Clarification on Week Three Test for Lecture Classes

All of my lecture classes, MW and TTH, are to give me short answer questions--originally assigned to my Internet students--on the readings for week three. There will be no multiple choice test on September 15/16. This is in order to deal with the unusual circumstances associated with Hurricane Ike, and the real possibility that may not be able to make it back on Monday.

I want to continue to stay on track despite this situation.

The assignments are on the wiki pages:
- 2301
- 2302

In case the links do not work, here are the assignments. Remember that I want you to turn in full answers, shoot for 200 or so words on each, on September 22/23, depending on which class you have of course. Base each on the assigned readings for your respective classes

2301:
1. Read the introduction of Popular Basis of Political Authority and outline the advantages and disadvantages of resting political on the general population. Which founders trusted the people and which did not?
2. Read the introduction to Right of Revolution and any one of the documents in Chapter 3. Comment on when revolution might be justified and when it might not be.
3. Read the Introduction to Republican Government and describe what a republic is, how it is organized and how they are best maintained.

2302:
1. Why were the federalists dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation? What changes in the Constitution addressed these dis-satisfactions?
2. Outline the differences between the Virginia Plan, Hamilton's Plan and the resulting Constitution.
3. What theories underlie the designs of each of the separated powers?
4. Describe each of the checks and balances listed above and discuss any controversies associated with them.

Take your time, we all have more important things to do at the moment.

Change in Plans

As you probably know by now, the campus is closed due to Hurricane Ike.

My Thursday classes cannot meet, so this will put us all behind in our work. In order to stay on track, but also give you all the leeway necessary to deal with whatever you have to deal with, I'm changing the assignment due for week three's readings.

I want everyone, lecture classes included, to do the work assigned to the Internet students. This involves some short answer questions posted on the wiki. I'd like my lecture students to turn in hard copy. The original due date was September 15/16, but I will postpone that one week, September 22/23. We will stay on track for week four's assignments, and--assuming we don't have another hurricane after Ike--we will have a multiple choice test on the week four's reading on September 22/23.

I assume that there will be some confusions regarding all this, so ask me what you need to ask and I'll try to be clearer.

Good luck and stay as dry as you can.

Attention: Week Three Readings are up

The pages for week three are up. Internet students will have to wait til Sunday or Monday for the assignments. There will be, probably, ten or so short answer questions on the readings. I advise that you stick to week two for the weekend--you do read during the weekend right?--but when ready, start on week three.

- 2301 week three.

- 2302 week three.