1.    Using Web resources, you and your team members are to identify a specific provision in the U.S. Constitution that your team thinks should be amended.  Provide a detailed argument in support of your proposed amendment.  Identify, illustrate, and respond to opposing views.
 
2.    Using Web resources, you and your team members are to review the biographies and backgrounds of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention.  Briefly analyze whether the economic self-interest of the framers can be linked to specific provisions in the Constitution.  Which, if any, groups appear to be underrepresented at the Constitutional Convention?  Which, if any, provisions of the U.S. Constitution appear to benefit specific economic interests?
 
3.    Using Web resources, you and your team members are to identify specific provisions of the Constitution that grant power to the states, as well as those that grant power to the federal government.  As a whole, does the constitutional balance of power favor the states or federal government?  Is that balance appropriate?  If not, what changes would your team suggest?

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GOVT 2305  American Government and Politics
Cathedral High School, El Paso, Texas
Last updated:  August 2005