To what extent is the relationship between the Federal and State governments in line with the thinking of the Founding Fathers?
To identify the main characteristics of Federalism.
To examine the relationship between Federal and State governments in recent years.
To assess the extent to which there is federalism today.
Outline:
Key Words
Discussion Prompts
Case Studies
Federalism & Trump - with examples
Research task
Colour Code Activity
Plenary discussion
This lesson references material from the following textbooks:
US Government and Politics for A-level Fifth Edition – Anthony J Bennett (Editor Eric Magee)
The lesson references pages from this textbook, but similar information could be found elsewhere or in updated Politics textbooks. Having a copy of this book is NOT essential to using this lesson.
The homework activity references a Politics Review Magazine Article from September 2019.
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