branches of government

The focus of this module is the Jacksonian Democracy period. Andrew Jackson was in some eyes a military dictator. Students will decide if he used his executive power to be a dictator or if he really contributed to the growth of the nation. Content in this module is a portion of a unit on...

Students first select and research a policy issue, then a corresponding interest group. Students write a 5 to 6 page proposal to their chosen interest group, suggesting which branch of government the interest group should attempt to influence and explaining why they believe that branch is the...