Separation of Powers: Checks and Balances.

Taylor, Bonnie

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ERIC Number: EJ369587

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

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Separation of Powers: Checks and Balances.

Taylor, Bonnie

Social Studies Review, v27 n2 p50-54 Win 1988

This article offers a class activity on separation of powers and checks and balances within the U.S. government. Based on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's attempt to push through legislation for the New Deal of the 1930s by "packing" the U.S. Supreme Court, the activity includes worksheets and teaching suggestions. (JDH)

Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Democracy, Government (Administrative Body), Law Related Education, Learning Activities, Presidents of the United States, Secondary Education, Social Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: United States Constitution

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