Day 42 Agenda (Tuesday 03/22/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	No School
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	No School
Motivation for the Week: "The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." - Leonardo da Vinci

Agenda
All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Structure of the Federal Courts
Using last nights Homework (or the textbook) students filled in information into a foldable about the federal court system. Detail was added when we discussed last night homework.


3) Supreme Court Case Study
Because it establishes the power of Judicial Review for the Supreme Court, Marbury v. Madison is possibly the most important Supreme Court Case. We read this summary, answered the questions, and discussed the background of the case.

Homework
All Classes
Read section 8.3 and complete the 8.3 Guided Reading in the packet.

Day 41 Agenda (Monday 03/21/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	No School
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	No School
Motivation for the Week: "The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." - Leonardo da Vinci

Agenda
All Classes
1) Precedent & Common Law
We read an analyzed the fable "The Tortoise and the Lizard" to derive its significance in the context of the judicial branch / court system.

2) Structure of the Courts


3) The Federal Courts
Using the PowerPoint we went over some of the basics of our justice system.


Homework
All Classes
Read section 8.2 and complete "How the Federal Courts Are Organized" in the packet.

Day 40 Agenda (Friday 03/18/16)

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 greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." - Leonardo da Vinci

Agenda
Period 1
1) Review
Kahoot!

2) TEST
UNITS 4A & 4B

3) Federal Courts
Using section 8.1 in the textbook, complete the page in the new packet "Federal Courts"

4) Propaganda
We discussed propaganda techniques and followed up by looking at some advertisements and several historical political advertisements and analyzed them for the propaganda techniques.

Period 3
1) Review
Kahoot!

2) TEST
UNITS 4A & 4B

3) Federal Courts
Using section 8.1 in the textbook, complete the page in the packet "Federal Courts"

Period 4
1) Bell Ringer

2) Review
Kahoot!

3) TEST
UNITS 4A & 4B

4) Federal Courts
Using section 8.1 in the textbook, complete the page in the packet "Federal Courts"

Homework
All Classes
Finish assignment for "The Living Room Candidate" using the corresponding website.

Day 39 Agenda (Thursday 03/17/16)

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 greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." - Leonardo da Vinci

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Bell Ringer

2) Voting
Review the information regarding Voting. It seems a little useless considering most students experienced this earlier this week.


3) Propaganda
We discussed propaganda techniques and followed up by looking at some advertisements and several historical political advertisements and analyzed them for the propaganda techniques.

Period 4
1) Bell Ringer

2) Voting
Review the information regarding Voting. It seems a little useless considering most students experienced this earlier this week.


3) Propaganda
We discussed propaganda techniques and followed up by looking at some advertisements and several historical political advertisements and analyzed them for the propaganda techniques.

Homework
All Classes
Complete Unit 4A & Unit 4B Crossword Puzzles
Makes sure both Unit 4A and Unit 4B Packets are complete
"The Living Room Candidate" worksheet is due Monday

Announcements
All Classes
TEST TOMORROW UNITS 4A & 4B

Day 38 Agenda (Wednesday 03/16/16)

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 greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." - Leonardo da Vinci

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) QUIZ
UNIT 4B VOCABULARY

2) Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities
Discussed the difference between the items and sorted the items from the homework from Monday Night into the proper categories.

3) American Culture
After the "Melting Pot" School House Rock, we used the PowerPoint below to look at a few metaphors for American Culture.


Period 4
1) QUIZ
UNIT 4B VOCABULARY

2) Citizenship
We reviewed the 100 Sample Citizenship Questions from last night's homework

3) Rights, Duties, Responsibilities
Discussed the difference between the items and sorted the items from the homework from Monday Night into the proper categories.

4) American Culture
After the "Melting Pot" School House Rock, we used the PowerPoint below to look at a few metaphors for American Culture.

Homework
All Classes
Finish your metaphor from Class

Announcements
All Classes
TEST FRIDAY (UNITS 4A & 4B)

Day 37 Agenda (Tuesday 03/15/16)

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 greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." - Leonardo da Vinci

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Bell Ringer

2) Public Opinion
Discussed key aspects of polling as well as the importance of polls for public officials.

3) Citizenship
We answered 100 Sample Citizenship Test question.

