Making decisions -- What's the law? -- Learning important laws -- Group members -- Why other opinions matter -- The importance of consensus -- Using consensus in problem solving -- Juries and consensus -- When consensus isn't possible -- Building consensus successfully -- The process -- Consensus in practice -- Small-scale consensus -- Consensus in your community.
Summary:
It can be difficult to take each person's ideas into consideration when trying to make a decision. However, respecting different points of view is essential to coming to a consensus. The U.S. government governs by consensus, meaning that it takes into consideration all the relationships between each branch of the federal government as well as the federal government's relationship to each state government. On a smaller scale, students will understand how reaching a consensus can help reach a decision by making each person involved in a decision feel as though their point of view has value.
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