American Political Foundations
September 16, 2009
Quote
September 16, 2010
Objectives: To develop an understanding of
the Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Quote to respond to:
Get action. Do things, be sane, don’t fritter away
your time; create, act, take a place where ever
you are and be somebody.
-Teddy Roosevelt
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
1. Each person will be assigned to be Federalist or AntiFederalist
2. Read your Outline as a group
3. Make a list of 10 vocab words you feel need to be
defined for the 6th grade reader.
4. At the end of each section, summarize the argument.
Make statements about what your side wants or
believes about each section.
5. We will review / share with the whole class
6. Annotate the article on the meaning of each section
For Tomorrow
• Make sure you have all of your summaries
done to share with your large group
(Feds/Anti-Feds)
• We will be in our large groups to set up for the
debate
• I will give you handouts to prepare for the
Debate
• You will need to determine your speakers with
opening statements, arguments, and counterarguments.
Final 5
• My group the ___________________ believes
that the central government should be
________________, because…
September 20, 2010
• Objectives: To obtain a better understanding
of the Federalist and Anti-Federalist
viewpoints
• To begin creating a booklet of either
Federalism or Anti-Federalism
• Question: If I want to ensure that my rights
are kept in the writing of my constitution,
which side would I follow?
Debate!
• Opening statements
– Federalist= pro
– Anti= against
– Presentation of points on both sides
– Refutal
– Closing statement
Federalists/Anti-Federalists for dummies
requirements
Illustrated Cover
Introduction
Index
Sections
One illustration
per page
Glossary of Terms
•Your own design
•Title
•Group members on back
•Explain the Federalist or Anti-Federalist position
•State the main “players” on your side ( James Madison, Patrick Henry, etc…)
•What is the purpose of your book
•How is your book set up
•Where can the reader find things
•Whats on each page
•Your own summary sentences
•Titled and layed out in an organized way
•EVERY page
•Must relates to Federalist/Anti-Federalist papers
•Helps the reader
•Can be your 10
•Can be other words
Federalist/Anti-Federalist for Dummies
1. Fold 3-4 sheets of paper in half and staple down
the fold
2. Make an Illustrated cover with your group name.
3. For each section, you are to write a simple
explanation of your side’s argument on the
different topics.
4. For each page, you must also include an
illustration.
5. You must also include an introduction, a
Glossary of terms and an index.
Final 5
• When the Federalists and Anti-Federalists
were arguing over the details of the
constitution, what aspects (name 3) did they
agree upon?
Civics
21 September 2010
Toady is a design day.
– By the end of class you need to
design/plan/layout your Federalist or AntiFederalist for dummies!!!
– Be sure to include all requirements
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Illustrated cover
Introduction
Index
summary paragraphs
One illustration per page
Glossary of terms
Federalist
What is Madison up to?
Contex
• ratification
• Specific
questions
Theme
• Break &
Control
factions
Language
• “dangerous
vice”
• “Mortal
Illness”
What is a Faction?
Maddison says…
“ a number of citizens, whether amounting to
a majority or minority of the whole, who are
united and actuated by some common impulse
of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights
of the people or to the permanent and
aggregate interests of the community”
What is a Faction?
Maddison says…
“ a number of citizens, whether amounting to
a majority or minority of the whole, who are
united and actuated by some common impulse
of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights
of the people or to the permanent and
aggregate interests of the community”
What is a Faction?
What do you say?
Can you think of a modern day example?
Federalist
What is Madison up to?
Contrasts
• Public good vs.
conflicts of rival
parties
• Justice vs. force
of an overbearing
majority
How to cure
• Remove causes
• Control effects
Federalist
What is Madison up to?
Remove
Causes
•Destroy liberty
•Same opinion,
passion and
interest
Control
Effects
•Minority
faction
•Majority
faction
Federalist
What is Madison up to?
Minority
faction
• Republican
principle
• vote
Majority
Faction
• Prevent passion
• Prevent
oppression
• Dangerous
Republic
• Representation
• size
Federalist
What is Madison up to?
Representation
• Filters public
views
• better reps
size
• More # of citz per
Rep = Harder to
control
• More # of citz =
more interests
The ultimate Federalist question…
Does the Federalist ideal still apply?
Does our large republic of today still protect
us against a controlling faction?