Day 1

1.  Sanctuary City:  Any questions.
2.  Travel Ban/Muslim Ban
BREAK
3.  Ideology Brainstorm
4.  Survey and Decode
5.  Website Check
6.  Red and Blue Chart

Day 2

1.  Evaluate the government response to Hurricane Katrina.
Did the system fail the people or did the politicians fail the people?

 2.  Key Terms Review

• top down (government working from Federal level down to state and local for example setting an unfunded mandate for Megans Law which filters down to local level of government or a funded mandate No Child Left Behind). 
• bottom up (government working from the local and state level up to the federal level for example local governments banning plastic bags in stores in SF, now this is spreading throughout the state and might one day be a federal law) 
• Full Faith and Credit Clause (states must recognize and give full faith and credit to licenses and documents from one state to another for example a marriage license in Cal must be recognized in Ohio.  A driver's license from Hawaii must be honored in Colorado). 
• Extradition (a person who commits a crime in Cal then flees to Arizona must be extradited, or brought back to the place of the crime in Cal to face his/her trial). 
• Interstate Compact (agreements between states:  California and Nevada share Lake Tahoe so they have a compact in order to take care of the Lake, share it's resources, etc).

3.  Endangered Species Act of 1973 (take notes on your handout)

4.  Whose Power is It?  Local, State or National?

5.  Sanctuary City: Case Study

HW=Unit 1 and 2 Test (review handouts, notes, keynotes)

Day 1

Person on the LEFT:  What is FEDERALISM?
Person on the RIGHT:  What historical events illustrated the need for FEDERALISM?
TOGETHER:  When there is a catastrophic disaster should the FEDERAL government be the first responders?  Why/Why not?

1.  Hurricane Katrina:  THINK:  What caused the slow federal response? (Use FEDERALISM PACKET)
2.  Endangered Species...another Federalism example.
3.  HW=Unit 1 and Unit II test on Day 3

• top down (government working from Federal level down to state and local for example setting an unfunded mandate for Megans Law which filters down to local level of government or a funded mandate No Child Left Behind). 
• bottom up (government working from the local and state level up to the federal level for example local governments banning plastic bags in stores in SF, now this is spreading throughout the state and might one day be a federal law) 
• Full Faith and Credit Clause (states must recognize and give full faith and credit to licenses and documents from one state to another for example a marriage license in Cal must be recognized in Ohio.  A driver's license from Hawaii must be honored in Colorado). 
• Extradition (a person who commits a crime in Cal then flees to Arizona must be extradited, or brought back to the place of the crime in Cal to face his/her trial). 
• Interstate Compact (agreements between states:  California and Nevada share Lake Tahoe so they have a compact in order to take care of the Lake, share it's resources, etc).

Day 2: Inauguration Day!

1.  Watch Trump's Inaugural Speech
2.  Watch Trump's Swearing In
3.  Watch Obama leave in helicopter
As you watch tweet out any comments or observations you have on

• Style
• Plan
• Promises

After we watch we will create a front page of a newspaper and then compare it to headlines in the the press immediately after the Inauguration.

Include:
A headline
3 Sub-headlines
2 grabbers

Then look at CNN, FOX News, Washington Post, NYTimes, SF Chronicle and compare to your front page.
Were there any similarities/differences?  

Day 1

Continue with Frontline's Gunned Down
What questions do you have?
Reflection: If you were a Congressperson and a sweeping federal gun control measure was brought the floor how would you vote?  Why?  Cite the following in your response: 

• Government's role in the aftermath of mass shootings
• History and role of NRA
• 2nd and 10th Amendment
• Strict vs. Loose interpretation of Constitution

Person on the LEFT:  What is FEDERALISM?
Person on the RIGHT:  What historical events illustrated the need for FEDERALISM?
TOGETHER:  When there is a catastrophic disaster should the FEDERAL government be the first responders?  Why/Why not?

Federalism Case Studies:

1. Hurricane Katrina 
2. Endangered Species Act of 1973
3. Flint Michigan Water Crisis

KEY TERMS

• top down (government working from Federal level down to state and local for example setting an unfunded mandate for Megans Law which filters down to local level of government or a funded mandate No Child Left Behind). 
• bottom up (government working from the local and state level up to the federal level for example local governments banning plastic bags in stores in SF, now this is spreading throughout the state and might one day be a federal law) 
• Full Faith and Credit Clause (states must recognize and give full faith and credit to licenses and documents from one state to another for example a marriage license in Cal must be recognized in Ohio.  A driver's license from Hawaii must be honored in Colorado). 
• Extradition (a person who commits a crime in Cal then flees to Arizona must be extradited, or brought back to the place of the crime in Cal to face his/her trial). 
• Interstate Compact (agreements between states:  California and Nevada share Lake Tahoe so they have a compact in order to take care of the Lake, share it's resources, etc).