Period 4
1) Bell Ringer

2) Mass Media & Interest Groups
Finished up reviewing information from yesterday



3) Public Opinion
Discussed key aspects of polling as well as the importance of polls for public officials.

Homework
Period 4
Answer the 100 Sample Citizenship Test questions.

Announcements
All Classes
TEST THURSDAY: (UNITS 4A & 4B)
QUIZ TOMORROW: UNIT 4B VOCABULARY QUIZ

Day 36 Agenda (Monday 03/14/16)

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 greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." - Leonardo da Vinci

Happy Pi Day!

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Bell Ringer

2) Mass Media & Interest Groups


3) Leadership
We finished our discussion of Machiavelli from last week by looking at the word cloud for leadership from Machiavelli's perspective.

Period 4
1) Paying for Campaigns
We continued our discussion of campaign finance by looking at some laws and Supreme Court cases that dealt with the issue.


2) Mass Media & Interest Groups


Homework
All Classes
Read section 5.1 in the textbook and complete the "Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities" sorting grid in the packet.

Announcements
All Classes
QUIZ WEDNESDAY: UNIT 4B VOCABULARY QUIZ

Day 33 Agenda (Wednesday 03/09/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Mr. C Absent
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	Mr. C Absent
Motivation for the Week: "If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance." - Orville Wright

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) QUIZ
Political System Cycle

2) Political Party Organization
We continued to look at the make up political parties from the National Committee to local precincts.


3) Primary Elections
Next week is North Carolina's Primary Election, it seemed like a good idea to give a lesson devoted to primary elections to clear up its purpose and to make sense of the who "delegate" thing they talk about in the news.

Period 4
1) QUIZ
Political System Cycle

2) Political Spectrum Survey
Students answered a survey asking students to state how they fell about 20 different political issues. Individual results gave the students an idea to their degree of political liberalism or conservatism. The discussion continued to include how voters should evaluate candidate based on the issues the students find most important - using their responses to the survey.

3) Political Party Organization
We began to look at the political part structure from the National Committee all the way down to precincts.


Homework
All Classes
Read sections 11.2 & 11.3 and complete "Mass Media & Interest Groups" in the packet

Announcement
All Classes
QUIZ TOMORROW UNIT 4A VOCABULARY

Day 32 Agenda (Tuesday 03/08/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	Mr. C Absent
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	Mr. C Absent
Motivation for the Week: "If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance." - Orville Wright

Agenda
Periods 1&3
1) Development of Political Parties
Finished giving information regarding Political Parties


2) Political Spectrum Survey
Students answered a survey asking students to state how they fell about 20 different political issues. Individual results gave the students an idea to their degree of political liberalism or conservatism. The discussion continued to include how voters should evaluate candidate based on the issues the students find most important - using their responses to the survey.

3) Role of Political Parties
We began to look at the political part structure from the National Committee all the way down to precincts.


Period 4
1) e pluribus Unum
We finished reviewing information about citizenship and the naturalization process.


2) Development of Political Parties
Finished giving information regarding Political Parties


Homework
All Classes
Read section 10.3 and complete "Paying for Elections"

Announcements
All Classes
QUIZ TOMORROW: POLITICAL SYSTEM CYCLE



QUIZ THURSDAY: UNIT 4A VOCABULARY

Day 31 Agenda (Monday 03/07/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED	By Appointment	EARLY RELEASE
B	CLOSED	Open TUTORIAL	CLOSED	By Appointment	EARLY RELEASE
Motivation for the Week: "If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance." - Orville Wright

Agenda
All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Unit 4 Formative Assessment

3) Leadership
PERIODS 1&3: Finishing up from Friday, students entered their list of desirable leadership characteristics from Machiavelli's perspective.
PERIOD 4: Students were read 1 of 6 brief excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince deriving the main idea and his point of view. After discussion, students entered their list of desirable leadership characteristics from Machiavelli's perspective.

4) e pluribus Unum
We went over the information regarding citizenship and naturalization and attempted to answer as many questions as possible.

Homework
All Classes
Read section 9.2 and complete "Role of Political Parties" in the packet
PERIOD 4 ONLY: Foreign Policy Current Event due TOMORROW

Announcements
All Classes
QUIZ WEDNESDAY: POLITICAL SYSTEM CYCLE



QUIZ THURSDAY: UNIT 4A VOCABULARY