Today in civics 101, we started off the day with a seminar about current events in the government. We talked about recent debates to increase regulations on guns and the role electrical companies played in the power outage that texas faced during the recent winter storm. After our seminar, we read some pages from American Government 101 and The Infographic Guide to American Government that talked about the articles of the US constitution. After the readings, we looked at the US constitution and looked at the rules it outlines for the government and the people. It was interesting to learn about the way the constitution outlines the structure of our government and the rights that US citizens have.
In the afternoon we started off by looking at the Texas constitution. We weren't about to look at the whole thing because it's around 250 pages, but we were able to look at most of the important parts. We went over the preamble, the powers of government, and some of the bill of rights. After we looked at the Texas constitution we discussed what similarities and differences we between the US and Texas constitutions. There were a lot of similarities in the rights that each constitution outlines for its citizens. We also found some differences like the length of the constitutions and how clear and direct the Texas constitution is compared to the US constitution. After the discussion, we finished the day with a reflection about what we learned.
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