Schedule for Constitutional UnderpinningsSpring 2018

Date / Goal / Reading / Standards
Jan 4th / Intro with Syllabus / None
Jan 5th / Pre Test
Jan 8th / Locke and Hobbes; Types of Government / pg 8-11 / SSCG1,2
Jan 12th / Origins of American Republic; Historical Context / pg 8-11
Jan 16th / Lecture on Constitution / 49-54 / SSCG3,4,5
Jan 22nd / Ratification / Federalist 10 & 51 / SSCG3,4,5,
Jan 23rd / Checks and Balances Game / 106-121 / SSCG 5
Jan 24th / Constitutional Quiz / 106-121 / SSCG5
Jan 25th / Structure of Federalism: State Rights v. Nationalism / 106-121` / SSCG5
Jan 26th / Federalism and Federal Grants
Jan 29th / Wrap up Federalism and Constitution
Jan 30th / Test on Constitution and Federalism

Vocabulary for Constitutional Underpinnings

Majority Rule / Popular Consent / Popular Sovereignty / John Locke
Thomas Hobbes / 2nd Treatise of Government / Articles of Confederation / Shays Rebellion
Virginia Plan / New Jersey Plan / Connecticut Plan (Great Compromise) / 3/5ths Compromise
Separation of Powers / Checks and Balances / Federalism / Delegated/Enumerated Powers
Necessary and Proper Clause / Article 1 Section 8 / Supremacy Clause / Federalist Papers
Federalist 10 / Federalist 51 / Federalists / Anti-Federalists
Bill of Rights / Marbury vs. Madison / Judicial Review / Confederation
Unitary System / Tenth Amendment / Reserved Powers / Concurrent Powers
McCulloch v. Maryland / Gibbons v. Ogden / Dual Federalism / New Deal
Cooperative Federalism / Categorical Grants / New Federalism / Block Grants
Unfunded Mandates / Devolution / Fiscal Federalism / Welfare Reform Act of 1996
Clean Air Act / 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; Shays’s Rebellion

John Locke, natural rights, consent of the government; Declaration of Independence

Constitutional Convention

oVirginia, NJ, Plans, Great Compromise

oElements of Constitution that addressed weaknesses of A of C; addressing problems of decentralization

oSeparation of power – powers divided among 3 separate and coequal branches

oChecks and balances – among 3 branches of govt – know all the checks

oLimited government – listing powers of fed govt, reserving powers to the states

oCompromises on presidency: length of term, number of terms, Electoral College

oFear 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 ofhabeas corpus, no bill of attainder, noex post factolaws, 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