Civics and Economics
Friday 5/30
- warm up
- California Prop 41
- Sign Yearbooks
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Thursday 5/29
- warm up
- "What is Globalization"
- NPR podcast on the housing market crisis CLICK HERE
- Political Cartoons on Housing Crisis
Wednesday 5/28
Tuesday 5/27
Monday 5/26
Memorial Day NO SCHOOL
Friday 5/23
No School
Thursday 5/22
Freedom Day
Wednesday 5/21
Tuesday 5/20
Monday 5/19
HOMEWORK: Ch 14 Questions due Tuesday 5/20
- warm up
- Review ch 15 questions
- "Should We Worry about the National Debt"
- NY Times How to Cut the Budget
Tuesday 5/27
- warm up
- finish Ch 15 Notes
- Ch 15 Questions
Monday 5/26
Memorial Day NO SCHOOL
Friday 5/23
No School
Thursday 5/22
Freedom Day
Wednesday 5/21
- warm up
- Fiscal Policy vs Monetary Policy Quotes Analysis
- Chapter 15 Notes
Tuesday 5/20
- warm up
- Review ch 14 questions
- Finish Watching "We are Not Broke" Documentary
Monday 5/19
- warm up
- Finish Ch 14 Notes
- Group Work: Ch 14 Questions
HOMEWORK: Ch 14 Questions due Tuesday 5/20
Friday 5/16
Thursday 5/15
Tuesday 5/13
Monday 5/12
Friday 5/9
- warm up
- Debate: Arts and Education
- Pass Back Papers
- "We are not Broke" Documentary
Thursday 5/15
- warm up
- notes on Ch 14
- "How Should Governments Structure their Governments?"
- "We are Not Broke" Documentary
Tuesday 5/13
- warm up
- reflect on Business Fair
- Notes on Taxes Ch 14
Monday 5/12
- warm up
- Finish 30 Second Speech and Tri Fold Poster
- Busniess Fair After School at 4 pm
Friday 5/9
- warm up
- How to write a 30 Sec Speech?
- Finish Working on 30 Sec Speech and Tri-Fold Poster
- Business Fair Monday
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Thursday 5/8
Tuesday 5/6
Monday 5/5
Friday 5/2
Thursday 5/1
Tuesday 4/29
Monday 4/28
Friday 4/25
- warm up
- collect Part II questions from "The Story of Inflation"
- Review Inflation and Savings
- Watch IOUSA Movie
- Work on "30 Sec Speech" & "Tri-Fold"
Tuesday 5/6
- Warm up
- finish Questions "the Story of Inflation"
- Create Poster on Inflation
- Finish Questions Part II
Monday 5/5
- warm up
- Review Economic Indicators
- Read "The Story of Inflation" and Complete Questions
Friday 5/2
- warm up
- Debate: Women and Work
- Alternative Economic Indicators
Thursday 5/1
- warm up
- Calculating GDP
- Finish CH 12 Notes
- Work on Business Plan
Tuesday 4/29
- warm up
- "GDP: Does it matter"?
- Chapter 12 Notes
Monday 4/28
- warm up
- Computer Lab for Business Plan
Friday 4/25
- SENIOR DAY: Six Flags
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Thursday 4/24
- Unit 4 Test
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Tuesday 4/22
EASTER 4/17-4/21
Thursday 4/16
- warm up
- review the stock market
- review for the test
EASTER 4/17-4/21
Thursday 4/16
- warm up
- Credit Card: ABC Clothing Credit Card Statement
- Debit Card Worksheet
- the Stock Market: NYSE, NASDAQ, Tokyo Sock Exchange
Tuesday 4/15
USE THIS LINK TO FINISH YOUR CREDIT CARD WORKSHEET
http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/managing-debt/minimum-payment-calculator.aspx
Monday 4/14
Friday 4/11
HOMEWORK: Finish Credit Card Worksheet
- warm up
- review credit card HW
- CARD Act of 2009 video
- How to read a Credit Card Statement
- Credit vs Debit
USE THIS LINK TO FINISH YOUR CREDIT CARD WORKSHEET
http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/managing-debt/minimum-payment-calculator.aspx
Monday 4/14
- warm up: pass back papers
- computer Lab for Business Plan Project
Friday 4/11
- warm up
- Debate: Fracking
- Review Ch 10 Questions
HOMEWORK: Finish Credit Card Worksheet
PBS FRONTLINE: "The Secret History of the Credit Card"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/credit/view/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/credit/view/
Thursday 4/10
Tuesday 4/8
Monday 4/7
HOMEWORK:
Friday 4/4
- warm up
- collect Action Item #5 and Item #8
- Notes: Chapter 10
- PBS Frontline: "The Secret History of the Credit Card" and Questions
Tuesday 4/8
- warm up
- The Story of Pine Gulch and Questions
Monday 4/7
- warm up
- Give out Chapter 10 questions
- Computer Lab: Work on Business Plan Project
HOMEWORK:
