Federalism+Project

**100 Points** Sample You will be assigned to one of the following six groups:
 * Federalism Project**


 * Hurricane Katrina Response
 * No Child Left Behind
 * Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
 * Environmental Safety
 * Immigration
 * National Health Care Act (Obamacare)


 * Objective**: Your group will present your contemporary issue to the class and how it relates to Federalism.

1) Research the background of your issue 2) Find the key federalism linkages in your issues Your group will prepare a presentation on your issue. Your presentation must include the following information:
 * Procedures**
 * What are the details of the issue and laws? How did it come about?
 * Consider the conceptual and historical linkages, as well as the monetary issues.
 * What are the major court cases involved with this issue?
 * List their dates, explain the case and why it is relevant to Federalism.
 * Assignment**
 * A description and background on your issue
 * Identify the concerns that each side is facing.
 * How does federalism apply to your issue? Analyze the issue from both perspectives to determine who should have the jurisdiction. Defend using Constitutional Arguments!
 * What are the various opinions in your group? What are the various opinions of the general population? Find News articles to back this up. Make sure you site your sources!!
 * Propose a solution to the issue and explain what impact it could have on federalism in the U.S.A.
 * Presentations**
 * Must contain all important information
 * Use graphs and statistics
 * Appropriate images
 * Appealing and catchy: remember you are presenting this to the class!

Should be an “Explain” or “Why” kind of question.
 * Submission**
 * Group Action Plan for completing the assignment
 * Your Groups focus question
 * Presentation
 * Action Plan**
 * Include each person’s responsibility to the group’s presentation
 * Focus Question**
 * Highlight the “big idea” and direction of your presentation

Presentation Tools -GoogleDocs (You all have an account through the school!) Username: lastfirst pw:el example: el123456 -Animoto Allows you to create 30 second videos -Wikispace: I will create an account for you if you wish -Glogster Make a poster -SlideRocket Online Powerpoint -Primary Wall Make a big wall of information -Bubble

Useful Links: Hurricane Katrina [] [] [] [] [] []

No Child Left Behind [] [] [] [] [] [] []

Environmental Safety [] [] []

Immigration [] Great Link about the history! [] [] [] Look at the "Federal/State" Tensions

National Health Care Act [] History [] 20th Century Reform [] Shows how states are fighting the government

Medical Marijuana - Make sure you trace the evolution of the Controlled Substance Act [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] You may want to research which states have legalized, which states are close to putting it on a ballot. Also, what are the punishments for marijuana? Do they vary by state? Are there states that punish criminals more? What states have the largest problems / spend the most money trying to combat this?