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Extra Credit Current Events Discussion

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Pass Back Papers

Chapter 10-12 Test

Starters Due 8 Starters X 5 Points each = 40/40

Chapter 13 Section 1 & 2 Assignment

"Krusty for Kongress"

Current Event Friday is EXTRA CREDIT

Starter #8 P. 354
How a bill becomes a law
1. Why are bills sent to committee first in both houses?
2. What is the purpose of the Conference Committee?
3. What choices does the president have after a bill finalized and approved by both houses?

Discuss Ch 12 Assignment, Due

School House Rock: I'm Just a Bill

The Simpsons: The Amendment Song

Pass Back Papers

Ch 10-12 Test Next Time

Current Event Friday is EXTRA CREDIT

Starter #7
P. 345
1. How many bills were proposed?
2. How many were reported by committee?
3. How many became actual laws?
4. Where do most bills "die"?

Ch 12 New Assignment (Due Next Time)

Discuss Ch 11 Sec 3 & 4, Due

Current Event Due

Ch 10-12 Test Wed 12/21

Current Event for Fri 12/23 is EXTRA CREDIT

Starter #6
P. 314
1. How did the Civil Rights Act affect education?
2. What does Title IX do?
3. What is the I.D.E.A. Act all about?

Ch 11 Sec 3 & 4, New Assignment (Due Next Time)

Discuss Ch 11 Sec 1 & 2, Due

Current Event Thurs 12/15

Ch 10-12 Tes Wed 12/21

Current Event for Fri 12/23 is EXTRA CREDIT

Starter #5
P. 301
1. What was the total federal budget in 1800?
2. 1900?
3. 2009?

Discuss Ch 10 Sec 2, 3 & 4... Due

Current Events Due, Discuss

Read Ch 11 Sec 1 & 2 and Do Assignment

Starter #4 P. 291
Comparing the House and the Senate
1. How many members in the House of Representatives?
2. How many members in the Senate?
3. How long is a term in the Senate?
4. How long is a term in the House?

Finish Movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Current Event Friday

Starter #3
Political Cartoon P. 289 Read the cartoon and the explanation underneath.
1. What does C.O.L.A. stand for?
2. Has Congress provided the same standards for the minimum wage?

Movie & Study Guide: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Current Event Friday

Starter #2
Chart P. 286
1. What percentage of Americans have a college degree?
2. What percentage of Congress have college degrees?
3. Opinion: Why do you think there are such differences between Congress and the general public.

Legislative Branch video & study guide

Current Events Due

New Starter #1
Chart P. 270
1. How many representatives does Wyoming get?
2. How many representatives does California get?
3. How many Senators does each state get?

Ch 10 Sec 1 Assignment Due, Discuss

Ch 10 Sec 2, 3 & 4 Assignment, work on it in class.

Current Event Thurs 12/1

Starter #3
P. 260 Political Cartoon
1. What is the cartoonist saying about the influence of PACs on candidates for office?
2. Do you think special interest groups have too much power over candidates and officials?

Ch 8 & 9 Quiz (Short Test)

Starters Due 3 Starters X 5 Points Each = 15/15
Self-Grade Please

Ch 9 Assignment Due

Chapter 10 Section 1 Assignment

Current Events Due, Discuss (When Everyone has finished the test)

Starter #2
P. 249
1. What was the rate of union membership in 1955?
2. What is the rate of union membership now?
3. Why has there been a decline?

Ch 9 Assignment

Current Event Wed 11/23

New Starter #1
Chart P. 215
1. What was the most important issue to American voters in the 2008 Presidential Election?
2. What was the second most important issue?
3. What were the two least important issues?

Grade & Discuss Ch 8 Assignment

Current Events Due, Discuss

Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington

No Starter

Pass Back Papers

Unit 3, Ch 5-7 Test

Starters Due, 8 Starters X 5 Points Each = 40/40

Chapter 8 Assignment (New)

Current Event Thurs 11/17

Starter #8 (Last Starter for the Unit)
Chart P. 203
1. How much money was John McCain able to raise using the Internet in 2000?
2. How much money was Howard Dean able to raise using the Internet in 2004?
3. How much money was Barack Obama able to raise using the Internet in 2008?

