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Checks & Balances CBA and Rubric

Checks & Balnaces
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CBA Instructions from Rubric
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Citing Text Evidence

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Checks & Balances

National Constitution Center. "Separation of Powers". YouTube, uploaded by the National Constitution Center, August 30, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bF3Jsrv_yM&t=19s

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A free multimedia law project from Cornell Law School and Kent State. Landmark court cases can be found here.

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Cornell Law School
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Textbook Source

History Alive! the United States Through Industrialim by Wendy Frey

The Constitution

Constitution

When citing the Constitution, you may follow this simple example:

United States Constitution. Art./Amend. XII, Sec. 3.

You need only provide either the article number or the amendment number as appropriate.

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8th Grade Checks & Balances CBA: Home

The Task

To prevent abuses of power, those who helped found our nation developed the system of checks and balances. You will develop a reasoned position on the effectiveness of this system in relation to one current or historical event.