Day 3

The two sides of the Federalism debate that began with the Framers.  Think about which side you agree with and why?

Federalists: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Federalist: favored a strong but balanced central government; pessimistic about human nature, distrustful of putting all the power in the hands of the people. Believed that the masses need the government to maintain order; elitist.  

Anti-federalists: Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Sam Adams
Anti-Federalist: favored stronger state government with a weak national government; thought that strong state governments were closer to the people; worried about a too tyrannical national government; argued that a strong national government would render states powerless; worried about heavy taxation by a national government; feared a violation of liberties, concerned about lack of a Bill of Rights. (They would only ratify the Constitution after the Bill of Rights was added.)

 

Tenth Amendment U.S. Constitution

The Powers Not Delegated To The United States By The Constitution, Nor Prohibited By It To The States, Are Reserved To The States Respectively, Or To The People. 

WHERE DO WE SEE EXAMPLES OF THE 10TH AMENDMENT TODAY?

SECOND AMENDMENT U.S. CONSTITUTION

The right to bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Who regulates guns? 

Currently gun control is a mixture of federal, states, and sometimes local legislation.  

                              Federal legislation: “Brady Bill” (named after the aide who was shot during the assassination attempt on President Reagan) 

1. • In 1994, the U.S. Congress passed the “Brady Bill”, which is considered by many to be the most restrictive federal policy ever enacted. This bill imposed a five-day waiting period for the purchase of guns and also required local law enforcement to conduct background checks on purchasers.
     
   • However, the Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that the background check provision was unconstitutional because it infringed upon state’s rights. The bill was amended and now requires that background checks are conducted by gun dealers through access to a national database. The five-day waiting period for gun purchase also was revoked.
     
   • In 1994, Congress also banned 19 kinds of military-style assault weapons. However, Congress let the 10-year old ban expire in September of 2004. Although some states, such as California, Massachusetts, New York, and Hawaii, still ban these types of weapons at the state level. 
       
     State and local legislation: There is great variability among states, as well as localities, regarding gun control.  
   These are the main areas in which gun control legislation varies:
   
   1. Child access prevention (In some states, it is a crime to have a loaded weapon within easy access of a minor.)
      
   2. Concealed weapons laws (States vary on whether you need to get a permit or license to carry a concealed weapon. For example, in Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin and Illinois you may not carry a concealed weapon.)
      
   3. Regulation of private sales to minors (Under federal law, minors under 18 may not possess a gun at all, and minors 18-21years may not purchase a gun from gun dealers. However, in some states, minors 18 and over may purchase guns freely through private sales.

4. Regulation of secondary sales (States vary on whether or not they require secondary markets for guns to be regulated through permits or licenses. In states that do not regulate secondary sales, such sales have become known as the “gun show” loophole.)
5. “One gun per month” ban (Some states allow the purchase of only one gun every month)
6. Ban on “Saturday Night Specials” and “junk guns” (Some states ban these lightweight,
   easily concealed guns. Many cities within states have outlawed them as well)
7. Preemption (Some states, with the support of gun control opponents, have prevented local
   authorities from passing their own gun control legislation. In states without these preemption laws, some cities, such as NYC, credit their local gun control legislation to significant crime reduction.)
   
8. Waiting periods (Some states also require state background checks for gun purchases, and some also require waiting periods for purchases.)

Day 2

 


1.  What makes the US the best country in the world?
2.  Complete (8:13) Constitutional Concepts
3.  6 Principles of the Constitution
4.  Which one is the most ESSENTIAL to a democracy? Tweet your answer using our class #

Go to Twitter, search #cpgov6 or #cpgov7 to find these articles, skim, match the ARTICLE to the PRINCIPLE and write a brief explanation.  There are two for one principle! And none for POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

A)     Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage Nationwide
B.)     "We the People"
C).     DOJ Announces Body Cameras
D).     House Passes Bill to Tighten Flow of Syrian Refugees
E).     Obama Can't Pardon Steven Avery
F.)
 

Day 1

1.  Welcome

• If you go by a different version of your name correct it on the card
• If you could vote/or voted in this election who would you pick?
• What do you want to learn more about in this class?
• What are your plans for next year.
• Tell me sometime about yourself that would take me a long time to find out.  Something under your "iceberg."
• What's the best thing about SI.  Where do we need improvement?
• Is there anything else you want to tell me?  Fun fact, joke, important info.

 2.  Meet your neighbor and create a Twitter account
3.  Citizenship Test
4.  Current Events: What do you know?
5.  Key Constitutional Concepts