Promote the Common Good
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Keep Order: Keep students in classroom until time to go to next class.
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety: Practice fire drills.
Protect Property: Keep records regarding book inventories and student sign outs.
Protect Constitutional Rights: Refrain from drug testing in classroom.
Promote Common Good: Provide use of textbooks for free to all students.
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ReplyDeleteKeep Order: Students raising their hands in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety: Set evacuation plans in case of a fire drill or secure classroom drill.
Protect Property: Students are given lockers that lock to keep their things in.
Protect Constitutional Rights: Teachers or administrators are not allowed to search students lockers or bags without having a reasonable reason to do so.
Promote Common Good: The school provides water fountains to keep the students hydrated during the day.
Keep order-at school you are not allowed to have your cell phone.
ReplyDeleteEnsure safety- you are not allowed to hit people at school.
Protecting property-you are not allowed to take someone else's information on a report without citing it, and giving that person credit.
Protecting Freedom- you have the freedom of speech, but be careful what you say bacause you still can get in trouble.
Promoting the Common Good- Free computers that students are allowed to use.
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August 31, 2009 9:13 AM
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August 31, 2009 9:18 AM
Cecilia said...
Keep Order: Students raising their hands in the classroom.
Ensure Safety: Set evacuation plans in case of a fire drill or secure classroom drill.
Protect Property: Students are given lockers that lock to keep their things in.
Protect Constitutional Rights: Teachers or administrators are not allowed to search students lockers or bags without having a reasonable reason to do so.
Promote Common Good: The school provides water fountains to keep the students hydrated during the day.
August 31, 2009 9:26 AM
jedwards said...
Keep order-at school you are not allowed to have your cell phone.
Ensure safety- you are not allowed to hit people at school.
Protecting property-you are not allowed to take someone else's information on a report without citing it, and giving that person credit.
Protecting Freedom- you have the freedom of speech, but be careful what you say bacause you still can get in trouble.
Promoting the Common Good- Free computers that students are allowed to use.
August 31, 2009 9:26 AM
Keeping Order
ReplyDelete- Speed limit
- Parking
Ensuring Safety
- No drinking & driving
Protecting Property
- Teachers going through your cell phone when confiscated
Protecting freedoms
- Opinions
- Computer use
Promoting the common good
- use of facebook in school
Keep Order: no drugs in rooms
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety: practice lockdown
Protect Property: use book covers
Protect Constitutional Rights: Refrain from drug testing in classroom.
Promote Common Good: Provide use of textbooks for free to all students.
An example of keeping order is having traffic lights to make it so one lane goes at time.
ReplyDeleteAn example of ensuring safety is having seatbelt laws to protect you from crashes.
An example of protecting property is people not being able to steal ur money from your backpack while you are at lunch.
An example of Constitutional Rights is pledgerism.
An example of Commone Good is doing something good for the people.
Keep order: Coming to class on time
ReplyDeleteEnsure safety: first aid kits
Protect property: No stealing
Protect Constitutonal rights:no religion in school
Promote common good: Cleaning up after yourself
Keep Order: Keep room picked up
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety: Watch out for younger kids at church
Protect Property: Do not give out passwords or locker combinations
Protect Constitutional Rights: Refrain from using hate speech anywhere
Promote Common Good: Do not sell anything that someone else may need if they do not have the money to pay for it.
keep order: no cell phones at work
ReplyDeleteensure safety: wear eye protection when operating machinery
protecting property: put your valuables in your locker and lock it
protecting freedom: owning Brink's Home Security system
Promoting common good: doing community service
Keep order- people drive on the correct side of the road
ReplyDeleteEnsure saftey- all airplanes have emergency evacuation plans
Protecting property- you're not allowed to pirate music, or movies
Protecting freedom- teachers aren't allowed to take your bag and search it for no reason
Promoting the common good- students have to attend school untill they're 18
Keep Order: Disturbing the peace, loud parties and most states have limits on how loud motorcycles can be.
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety: All public buildings have to be inspected so they're safe.
Protect Property: just try to walk into someone's house and nonchalantly walk to your car with their TV in hand.
Protect Your Constitutional Rights: Separation of church and state keeps religion out of school.
Promote the Common Good: New environmental laws.
Keep Order- Specific functions of kitchen work for chefs
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety- Safety regulation laws/Food prep, etc.
Protect Property- recipes are the property of the recipe's author.
Protect Your Constitutional Rights- The right to speak my mind, "I hate Ashley Reed". I'm able to say that without getting in trouble :)
Promote the Common Good- Going to highschool for free
Keep order- traffic laws
ReplyDeleteEnsure safety- Laws against murder
Protecting property- Laws against stealing
Protecting freedom- Freedom of speech
Promoting Common Good- free access to the library at school
At work: Dunkin Donuts :P
ReplyDeleteKeep Order: Make sure everyone is at their station and not just standing out back talking while customers wait.
Ensure Safety: Make sure no knives are exposed and employees have slip free shoes in case of spills.
Protect Property: Customers cannot go behind the counter or near the dumpster area.
Protect Your Constitutional Rights: If an employee has a problem with serving a certain customer for any reason, they have the right not to serve them. (of course someone else will)
Promote The Common Good: Provide customers with what they want in a decent amount of time.
Keep Order-<-<--@ Keeping my room organized..
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety-<-<--@ I wear my seatbelt in the car =]
Protecting Property-<-<--@ I lock up my special belongings in my room..
Protecting Constitutional Rights-<-<--@ Right to say what i want =]
Promote Common Goods-<-<--@ Providing cutstomers with what they want
The five reasons:
ReplyDeleteKeep Order- traffic laws
Ensure Safety- Food laws so I don't get poisined
Protect Property- provide art supplies for students with our tax payers money
Protect Your Constitutional Rights- freedom of speach
Promote the Common Good - Right of way to the beach.
Keep order: at school students are not allowed to come and go whenever you want.
ReplyDeleteEnsure safety: keep students safe from fires and intruders in the school.
Protecting Property: keep people from stealing stuff.
Protecting Freedom: People are allowed to say how they feel on subjects.
Promoting the common good: Giving student information to help them in the world.
Keep Order - raising hands, not speaking at the same time as someone else
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety - no guns in school
Protect Property - have security systems
Protect Your Constitutional Rights - no religeon in school
Promote the Common Good - providing goods to people who aren't as fortunate as others.
Keep Order: You have to wait in line to buy things.
ReplyDeleteEnsuring Safety: Restraunt empoylees have to go to meeting about safe serving.
Protect Property: Students have lockers to store their belongings.
Protect Constitutional Rights: Refuse to let a cop search your car.
Promote the Common Good: Students all have access to school computers with Word and the internet.
Keep Order:
ReplyDelete-Hand raising in the classroom
Ensure Safety:
-Polocies on closed toed shoes within the work place.
Protect Property:
-Given the opportunity to have lockable storage at school
Protect Constitutional Rights:
-Refraining from slander or libel
Promote the Common Good:
-Student Discounts
Keep Order: Walking in a line from class to class in elementary school.
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety: Students are not allowed to carry weapons in school.
Protect Property: Students are not allowed to steal from other students lockers or bags.
Protect Your Constitutional Rights: Students have the right to practice/believe religion of choice as long as they do not push it on others.
Promote the Common Good: Students with special needs are provided with teachers to help address those needs.
Keep Order: students are required to raise their hands to get called on if they have a question or comment.
ReplyDeleteEnsure Safety: the FDA makes foods meet high standards that guarantee they are safe for the public to eat.
Protect Property: students have locks on their lockers, and their codes are confidential.
Protect Your Constitutional Rights: households/individuals have the right to posess guns.
Promote the Common Good: Everyone has the right to attend free public schools.