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James Madison: Internal Improvements Balancing Act -- Federal/State, Executive/Legislative

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A lesson plan for grades 10–12 Social Studies

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In this lesson from EDSITEment, students will explore constitutional questions faced by James Madison. This lesson is part of a four-lesson unit where students list reasons why Madison is called the “Father of the Constitution,” summarize significant issues during Madison’s presidency that raised constitutional questions, and explain the constitutional questions raised by these events.

This lesson incorporates primary source material from EDSITEment-reviewed websites.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 10

  • Goal 2: The learner will analyze how the government established by the United States Constitution embodies the purposes, values, and principles of American democracy.
    • Objective 2.03: Explain how the United States Constitution grants and limits the authority of public officials and government agencies.
    • Objective 2.08: Examine taxation and other revenue sources at the national level of government.
  • Goal 4: The learner will explore active roles as a citizen at the local, state, and national levels of government.
    • Objective 4.04: Demonstrate active methods of promoting and inhibiting change through political action.
    • Objective 4.09: Utilize various methods of resolving conflicts.

Grade 11–12 — American Government

  • Goal 4: The learner will explain the creation of political interest groups and their influence on the political process.
    • Objective 4.01: Pose rationales for the formation of political interest groups.
    • Objective 4.03: Differentiate between the pros and cons of political action groups system.

Grade 11–12 — Economics

  • Goal 4: The learner will evaluate the roles of government in a market economy.
    • Objective 4.03: Describe major revenue and expenditure categories and their respective proportions of local, state, and federal budgets.
    • Objective 4.06: Describe how and when costs of government policies may exceed benefits.
    • Objective 4.08: Predict the effects of federal spending and taxation on budget deficits and surpluses and the national debt.