American
Government
Roots of the American
Experiment
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Welcome to Street Law and Economics Class!
Assign Seats
Meeting with Mrs. Yocum
Introductions
Review Syllabus and Project/Setup of Room
Survey Handout/Handout Books
Why study Street Law and Economics?
Video on Democracy
Documents of our Past Activity
Review
Homework: -Finish Chart Handout-Good Answers for
credit
-Signed Syllabus
Agenda
What
did you
learn today?
American
Government
Roots of the American
Experiment
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Agenda
Collect Syllabus/Check Hwk
Review Questions and Chart
3 Branches of Government-(See Flip Chart)
Political Cartoon
If Time: What is Law?
Review
Objective: To describe the history
of our government.
Hwk: Checks and Balances Review Handout/Current
Event on Am. Gov and ½ page summary.
Questions to think about. . .
 How
did the Mayflower Compact influence
our government?
 What did the Declaration say about rights of
Americans?
 Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
 What were the compromises made during
the Constitutional Convention?
Mayflower Compact
 Advocated
Religious
Freedom
 “just and equal
laws”
Formed
by
the
community
Declaration of Independence
 Unalienable
Rights
 Life,
Liberty, and the
Pursuit of
Happiness
 Government
is
established to
protect the people
 If
it breaks this
promise it can be
State’s Bill of Rights
 State
life, liberty,
and property rights
that the government
can’t take away
 Written Constitution
compared to British
Constitution
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Articles of
Confederation
Written Constitution of
1st
the U.S.
Only lasted 1781-89
Limited Central Power
No taxing
 No Executive
 No Judicial Branch
 Shay’s Rebellion
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Proved the need for a
strong Central Government
Constitution
Constitutional Convention, 1787
 Delegates
 Intelligent
 George Washington
 James Madison
 Balanced Government
 Executive, Judicial, Legislative
 Bicameralism
 Connecticut Plan or Great Compromise
 3/5th Compromise
 Federalists/Antifederalists
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3 Branches of Government
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See Flipchart. . .
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Create a Political Cartoon that
shows how one branch might
check another branch from the
the U.S. Constitution.
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Create the Cartoon Online by using this
website
Political Cartoon
http://www.fuzzwich.com/minivids?_fz_rid
=goog6)
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Ex.
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Everything must be appropriate/and
keep on your computer/do not
shutdown/keep in standby
http://www.fuzzwich.com/minivids/theatre/
_fz_aid/1001790/
(15 pts-5
creativity, 5 it shows an
accurate check and
balance, 5 it is a
minimum of 30 sec.)
It will be worth
Checks and Balances
 Override
-Congress
Presidential Veto
 2/3
vote propose
Constitutional
Amendment
 Impeach President
 Senate approves
appointments,
treaties, and tries
impeachments
President
 Proposed
Laws
 Veto Laws
 Pardons
 Nominates judges
and cabinet
Supreme Court
Interprets
the
Constitution
Life Term
Judicial Review
Declares
Laws
Unconstitutional
Constitution, pg. 43
Review
What
is Judicial Review?
How does the Congress check
the President?
How is the President checked
by Congress?
American
Government
Roots of the American
Experiment
Agenda
Check Checks - Balances Handout/Current
Event Articles and Summary
 Jeopardy Review (click here)
 Time to work on Political Cartoons/Present
 Current Events
 Review
 Hwk: None.
 Objective: To describe the history
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of our government.
What
did you
learn today?
American
Government
Roots of the American
Experiment
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Agenda
Now Statement Question
If Needed: Present Political Cartoons
 Federalism and American Laws
 Time to work on homework
 Review
 Homework: Finish Terms, Read
Constitution, Quiz Friday, take folder home
with you.
 Objective: To describe the history
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of our government.
Terms-write on lined piece of paper
 Look
in glossary and Text
 Democracy,
Representative Democracy
(Republic), theocracy, Articles of
Confederation, Constitutional
Convention, Shay’s Rebellion,
bicameralism, Virginia Plan, New Jersey
Plan, Great Compromise (Conn.), 3/5
Compromise, Federalists, AntiFederalists.
Look
Terms
in Glossary and Text:
Separation
of Powers, Checks
and Balances, referendum,
recall, judicial review,
impeachment
Read Constitution-pg 43
Now Statement
What are the five documents
that have influenced our
government we discussed and
briefly state how they are
important to our government.
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Federalism and Making Laws Chart
 Go
to my website
 Click
on Federalism/Law Website
 Click on 9-12 grade level
 Go
to National VS State Government:
 Fill
out handout on Delegated,
Concurrent, and Reserved powers given to
the state and national governments.
 Go
to How Laws Are Made:
 Fill
out the missing blanks under each
arrow on law flow chart.
Federalism
(Write on Lined Piece of Paper)
What is Federalism?
 Power is distributed
between central
government and the states.
 Why we have federalism?
 American people at the
time suspicious of national
government/large
population and land area.
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Federalism in the U.S.
 Constitution
establishes clear roles
for National and
State Level
 Federal
Mandates=$
 Welfare/Education/
Intiatives/etc.
Constitutional Framework
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What are some of the powers
of the Federal government?
Expressed Powers
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Implied Powers
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Necessary and Proper
Supremacy Clause
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Written in the Constitution
Federal Gov. the “law of the
Land”
All other powers are given to
the states
Broad Powers
Review
What
is Federalism?
What is the Supremacy
Clause?
What are expressed powers?
Study Guide Questions
 Answer
questions 1-6, using your
text and other resources.
 You may see one or two of these
questions on the quiz tomorrow
and final.
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Check Terms (number 1-19)
Online Quiz
 Pin Numbers
 Rules (no talking/looking at others screens otherwise you will receive a zero)
 Login
 Username: summer
 Password: summer
 Show how to get to website
 www.wilson.k12.pa.us
 Select a School-Wilson High
 Faculty
 Mr. P
 Quizzes on left hand side
 After Quiz work read instructions for project
Project-Mock Election
Agenda
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President Flipchart
Show Example
Review
Hwk: None