The Constitution

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Date	Topic	Assignment Due
Day 1	Introductions (one of my students actually made this. What do you think it means?) Don't forget your daily Class Starter	Wear clothes to class
Day 2	Political Definitions Bad Translations - share your favorite with class Success Compelling Question *Why do we even have governments and what would life be like without them????*	Political Definitions
Day 3	Social Contract - Second Treatise, Of Civil Government Watch your language - share your favorite with class Different Forms of Government Cows and Forms of Government	Social Contract Reading
Day 4	Democracy Real Newspaper Headlines Preconditions of Democracy - You will be assigned a section of this assignment that you will complete for homework.	Democracy Go to the Google Books version of Democracy's Good Name and read only the introduction. Use the reading to fill in the Democracy handout and be prepared to discuss what you've read in class.
Day 5	Journal Review - Round Robin Democratization Freedom in The World 2012 Freedom House Report	Journal Review on democracy due Here are a couple of examples of articles on Democracy: US money for Russian Democracy US Aid for Egyptian Democracy Under Attack US Concerned about Romanian Democracy
Day 6	Making the Constitution Here's an interactive Constitution. Know the major powers of each of the branches of government. James Madison Raps	Making the Constitution
Day 7	Checking and Balancing with James Madison Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances Amending the Constitution	Court Case Rubric: Landmark Supreme Court Case: Marbury v Madison
Day 8	Federalism Federalism Raps	Federalism Terms
Day 9	Federalism Journal Review & Case Study Here's what federalism looks like in the Dallas Ebola case A helpful guide to extradition	Federalism Journal Review Having trouble finding and article for your journal review? Here is an article you could read for our federalism journal review Court Upholds Oregon Suicide Law Or you could read this one: Supreme Court Set to Rule on Medicinal Marijuana And here's some bonus readings: The Framers Versus The Tea Party and The Case Of The Poisoned Paramour
Day 10	Geography of Federalism Landmark Supreme Court Case Rubric for McCullouch v Maryland Federalism Quizm Gonzales v Raich Short Documentary on Medical Marijuana	Geography of Federalism
Day 11	Democracy Rocks Project	Democracy Rocks Project
Day 12	Unit I Test Review & Free Response Writing Workshop Free Response Question 4 From 2007 exam 2007 Question 4 Rubric Here is a test review sheet for the test Here is a mini practice test for chapters 3, 2, & 1 Here's the information you'll need to know about Gibbons v Ogden	Test Review Sheet
Day 13	Unit I Test All GoPo tests and reviews available at this link.	TEST!
Day 14	Fishbowl: Legalization of Drugs Compelling Question *Why do we even have governments and what would life be like without them????* Action Extension Contact your government – it could be a mayor, governor, president, senator, city council member, you name it. Tell them three things you like that the government loves and then thank them for serving in the government and keeping us out of the state of nature.	Make a post about the fishbowl topic

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Unit 1 - The Constitution
Unit 2 - Political Culture
Unit 3 - Political Process
Unit 4 - Part 1 - Congress
Unit 4 - Part 2 - Presidency
Unit 4 - Part 3 - Judiciary
Unit 4 - Part 4 - Bureaucracy
Unit 5 - Public Policy
Unit 6 - Civil Rights & Liberties
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Unit 3 - Political Process
Unit 4 - Part 1 - Congress
Unit 4 - Part 2 - Presidency
Unit 4 - Part 3 - Judiciary
Unit 4 - Part 4 - Bureaucracy
Unit 5 - Public Policy
Unit 6 - Civil Rights and Liberties

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