Syllabus, Week 17

Mr. Ditzenberger, American Government
Time: 5 Periods, 3:45 Unit 3, Branches Week: 17 Dates: December 3-7
Objectives:
1. Students will present their passion projects to the class and learn from each other’s passions.
2. Students will list and explain key words relating to the executive branch.
3. Students will analyze and give examples of the key powers of the presidency and how they are applied.
4. Students will analyze the basic structure of the federal court system and the key and basic terms related to the judicial branch.
5. Students will analyze the concept of stare decisis and precedent.
Materials: Textbook, http://ditzenberger.blogspot.com/index.html;

Monday
1. Presentations
2. Vocabulary List-Due Wednesday.
A. Presidential succession F. Line-item veto K. Cabinet
B. National Security Council G. Inherent Powers L. Expressed Powers
C. Reprieve H. Pardon M. Executive privilege
D. Treaty I. Bureaucrat N. Bureaucracy
E. Civil Service J. Pocket veto O. Veto

Tuesday.
1. Powers of the President Lecture

Wednesday
1. Judicial Branch-Structure of the Federal Court System.

Thursday
1. Biographies of the Justices
2. Trace Cases 1-Lecture if time allows

Friday
1. Trace Cases Continued.
2. Homework-complete a trace case with your team for Monday.

Free Speech-Miki, Jana, Rico
Gitlow v New York, 1925
Dennis v United States, 1951
Feiner v New York, 1951
Texas v Johnson, 1989

Right to Counsel-Reid, Yu Kyoung, Manami
Powell v Alabama, 1932
Betty v Brady, 1942
Escobedo v Illinois, 1964
Gideon v Wainwright, 1963

Death Penalty-Yuji, Jedi, Andre
Gregg v Georgia, 1976
Thompson v Oklahoma, 1988
Furman v Georgia, 1972
Rights of the Accused-Daniel, Tim, Alyssa, Sam
Miranda v Arizona, 1966
Harris v New York, 1971
Michigan v Tucker, 1974
New York v Quarles, 1984
Oregon v Elstad, 1985
Illinois v Perkins, 1990

Segregation in Schools-Estelle, Paul, Terry
Plessy v Ferguson, 1896
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, 1954
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 1978
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, 2007