Day 26 Agenda (Wednesday 09/30/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes." - Gandhi

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) TEST
(Unit 3A) Comparative Government: Legislative Branch

2) Vocabulary
Unit 3B Guide


3) Presidential Basics
A Guick Look at some of the benefits and qualifications for president.



Period 4
1) TEST
(Unit 3A) Comparative Government: Legislative Branch

2) Vocabulary
Unit 3B Guide

Homework
All Classes
Read 7.2 and Complete "Roles of the President" in the Packet

Day 25 Agenda (Tuesday 09/29/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes." - Gandhi

Agenda
All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Local Government
Completed Information in the packet about County and Municipal Government (begin on slide 11).


3) Review
We played a review game using Kahoot!

Homework
All Classes
1) Unit 3A Crossword Puzzle
2) Make Sure packet is complete (it includes 3 Bell Ringers)

Announcements
All Classes
TEST TOMORROW (UNIT 3A) COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Day 24 Agenda (Monday 09/28/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes." - Gandhi

Agenda
Periods 1,3,&4
1) Bell Ringer

2) Work of Congress
In addition to making laws, Congress does a number of other functions including Casework, Grants, Contracts, and Pork-Barrel Projects.


3) Congressional Committees
Crash Course #7: Congressional Committees


4) State Legislature
The basics about the NC General Assembly and its members.

Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
Nothing New, just make sure to catch up in your packet!

Announcements
TEST WEDNESDAY: (UNIT 3A) COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Day 23 Agenda (Friday 09/25/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes." - Gandhi

Agenda
Periods 1,3,&4
1) QUIZ
Unit 3A Vocabulary

2) Privileges of Congress
Notes from PowerPoint that are not included in the chart in the packet


3) Congressional Committees
Crash Course #7: Congressional Committees


Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
Nothing New, just make sure to catch up in your packet!

Announcements
TEST WEDNESDAY: (UNIT 3A) COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Day 22 Agenda (Thursday 09/24/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "Everyone says we have too many laws...but everyone thinks he knows a new law that ought to be passed." - Joe Moore

Agenda
Periods 1,3,&4
1) Organization of Congress
On the computers in the Media Center the class participated in a Scavenger Hunt. Using the Organization of Congress pages toward the back of the Homework Packet the class used the Internet to search the websites given on each page of the handout to complete the charts for the Federal Legislature and the State Legislature.

2) Redistricting
Once you are finished, try your hand at the Redistricting Game. Take a look at what it takes to redraw Congressional Districts. You will be lost if you don't read the directions!

Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
Nothing New, but look at the Announcement...

Announcement
Periods 1,3,&4
QUIZ TOMORROW UNIT 3A VOCABULARY

Day 21 Agenda (Tuesday 09/22/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "Everyone says we have too many laws...but everyone thinks he knows a new law that ought to be passed." - Joe Moore

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Unit 3 Formative Assessment
To gauge our starting point for the unit. The results on the unit test will be compared to these results.

2) Bell Ringer

3) Organization of Congress

• Continued to discuss some more details and complications of our national legislative branch.

• Crash Course #8: Congressional Leadership

Period 4
1) Unit 3 Formative Assessment
To gauge our starting point for the unit. The results on the unit test will be compared to these results.

2) Organization of Congress

• Continued to discuss some more details and complications of our national legislative branch.

• Crash Course #8: Congressional Leadership

Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
Continue Last Night's Homework: State Legislature Diagram - Use section 13.1, do your best to complete the diagram in your packet. If there is information the textbook cannot help you with, I will cover it in class for you to add to your packet.

Announcements
1) Meet in the Media Center on Thursday!

2) QUIZ FRIDAY: UNIT 3A VOCABULARY

Day 20 Agenda (Monday 09/21/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "Everyone says we have too many laws...but everyone thinks he knows a new law that ought to be passed." - Joe Moore

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Creating a Constitution
Write a Reflection for your work on the project. Let the slide below be your guide.

2) Organization of Congress

• Crash Course #2: Bicameral Congress

 

• While this weekend's homework seemed pretty basic, there is a lot more to discuss when we scratch the surface. These notes are to complement what was in the homework chart.

Period 4
1) Bell Ringer

2) Organization of Congress

• Crash Course #2: Bicameral Congress

 

• While this weekend's homework seemed pretty basic, there is a lot more to discuss when we scratch the surface. These notes are to complement what was in the homework chart.

Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
State Legislature Diagram - Using section 13.1 do your best to complete diagram in your packet. If there is information the textbook cannot help you with, I will cover it in class for you to add to your packet.

