Current Event:
Alluring Aroma of Pork
Is There Anything Wrong With A Little Pork Barrel Spending?
Earmarks: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Good
Objective:
Warm-up:
(a) Define direct democracy.
(b) Define republican form of government.
(c) Describe one reason the framers of the United States Constitution chose a republican form of government over a direct democracy.
(d) Describe each of the models of congressional representation.
Trustee model (attitudinal view)
Delegate model (representational view)
(e) Explain why a member of Congress might sometimes act as a trustee (attitudinal view) rather than a delegate (representational view).
Homework:
Answer Question 11
Complete Vocabulary through franking privilege