"The Presidents"

After viewing the film, "The Presidents," you should now have a clearer idea of the influence of the first three American presidents. Reply to this post by identifying 3 significant facts EACH about George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson that you recorded in your notebooks from the film. (You should have 9 total facts.) Remember, your facts should portray Washington's, Adams', and Jefferson's influences on the early government, the presidency, and American policy. (In other words, do not write that George Washington enjoyed dancing and interior decorating in his free time.)

The U.S. Constitution

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." - Preamble of the U.S. Constitution

Establishing a "Balance of powers"
As a class, all of you did a nice job of analyzing the Constitution in your textbook to determine what powers belong to each of the three branches of government. Now that we have separated the powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches you must post which power you think is most significant to each branch. In other words, you will state what you think is the most important power of the legislative branch , the executive branch , and the judicial branch. Be sure to include WHY you made your decision.

The First Post

Hello to my favorite sophomore class! We are going to start to use this blog in our class. What do you think?