10-24-2016, 03:14 PM
(10-24-2016, 02:46 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Doesn't help that we're the assessed social studies course for high school in Maryland, so there's a lot of "teaching to the test" in American Government. We cover federalism (influences of the Articles with it), don't have time to get nuanced with the difference between rights and liberties, just focus on what rights are protected by the Bill of Rights, I try to touch on the 14th Amendment as much as possible, but it isn't assessed, but we do focus on public opinion. Citizen involvement is a whole unit.
Do you get into the different types of federalism and the evolution of the way our government approached federalism following Reconstruction? Just curious as to the depth there. I can understand the issue about teaching to the test, though, that was the same here when I was in HS. I also definitely get trying to hit on the 14th as much as you can because, let's face it, it is the most important amendment to the Constitution after the Bill of Rights and completely changed our government.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
