Day 8
Learning Target:
Students will be able to ...
- Explain the constitutional principles of separation of powers and “checks and balances.”
- Explain the implications of separation of powers and “checks and balances” for the U.S. political system.
- Explain how the author’s argument or perspective relates to political principles, institutions, processes, policies, and behaviors.
Opener: Brutus No. 1 ~ ASAP
Judge Robert Yates, a former delegate at the Constitutional Convention from New York, provides an Anti-Federalist argument against the ratification of the new Constitution. Using the pen name “Brutus,” Yates publishes his papers in direct opposition to the Federalist Papers, written under the pen name “Publius” which were also published in New York City defending the Constitution. He introduced his own first essay with the observation that “the most important question that was ever proposed to your decision, or to the decision of any people under heaven, is before you.”
Judge Robert Yates, a former delegate at the Constitutional Convention from New York, provides an Anti-Federalist argument against the ratification of the new Constitution. Using the pen name “Brutus,” Yates publishes his papers in direct opposition to the Federalist Papers, written under the pen name “Publius” which were also published in New York City defending the Constitution. He introduced his own first essay with the observation that “the most important question that was ever proposed to your decision, or to the decision of any people under heaven, is before you.”
Activity #1: Brutus #1 - Follow-On Questions
Go to: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/brutus-i/
After you have completed your ASAP analysis of Brutus No. 1, answer the questions below in your notebook.
1. Why does the last paragraph of Article 1, Section 8, and Article 6 of the Constitution scare Yates so much? Explain your answer.
2. What does Yates say about Congress's power to tax?
3. Why do you think having a standing army scared Yates and other Anti-Federalists so much?
4. What does Yates fear will happen to the role of state governments? Give examples from the reading that support your answer.
5. Does Yates believe that a free, democratic government can work with such a large country? What historic examples does he use when explaining his answer?
Go to: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/brutus-i/
After you have completed your ASAP analysis of Brutus No. 1, answer the questions below in your notebook.
1. Why does the last paragraph of Article 1, Section 8, and Article 6 of the Constitution scare Yates so much? Explain your answer.
2. What does Yates say about Congress's power to tax?
3. Why do you think having a standing army scared Yates and other Anti-Federalists so much?
4. What does Yates fear will happen to the role of state governments? Give examples from the reading that support your answer.
5. Does Yates believe that a free, democratic government can work with such a large country? What historic examples does he use when explaining his answer?
Activity #2: Nifty Fifty - Anti-Federalist
LD: Those who opposed the US Constitution and the idea of a strong national government, and instead favored state and local government authority
SD:
Examples:
Related Terms:
Non-Examples:
Close: Turn in your notebooks!
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