We had a writer's workshop to work on revising letters to the editors.
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Bellwrite #4: Which characters in Pride and Prejudice have demonstrated pride? When/how? What is pride?
We finished our study of the Constitution by considering federalism: the coexistence of national and state governments. We discussed reasons for a federal system:
1) This separation of powers, like the division of the national government into three branches, also provides checks on governmental power.
2) State governments can be more responsive and adaptive to local needs; whereas the national government can deal with issues that are best handled at a national level (e.g., wars, international treaties, interstate trade regulation).
3) Federalism keeps power and decision making as much in the hands of the people as possible.
We considered two case studies of Federalism by discussing the following video clips:
Legalizing marijuana
http://video.pbs.org/video/2334352787/
(Note: The purpose of looking at this issue is not to promote marijuana legalization but to examine the tensions between state and national governments.)
Gun rights
http://www.thirteen.org/programs/constitution-usa-with-peter-sagal/power-struggle-tug-of-war/ (Note: In class we skipped the first 20 seconds for a profanity.)
We discussed the bellwrite questions extensively, identifying specific passages from the book that illustrated various characters' pride. We noted that pride has many faces, and by examining the characters we can see different ways pride is manifest.
Homework:
- Read Pride and Prejudice through p.85.
- Next draft of letters to the editor are due on Thursday.
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