Review Greenberg-Page pp. 67-70, focusing in on the nationalist and states’ rights position. Definite states’ rights in your own words. Your definition should be about 3-5 sentences.

Step 2: Research

Choose a topic currently in the news that illustrates the problems between the state and federal government powers. (Think of things that many people either want or don’t want to be made into federal law.) Find at least 2 articles on your topic.

But to get you started, some current topics include:

• Immigration Reform
• Voter Registration
• Minimum Wage
• Drivers Licensing
• Medical Marijuana
• The Right to Marry
• Gun Control
• State taxes
• Education Reform
• Biomedical Research (STEM Cell Research is an example)
• Nutrition (e.g: school lunches, banning transfats, soda tax, calorie labels on menu)
• Law Enforcement
  

  Step 3: Write

  1. Write a 2-3 paragraph summary of your articles, including citations (MLA, APA, or Chicago Style Citation)Links to an external site.. You can use the list below to think about the important information you should include in your summary:
     1. Description of the issue
     2. How the states’ rights advocates view the issue
     3. How the federal government/elected officials/ other supporters of this issue view the problem.
     4. What actions are being taken by both parties to either make certain the issue remains under state control or becomes federal law.