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2. HIS 301 Entire Course HIS 301Tutorials HIS 301 Week 1 Individual Assignment Influences on the Constitution Table HIS 301 Week 1 DQ 1 HIS 301 Week 1 DQ 2 HIS 301 Week 2 Team Assignment How a Bill Becomes a Law HIS 301 Week 2 Team Assignment Branches of Government Paper (2 Papers) Is there any irony in President Thomas Jefferson's background in comparison to the ideals of liberty and HIS 301 Week 1 DQ 1

3. HIS 301 Week 1 DQ 2 HIS 301Tutorials How did the Declaration of Independence influence the U.S. Constitution? Complete the University Material: Influences on the Constitution Table located on the student website. Please be sure to cite your sources and wikipedia is not a reliable source. HIS 301 Week 1 Individual Assignment Influences on the Constitution Table

4. HIS 301 Week 2 DQ 1 HIS 301Tutorials What are some of the essential elements of Federalism? Why are they essential? Why did the drafters of the Constitution establish three branches of the national government? How do those branches interact? HIS 301 Week 2 DQ 2

5. HIS 301 Week 2 DQ 3 HIS 301Tutorials What if there were no federal government? Resources: Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution located in the appendices of the text Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you answer the following questions: • What were the reasons America’s forefathers divided the government into the legislative, judicial, and executive branches? How does this benefit the three branches? HIS 301 Week 2 Team Assignment Branches of Government Paper (2 Papers)

6. HIS 301Tutorials Tutorial Purchased: 4 Times, Rating:A+ Resources: Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution located in the appendices of the text Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you answer the following questions: • What were the reasons America’s forefathers divided the government into the legislative, judicial, and executive branches? How does this benefit the three branches? Complete the How a Bill Becomes a Law simulation located on the student website. Discuss the obstacles faced when trying to move legislation through Congress. Post a review of the process team activity and evaluation of each person’s participation at OLS team forum. HIS 301 Week 2 Team Assignment How a Bill Becomes a Law • HIS 301 Week 2 Team Assignment Branches of Government Paper

7. HIS 301Tutorials How did the Civil War amendments change America? How has the United States Supreme Court impacted the status of African American people in the United States? Pay particular attention to the Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education decisions. HIS 301 Week 3 DQ 2 • HIS 301 Week 3 DQ 1

8. HIS 301Tutorials One of the major political parties controls one or both Houses of Congress How could such a party split among the three branches of government contribute to the interactions, or potentially create conflict, among the three branches of government? Resource: Article V of the Constitution and the 27 amendments in the Appendixes of the text Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you answer the following questions: • How and why do amendments become part of the Constitution? HIS 301 Week 3 Individual Assignment Bill of Rights and Amendments Paper • HIS 301 Week 3 DQ 3

9. HIS 301Tutorials How have Supreme Court decisions impacted the Federal government's ability to regulate interstate commerce and does the ability to regulate interstate commerce give the Federal government more power than it would have otherwise? What are the strengths and limitations on the right of the press, freedom of religion, and right to privacy in today's society? HIS 301 Week 4 DQ 2 • HIS 301 Week 4 DQ 1

10. HIS 301Tutorials 1.How does a free a free press protect the people from an abusive government? 2. Is an official state language a violation of free speech? 3. How is pornography protected as free expression? 4. Should a school reflect the religious values of the community? • To what extent does the Constitution protect the right of privacy? • Why did each case need to be heard and interpreted by the Supreme Court? • How does the Supreme Court’s decision in each case continue to affect the rights of American citizens today? C HIS 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Reflections on the First Amendment Paper • HIS 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Reflections on the First Amendment Paper 1

11. HIS 301Tutorials Has America achieved equal rights for all Americans? What else should be done to continue in the struggle for equal rights? What are our responsibilities in making sure every American has equal rights? Are Americans' freedoms more or less secure now than they were when the United States was first founded? How has modern technology impacted our freedoms? What are our responsibilities, if any, in making Americans' freedoms more secure? HIS 301 Week 5 DQ 2 • HIS 301 Week 5 DQ 1

12. HIS 301Tutorials learning team will prepare a 10- to 15 slide presentation with appropriate presenter’s notes that focuses on one of the following topics: 1. Why is nationalized control of health care (Obama care) constitutional? 2. Gun control or Gun Rights? Constitutional Amendments exist to correct a perceived problem with the existing document. In Week Three, you examined what has been changed so far. Each team will consider a possible change. If the team wants to write about something other than the assigned topic, the team must obtain the facilitator’s approval by Week Four. HIS 301 Week 5 Team Assignment U.S. Constitutional Amendment Proposal and Presentation • HIS 301 Week 5 Team Assignment Challenges to the Constitution presentation

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