Red Block click on the link to add to the class powerpoint.
Tan Block - Click on the link to add to the class powerpoint.
Focus Questions
1. How does the Constitution establish a system of “firebreaks” that are designed to
hinder the mobilization of the people and control by a tyrant?
2. How do conflicting perceptions over the role of federal power lead to early challenges for the republic?
3. Have the cases of the Marshall court align more with Federalist or Democratic-Republican thinking? In what way(s)? Did the decisions of the Marshall court challenge or continue the principle of federalism included in the Constitution?
4.Was Andrew Jackson a proponent of the “common man” expanding democracy or was he extending the authority of the executive branch?
5. How did the various events that lead to the Civil War impact on the system of checks & balances established by the Constitution? What constitutional issues arose among our causes of the Civil War?
6. How were the principles established by the Constitution impacted by the Civil War?
7. How were the principles established by the Constitution impacted by Reconstruction? Impact on people? Impact on gov’t?
8. How and why did democracy becomes corrupted/made vulnerable during the Gilded Age, and what the consequences of this corruption?
9. How does the balance of power between citizens and the nationalism gov’t change with the Progressive Era? How does the balance of power between the national gov’t and state gov’ts change with the Progressive Era?
10. How does Progressivism go too far?
11. Focus Question from Red block: how can the gov’t maintain checks and balances without interfering with each other and their powers? how can the gov’t maintain checks and balances without taking away individual rights?Focus Question from Tan Block: What about the people? Why is Congress blindly loyal to FDR? How can we limit the executive branch’s powers? 12. How effectively has the federal gov’t exercised power while protecting the rights of the individual and of states?
Source that was used for the group readings that you made the timeline posters out of: http://www.ushistory.org/us/index.asp and locate the event that you'd like to source by scrolling down (between #'s 22-32).
Source that was used for your individual state profiles: Name of Website: Civil War Trust Website: civilwar.org/curriculum "The Civil War Curriculum" Copyright 2014 date accessed October 16th, 2014
Source of 14 minute Civil War Causes video we watched BEFORE we did the timeline activity: 100% Educational Videos. Causes of the Civil War. Full Video. 2003. http://www.discoveryeducation.com (accessed ).
Here is the powerpoint I gave in class:
Red Block click on the link to add to the class powerpoint.
Tan Block - Click on the link to add to the class powerpoint.
Focus Questions
1. How does the Constitution establish a system of “firebreaks” that are designed to
hinder the mobilization of the people and control by a tyrant?
2. How do conflicting perceptions over the role of federal power lead to early challenges for the republic?
3. Have the cases of the Marshall court align more with Federalist or Democratic-Republican thinking? In what way(s)? Did the decisions of the Marshall court challenge or continue the principle of federalism included in the Constitution?
4.Was Andrew Jackson a proponent of the “common man” expanding democracy or was he extending the authority of the executive branch?
5. How did the various events that lead to the Civil War impact on the system of checks & balances established by the Constitution? What constitutional issues arose among our causes of the Civil War?
6. How were the principles established by the Constitution impacted by the Civil War?
7. How were the principles established by the Constitution impacted by Reconstruction? Impact on people? Impact on gov’t?
8. How and why did democracy becomes corrupted/made vulnerable during the Gilded Age, and what the consequences of this corruption?
9. How does the balance of power between citizens and the nationalism gov’t change with the Progressive Era? How does the balance of power between the national gov’t and state gov’ts change with the Progressive Era?
10. How does Progressivism go too far?
11. Focus Question from Red block: how can the gov’t maintain checks and balances without interfering with each other and their powers? how can the gov’t maintain checks and balances without taking away individual rights?Focus Question from Tan Block: What about the people? Why is Congress blindly loyal to FDR? How can we limit the executive branch’s powers?
12. How effectively has the federal gov’t exercised power while protecting the rights of the individual and of states?
Causes of the Civil War Narrative Resources
Assignment:
Resources:
1. Link to powerpoint.
2. Example of Narrative:
3. Video on Causes of Civil War:
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/82155ffa-1425-4595-bea8-10662fdf80cf
Necessary Information to Source Properly
Source that was used for the group readings that you made the timeline posters out of:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/index.asp and locate the event that you'd like to source by scrolling down (between #'s 22-32).
Source that was used for your individual state profiles:
Name of Website: Civil War Trust Website: civilwar.org/curriculum "The Civil War Curriculum" Copyright 2014 date accessed October 16th, 2014
Source of 14 minute Civil War Causes video we watched BEFORE we did the timeline activity:
100% Educational Videos. Causes of the Civil War. Full Video. 2003. http://www.discoveryeducation.com (accessed ).
Powerpoint on Reconstruction
Triangles of the Progressive Era
Tan Block