Day 19 Agenda (Friday 09/18/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "Everyone says we have too many laws...but everyone thinks he knows a new law that ought to be passed." - Joe Moore

Agenda
Periods 1,3,&4
1) Civil Rights

• Finish watching "The Ghosts of Mississippi" and submit the movie guide.
• "Do I Have A Right?" Simulation Game in the computer lab. Try your hand at running a law firm - hire lawyers, direct clients to the correct lawyer for their problem. Not as easy as it sounds, but more fun than it sounds. No need to register, just Click "No Thanks" and read the directions as you go!

Homework
Periods 1,&3
Federal Legislative Branch - use the textbook, section 6.1 & 6.3 to get some basic information about Congress and its members.

Period 4
No Homework this weekend. Heads up for notes to replace it on Monday.

Day 18 Agenda (Thursday 09/17/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "The people who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed." - Joe Moore

Agenda
Periods 1,3,&4
1) Civil Rights
Continue Watching "Ghosts of Mississippi"

Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
Nothing New, use this time to catch up if you have fallen behind!

Day 17 Agenda (Wednesday 09/16/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "The people who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed." - Joe Moore

Agenda
Periods 1,3,&4
1) Civil Rights

• Discuss JFK's Civil Rights Speech from last night's homework
• Begin watching "The Ghosts of Mississippi." While watching complete the movie guide that corresponds with your class. Periods 1&3 Movie Guide. Period 4 Movie Guide.

Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
Right now I have nothing for you to do. If some reason you are behind from last unit, now is the ideal time to catch up!

Day 16 Agenda (Tuesday 09/15/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "The people who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed." - Joe Moore

Agenda
Periods 1,&3
1) TEST
(Unit 2) The Constitution

2) Civil Rights
Read JFK's Landmark Civil Rights Speech delivered June 11, 1963, and answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. If you like, read along with the audio of the speech.

3) Creating a Constitution
Each Committee presents their part of the class' Constitution and answers questions about how they came to their conclusions and what went into their discussions

Period 4
1) Review
Played a Kahoot game to review for the test

2) TEST
(Unit 2) The Constitution

3) Civil Rights
Read JFK's Landmark Civil Rights Speech delivered June 11, 1963, and answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. If you like, read along with the audio of the speech.

Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
Finish reading JFK's Speech and answering the questions (see above)

Day 15 Agenda (Monday 09/14/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "The people who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed." - Joe Moore

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Bill of Rights
Use PowerPoint to review the Bill of Rights


2) Extending the Bill of Rights
Use the PowerPoint to review additional amendments that impacted voting and civil rights


3) Types of Powers
Review of Reserved, Expressed (Delegated or Enumerated), Concurrent, and Denied Powers by Board Notes

Period 4
1) Bill of Rights
Individually, in groups, and as a class, we discussed many of the rights granted by the Bill of Rights using an activity that required students to pick which rights they believed are more important and why.

2) Types of Powers
Review of Reserved, Expressed (Delegated or Enumerated), Concurrent, and Denied Powers by Board Notes

Homework

Periods 1,3,&4

• Complete Unit 2 Crossword Puzzle in Packet
• Make sure you packet is complete
• Check out @caggiasocstud for review questions. Post questions using #AskMrC

Day 14 Agenda (Friday 09/11/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "The people who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed." - Joe Moore

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) QUIZ
Unit 2 Vocabulary

2) Bill of Rights

• Crash Course #23: Civil Rights & Liberties

• Review of Amendments in the Bill of Rights

3) Creating a Constitution
In Committees, each group finalized their work and created a draft to add to the Constitution. Each group chose one member to add information to the Google Doc for their class.

Period 4
1) QUIZ
Unit 2 Vocabulary

2) Bill of Rights

• Crash Course #23: Civil Rights & Liberties

• Review of Amendments in the Bill of Rights

3) More Amendments
Review of Additional Amendments that contributed to Civil Rights and Liberties



Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
Nothing New but be sure to study for Tuesday's Test!

Announcements
Period 1,3,&4
TEST TUESDAY: (Unit 2) The Constitution

Day 13 Agenda (Thursday 09/10/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Open TUTORIAL
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	By Appointment
Motivation for the Week: "Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read." - Mark Twain

I apologize for not getting yesterday's agenda up. Here are the board notes from class yesterday regarding the Structure of the Constitution (to check your information in your packet against).

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) QUIZ
Structure of the Constitution

2) Bill of Rights
Begin discussion on rights and liberties in the Bill of Rights


3) Creating a Constitution
Today the State Delegations broke out into committees for each part of the Constitution. Here the students discuss, debate, and come to a consensus on their committee's part of the Constitution.

Period 4
1) QUIZ
Structure of the Constitution

2) Bill of Rights
Begin discussion on rights and liberties in the Bill of Rights


Homework
Periods 1,3,&4
Types of Powers: Complete the chart in your packet. Follow the directions in each box.

Announcements
Periods 1,3,&4
QUIZ TOMORROW: UNIT 2 VOCABULARY