Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Grade 12: Participation in Government and Civics

This course aims to provide students with opportunities to become engaged in the political process by acquiring the knowledge and practicing the skills necessary for active citizenship. Content specifications are not included, so that the course can adapt to present local, national, and global circumstances, allowing teachers to select flexibly from current events to illuminate key ideas and conceptual understandings. Participation in government and in our communities is fundamental to the success of American democracy.

WEEKLY PLAN

Plan of the Day:

Assignment:  Controversial Issues and the 10th Amendment

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

Hip Hughes - 10th Amendment Video

JMU 10th Amendment Discussion

10th Amendment comments on C-Span

McCulloch v. Maryland

Bond v United States (background)

Bond v United States

Constitutional Issues that Make a Proper Understanding of 10A Difficult:

Reserved and Implied Powers

Supremacy Clause

Interstate Commerce Clause

Elastic Clause (Necessary and Proper)

GENERAL WELFARE:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Section. 8.

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;