A U.S. Senate committee voted to hold a former health official in contempt after he refused to answer questions. Students use the case to ask a bigger civic question: what are public government hearings for and when does oversight turn political?
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- PowerPoint Slides with concept intro, discussion, and current event overview
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- Thinking questions to connect to the concepts of power and legitimacy
- Critical thinking activity about whether this hearing is achieving its goals
- Research extension about the congressional hearing of James Comey
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