Overview
Description
The origin and growth of the constitutional system. May be used to satisfy requirement in U.S. Constitution.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- explain fundamentals of the U.S. Constitution related to the divisions of power within the Federal Government, i.e., executive, legislative, judicial.
- explain fundamentals of the U.S. Constitution and meaning of federalism and the place of the state of Nevada within that structure.
- interpret, analyze and synthesize primary, secondary, and cultural sources.
- articulate the factual outline and thematic narratives of U.S. constitutional history and its interaction with national history of the United States.
- explain the expanding meaning of citizenship overtime and the greater inclusiveness of the rights that citizenship confers, especially to groups historically excluded by race, ethnicity, and sex.