Limits to Federal Government Power

Learning Goals/Objectives • Students will understand the concepts of rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, and individual rights and their relationship to limiting government power. Explain how popular sovereignty, rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, and individual rights limit the powers of the federal government as expressed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. CCSS.5.SL.1.1 CCSS.5.L.3.6