Ch 2 - Federalism - Class 5

4. How has the relationship between the federal government and the states evolved since the country's founding?
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of unitary, federal, and confederate systems?

1. Blog: Comment on classmates' blogs
• What did they discover about federalism as applied to their policy issue?
2. Synthesis: EQ #4 - Federalism in US History
• Look at the laws, court cases, and grant programs we have studied. How would you answer EQ #4?
• Timeline:
• State-centered Federalism (Founding to Civil War)
• Dual ("Layer-cake") Federalism (Civil War to Great Depression)
• Cooperative ("Marble-cake") Federalism (Great Depression - 1990s?)
• FDR's New Deal
• Devolution Revolution (1990s - Present?)
• President Reagan's Inaugural Address 
3. Evaluate: EQ #5 - Advantages and Disadvantages
• Define Unitary, Federal, and Confederate Systems
• Suggestion: Check out this visual
• Based on what we have studied so far, what are advantages or disadvantages of a strong central government? Of leaving authority to the states?
• Watch Fred on Federalism
• Watch When the Levees Broke (Start at 1:22:57)
4. Test Preparation: Unit I Test
• Review Unit I Enduring Understanding
• Review Ch 01 and Ch 02 Essential Questions and Vocabulary
• What is your test preparation strategy? 

Ch 2 - Federalism - Class 4

3. How is federalism exemplified in the use of federal grants?

1. Review: EQ #1 - Constitution and EQ #2 - Supreme Court
• You should be familiar with express, implied, inherent, concurrent, and reserved powers
• Suggestion: check out Federalism in the Constitution
2. Homework: Blog - Federalism
• Review purpose of issue blog
• Answer questions about your first blog post due at the start of the next class
3. Video: EQ #3 - Welfare-to-Work Act
• Watch "Part 3: When Welfare Depends on Where You Live" segment from "Federalism: U.S. v. The States (Democracy in America)" in Ch 02 of Reader
• Define Categorical Grant, Block Grant, and Project Grant.
4. Case Study: Do Voter ID Laws Prevent Fraud, or Dampen Turnout? (Fresh Air)
• How is federalism exemplified in this issue?
• What does the Constitution say about regulation of elections?
• Suffrage
• Registration
• IDs on election day
• If the federal government wanted to establish a uniform policy regarding voter IDs, what constitutional powers would it use?

Ch 2 - Federalism - Class 3

(No Essential Questions today.)

1. Quiz: Summer Reading
2. Twitter: President Obama's Acceptance Speech
• How did we do as a class on Twitter?
• What went well? What can we do better for the debates?
3. Blog: Review expectations as a class
• Discuss purpose of your blog
• Discern your issue
• Review the guidelines
• Set up your blog
4. Blog: Create two pages on your own
• Before you begin creating posts on your blog, you should create two pages
1. Bio Page (Keep guidelines in mind)
2. Your issue (What issue did you pick? Why?)