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Grade 10 Starter Lesson: Federalism

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In this lesson, you will compare and contrast the powers of state and federal governments.

Essential Question: Why do the powers of state and federal government differ?
In this lesson, you will compare and contrast the powers of state and federal governments.

Essential Question: Why do the powers of state and federal government differ?
Required
3.

Match the powers to correct level of government.

Federal
State
Concurrent Power
declare war
maintain schools
collect taxes
establish citizenship process
regulate currency
provide public safety
Read about key terms and the differences of powers from the Khan Academy Constitutional Interpretations lesson overview. Then, answer the following questions.
Required
4.
__________ powers are specifically granted to the national government in the __________. An example of this would be the power to__________.
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5.

Reserved powers are guaranteed to States by the tenth amendment.

Read the quote and reflect on what you think it means. How would you reword it? Then, through discussion or writing, respond to the prompt: Using what you know about federalism, do you agree or disagree with the quote? Explain.
  • For the writing option, select Free Response
  • Then, For the discussion option, select Audio Response
6.

Option 1:
Using what you know about federalism, do you agree or disagree with the quote? Explain.