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= Unit I Assignment Page=

The following are resources that will be used or have been used in class during the course of this Unit. Additional resources and web assignments will be posted when assigned.

Purposes of Government (Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, Part I)

 * Three Grandfather's Assignment (featuring readings by Locke and Rousseau)
 * [|Defining Democracy] (from the U.S. State Department)
 * Thomas Paine readings from //Common Sense//, 1776 ([|Origin and Design of Government...] / [|Of Monarchy and Hereditary Secession])
 * [|Lee's Resolution to Congress] (calling for American Independence)

The Constitution (Chapter 2, Part II)

 * Mock Constitutional Convention (featuring the various plans and questions facing the Framers)
 * [|Original draft of the Constitution](from the Library of Congress)
 * [|Federalist Paper #51]
 * [[file:10 Minute Guide to the Constitution.jpg|10 Minute Guide to the Constitution (infographic)]]
 * [[file:Bill of Rights Pictogram.jpg|Bill of Rights Pictogram (student example from 2011)]]

Federalism (Chapter 3)
(article on Federalism during the Clinton Presidency) (article on No Child Left Behind, another example of Federalism during the Bush Presidency)
 * [|Challenges to Federalism] (policy paper looking at the Department of Homeland Security and the challenges 9/11 and Katrina)