Grade & Discuss Chapter 7 Assignment, Due

Pass Back Papers

Current Event Due, Discuss

Ch 5, 6 & 7 Test Tues 11/15

Starter #7
Chart P. 186
1. List the FIVE methods of nominating a candidate.
2. Which method of nominations involves the most people and is the most democratic?

Chapter 7 Assignment

Ch 5, 6 & 7 Test Tues 11/15

Current Event Friday 11/11/11

Starter #6
Chart P. 175 “Voting Demographics: 2008 Presidential Election”
1. Which party do women tend to favor when voting?
2. Which party do African Americans tend to favor?
3. Which party do older people tend to favor?
4. Which party do wealthier people tend to favor?
5. What is the most significant indicator of how a person will vote?

Finish: Swing Vote

Current Event Friday 11/11/11

Starter #5
Chart P. 153 “Expanding Voting Rights”
When was the 15th Amendment passed? What did it do?
When was the 19th Amendment passed? What did it do?
When was the 26th Amendment passed? What did it do?

Extra Credit Current Event Due, Discuss

Video Clip: Swing Vote

Starter #4
Chart P. 139
1. Which minor party got the most electoral votes in any election?
2. What year was that election?
3. When was the most recent election in which a minor party won electoral votes?

Discuss Ch 5 Assignment (This assignment goes on 1st Quarter Grade)
(Ch 6 Assignment will go on 2nd Quarter Grade)

Video Clip: Man of the Year

Current Event this week is EXTRA CREDIT Due Wed 11/2/11

Starter #3
Chart P. 134-135
1. When was the ‘First Era of the Democrats’?
2. When was the ‘Era of Republicans’?
3. When was the ‘Second Era of the Democrats’?
4. What are the years of of the ‘Era of Divided Government’?

Continue to work on Ch 5 & 6 Assignments
Both Due at the end of the period

Current Event Due, Due, DIscuss

Starter #2
Chart P. 133
1. Who is credited with popularizing the animal symbols we use to identify the two main political parties?
2. What animal symbolizes the Democrats?
3. What animal symbolizes the Republicans?

Continue to work on Ch 5 Assignment
In-class time to work on new Ch 6 Assignment
Both Due Thurs 10/27

Current Event Thurs 10/27

Starter #1
Look at the ‘Political Spectrum’ chart on P. 126
1. What do Reactionaries believe?
2. What to Radicals believe?
3. What to Moderates believe?
4. Where do you think you fall in this spectrum?

Video on Political Parties: John Adams- Unnecessary War
& Video Study Guide

Extra Credit Current Events Due

Discuss Ch 5 Sec1 - if there is time in class.

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Pass Back Remaining Papers

Ch 3 & 4 Test

Turn in:
Ch 3 & 4 Starters; 5 Starters X 5 Points Each = 25/25 Possible
Ch 4 Political Dictionary & Key Terms 38/38 Possible

Read Chapter 5 Section 1 & 2
Begin Ch 5 Assignment (At least sections 1 & 2)

Current Event Wed 10/19 is optional and worth up to 20 Points of Extra Credit!!!

Starter #5
Look at the ‘track the issue’ chart on P. 110
1. When was Yellowstone National Park created?
2. When was The Clean Water Act passed?
3. When was The Clean Air Act passed?

Discuss Ch 4 Sec 2 & 3

Current Events Due, Discuss

Pass Back Papers

Ch 3 & 4 Test Mon 10/17

Starter #4
Look at the Chart on P. 100
1. List the concurrent powers shared by the national government and the states in the United States.

Discuss Ch 4 Sec 1 (Assignment NOT due until Thurs 10/13)

In-class time to work on the rest of the Ch 4 Assignment

Current Event Thurs

Video on inherent powers: Much Apu About Nothing

Starter #3
Look at the chart on P. 79 “Method 1”
(“Method 2” has never actually been used)
1. How is an amendment proposed?
2. What are the TWO different ways of ratifying an amendment?

