Private: Presidents & the Constitution

Getting Started
3 Lessons
Module Overview
Uploading and Submitting Attachments
Discussion Boards
The President & Federal Power
6 Lessons | 1 Assessment
Module Overview
Activate Knowledge: Federal Power
Presentation: The American Presidency
Presentation: Hoover, Roosevelt and the Great Depression
Activity: Comparing Beliefs and Actions
Activity: Lesson Review 1
Module 1 Assessment
War & the Constitution
6 Lessons | 1 Assessment
Module Overview
Activate Knowledge: War Powers
Presentation: War & the Constitution
Presentation: Abraham Lincoln and Habeas Corpus
Activity: Make a Case
Activity: Lesson Review 2
Module 2 Assessment
Slavery & the Constitution
6 Lessons | 1 Assessment
Module Overview
Activate Knowledge: The Constitution: Pro- or anti-slavery?
Presentation: Slavery & the Constitution
Presentation: James Buchanan and the Dred Scott Decision
Activity: Slavery and American Ideals
Activity: Lesson Review 3
Module 3 Assessment
The President as Enforcer of the Law
6 Lessons | 1 Assessment
Module Overview
Activate Knowledge: Executive Power
The President as Enforcer of the Law
Presentation: Dwight D. Eisenhower and Little Rock
Activity: Analyzing the Documents
Activity: Lesson Review 4
Module 4 Assessment
Impeachment & the Constitution
6 Lessons | 1 Assessment
Module Overview
Activate Knowledge: High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Presentation: Impeachment & the Constitution
Presentation: Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal
The Cartoons of Watergate
Activity: Lesson Review 5
Module 5 Assessment
Electing the President
6 Lessons | 1 Assessment
Module Overview
Activate Knowledge: Electoral Decoder
Presentation: Electing the President
Presentation: George W. Bush and the Supreme Court Decision Bush v. Gore (2000)
Activity: Bush v. Gore (2000) Document Based Question
Activity: Lesson Review 6
Module 6 Assessment
Demonstration of Mastery
2 Lessons | 1 Assessment
Module Overview
Lesson Plan Submission
Reflection Questions
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Activity: Make a Case

Private: Presidents & the Constitution War & the Constitution Activity: Make a Case
Carefully review the scenario.  You will review a case regarding habeas corpus and write a decision from the perspective of a Supreme Court justice.

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