Project Citizen Mountain Plains Regional Institute
June 12 – 17, 2011 • Auraria Campus, Denver
Project Citizen for the 21st Century: Creating Better Readers, Writers, and Thinkers
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Colorado We the People Summer Institute
June 9 – 10, 2011 • University of Denver
Balancing Powers:
What Is the Role of the Courts? |
Learning to analyze public policy is critical to becoming an engaged citizen, but the study of public policy also provides rich opportunities for students to become better readers and writers. This institute focused on strategies for boosting literacy and technology skills throughout the Project Citizen process. Strands for elementary and secondary teachers provided an opportunity to use Web 2.0 technology to collaborate in building Project Citizen portfolios. |
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How do courts help our democracy work? Is the judicial branch the "least dangerous branch" that Alexander Hamilton envisioned in 1789? Why are Supreme Court decisions respected, even though the judiciary has neither "sword nor purse"? The U.S. Supreme Court is increasingly asked to decide cases that involve controversial social and political issues that were not a concern at the founding of our Constitution. Participants in the 2011 We the People Summer Institute will examine the important role of the courts in our system of shared powers. |
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