Separate Powers: Comparing Constitutions

Grade
9-12
Lesson Duration

“In this activity, students will analyze historical readings about the system of separated powers, or checks and balances, outlined in the U.S. Constitution. They may then use the database of the Comparative Constitutions Project to locate constitutions from around the world to explore other countries’ systems of checks and balances.”

Lesson: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/insights-on-law-and-society/2018/issue-1-2018/comparing-constitutions.html

Source

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/insights-on-law-and-society/2018/issue-1-2018.html

A magazine for teachers of civics, government, history, and law, Insights on Law & Society is a publication of the American Bar Association.