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Week 8: Week of )ctober 14

Monday: No School... State Holiday

Tuesday:

One Person, One Vote Documentary

Wednesday: No school for seniors except for optional college essay help

Thursday:

Electoral College

Friday:

Electoral College

Nice chart of checks and balances

Monday: AP Classroom Presidency videos are required viewing and here's Sal Kahn on the Presidency-- not required but always good enrichment.

Federalist 70

Youngstown v Sawyer

Tuesday:

Social Responsibility Day

Wednesday:

Chapter 5 test

The President as Commander-in-Chief (video) | Khan AcademySal and Jeffrey Rosen, head of the National Constitution Center, discuss the powers of the President in times of war using the Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution. Check out the Interactive Constitution here: https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution

Thursday: HW- read pages 185-195

Concept Application How To Video

Scenario Concept Application

War Powers Act and practice essay:

Conflicts between Congress and the President over war powers have their origin in the United States Constitution. In 1973 Congress passed the War Powers Resolution in an attempt to clarify the balance of powers between the two branches of government.

(a) Describe the primary constitutional conflict between Congress and the President over the decision to go to war.

(b) Describe two provisions of the War Powers Resolution that were designed to limit the President's power over war making.

(c) The War Powers Resolution has received mixed reviews, but Congress has other powers over war making. Other than the constitutional power that you described in (a), identify and explain two other formal powers Congress has over war making.

Friday:

Marbury v Madison

NYT v Sullivan

This might seem really random, but I included this map to point out that change doesn't happen overnight. This is a map of women's suffrage just prior to the 19th amendment that REQUIRED states to extend voting rights regardless of gender. Below, see the state of school segregation prior to the Brown decision. A 1950 Texas case had outlawed some of the grossest inequalities in segregated schools, but Brown was about the inherent inequality of separate schools. Argued by Thurgood Marshall, Brown was the Warren Court's first decision.