Reflection On Checks And Balance System Of The United States Federal Government

This unit, on the checks and balance system of the United States Federal Government, was chosen due to student interest in how the federal government works and how the powers of people in governmental positions can be checked and blocked. Therefore, I decided to create an inquiry unit that would capture and funnel this interest towards learning about the federal government holistically. However, I also wanted to engage my students critically, and have them make their own evaluative judgments about the government. From there, I established the question “Which branch of government is the most powerful?” Finally, I added the “persuade” component in order to push my students even further and to better incorporate higher levels of bloom’s taxonomy