MONDAY & TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 & 25, 2009
Go over syllabus
Writing
assignment: "What is government?"
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 & 27,
2009
Principles of Government
Power point presentation and group assignment.
- Assignment Due:
Preamble Collage
This is a group assignment done in class. Each group will be given a word or
phrase from the Preamble to the US Constitution. They are to
make a collage
of pictures that define, describe or symbolize that word or phrase.
FRIDAY & MONDAY, AUGUST 28 & 31, 2009
Types of Government
Power point presentation and group assignment
Assignment Due:
Island Government
This is a group assignment done
in class. Each group is to imagine they are stranded on a deserted island. They
are to decide how their island will be organized. Who will do what, who will get
what, and how they decided everything. All decisions will be written up, signed
by all in the group and
turned in.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 & 2,
2009
- Origins of American Government
Power point presentation
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 & 4,
2009
- Articles of Confederation
Power point presentation
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1009
NO SCHOOL
LABOR DAY
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 & 11, 2009
- Assignment Due:
Federalists/Anti-Federalists
Worksheet
- The Great Compromise
Power point presentation and worksheet
MONDAY & TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 & 15, 2009
- The Constitution
Power point presentation and 2 short videos
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
OPEN HOUSE 6:30 - 8:30
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 &
17, 2009
- Unit 1 Test
50 question open book, open note test over notes taken to date. 20 point
bonus: Write out the Preamble to the Constitution with no book and
no notes.
FRIDAY & MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 & 21, 2009
- Article I sections 1-6
Power point presentation
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 & 23, 2009
- How a bill becomes a law
Power point presentation, 3 short videos, extra credit game, and worksheet.
- Chapter 5 online quiz due
THURSDAY - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2009
- Movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
The story of an ordinary man who is chosen to serve in Congress and the
challenges he faces.
- Chapter 6 online quiz due
MONDAY & TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 & 29, 2009
- Quiz
Quiz over the process of How a bill becomes a law.
- Finish Movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
The story of an ordinary man who is chosen to serve in Congress and the
challenges he faces.
- Chapter 7 online quiz due
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 & OCTOBER 1,
2009
- Article I section 8
Power point presentation
FRIDAY & MONDAY, OCTOBER 2 & 5, 2009
- Article I sections 9 & 10
Power point presentation
- Districting Exercise Worksheet
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
PICTURE DAY
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 & 7, 2009
- Article I Test
Test over Article I of the Constitution.
- President Project
Assigned
Research paper and presentation over a selected President of the United
States.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009
REPORT CARDS GO HOME
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 & 9, 2009
- Article II section 1
power point presentation
- Electoral College Quiz
- Article II Sections 2, 3, & 4
Power point presentation
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009
No School
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 & 14, 2009
Chapter 8 online quiz due
Presidential Role
power point presentation
Presidential Powers worksheet
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, & 16,
2009
Chapter 9 online quiz due
Federal Bureaucracy
Power point presentation
Order
of Succession Worksheet
MONDAY & TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 & 20, 2009
Chapter 10 online quiz due
Finish
Federal Bureaucracy
Project Presentations
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 & 22, 2009
Chapter 16
online quiz due
President Projects Due
Project Presentations
FRIDAY & MONDAY,
OCTOBER 23 & 26, 2009
TUESDAY &
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 & 28, 2009
THURSDAY &
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 & 30, 2009
MONDAY & TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 & 3, 2009
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 & 5, 2009
FRIDAY & MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 & 9, 2009
- Article III
Power point presentation
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 & 11, 2009
Chapter 11
online quiz due
The Supreme Court
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 & 13, 2009
Chapter 12 online quiz due
"Gideon's Trumpet"
View and analyze the movie "Gideon's Trumpet." How was one ordinary man able
to change the course of legal history for all of us?
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18 & 19, 2009
Amendment Project Assigned
Project guidelines will be posted when project is assigned.
Article III Test
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
REPORT CARDS GO HOME
FRIDAY thru MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - 30, 2009
- The First Amendment
Power point lecture over the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
November 23 - 27, 2009
THANKSGIVING BREAK!!!!!!!
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 & 2, 2009
Assignment Due:
You Be the Judge
WORKSHEET
Amendments 2-5
Power point lecture over Amendments 2-5 of the Constitution.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 & 4, 2009
- Amendments 6-10
Power point lecture over Amendments 6-10 of the Constitution.
MONDAY & TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 & 8, 2009
- Amendments 11-18
Power point lecture over Amendments 11-19 of the Constitution.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 & 10,
2009
- Amendments 19-27/Projects
Due
Power point lecture over Amendments 20-27 and
Amendment Projects are due when you walk in the door. If
turned in after class starts AND BEFORE 4:30 pm you will lose 20
points. No projects will be accepted after 4:30 pm on your class
day.
FRIDAY & MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 & 14, 2009
- Amendments Test
Test over all 27 Amendments to the US Constitution.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15 & 16, 2009
Citizenship Power point lecture
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 & 18, 2009
Citizenship Test
December 21,
2009 - January 4, 2010
CHRISTMAS BREAK!!!!!!!
MONDAY & TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 & 5, 2010
Movie "Twelve Angry Men"
The experience of 12 men sitting on a jury for a murder case.
FRIDAY & MONDAY, JANUARY 8 & 11, 2010
TUESDAY thru THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 - 14, 2010
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010
Teacher Workday
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2010
No School
Second Semester
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 & 20, 2010
Go
over syllabus
Writing assignment: "What is government?"