- CH 10 questions due Friday
- Action Item #5 and #8 Due Thursday
Friday 4/4
- warm up
- Finish Wage Gap Discussion
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Thursday 4/3
-- Assess Competitions Marketing Plans
- warm up
- finish reading article and creating poster with group
- Class Discussion of Gender Gap
- Intro to World Economic Forum and The Global Gender Gap Report
- Review Market Research and Marketing Plan
-- Assess Competitions Marketing Plans
Tuesday 4/1
-- Read four Articles (packet) and complete inside of "Gender Wage Gap" worksheet
-- Prepare for Class Discussion on the Gender Wage Gap
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading Articles and Complete Notes Worksheet by Thrusday
- warm up
- calculating gender gap statistics
- Gender Pay Gap:
-- Read four Articles (packet) and complete inside of "Gender Wage Gap" worksheet
-- Prepare for Class Discussion on the Gender Wage Gap
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading Articles and Complete Notes Worksheet by Thrusday
Monday 3/31
Friday 3/28
Thursday 3/27
- Warm up
- Review Chapter 9 Study Questions
- Computer Lab: Business Plan Project
Friday 3/28
- warm up
- debate: should we adopt a new measure of social progress in the 21st century
- Chapter 9 Notes (Due Monday)
Thursday 3/27
- warm up
- Review Business Organizations in the US Economy
- Check Market Research Plan
- Chapter 9 Notes
Tuesday 3/25
HOMEWORK: Chapter 9 Questions due Next Monday
Business Plan: Market Research due Thursday
- warm up
- Review Business Structure Notes
- Business's in the U.S. Economy (worksheet) due Thursday
HOMEWORK: Chapter 9 Questions due Next Monday
Business Plan: Market Research due Thursday
Monday 3/24
- Business Plan Work Day
Friday 3/14
CLICK HERE...
PBS: Is Walmart Good for America?
HOMEWORK: have an excellent Spring Break
- warm up
- Turn in Chapter 8 Questions & Business Structures: Scenarios
- video: Click Below
- Questions
CLICK HERE...
PBS: Is Walmart Good for America?
HOMEWORK: have an excellent Spring Break
Thursday 3/13
HOMEWORK: Chapter 8 Questions Due & Business Structures: Scenarios
- warm up: Binder Check
- debate: should multinational corporations bring work back to their home country?
- action Item #1: Business Plan Project
- Notes: Chapter 8
- Business Structures: Scenarios
HOMEWORK: Chapter 8 Questions Due & Business Structures: Scenarios
Tuesday 3/11
HOMEWORK: Revise Letter to Obama if Necessary, Binder Check Thursday, Action Item #1 of Business Plan is Due Thursday
- warm up: what are the potential benefits and consequences of incorporation?
- Fix Letters to Obama if you received less than 18/20
- Read Business Structures Handout & Complete Pro and Cons of all four Business Structures
HOMEWORK: Revise Letter to Obama if Necessary, Binder Check Thursday, Action Item #1 of Business Plan is Due Thursday
Monday 3/10
NO HOMEWORK
- warm up: what are the potential benefits/consequences of owning your own business
- Hand out Chapter 8 Questions
- Library to Work on Business Plan
NO HOMEWORK
Friday 3/7
- warm up
- Finish Discussion of Business Plan Project
Thursday 3/6
- collect Warm ups
- Review for Unit 2 Test
- Unit 2 Test
Tuesday 3/4
HOMEWORK: Study for Test on Thursday
- warm up: Potential Business Owner Self Assessment
- finish gallery walk
- Discuss Market Structures
- Introduce Business Plan Project
HOMEWORK: Study for Test on Thursday
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Monday 3/3
- warm up: How might the Russian Invasion of the Ukraine affect the local/global economy?
- Finish Working on Market Structure Posters
- Begin Gallery Walk
Friday 2/28
HOMEWORK: Write a letter to President Obama, expressing whether or not you think that the minimum wage should or should not be raised ($9.00 or $10.10). Give reasons that support your belief.
- warm up
- Debate #3: Will restricting the growth of cities will improve the quality of life
- Review HW Chapter 7
HOMEWORK: Write a letter to President Obama, expressing whether or not you think that the minimum wage should or should not be raised ($9.00 or $10.10). Give reasons that support your belief.
