In this lesson, students use current events to analyze how the constitutional system of checks and balances works, and they investigate executive orders to see how these particular presidential actions fit within that system (NY Times Learning 2017).

Interaktives Lernspiel, um das System der Checks and Balances in den USA zu verstehen (Annenberg Classroom 2013)

Interaktives Lernspiel, um das System der Checks and Balances in den USA zu verstehen (Annenberg Classroom 2013-20)

Impeachment belongs to the checks and balances put in place by the Constitution (5 minutes, USA: TEDEd 2021).

The site helps students understand ideas like checks and balances, separation of powers, amendments, the Bill of Rights, slavery and the Constitution, through primary sources and online activities (USA: National Archives 2018).