In this lesson, students define faction in Federalist 10, analyze present day issues and determine if they qualify as a faction as defined in Federalist 10, and explain why Madison advocated for a democratic republic form of government over a pure democracy in Federalist 10.

This lesson focuses on the debates among the U.S. Founders surrounding the distribution of power between states and the federal government. Students learn about the pros and cons of state sovereignty vs. federalism and have the opportunity to argue different sides of the issue.

Narrated by Bowdoin College Government Professor Andrew Rudalevige, "Founding Principles" provides an introductory overview and basic understanding to American government, but one that is crucial to building citizen-leaders, promoting civic engagement, and working toward the common good.
Chapter Three discusses Congress and its power, and how it works and doesn't work for public interest.

Narrated by Bowdoin College Government Professor Andrew Rudalevige, "Founding Principles" provides an introductory overview and basic understanding to American government, but one that is crucial to building citizen-leaders, promoting civic engagement, and working toward the common good.
Chapter Two discusses the differences in national and state government systems and what levels of power exist therein.

This two-day lesson centers around a project that is designed to help students demonstrate knowledge of the key concepts and issues that they learned in this unit of study. They will be comparing and contrasting laws passed in the United States and South Africa regarding segregation and apartheid, respectively.This lesson was developed by Carolin Bethea-Brown as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

The purpose of this lesson is to help students gain a much deeper understanding of apartheid through a teacher facilitated presentation that gives students the opportunity to read, write, hear, and discuss key concepts and issues related to apartheid. In this lesson, students will start to identify important similarities between South Africa and the United States. To assist them in this process, questions are embedded throughout the presentation. In addition, numerous visuals are provided with guided questions that will help students further develop their observation, critical thinking, and discussion skills. I, Caroline Bethea-Brown, am the owner of all the visuals used in this presentation.This lesson was developed by Caroline Bethea-Brown as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

In this two-day lesson, students will analyze the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as well as laws passed at the state and federal levels that were used to systematically deny African Americans of their constitutional rights. Throughout the lesson students will draw comparisons between laws made in the United States with laws made by the apartheid government of South Africa.This lesson was developed by Caroline Bethea-Brown as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

This lesson is to be conducted over a two-day (90 minute block schedule) period. The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the role the federal government played in overturning laws that systematically undermined the 14th and 15th Amendments. During this process students will gain a better understanding of federalism, checks and balances, and judicial review. In addition, they will have the opportunity to compare and contrast laws passed in the United States with laws passed by the South Africa's apartheid government.This lesson was developed by Caroline Bethea-Brown as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

In this lesson, students will analyze the unprecedented protests surrounding the 2009 Iranian presidential elections and the role technology played in the dissemination of information and in planning the protests themselves. Through reading, a Power Point presentation, discussion, examination of various mediums such as political cartoons, photographs, and a graphic novel, students will gain an understanding of Iran's political history, its current governmental realities, and the historical significance of the 2009 protest movement.

This presentation is intended for use with the lesson plan "Iran's 2009 Voter Uprising." In this lesson, students will analyze the unprecedented protests surrounding the 2009 Iranian presidential elections and the role technology played in the dissemination of information and in planning the protests themselves. Through reading, a Power Point presentation, discussion, examination of various mediums such as political cartoons, photographs, and a graphic novel, students will gain an understanding of Iran's political history, its current governmental realities, and the historical significance of the 2009 protest movement.

In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the McCulloch v. Maryland Supreme Court case on the necessary and proper clause. Students then answer an advanced placement style document based question. There is a teacher answer key at the end of the lesson.

In this activity, students learn how each branch of government has the ability to check the powers of the other two branches, which means that each branch can limit the actions of the other two branches.

As a result of this lesson, students will define eighteenth-century legal terms, depict an eighteenth-century case through role-play, and explain the justice system in eighteenth-century Virginia.

Students explore the war powers controversy through two student readings and class discussions. Each reading is concluded with questions that invite students to think critically about the constitutionality of President Obama's decision to deploy US forces to Libya in 2011.