GOVERNMENT WEEK 7
2/11/08-2/15/08

CLASS

Monday 2/11
Schedule
Tuesday 2/12
Schedule
Wednesday 2/13
Schedule
Thursday 2/14
Schedule
Friday 2/15
Schedule
E X Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 X
CHAPTER 3
CONCEPTS AND VOCABULARY

article
jurisdiction
supremacy clause
amendment
popular sovereignty
federalism
separation of powers
checks and balances
veto
judicial review

expressed powers
enumerated powers
elastic clause
federal bureaucracy
ratify
petition
balanced budget
impeach
treaty
executive agreement
judicial restraint
judicial activism
prior restraint
probably cause
search warrant
arrest warrant
due process
eminent domain
lame duck
poll tax
LESSON IN CLASS HOMEWORK
Lesson 1
  • Three Branches of Government

Bring:  Laptop or textbook for Constitutional Worksheet Part II

Research: use ConSource Constutional Research site to complete the assignment.

All answers must be IYOW.

This assignment is to be completed, printed out, and handed in at the END of class.

Read: Chapter 3, Section 3, pp. 76-81. 

Answer: Assessment Questions 1-5
from Chapter 3, Section 3, page 81.

Answers must be in complete sentences and IYOW.

This assignment is to be posted on the Blackboard Discussion Board  by midnight Sunday, February 17.

Lesson 2
  • Amending the Constitution

Bring:  Laptop or textbook for Constitutional Worksheet Part III

Research: use ConSource Constutional Research site to complete the assignment.

All answers must be IYOW.

This assignment is to be completed, printed out, and handed in at the BEGINNING of class.

Read: Chapter 3, Section 4, pp. 84-90. 

Answer: Assessment Questions 1-5
from Chapter 3, Section 4, page 90.

Answers must be in complete sentences and IYOW.

This assignment is to be posted on the Blackboard Discussion Board  by midnight Sunday, February 17.

Lesson 3 Bring:  Material for in-class presentation of LOST exercise.

Research Paper:  Outline with revised Thesis and Bibliography due in class TODAY.

Revised Thesis, Introduction, and Bibliography due in class on Thursday, February 28.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FORMAT FOR YOUR INTRODUCTION.