Order of Succession

The Order of Succession

Place the following government positions in the correct order to form the order of succession.

 

Secretaries	Executives	Other Positions
Interior	Vice President	Attorney General
Defense	President	President Pro Tempore
Homeland Security		Speaker of the House
Veteran’s Affairs
State
Housing & Urban Development
Energy
Education
Transportation
Agriculture
Commerce
Health & Human Services
Labor
Treasury

 

Place the Order of Succession HERE.

Reading Guide Questions.

Contents: Federalist 51 Questions, (keep scrolling for) Anti-Federalist V questions. The readings can be found online at constitution.org

 

Federalist 51 Questions:

Pre-Reading:

1. What is the Federalist position?

2. The author of Federalist 51 is also known as the “Father of the Constitution,” who is he?

3. What are the major principles of the US Constitution? (Hint: There are 6.)

 

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY

This will be the last extra credit opportunity of the quarter!!!

What: "John Adams" episode and companion assignment.*
When: TUESDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2012 AFTER SCHOOL, 3:50PM-5PM
Details: If you wish to complete this assignment, you MUST (MUST MUST MUST MUST) print out this post, fill it out and bring it to me BEFORE October 9--please note that you need a parent signature. You will not be admitted without a parent signature.

If you wish to complete this extra credit assignment but are worried that you may not have a ride home, good news! If enough people want the before school option, you can complete this assignment BEFORE school from 7AM-8:20AM+.

The movie will start PROMPTLY at these times. If you are late, any consequences this has on the assignment are on you.

*You will NOT know the companion assignment until you arrive. However, if you were here for the episode(s) of "John Adams" during Homecoming week, you already have a good idea.
+7AM give or take a few minutes...or ten...It's preferred you come to the after school showing. :)

Quiz 2 Postponement

Because this week is scheduled differently, it's not really fair to have a quiz on Friday as scheduled. (The class schedule is posted on the storage room door by the way.) So, we will be using Thursday and Friday either as your constitutional debate (ahem, 2nd period) day and/or review for the quiz.

You will still be receiving a study packet on Thursday to help you prepare for the quiz. Keep in mind that not everything in the study packet will appear on the quiz. I must, however, inform you that you will need to know a few dates for this quiz, particularly those dates relating to the documents we have talked about. The US documents we have talked about are posted here if you would like to review them again.

Documents: US Constitution

Here's a link the United States Constitution. This link comes with a feature that will highlight each clause and give you more information when you click on it, as well as tell you  what that clause is about when you hover over it.

US Constitution

Documents: The Articles of Confederation

Here is a copy of The Articles of Confederation.

The Articles of Confederation--Avalon Project

Documents: Declaration of Independence

Here's a copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Declaration of Independence--National Archives