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 & 22, 2010
- Assignment Due:
Preamble Collage
This is a group assignment done in class. Each group will be given a word or
phrase from the Preamble to the US Constitution. They are to
make a collage
of pictures that define, describe or symbolize that word or phrase.
- Principles of Government
Power point presentation and group assignment.
WEDNESDAY &THURSDAY,
JANUARY 28 & 29, 2009
- Assignment Due:
Island Government
This is a group assignment done in class. Each group is to imagine they are
stranded on a deserted island. They are to decide how their island
will be
organized. Who will do what, who will get what, and how they decided
everything. All decisions will be written up, signed by all in the group and
turned in.
- Types of Government
Powerpoint presentation and group assignment
FRIDAY & MONDAY, JANUARY 30 & FEBRUARY 2, 2009
- Origins of American Government
Powerpoint presentation
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 & 4, 2009
- Articles of Confederation
Power point presentation
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 & 6, 2009
- Assignment Due:
Federalists/Anti-Federalists
Worksheet
- The Great Compromise
Power point presentation and worksheet
MONDAY &
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 & 10, 2009
- The Constitution
Power point presentation and 2 short videos
WEDNESDAY &
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 & 12, 2009
- Unit 1 Test
50 question open book, open note test over notes taken to date. 20 point
bonus: Write out the Preamble to the Constitution with no book and
no notes.
FRIDAY & TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 & 17, 2009
- Article I sections 1-6
Power point presentation
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2009
- No school
District Staff Development Day
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 & 19, 2009
- How a bill becomes a law
Power point presentation, 3 short videos, extra credit game, and worksheet.
FRIDAY & MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 & 23, 2009
- Quiz
Quiz over the process of How a bill becomes a law.
- Article I section 8
Power point presentation
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 & 25, 2009
- Article I sections 9 & 10
Power point presentation and worksheet
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 & 27, 2009
- Article I Test
Test over Article I of the Constitution.
- President Project
Research paper and presentation over a selected President of the United
States.
MONDAY - THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 4 & 5, 2009
- Movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
The story of an ordinary man who is chosen to serve in Congress and the
challenges he faces.
TUESDAY, MARCH
3, 2009
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009
Article II Section 1
power point presentation
MONDAY thru FRIDAY, MARCH 9 - 13, 2009
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009
- Article II Section 1
power point presentation
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 & 18, 2009
- Electoral College Quiz
- Article II Sections 2, 3, & 4
Power point presentation
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, MARCH 19 & 20, 2009
- President Project Due
- Presidential Roles
power point presentation and worksheet
MONDAY & TUESDAY, MARCH 23 & 24, 2009
Project Presentations
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, MARCH 25 & 26, 2009
- Federal Bureaucracy
Power point presentation
FRIDAY & MONDAY,
MARCH 27 & 30, 2009
TUESDAY &
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 & APRIL 1, 2009
THURSDAY &
FRIDAY, APRIL 2 & 3, 2009
MONDAY & TUESDAY, APRIL 6 & 7, 2009
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, APRIL 8 & 9, 2009
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009
NO SCHOOL
MONDAY & TUESDAY, APRIL
13 & 14, 2009
- Article III
Power point presentation
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, APRIL 15 & 16, 2009
FRIDAY & MONDAY, APRIL 17 & 20, 2009
GUEST SPEAKER: Pamela Reeves from the League of Women Voters
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, APRIL
21 - 22, 2009
- "Gideon's Trumpet"
View and analyze the movie "Gideon's Trumpet." How was one ordinary man able
to change the course of legal history for all of us?
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, APRIL 23 & 24, 2009
- Amendment Project Assigned
Project guidelines will be posted when project is assigned.
- Article III Test
MONDAY thru
THURSDAY, APRIL 27 - 30, 2009
- The First Amendment
Power point lecture over the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
- Assignment Due:
You Be the Judge
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 & 6, 2009
- Amendments 2-5
Power point lecture over Amendments 2-5 of the Constitution.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, MAY 7 & 8, 2009
- Amendments 6-10
Power point lecture over Amendments 6-10 of the Constitution.
MONDAY & TUESDAY, MAY 11 & 12, 2009
- Amendments 11-27
Power point lecture over Amendments 11-27 of the Constitution.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, MAY 13 & 14, 2009
- Amendments Test/Projects Due
Test over all 27 Amendments to the US Constitution and Amendment Projects
are due when you walk in the door. If turned in after class starts AND
BEFORE 4:30 pm you will lose 10 points. No projects will be accepted after
4:30 pm on your class day.
WEDNESDAY thru
MONDAY, MAY 13 - 18, 2009
- "Double Jeopardy"
View and analyze the movie "Double Jeopardy." Can a woman be
charged, tried and convicted of killing her husband twice?
MONDAY &
TUESDAY, MAY 18 & 19, 2009
- Citizenship
Power point lecture over what it takes to be an American citizen.
WEDNESDAY &
THURSDAY, MAY 20 & 21, 2009
- Citizenship Test
You will be taking an actual US Citizenship Test.
MONDAY, MAY 25, 2009
NO SCHOOL
FRIDAY
thru THURSDAY, MAY 22 - 28, 2009
Movie "Twelve Angry Men"
The experience of 12 men sitting on a jury for a murder case.
FRIDAY &
MONDAY, MAY 29 & JUNE 1, 2009
TUESDAY thru THURSDAY, JUNE 2 - 4, 2009
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