Bill Clinton

Is Citizenship What It Used to Be?

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC)
5
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History / Social Studies
U.S. History
11, 12
High (9-12)

In this task, each student will conduct research to develop narrative text as background for four primary sources to set the historical context: Pericles’ Funeral Oration, the Gettysburg Address, John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, and Bill Clinton’s Turning Ideas into Action. Students will...

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Line Item Veto

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Justin R. Bailey
Bernadette Carpenter
0
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History / Social Studies
U.S. Government
11, 12
High (9-12)

In 1996, Congress passed the Line Item Veto giving President Clinton the authority to veto portions of appropriations bills. Though the Supreme Court struck down the law in Clinton v. City of New York (1998), the merits of an expansion of presidential power to include the line item veto persists...

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