Day 10

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

Using your provided copy of the US Constitution, Google, and/or the video links below complete the provided Articles and Clauses Organizer provided.  

If you need to you can print an additional copy from here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gZ9WdhvgncrWz2Cyug9SXALoK1MxhbP-5YCRB6Q9jjI/edit?usp=sharing

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.

Close - N-50 - Concurrent Powers 

https://legaldictionary.net/concurrent-powers/

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