Monday, November 30, 2015

Day 64 Agenda (Monday 11/30/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
ACLOSEDBy AppointmentCLOSEDBy AppointmentOpen TUTORIAL
BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDBy AppointmentBy Appointment
Motivation for the Week:
"Resolve to give thanks, not only in words, but with action."
- Mr. C 

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Bell Ringer

2) Choices
Using the PowerPoint we introduced some basic concepts of economics to the class: scarcity, trade-offs, opportunity costs, wealth. The focus on "What is the value of school?" Including reading and Discussing "A Mystery of Two Families."


Period 4
1) Juries and Due Process
Finally finished watching "12 Angry Men"


2) Bell Ringer

3) Choices
Using the PowerPoint we introduced some basic concepts of economics to the class: scarcity, trade-offs, opportunity costs, wealth. The focus on "What is the value of school?" Including reading and Discussing "A Mystery of Two Families."


Homework
Periods 1&3
Read "Why Some Jobs Pay More than Others" and answer the questions for discussion tomorrow.

Period 4
Read "A Mystery of Two Families" and answer the questions for discussion tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Day 63 Agenda (Tuesday 11/24/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
ACLOSEDBy AppointmentCLOSEDBy AppointmentOpen TUTORIAL
BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDBy AppointmentBy Appointment
Motivation for the Week:
"Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
- Mohandas Gandhi
"Anyone who thinks they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room ."
- Christine Todd Whitman 

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Review
Either Played a Kahoot! Review game (Periods 3&4) or Complete and went over the "Types of Laws Triple Venn Diagram."

2) TEST
UNIT 5: MAKING LAWS
UNIT 6: VIOLATING LAWS

3) Juries and Due Process
Continued/Finished watching "12 Angry Men."


Homework
All Classes
None

Announcements
All Classes
None

Monday, November 23, 2015

Day 62 Agenda (Monday 11/23/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability THIS Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
ACLOSEDBy AppointmentCLOSEDCLOSEDCLOSED
BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDCLOSEDCLOSED
Motivation for the Week:
"Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
- Mohandas Gandhi
"Anyone who thinks they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room ."
- Christine Todd Whitman 

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Criminal Law

2) Criminal Law
Review Criminal Law by completing "The Order of Things"

3) Juvenile Law
Review of the steps and differences that juvenile law provides to its offenders opposed to those of criminal law


4) Review
Practiced a Kahoot! Review game

Period 4
1) Criminal Law

2) Criminal Law
Review Criminal Law procedure by completing "The Order of Things" while going over information from the homework packet


3) Juvenile Law
Review of the steps and differences that juvenile law provides to its offenders opposed to those of criminal law




Homework
All Classes
Make sure your packet is complete. Make sure you have 4 Bell Ringers as well!

Announcements
All Classes
TEST TOMORROW
UNIT 5: MAKING LAWS
UNIT 6: VIOLATING LAWS

Friday, November 20, 2015

Day 61 Agenda (Friday 11/20/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
ACLOSEDBy AppointmentCLOSEDCLOSEDCLOSED
BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDCLOSEDCLOSED
Motivation for the Week:
"Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
- Mohandas Gandhi
"Anyone who thinks they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room ."
- Christine Todd Whitman 

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) QUIZ
Unit 6 Vocabulary

2) Criminal Law
"Chicken Law & Order"


Review of the steps in due process for criminal cases.


3) Juries and Due Process
Continue to watch 12 Angry Men.


Period 4
1) QUIZ
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY

2) Criminal Law
Begin to review the information about types of crimes, penalties, and the purpose of penalties from the homework last night.


3) Juries and Due Process
Continue to watch 12 Angry Men.


Homework
Periods 1&3
Complete Units 5 and Unit 6 Crossword Puzzles

Period 4
Juvenile Law: Read Section 16.3 and complete "Juvenile Law" in the packet.

Announcements
All Classes
TEST TUESDAY
(UNIT 5) MAKING LAWS
(UNIT 6) VIOLATING LAWS

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Day 60 Agenda (Thursday 11/19/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
ACLOSEDBy AppointmentCLOSEDBy AppointmentOpen TUTORIAL
BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDBy AppointmentBy Appointment
Motivation for the Week:
"Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
- Mohandas Gandhi
"Anyone who thinks they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room ."
- Christine Todd Whitman 

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Civil Law
Complete the brief worksheet "The Order of Things" to review the process in a civil case and talk about each part of the process.

2) Criminal Law
Begin to review the information about types of crimes, penalties, and the purpose of penalties from the homework last night.


3) Juries and Due Process
Continue to watch 12 Angry Men.

Period 4
1) QUIZ
Unit 5 Vocabulary

2) Civil Law
Brief review of the procedure in a civil case.


3) Juries and Due Process
Students completed a preliminary survey about their opinions on several important things regarding juries and our trial system.
Begin watching the movie 12 Angry Men from the play by Reginald Rose.



