Social+Studies+CBA

=__[|Whose Rules?]__= A responsible citizen understands existing laws. You will examine a law or rule to determine why laws exist.

1) identify a problem and a rule/law that attempts to solve it, (Cost of French & Indian War/Stamp Act) 2) explain specific ways the rule/law attempts to solve the problem (Tax the colonists) 3) identify and explain how at least two individuals and/or groups* participated in the rule/law-making process, and 4) evaluate the rule/law's effectiveness by explaining how the rule/law promotes democratic ideals. * Groups should be governing or rule-making bodies.