Current Event Presentation Ashley Lehman President Obama on

Current Event Presentation Ashley Lehman

President Obama on Iran Deal Publicity tour Lobbyist Preventing nuclear weapons Sending letters to representatives President Obama on Iran Deal By Tal Kopan August 21, 2015 www. cnn. com The President

Returning from summer break Iran deal October 1 st deadline 12 Bills Pope Francis Congress Returns from Recess By Chad Pergram August 27, 2015 www. foxnews. com US Congress

Merits of solitary confinement Consequences Suicides Rebuttal Disagreeing on Solitary Confinement By Ariane de Vogue August 21, 2015 www. cnn. com US Supreme Court

Campaigning kicking in Previously closed Approved E-mails only Free reign Doubles DNC list Obama’s E-mail List By Ben Kamisar August 27, 2015 www. thehill. com Political Parties

Violated antigerrymandering $11 million Florida Supreme Court Running out of time Acquiring mapping software Options left Make legislature redraw Hire Redraw Redistricting in Florida By Steve Cannon August 27, 2015 www. miamiherald. com State of Florida Government

Banned August 1 st Commissioners listen Stop fingerprinting Allow Uber to background check Competitiveness Broward to Reconsider Uber By Marissa Bragg August 14, 2015 www. nbcmiami. com Broward County

Fast track bill 40% of world economy Increase clout 12 nations Workers assistance bills New Trade Deal By Deirdre Walsh August 20, 2015 www. cnn. com Foreign Policy

Invisible instruments Finland 20 th Annual Competition National Champions compete Air Guitar Championship By Matti Huuhtanen August 27, 2015 www. huffingtonpost. com Bizarre News

Dissenters at the Constitutional Convention Who were three men who refused to sign the Constitution? What is Gerrymandering? What concerns did Edmund Randolph and George Mason have about the Constitution? Explain the significance of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. Why did James Madison initially oppose the Bill of Rights? Why did he change his mind? What was the result? http: //www. cspanclassroom. org/Lesson/1825/Bell+Ringer+Dissen ters+at+the+Constitutional+Convention. aspx

European Philosophy and the Origins of Modern Political Theory Explain how Machiavelli began modern political philosophy and how it contrasted from ancient political thought? In what ways was Martin Luther a precursor to democracy? What is epistemology? How did Descartes reorient political though in this field? Explain the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. What are the four ways that it contained the “seeds of democracy? ” http: //www. cspanclassroom. org/Lesson/1823/Bell+Ringer+European+Philosophy+ and+the+Origins+of+Modern+Political+Theory. aspx

European Philosophy and the Origins of Modern Political Theory Describe the “political catechism” of the American founders and James Madison. Prior to James Madison, what did political theorists believe about democracy? Why did they think this? Explain how James Madison challenged the previous thoughts on democracy in Federalist Paper #10 and #51. http: //www. cspanclassroom. org/Lesson/1823/Bell+Ringer+European+Philosophy+ and+the+Origins+of+Modern+Political+Theory. aspx

NJ and VA Plans and the Constitutional Convention According to Jeffrey Rosen, what was the biggest problem for the Founders at the Constitutional Convention? Who compromised the VA delegation? Explain the VA Plan that they proposed. Who compromised the NJ delegation? Explain the NJ Plan that they proposed. What was the reaction to these plans? What compromise did the CT delegation propose? http: //www. cspanclassroom. org/Lesson/1822/Bell+Ringer+NJ+and+VA+Plans+and +the+Constitutional+Convention. aspx