Read Chapter Three, pp. 47-68
Be sure you know the following terms: bill of attainder; ex post facto law; block grant; grant-in-aid; equal protection clause; due process clause; guarantee clause; interstate compacts
The materials in this chapter will be part of Test One to be taken Sept. 29- Oct. 5
FORMAT OF RESPONSE QUESTIONS:
1. Select one of the following questions.
2. Your answer should be at least 200 words.
3. Choose a simple font (arial, courier),
font size 10 or 12.
4. Be sure to save your work.
5. Your work should be a Word document or saved
as a Rich text file, Microsoft
Office 2007 – If you are using this new version of Word you may need to
save your documents as Microsoft Office 2003 documents with the .doc rather than
the .docx extension.
If you are using Microsoft Works or WordPerfect word processing program,
save your file and change the “save file as” to Rich Text Format. This will
allow your document to be opened by your instructor using any word processing
program.
6. Send this question and the others from
Chapters 1 and 2 as a single document using the WebCT Assignment link.
7. There is a five ( 5) point penalty for
late work. Work will not be accepted two ( 2) days after the date due.
GRADING RESPONSE QUESTION:
1. on the content of the response.
2. the mechanics of the answer.
(the Edited English standard will be used see below).
3. 20 points for the question.
Select one of the following Response Questions: Due Sept. 12 ( Fri.12:00 noon).
1. Define delegated powers, reserved powers, concurrent powers, give examples of each and discuss how these powers operate under our system of government.
2. Describe and discuss the two major crises in American history that have centered on the issue of federalism.
3. What is the grant system and how has it changed over the past 40 years. Include positives and negative of the system.
4. List and discuss limitations on both the national government and on the states.
Grading Standard Edited American English is the form of English which is used in newspapers and magazines, in textbooks and fiction works, and in memos and letters.
Type I: Gross Errors (-10 pts. each)
A. fragment (ex. Because I had a flat tire.)
B. lack of subject/verb agreement (ex. The man were having a nervous breakdown.)
C. fused/run-on sentence (ex. I had no choice I had to take the test.)
D. incorrect tense or verb form (ex. The boy gone to the store for his father.)
Type II: Major Errors (-5 pts. each)
A. comma between subject and verb(comma fault) (ex. The mother,gave her son the apple.)
B. comma splice (ex. We went to the store,we got some bread and milk.)
C. failure to show possession (ex. My husband pants are dirty.)
D. no indentation at beginning of paragraph and incorrect paragraph form.
Type III: Minor Errors ( -2 pts. each)
A. misspelled words or incorrect capitalization
B. misused homonyms or words used incorrectly
C. commas added unnecessarily or commas lacking
D. punctuation missing or incorrect
E. incorrect pronoun agreement
F. misleading pronoun reference
G. unnecessary shift of tense or person
H. words left out/dangling or misplaced modifiers.