Day Topic Activity/Handouts Homework Read 2.1 & Edwards 2.2 and take online Students will up into reading quiz groups, be assigned a 1 Theories of Democratic democratic theory and Watch YouTube 09/09/13 Government create a real life example Video on CS, “People of what the theory on the Street: Purpose “looks like” of Gov’t” Discussion board, is the purpose “What of government?” Historical Context of the Read Edwards Articles of Confederation 2 Constitutional Convention 2.3-2.4 & 2.6 w/ Simplified w/ weaknesses 09/10/13 and the failure of the online quiz discussion Articles of Confederation Read 1.1 Lasser (Federalist #10) Break up class into Identifying groups and have groups Federalists & Underlying Ideological create a venn diagram Antifederalists and Philosophical showing how the framers Ideas 3 Traditions of the U.S dealt with the issues in Read 2.5 Edwards 09/11/13 Constitution and the representative equality Read Lasser Compromises of the and ratification ( Federalist Constitution Anti-Federalists v. 47, 48, 51) Federalists graph Read Lasser Break down the 4 and answer The Constitution Constitution and all of its 09/12/13 online discussion elements post. Read 2.7 Edwards 5 Separation of Powers and Constitutional Power and take online 09/13/13 Checks and Balances Grab quiz (2.5 & 2.7) Read 13.4 Lasser & 13.5 NYT Article: War Powers Resolution Tests “Obama 6 Separation of Powers and Socratic Seminar Limits of Power in 9/16/13 War Making Ability Discussion on and Syrian Conflict” Obama two video clips on the Syrian Crisis and War Powers Resolution
Day Topic Activity/Handouts Homework 1 09/09/13 Theories of Democratic Government Students will up into groups, be assigned a democratic theory and create a real life example of what the theory “looks like” Read Edwards 2.1 & 2.2 and take online reading quiz Watch YouTube Video on CS, “People on the Street: Purpose of Gov’t” Discussion board, “What is the purpose of government?” 2 09/10/13 Historical Context of the Constitutional Convention and the failure of the Articles of Confederation Articles of Confederation Simplified w/ weaknesses discussion Read Edwards 2.3-2.4 & 2.6 w/ online quiz Read Lasser 1.1 (Federalist #10) 3 09/11/13 Underlying Ideological and Philosophical Traditions of the U.S Constitution and the Compromises of the Constitution Break up class into groups and have groups create a venn diagram showing how the framers dealt with the issues in representative equality and ratification Anti-Federalists v. Federalists graph Identifying Federalists & Antifederalists Ideas Read Edwards 2.5 Read Lasser ( Federalist 47, 48, 51) 4 09/12/13 The Constitution Break down the Constitution and all of its elements Read Lasser and answer online discussion post. 5 09/13/13 Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances Constitutional Power Grab Read Edwards 2.7 and take online quiz (2.5 & 2.7) 6 9/16/13 Separation of Powers and War Making Ability War Powers Resolution Socratic Seminar Discussion on and Obama Read Lasser 13.4 & 13.5 NYT Article: “Obama Tests Limits of Power in Syrian Conflict” two video clips on the Syrian Crisis and War Powers Resolution
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