Assignments

Assignments Project Citizen pages 1-18 4/8 Each One, Teach One class activity & online quiz 4/9 Alex Lin Q/A & takepart.com analysis WTP/ Lesson 26 Federalism, pages 183-190 Project Citizen Section II Introduction to Public Policy- pages 11-21 Read and complete all exercises in the text. What are the Private Sphere, Civil Society, and Government? What is Public Policy? Taking a Position (On-line Survey) Current Events-Tax Day, John Paul Stevens The Importance of Civic Participation Module
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WTP/Lesson 26, Pages 183-190 (Due Monday 4/19) 1. The Constitution created a national government, but it left or //_// many powers to the. 2. What was the extent of state powers according to James Madison in federalist 45? 3. What role do states play in the operation of the national government? 4. List four powers that the states do not have according to Article I, Section 9? 5. What are reserved (Police) powers? 6. What document is the “Supreme law of the Land”? 7. How would you explain American federalism to someone who did not know much about our government? 8. What are the main components of State governments? 9. Describe two issues that are common in America’s shared governmental authority? 10. What did Supreme court Justice Louis D. Brandeis say about the States? 11. Has Pennsylvania served as a “laboratory of Democracy? If so, how? Is Pennsylvania considering innovations that might serve as models for other states or the national government? 12.Terms to define: initiative, recall, referendum

Project Citizen, pages 1-9 (Due Thursday 4/8) 1. Define the following concepts: liberalism, constitutionalism, democracy, republic, federalism2. Answer the questions on page five (Demonstrating Understanding of Basic Concepts and Their Implications).3. What are the three tasks that citizens are expected to demonstrate in order to play an active role in our democracy?4. What is the principle purpose of Project Citizen?5. What are the four tasks that you will complete after selecting a problem for your Project Citizen group project? 6. Complete the on line Participation in Democracy survey on the Project Citizen page.

Gregory Johnson Video • 1.Who was Gregory Johnson? 2. Describe his personal background and motives for burning the American flag. • 3.Describe the (flag burning) event itself. •3.What is symbolic expression? Describe and list two examples of symbolic expression

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By Monday February 2nd Create a Gmail account according to the directions on the front page. Create a Twitter account

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Wednesday 1/28 //**Assignment: Watch President Obama's State of the Union speech and identify three main points that he makes during the speech. Compose one question that you would pose to the President on Youtube.**//

Friday 1/20 Due: Tuesday 2/2
Review the vocabulary terms on the WTP companion website WTP Chapter 1 section1 pages 2-9

1.The founders learned about government from.... 2. List the sources and theories about government. Creat a chart with the info. 3. Create a chart that illustrates Aristotle's idea of three forms of government based on the number of people exercising power. 4. How did Aristotle define // democracy // ? 5. According to the Greek Historian Polybius, what is a mixed constitution? 6. The eighteenth-century French political thinker Montesquieu, cited England as a mixed constitution. Why? 5. Define the following terms: ** republic, Parliament ** 6. What did the founders think about // direct democracy // ? 7. What is a constitution? 8. what are the two types of constitutions described in the reading assignment? 9. According to the founding fathers a constitution should function as a type of higher law. How does a higher law differ from a statute (a law made by the legislature)? 10. Read the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Identify the six fundamental purposes and guiding principles that the Constitution is meant to serve. Create and print a wordle

You will: be working with a partner or in a triad. Construct **//seven//** questions using the **//seven//** themes/topics outlined in the SOTU speech. Conduct a survey and tabulate the results. C- Three people interviewed B- 7 interviews A- 10 interviews C- Five people interviewed B- 9 interviews A- 15 interviews
 * SOTU Project Due: Tuesday 2/9**
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**Due: Monday 2/8**
1. Create a Venn diagram and compare/contrast Classical Republicanism and the Natural Rights philosophy. 2. Define the terms on page eleven in complete sentences. 3. On a separate sheet of paper: Nominate someone you know who you believe shows //civic virtue//. Explain the actions the person takes and explain their relationship to the concept of //civic virtue. 4.// Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence on page fifteen. What theory of government is set forth in this excerpt? Why? 5. Create a Venn diagram and compare/contrast the English Philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. 6. If you were creating a government that reflects the principles of both classical republicanism and natural rights philosophy, which elements of each would you use? Why? 7. Examine the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. What influences, if any, of classical republicanism and natural rights philosophies do you find?

Due Friday 2/4 @ the end of the period • Research/submit: – Who is Scott Brown? – What is a filibuster? What is cloture? – What is the relationship of all three terms? – What are the political ramifications of these terms and Scott Brown?

