Flipping, Federalism and the First Lesson for the Year

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So on day one I always meet my kids and do an exercise to get to know them a bit.  Towards the end I will give an overview of the course.  The first assignment will be to watch the video below on how to take notes from something like Crash Course.  As with a book, students don't want to think so will just do bullet points and I won't allow that.  But in a flipped class it is important to be able to know how to take notes from a video. So they will have to watch the video below and then take similar notes about what is going on in Kentucky (see video above).  Additionally my students will have to read this article about where our government has made exceptions for religious objectors.

The issues brings up federalism, states' rights, cooperative federalism, equal protection clause, 10th amendment, the Federal court system, certiorari for Obergefell, precedent, supremacy and the list goes on and on!