TWRA Agent Nathan Ripley taught the Governent class on Wednesday, September 28, 2016. He was informative and interesting -- note the board is covered with topics for continued research.
Here are some of the topics that were covered:
Tennessee Government
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
- History and how funded
- TN Code Annotated (TCA)
- Lexis Nexis TN Code
- Biodiversity
Laws
Federal Standards and State Laws
- Example: Blood Alcohol Level and Boating
- Federal Standard
- State Standards
- Federal Funding
- Lobbying
I think I have covered most of the topics we covered in class. It was amazing to see how so many aspects of Government are encased within the realm of Wildlife Conservation.
Assignments:
- If you have not memorized the Preamble, please do so (you get a giant candy bar if you do).
- As you are eating the candy bar, I figure you will break it apart. We are going to do that with the Preamble. Choose a section to and research what it means. Ex. We the People (Who is that? How does that apply to felons? What did it mean historically? What does it mean now?)
I have mentioned Crash Course videos and Hip Hughes History. Here is a link to Crash Course US Government and Politics to check out. And here is a link to Hip Hughes History on the Constitution.
We discussed a little bit about the debate, but not much. Please do some investigating about the Presidential Debate (history and more).
Also, please investigate the two-party system.
Next week we will discuss the topics covered by our guest speaker and we will get into the Bill of Rights. The following week we will have another special guest join us to cover Special Interest Groups.