Homework
Periods 1&3
Juvenile Law: Read Section 16.3 and complete "Juvenile Law" in the packet.

Period 4
Read Section 16.2 and complete "Criminal Law" in the packet


Announcements
Periods 1&3



1) TEST MONDAY 11/23
UNIT 5: MAKING LAWS
UNIT 6: VIOLATING LAWS


2) QUIZ FRIDAY 11/20
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY


Period 4

1) TEST TUESDAY 11/24
UNIT 5: MAKING LAWS
UNIT 6: VIOLATING LAWS


2) QUIZ FRIDAY 11/20
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Day 59 Agenda (Wednesday 11/18/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
ACLOSEDBy AppointmentCLOSEDBy AppointmentOpen TUTORIAL
BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDBy AppointmentBy Appointment
Motivation for the Week:
"Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
- Mohandas Gandhi
"Anyone who thinks they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room ."
- Christine Todd Whitman 

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) QUIZ
Unit 5 Vocabulary

2) Civil Law
Brief review of the procedure in a civil case.


3) Juries and Due Process
Students completed a preliminary survey about their opinions on several important things regarding juries and our trial system.
Begin watching the movie 12 Angry Men from the play by Reginald Rose.


Period 4
1) Bell Ringer

2) The American Legal System
Review aspects of our Legal System from protections in the Constitution and Bill of Rights to procedural protections including bail.


Homework
Periods 1&3
Read Section 16.2 and complete "Criminal Law" in the packet

Period 4
Read Section 16.1 and complete "Civil Law" in the packet

Announcements
Periods 1&3


1) TEST MONDAY 11/23
UNIT 5: MAKING LAWS
UNIT 6: VIOLATING LAWS


2) QUIZ FRIDAY 11/20
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY


Period 4

1) TEST TUESDAY 11/24
UNIT 5: MAKING LAWS
UNIT 6: VIOLATING LAWS


2) QUIZ THURSDAY 11/19
UNIT 5 VOCABULARY



3) QUIZ FRIDAY 11/20
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Day 58 Agenda (Tuesday 11/17/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
ACLOSEDBy AppointmentCLOSEDBy AppointmentOpen TUTORIAL
BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDBy AppointmentBy Appointment
Motivation for the Week:
"Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
- Mohandas Gandhi
"Anyone who thinks they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room ."
- Christine Todd Whitman 

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Bell Ringer

2) The American Legal System
Review aspects of our Legal System from protections in the Constitution and Bill of Rights to procedural protections including bail.

3) Unit 6 Formative Assessment

Period 4
1) Bell Ringer

2) How a Bill Becomes Law
For about 15-20 minutes we finished reviewing the process of How a Bill Becomes a Law (Section 6.4 Outline)
Finished Watching the classic "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"


We also watched the classic School House Rock, "I'm Just a Bill"




3) Types of Laws
We took about 15 minutes going over the information regarding the different types of laws from Thursday Night's homework (Section 15.2 Organizer)

Homework
Periods 1&3

Read Section 16.1 and complete the outline regarding Civil Law

Period 4
Read Section 15.3: The American Legal System and complete the page in the packet

Announcements
Periods 1&3
1) TEST MONDAY 11/23
UNIT 5: MAKING LAWS
UNIT 6: VIOLATING LAWS


2) QUIZ WEDNESDAY 11/18
UNIT 5 VOCABULARY



3) QUIZ FRIDAY 11/20
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY



Period 4

1) TEST TUESDAY 11/24
UNIT 5: MAKING LAWS
UNIT 6: VIOLATING LAWS


2) QUIZ THURSDAY 11/19
UNIT 5 VOCABULARY



3) QUIZ FRIDAY 11/20
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY


Monday, November 16, 2015

Day 57 Agenda (Monday 11/16/15)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
ACLOSEDBy AppointmentCLOSEDBy AppointmentOpen TUTORIAL
BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDBy AppointmentBy Appointment
Motivation for the Week:
"Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
- Mohandas Gandhi
"Anyone who thinks they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room ."
- Christine Todd Whitman 

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Bell Ringer

2) How a Bill Becomes Law
For about 15-20 minutes we finished reviewing the process of How a Bill Becomes a Law (Section 6.4 Outline)
Finished Watching the classic "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"


We also watched the classic School House Rock, "I'm Just a Bill"




3) Types of Laws
We took about 15 minutes going over the information regarding the different types of laws from Thursday Night's homework (Section 15.2 Organizer)

Period 4

1) Bell Ringer

2) How a Bill Becomes Law
Continue Watching the classic "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"



Homework
Periods 1&3
Read Section 15.3: The American Legal System and complete the page in the packet

Period 4
1) Write an ending for the movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as per this assignment.

Announcements
All Classes
1) TEST MONDAY 11/23
UNIT 5: MAKING LAWS
UNIT 6: VIOLATING LAWS


2) QUIZ WEDNESDAY 11/18
UNIT 5 VOCABULARY



3) QUIZ FRIDAY 11/20
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY