Friday, September 6, 2019

Day 10



Learning Targets: Students will be able to...
  • Explain how societal needs affect the constitutional allocation of power between the national and state governments.
  • Articulate a defensible claim/thesis. 
  • Explain how the appropriate balance of power between national and state governments has been interpreted differently over time.
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Opener: Enumerated (numbered) powers are listed in the US Constitution, while others are "implied" (Elastic Clause), but some are "Denied".

What powers should the US Government never be given? Is there any part of your life that they can't regulate?

Activity #1 Articles and Clauses Organizer

While each group takes 2 minutes to present their assigned clause to the class, each student should record each of the following components in your notebook:
  1. Name of Article or Clause
  2. Summary of Article or Clause (what does it do?):
  3. How does this clause strengthen the national government and bind our nation (why is it so important)?  Provide examples.
For further information, use your provided copy of the US Constitution, Google, and/or the video links below to complete your analysis of the Articles and Clauses 

Supremacy Clause
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN44uDqMzuI

Necessary and Proper Clause
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsudHmV-B_Y

Commerce Clause
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPGiE1ptAXo

Full Faith and Credit
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-foundations/us-gov-relationship-between-the-states-and-the-federal-government/v/article-iv-of-the-constitution

Amendment Process
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-foundations/us-gov-ratification-of-the-us-constitution/v/article-v-of-the-constitution

Entire US Constitution
https://constitutionus.com/

Activity #2 - Present your case for your clause/amendment.  
Choose 1 of the articles or clauses assigned above, and quickly write a 2-3 sentence explanation of why you believe that that part of the US Constitution is the most important or critical.  BE SURE TO MAKE A SPECIFIC CLAIM AND PROVIDE A LINE OF REASONING THAT EXPLAINS "WHY" YOU MADE THAT CLAIM.

Close - N-50 - Concurrent Powers 

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