Framers

More on the Founders of the Constitution
http://www.politics.ubc.ca/fileadmin/template/main/images/departments/poli_sci/Faculty/goux/Roche.pdf
or (actually this one is better)
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:IMoc_98sPD0J:acad.fcps.org/ss/puch/apps/readings/roche.reading.doc+The+Founding+Fathers:+A+Reform+Caucus+in+Action&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us

answer these

1. Read The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action by John P. Roche
and answer the following:
a. How does Roche characterize the framers of the Constitution? Be
specific.
b. What does Roche feel was the role of political theory at the
Constitutional Convention? Be specific.
c. What evidence is there that the retrospective symmetry given to the
Constitution by The Federalist has been influential in the American political
tradition? Be specific.

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Charles Beard, Framing the Constitution

Here is the beginning of my post.

Read This and Answer the questions in clear unambiguous complete sentences.

http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/beard_constitution.html

1. Contrast the philosophy and forces behind the Articles of Confederation with
those supporting the new Constitution in 1787.

2. What was the effect of the state constitutions and the Articles of
Confederation upon the dominant economic classes?

3. How does Beard characterize the delegates to the Constitutional Convention
of 1787?

4. What were the views of the delegates to the Convention on democracy and
equality, according to Beard?

5. Aside from describing the delegates as representatives of the propertied
classes desiring to protect their interests, what other evidence does Beard
present to support his thesis that the principal purpose of the Constitution was
to protect most forms of private property?

6. Beard relies on The Federalist to support his argument that the Constitution
was designed to protect the economic interest of property holders. What
arguments does Beard make based on The Federalist to support his
conclusion?

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OJ Simpson Video Discussion Questions.

OJ QUESTIONS
» Student Handout: The Main Characters and Issues of the Case

Part One Directions: Using the Web sites provided, identify the following.

1. What was the accusation against O.J. Simpson?
2. Why had O.J. Simpson become famous before the murder case?
3. Who was the main defense lawyer for O.J. Simpson?
4. What was the role of the bloody glove? What role did DNA play in the prosecution case?
5. How did the defense rebut the prosecution case?
6. What role did the Los Angeles Police Department's Mark Fuhrman play?
7. Generally, what was the reaction to the verdict in the African American community? Generally, what was the reaction to the verdict in the white community?

Part Two.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/oj/discussion.html
Answer the questions

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fed 51

Federalist 51 Guided Reading
1) Read The Federalist Papers #51

a)What is essential to the "preservation of liberty?" How should this 'be so constituted?'
b) Explain the following: 'A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necesity of auxilary precautions.'
c) In a republican government, which branch is the strongest? ID 3 ways of 'remedying this inconveniency.'
d) List 2 ways in which the federal system of the US 'places that system in a very interesting point of view,' i.e., protects against tyranny:

We will discuss in class

2) Answer the following questions

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Essay, Bicameral Legislature.

Essay Next

1) Read The Federalist Papers #39. OUTLINE. Using this information, AND that in your text (and lecture), answer the following questions.

The Framers of the US Constitution created a legislative system that is bicameral. However it is not just bicameral; the framers also established two houses of distinctly differetn character and authority.
(a) discuss two reasons why the framers created a bicameral legislature
(b) Identify one power unique to the House of Representatives, and explain why the framers gave the House that power.
(c) Identify one power unique to the Senate and explain why the framers gave the Senate that power.


You will turn in your Federalist Paper Outline, and your essay.

Federalist 39
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_39.html

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