Schedule for Constitutional Underpinnings Spring 2016

Date
Jan 5th
Jan 6th
Jan 7th
Jan 8th
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan

11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
25th

Goal
Intro with Syllabus

Reading
None

Standards

Locke and Hobbes; Types of

pg 8-11
Government
Origins of American Republic; Historical Pg 8-11
Context
Lecture on Constitution
49-54
Checks and Balances game
None
Ratification
54-57
Constitutional Review
106-121
Structure of Federalism
106-121
Federalism State Rights v. Nationalism
106-121`
Federalism and Federal Grants
Wrap up Federalism and Constitution
Review For Test
Test on Constitution and Federalism
Vocabulary for Constitutional Underpinnings

Majority Rule

Popular Consent

Thomas Hobbes

2nd Treatise of
Government
New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan
Separation of
Powers
Necessary and
Proper Clause
Federalist 10
Bill of Rights
Unitary System
McCulloch v.
Maryland
Cooperative
Federalism
Unfunded

Checks and
Balances
Article 1 Section
8
Federalist 51
Marbury vs.
Madison
Tenth
Amendment
Gibbons v.
Ogden
Categorical
Grants
Devolution

Popular
Sovereignty
Articles of
Confederation
Connecticut Plan
(Great
Compromise)
Federalism
Supremacy
Clause
Federalists
Judicial Review
Reserved Powers

SSCG1,2

SSCG3,4,5
SSCG3,4,5,
SSCG 4,5
SSCG 5
SSCG5
SSCG5

John Locke
Shays Rebellion
3/5ths
Compromise
Delegated/Enum
erated Powers
Federalist Papers
Anti-Federalists
Confederation

Dual Federalism

Concurrent
Powers
New Deal

New Federalism

Block Grants

Fiscal Federalism

Welfare Reform

Mandates
Clean Air Act

Act of 1996
American with
Disabilities Act

Key Concepts for Constitution

Concurrent/denied/reserved powers/implied powers
Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation; Achievements of A of C government; Shayss Rebellion
John Locke, natural rights, consent of the government; Declaration of Independence
Constitutional Convention
o Virginia, NJ, Plans, Great Compromise
o Elements of Constitution that addressed weaknesses of A of C; addressing problems of
decentralization
o Separation of power powers divided among 3 separate and coequal branches
o Checks and balances among 3 branches of govt know all the checks
o Limited government listing powers of fed govt, reserving powers to the states
o Compromises on presidency: length of term, number of terms, Electoral College
o Fear of tyranny of majority
Judicial review Marbury v. Madison
Clauses: Supremacy, Full Faith and Credit
Privileges and Immunities
Examples of Recent rulings on federalism
Rights that are in the body of the Constitution: writ of habeas corpus, no bill of attainder, no ex
post facto laws, trial by jury in fed courts, protection as citizens move from one state to another,
not nobility, limits on punishment of treason, no religious oaths for fed office, guarantee Repub
govt for all states
Bill of Rights and rest of Amendments
Ways of amending the Constitution formally and informally
What in the Constitution limits the power of government
Fight for ratification; Federalists v. Antifederalists, Federalist Papers, Federalist #10 and 51