Lesson
Structured Academic Controversy: The Federal Bureaucracy’s Role in the U.S. Constitutional Republic
Objectives
- Students will analyze primary sources from four previous presidents regarding their views on the federal bureaucracy.
- Students will apply information from the four sources to form a consensus statement on the role of the bureaucracy in the United States government.
Materials
Resources
Teacher Resource:
Student Resources:
- What is a Structured Academic Controversy? Handout
- Structured Academic Controversy Graphic Organizer
- Primary Sources:
- Team A: Supporters of Bureaucratic Government: Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt
- Team B: Critics of Bureaucratic Government: Herbert Hoover and Ronald Reagan
Lesson Components
A step-by-step guide for students participating in a Structured Academic Controversy, a method that fosters critical thinking and consensus-building through structured debate and perspective-taking.
A student activity to accompany the Structured Academic Controversy on the role of the Federal Bureaucracy's Role in the U.S. Constitutional Republic.
Help students research, analyze, and evaluate the roles of major bureaucratic departments and their impact on daily life and self-governance.
What is bureaucracy? Explore primary sources that show how two former presidents supported the idea of the large federal bureaucracy.
What is bureaucracy? Scaffolded primary sources that show how two former presidents supported the idea of the large federal bureaucracy.
What is bureaucracy? Primary sources that show how two former presidents critiqued the large federal bureaucracy
What is bureaucracy? Scaffolded primary sources that show how two former presidents critiqued the large federal bureaucracy