Week of 040615

HW Due - Date:
(See below for in class activities)

040715 - each person works on the slide show this week for HW
040915 -
1. Read two of the following articles

• http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/03/04/senate-fails-override-obamas-veto-keystone-xl-pipeline-bill/24391437/ the recent veto of the Keystone Pipeline Bill:
• http://news.yahoo.com/barack-obama-loretta-lynch-u-s--attorney-general-congress-senate-131109200.html pace of Senate confirmation of a nominee for Attorney General

2. Then read the Constitution with the link above at us constitution.net - focus on Article 2, Section 2, second paragraph.

2. Write a summary of the article as follows:
Using these cases, answer these 3 questions. Include information from each article and the two passages from the Constitution to explain your answers in 3 - 4 sentences.

• 1. Do you think that the President should have vetoed the Keystone Pipeline bill. Do you think he should have this power? Why did the Republicans try to overturn his veto in Congress?
• 2. Why do you think the Senate is failing to confirm this nominee for Attorney General? Do they have to move swiftly to confirm her? What do some Republicans think about the nominee.
• 3. Do you think that the Constitution works the way it was intended to work given these two examples? What are the positives about our system, and the negative to our system of getting governmbusiness done?

041015 - Constitutional Article presentations due

In class
040615 -
Students were assigned Articles and sections of the Constitution text in groups.
See Student the list here

• Student groups read the text of the assigned articles and sections.
• Student groups must create a slide show in shared Google Presentation with the following parameters:
• SLIDE SHOW suggested outline HERE
• each slide needs a picture and text (no more than 50 words)
• 5 or more main points, each presented in one or more sides
• two examples or events that illustrate a main point from the Article or Section
• include the URL and title of the event on the ending Notes slide
• find a video that illustrates a key point or example (total of 6 minutes of video)
• Due by end of class on Thursday (We have computers 
• Present in class on Friday.