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Lesson 3 Questions due Tuesday 2/16
1. How did Judeo-Christian morality (//private morality//) differ from Greek and Roman ideas of civic virtue (//public morality//)? 2. How did the Judeo-Christian heritage contribute to the Founders' understanding of human rights? 3. What features of society in the Middle Ages contributed to the view that rights belonged to groups rather than individuals? 4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of viewing rights and responsibilities as being possessed by individuals rather than groups? 5. If ideas about rights that prevailed during the Middle Ages were dominant today, how would they affect your life? 6. How did the Reformation contribute to the development of modern individualism? 7. How did the Nation-State arise? 8. How did the rise of the Nation-State contribute to the development of modern ideas about government and rights? 9. What is Capitalism? 10. How did the natural Rights philosophy and protestant religion contribute to the rise of capitalism? 11. Why was the printing press important in promoting the spirit of individualism? 12. How did the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment influence the Founders?

1. Create a chart that illustrates the development of English Parliamentary Government. 2. How did Common Law develop? Create a chart and define the important terms (//stare decisis, precedent//s) in the description. 3. Yes, another chart. How did the "Rights of Englishmen" develop? Include the following terms in the description: rights of englishmen, Magna Carta, rule of law, redress of grievances, government by agreement or contract. 4. The Magna Carta provided the "seeds" of several constitutional principles for American colonists. Identify them. 5. What is the British Constitution? 6. Three historical documents are important in the development of the British constitution. List the three documents. 7. What is a //writ of habeas corpus//? 8. The English Bill of Rights contributed to our Bill of Rights. How? Explain.
 * WTP lesson Four Questions Due Wednesday 2/17**

Bonus Points Options: - Answer the questions in google docs. - Create a Glog. I will send the information at your request, to create an account at edu.glogster. Send me an email if you are interested in the project.


 * Lesson Five Questions (due Tuesday 2/25) **
 * 1) What was the Mayflower Compact? Why was it drafted?
 * 2) What political philosophy did the Mayflower Compact reflect? Why?
 * 3) What is a **charter**?
 * 4) _ was America’s first //bill of rights//.
 * 5) Who did not benefit from the rights expressed in colonial documents?
 * 6) This colonial constitution helped to establish American preference for written constitutions.
 * 7) What basic features of English constitutionalism were found in the governments of the colonies?
 * 8) Why were written guarantees of rights in colonial documents important to the development of Americans’ ideas about government?
 * 9) ** Bonus:Are written guarantees of rights as important today as they were in colonial times? You may do a glog,podcast or essay on the bonus question. **


 * WTP Lesson Six Q (DueWednesday)**
 * 1) The colonists resisted British control. Many controls were placed upon the colonists including trade restrictions and taxes.
 * 2) These controls and regulations challenged the colonists understanding of.
 * 3) What political philosopher did the colonists use to support their resistance to British control?
 * 4) How did the colonists resist British control? Use the following terms in your answer to the question:Sons of Liberty, Stamp Act Congress, Daughters of Liberty, Writs of Assistance, Boston Tea Party
 * 5) How did the colonists organize to resist British control?
 * 6) The battles of and _ began the war between America and Britain.
 * 7) wrote a pamphlet called _ that turned colonial opinion toward the idea of independence.
 * 8) _ wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
 * 9) Take your pocket Constitution and locate the Declaration Of Independence. **Read** the Declaration of Independence.
 * 10) In what ways does the Declaration of Independence reflect John Locke's social contract theory?
 * 11) In what ways does the Declaration of Independence reflect classical republicanism?


 * 1) **Bonus Q-The Declaration of Independence states that people have a right to abolish their government. When is revolution necessary? Are a "//long train of abuses and usurpations"// required for revolution to be legitimate? Why or why not?**
 * 2) Bonus Points Options: - Answer the questions in google docs. - Create a Glog. I will send the information at your request, to create an account at edu.glogster. Send me an email if you are interested in the project.

=**Unit 4**= Unit 4 L21 pages 143-147 (Due Wednesday)
 * Including your pocket Constitution**


 * 1) Create a chart that illustrates the differences between Congress and the British Parliament. (pages 144,145)
 * 2) John Locke believed that _ is the most powerful branch of government because it makes laws.
 * 3) List three ways that the Framers carefully limited Congress's powers. Locate and mark the Locations in the Constitution. (p146)
 * 4) The powers of Congress can be clustered into four areas. They are: (p146)
 * 5) Define each of the four powers.
 * 6) Locate these four powers in the Constitution and mark their locations.
 * 7) //McCulloch V Maryland (1819)-//
 * 8) //Heart of Atlanta V United States (1964)-//


 * 1) **Bonus: Critical Thinking Exercise (p147)**