Presidential Power Over DC: Station Rotation Debate
A 90-minute station-rotation lesson for 8th graders that uses a Do Now, mini-lesson organizer, three case studies, and a structured academic controversy to examine whether the President is using existing authority over Washington, DC or going beyond it. Students build skills in reading legal text, weighing evidence, distinguishing legal from policy questions, and writing a CER response, with prompts like "What's one fact that would change your mind?" throughout.
