Week 12: Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2k19

#Davis8 -- Constitution Test Details!
Take Home Quiz due Friday, Nov. 1 - Click Here

Constitution Test I -- November 4, 2k19 - ALL Classes! Study guide below...

-Powers of Congress

-Powers denied to Congress

-Powers denied to the States

-Qualifications/Requirements to be in the House of Representatives, Senate, President

-Term lengths for House of Representatives, Senate, President, Supreme Court Justices

-Powers of the president

-Why is the legislative branch the FIRST Article in the Constitution

-How a bill becomes a law

-How many members are in the House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court, Electoral College

-What is the president's cabinet?

-Who votes for the president?

-Why did the Founding Fathers create the Electoral College?

-Who impeaches the president?

Day 1
In Class:  Review Article III if need be....Article IV - Relations Among the States -- The Marijuana debate "How is marijuana federally illegal but the states can manufacture and sell it???" -- Article V - How to pass an amendment

HW:   Take Home Quiz due Friday, Nov 1. -- Click Here for Quiz -- Also, please watch the video podcast below in case you were uncertain of what we discussed today

Day 2
In Class:  Article VI - Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land!  Article VII - Ratification -- Introduce the BILL OF RIGHTS!!!

To Knee or Not to Knee, That is the Question!

Second Amendment:  What it means.

HW: Please answer one of the following Q’s in a minimum one-page typed, 12 font, MLA, one-inch margins, Times New Roman. You may write more and you may write in the first person, however please be sure that you are providing details in your answer. This is due by the next class period.

1. Why do you think the right to own guns so important in America?
2. What changes/modifications would you make to gun-ownership?
3. What kind of America do you think the Founding Fathers imagined when they wrote the Second Amendment? How is the United States different now than it was in 1789, when the Second Amendment was written?
4. Some people, including the president, have called for arming teachers and staff at schools to help prevent school shooting damage. What are your thoughts about this? Should teachers/staff be armed? Why/why not?

Day 3 and 4
In Class:  Finish our discussion about the First and Second Amendments if need be....Continue with the Bill of Rights.
HW:  None!

Bill of Rights: TedED