- 1 page
- Typed
- single spaced
- no heading necessary (print name and sign the letter)
US government seeks to block American-US Airways merger
August 13, 2013 |
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Thursday 2/27
HOMEWORK: Chapter 7 Questions Due Tomorrow
- warm up
- letter to Obama
- Notes Chapter 7
- Notes Market Structures
- Market Structures Poster
- Gallery Walk
HOMEWORK: Chapter 7 Questions Due Tomorrow
Tuesday 2/26
HOMEWORK: Begin writing your letter to President Obama
(Due to time constraints I will extend the due date and make the letter due on Monday March 3)
- warm up
- rally: Charlie Musslewhite
- Price Floor Debate -- Raising the Minimum Wage
HOMEWORK: Begin writing your letter to President Obama
(Due to time constraints I will extend the due date and make the letter due on Monday March 3)
Monday 2/25
- Finish Increasing / Decreasing Marginal Returns worksheet
- Begin Minimum Wage Discussion
Friday 2/21
HOMEWORK: Finish Front and Back of Min Wage Debate Worksheet (Argument and Counter Argument)
- warm up
- Review Ch 6 Questions
- Computer Lab: Research for Min Wage Debate
- DEBATE IS MONDAY!!!
HOMEWORK: Finish Front and Back of Min Wage Debate Worksheet (Argument and Counter Argument)
NPR: Congressional Budget Office Predicts Job Loss
NPR: Minimum Wage Hike Could Boost Paycheck and Cut Jobs NPR: After 23 Years your Waiter is Ready for a Raise
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Thursday 2/21
- warm up: write a scenario that would explain a shift in supply to the left
- Equilibrium Price Notes
- Prepare for Price floor Debate on Monday
- Increasing/ Decreasing Marginal Returns
Tuesday 2/18
HOMEWORK: Chapter 6 Questions due Friday
- warm up
- review Supply and Demand and Equilibrium Price Shifts
- Supply and Demand Shifts Worksheet #2
HOMEWORK: Chapter 6 Questions due Friday
Friday 2/14
- warm up
- Review Ch 5 Questions
- Debate: Affirmative Action
Thursday 2/13
- warm up
- Finish Supply Notes
- Review Supply Activity (Price Elasticity of Demand and Total Revenue)
- Economics of Valentines Day
Tuesday 2/12
HOMEWORK: Ch 5 Questions Due Friday
- warm up
- Review elasticity of Demand
- Supply Notes
HOMEWORK: Ch 5 Questions Due Friday
Friday 2/7
HOMEWORK: Finish Elasticity of Demand Worksheet
- warm up
- Review Chapter 4 Study Questions
- Review Demand Shifts
- Elasticity of Demand
HOMEWORK: Finish Elasticity of Demand Worksheet
Thursday 2/6
- warm up
- Finish Notes on Demand
- Change in Demand Activity: News Paper Headlines
- "Ceretis Paribus"
Tuesday 2/4
HOMEWORK: Read Ch 4 and do Study Questions
LOGICAL FALLACIES:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/659/03/
ETHOS, PATHOS and LOGOS:
http://courses.durhamtech.edu/perkins/aris.html
- warm up
- Discuss Debate and Fallacies
- Game: Supply and Demand
- Notes: Chapter 4
HOMEWORK: Read Ch 4 and do Study Questions
LOGICAL FALLACIES:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/659/03/
ETHOS, PATHOS and LOGOS:
http://courses.durhamtech.edu/perkins/aris.html
Monday 2/3
- UNIT 1 TEST
Friday 1/31
HOMEWORK: Study for test Monday
- warm up: riddle
- Debate #1: Should Prostitution be legalized
- review Ch 3 questions
- Review for Test Monday
HOMEWORK: Study for test Monday
2014 State of the Union |
The Daily Show |
Thursday 1/30
What wage is necessary to support the same family?
LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR: http://livingwage.mit.edu/states/06/locations POVERTY THRESHOLD: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/ HOMEWORK: Finish Ch 3 Study Questions |
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Tuesday 1/28
- warm up: "Read Broad Economic Social Goals" and briefly list and describe the 7 economic goals of a society
- Notes: Chapter 3
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Monday 1/27
Using what you know about Adam Smith Invisible Hand and the self-regulating nature of the markets explain how creating an Iphone is a reflection of an internationally dependent market (via globalization)
1) How do US companies benefit from outsourcing to less regulated economies
2) What is the cost to the factory workers?
3) Describe the potential consequences of an unrestricted free market.
