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Teaching The Border Wall: What's Stopping the President?

The Border Wall: What's Stopping the President?

This text uses the border wall as a modern day example to help students understand “checks and balances” between the 3 branches.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How does the difficulty in building a border wall demonstrate the forces of checks and balances?
STANDARDS:
RI.1 - Meaning & Evidence, RI.2 - Main Ideas

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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