Class Summary 9.14.12

Yesterday, we spent the class period discussing the main issues the founding fathers debated while forming the Constitution. After conversing in small groups about topics such as Uni vs. Bicameral, Voting by People or state, and Proportional vs. Equal representation; we complied our ideas as a class. In conclusion, we advocated for both sides and concurred with an understanding of why our government is the way it is. we have a Bicameral legislature, two houses, which are made up by the Senate and the House of Representatives. In the Senate, originally senators were elected by state legislatures but in 1912, that was changed to election by the people in an equal form regardless of state size, thanks to the New Jersey, or the Small States plans. Representatives from the House of Rep. have always been elected by the people, but are based on population due to the Virginia or Large State Plans. All of this was decided through the Connecticut Compromise, something our current government could use a lot more of these days. Today we took a slight break from history and sorted through the syllabus and assignments as we are all finding this transition to technology to be a bit challenging. However it shows great insight on the process schools would have to go through in order to modernize and integrate technology fully and thoroughly.