Current Events Due, Discuss

Discuss Ch 3 Sec 2 & 3

Ch 3 Assignment Due, 36 Points Possible

Read Ch 4
Do Ch 4 Assignment
(45-60 Minutes of In-class work time given)

Starter #2
Look at the chart on P. 73
1. Name a ‘check’ that the Executive Branch has against the Legislative Branch?
2. Name a ‘check’ that the Legislative Branch has against the Executive Branch.
3. What can the Judicial branch do to both acts of Congress AND executive acts?

Discuss Ch 3 Sec1 (Ch 3 Assignments not due until Thursday 10/6)

Video: John Adams- Unite or Die & Video Study Guide
The early days of implementing The Constitution

Current Event Next Time

New Starter #1
Look at the Chart on P. 69
1. What does Article I do?
2. What does Article II do?
3. What does Article III do?
4. What is the purpose of The Preamble?

Current Events Due, Discuss

Read Chapter 3
Do Chapter 3 Assignment (lilac colored handout)

No Starter
Pass Back Papers
Chapter 1 & 2 Test
Starters Due (You should have 9 of them)
A More Perfect Union Video Guides Due
Rest of Class: A More Perfect Union
Current Event Next Time (Friday)

Starter #9
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
~ John Adams
"The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon."
~ George Washington
Respond to the quotes with your opinion… 2-3 sentences per quote

Discuss Ch 2 Sec 3, 4 & 5 Assignment, Due

Video: A More Perfect Union & Video Study Guide

Ch 1 & 2 Test Wed 9/28

Starter #8
Look at the chart on P. 53 The Framers of the US Constitution…
1. Who had commanded the Continental Army?
2. Who was a major financier of the Revolution?
3. Who was a writer, inventor, diplomat, legislator and printer?

Declaration of Independence Assignment, Due, Discuss (8/8)

Video: A Healthy Constitution
(No Assignment... just watch & enjoy)

Current Events, Due, Discuss

Ch 2 Sec 3, 4 & 5 Assignment Due Tues 9/27
Ch 1 & 2 Test Wed 9/29

Starter #7
Look at the chart on P. 49
1. How many votes did each state get?
2. Was there a national courts system.
3. How many votes were required to pass a law?

Declaration of Independence Assignment (Handout)

Read Ch 2 Sec 3, 4 & 5
Do Key Terms & Political Dictionary (Handout)

Current Event Thursday (Next Time)

Starter #6
Read the introduction to the Declaration of Independence.
List the FOUR parts of the Declaration

Finish: John Adams

Discuss Ch 2 Sec 1 &2, Due 14 Points Possible

Current Events Due, Discuss

Starter #5
Look at the Chart on P. 42
List the five common features of the new state constitutions

Finish: Taking Liberties, discuss

VIdeo: John Adams Episode 2 Independence (first half) & video study guide

Current Events Friday

Starter #4
Look at the chart on P. 32
1. In what year was the Magna Charta signed?
2. What rights are protected by the English Bill of Rights?
3. What rights are protected in the 1776 Virginia Bill of Rights and the 1791 US Bill of rights?

Read Chapter 2 Section 1 & 2
Do Political Dictionary P. 30 & 36

Video Clip: Taking Liberties

Current Events Friday

Starter #3
Look at the Chart on P. 15
1. What form of government does the USA have?
2. The United Kingdom?
3. The People’s Republic of China?
4. The Union of Myanmar?

Finish Video: John Adams - Join or Die

Discuss Current Events, Due

Starter #2
1. What are the four characteristics of a ‘state’? See P. 6
2. Name four theories which attempt to explain the origins of government. See P. 8
Discuss Ch 1 Political Dictionary... Due 22/22 Points
Begin Video: John Adams- Join or Die
& Video Study Guide
Current Events Due Next Time (Thurs 9/8)

Starter #1
What is the purpose of governemnt?
(3 sentences)

Current Event Discussion/Due

Time to finish Ch 1 Sec 2 & 3 Political Dictionary
Read Ch 1 Sec 3 Do Political Dictionary P.20

Welcome

Roll/Seating Chart

Class Overview

Disclosure

1st Assignments
Current Event, Due Thursday 9/1/2011
Read Ch 1 Sec 1 & 2 Do Political Dictionary P. 4 & 12

An un-American response to the Oslo attack

An un-American response to the Oslo attack

Fabulous video from BBC4