Episode 4 of 100 · 5-Minute Videos
The Constitution: A Moral Challenge
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About This Video
Unlike any governing document in history, the U.S. Constitution inscribed liberty and individual rights into law. But how could America espouse freedom at its founding and also permit slavery? Robert George, Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, examines this moral conundrum.
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Standards Met in Ohio
- 8.GO.22Grades 8thThe U.S. Constitution established a federal republic, providing a framework for a national government with elected representatives, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
- AMG.9-12.12.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thExplain ways the different people/groups in government can limit each other’s powers (e.g., checks and balances).
- AMG.9-12.13.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thGiven an event, explain how it creates a dynamic interaction among the three branches of government (e.g., checks and balances).
- AMG.9-12.13.bGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thExplain a political process that creates a dynamic interaction between the three branches of government (e.g., checks and balances).
- AMG.9-12.5.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thExplain basic principles of government in the United States (e.g., separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism).
- MWH.9-12.6cGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify one of the Rights of Man.
- SS.7.9cGrades 7thIdentify examples of slavery.