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.

Students 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,...

Students explore the concept of financial costs of college. In this financial costs of college lesson, students read an article about college costs. Students research the cost of college for the school of their choice. Students discuss...

Twelfth graders examine federal and state powers. In 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.

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

Students 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....

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