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 * Quiz - Study everything from Colonization Day 5 - Government Day 2.
 * What are the powers and structure of the three branches of government?
 * How similar to New York State government is the federal government?
 * How have checks and balances maintained a government with the least possible corruption?

1. Review and collect Chapter 5.2 Reading Study Guide and Guided Reading. 2. Compare Federalism to Swiss Cheese. Government power for state and Federal gov't is awsome in both cases, but incomplete. You need both together to make the full picture of full government power. The reason we punch holes in the "cheese" (our gov't.) is so that it lacks integrity. It needs the support of another piece of cheese (federal needs state, and vice-versa). So comparing our two levels of gov't to Swiss Cheese is like holding up two pieces of cheese and seeing that together, all spaces are filled in one piece of cheese by the other. It takes both together to get the job done, like filling in all of the space.

Why do we divide power between state and federal? So Federal is striong enough to govern, but not strong enough to abuse us with its power. Also, we "reserve" most power to the states, where it is close to home and we feel we have a better handle on controlling it.

3. Worksheet comparing NYS to US forms of gov't. No .pdf available. The powers of each branch was defined and found to mirror that of NYS. Coincidence? (Probably not) Fed Gov't born in 1789. NYS born in 1777. NY probably was a model of gov't after the Articles of Confederation.

4. Quiz

5. Check and Balance WS completed and discussed in class.

HW 1) Snap Grades letter to parents. 2) Ch 5.3 Section Assessment Questions #1&2 on page 141 in the Americans textbook. Due next class.