Federalism, School Safety, and Congress

After examining the responsibilities of a school superintendent and of a school board, as well as engaging in a school board meeting simulation, class members create their own school safety plan.

Have your class fill out this comprehension sheet while reading about the powers of Congress. There are ten multiple choice questions focused on the rights, powers, and limitations of Congressional law.

Pupils define terminology, name elected officials, and distinguish between the two chambers of Congress.  In this investigative instructional activity students create a diagram of the process that is followed when a bill becomes a law. 

What should be the role of the federal government during an economic crisis? That is the question at the center of this introduction to a study of the New Deal. Class members examine letters to the state government asking for help,...

Twelfth graders examine federal and state powers. For this U.S. Constitution lesson, 12th graders read excerpts of the Federalist Papers and discuss the "Supremacy Clause." Students respond to questions about the roles of federal and...

Students create, present, revise, and defend a Federal budget.

What tools doe the Congress and the Federal Reserve can use to correct economic problems. Interested minds examine how the use of those tools affects the money supply, interest rates, and aggregate demand. This is a great resource with...

Students discuss and research different Supreme Court cases and examine religious freedom and prayer in public schools.

Students identify key representatives in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal and State governments

Learners research, through various resources, the issues surrounding the concept of a balanced federal budget. The research questions focus on how this issue, so popular in the times of Reagan, has continued through to the present....