- warm up
- review H.W. Questions
- Negative Effects of Globalization/ the Invisible Hand
- I phone Writing Assignment: (see Chinese labor watch article)
Using what you know about Adam Smith Invisible Hand and the self-regulating nature of the markets explain how creating an Iphone is a reflection of an internationally dependent market (via globalization)
1) How do US companies benefit from outsourcing to less regulated economies
2) What is the cost to the factory workers?
3) Describe the potential consequences of an unrestricted free market.
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Friday 1/24
- warm up: How might a truly free market lead to human rights/workers rights abuses?
- Finish notes
- I Pencil and the Invisible Hand
- How is an Iphone made? What does this have to do with the invisible hand?
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SEE HERE:
http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/31/iphone-manufacturing-graphic/
Additional Resources
HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 2 and Finish Study Questions (Due Monday 1/27).
http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/31/iphone-manufacturing-graphic/
Additional Resources
- http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
- http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/01/25/2012012500724.html
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57520121-37/digging-for-rare-earths-the-mines-where-iphones-are-born/
- http://americanmanufacturing.org/blog/case-you-missed-it-netroots-nation-iphone-panel-takeaways
HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 2 and Finish Study Questions (Due Monday 1/27).
Thursday 1/23
HOMEWORK: Read All of Chapter 2 (Study Questions due Monday)
- warm up: "Describe what you think an "emerging" market is"
- Economic Enigma Projects due
- Economic Systems: USA, Chad, N. Korea
- Finish Notes: MARKETS and The Invisible Hand
HOMEWORK: Read All of Chapter 2 (Study Questions due Monday)
Tuesday 1/20
HOMEWORK: Finish Economic Enigma Project (due Thursday 1/23)
- warm up: "what is an economic system and how might it affect the people in that country?"
- see Debate Topics and Schedule
- Notes: Economic Systems
- Comparing Economic Systems (finish by Thursday)
HOMEWORK: Finish Economic Enigma Project (due Thursday 1/23)
Friday 1/17
HOMEWORK: Work on Economic Enigma's Project Due Thursday 1/23
- warm up: "Describe the purpose of a production possibilities curve"
- review Debate Format and Topics for Economics
- Review PPC problem (WMD vs Food production)
- Notes: Markets
HOMEWORK: Work on Economic Enigma's Project Due Thursday 1/23
Thursday 1/18
HOMEWORK: Finish P.P.C. Problem & Begin Enigma Writing Assignment (due Thursday 1/23)
- Warm up: Create a mnemonic device to remember the 7 economic principles
- review economic enigmas
- Economic Enigma Writing Assignment
- Acceptable Use Policy
- Production Possibilities Curve NOTES
- P.P.C. Problem: W.M.D. vs FOOD (only pg 1 / pg 2 E.C.)
HOMEWORK: Finish P.P.C. Problem & Begin Enigma Writing Assignment (due Thursday 1/23)
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Tuesday 1/14
"The theory of economics does not furnish a body of settled conclusions immediately applicable to policy. It is rather a method rather than a doctrine. An apparatus of the mind and a technique which helps the possessor to draw correct conclusions." - John Maynard Keynes
"Economic Principles help describe why people do what they do to get what they want" -- Ben Reinke
"All social phenomena emerge from the choices that individuals make in response to expected benefits and costs to themselves" -- Paul Heyne
HOMEWORK: Finish Economic Enigmas worksheet
- Warm up: "copy one of the following quotes and explain its relationship to economics"
"The theory of economics does not furnish a body of settled conclusions immediately applicable to policy. It is rather a method rather than a doctrine. An apparatus of the mind and a technique which helps the possessor to draw correct conclusions." - John Maynard Keynes
"Economic Principles help describe why people do what they do to get what they want" -- Ben Reinke
"All social phenomena emerge from the choices that individuals make in response to expected benefits and costs to themselves" -- Paul Heyne
- 7 Economic Principles
- Economic Enigmas
HOMEWORK: Finish Economic Enigmas worksheet
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Monday 1/13
HOMEWORK: Cornell notes pg 3-11 (2 sections / 1 page front and back)
- warm up: "in your own words define economics"
- review H.W.
- defining economics
- Democracy vs Capitalism
HOMEWORK: Cornell notes pg 3-11 (2 sections / 1 page front and back)
Friday 1/10
- warm up: "Do you think Jay Gatsby is a crook or a victim of a crooked system? Explain"
- analysis of Gatsby
- read "The Gatsby Curve" article
- answer questions
- Writing Assignment: Due Monday
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Thursday 1/9
- warm up
- new seats
- library for Econ books
- review economic and social mobility and wealth inequality
- finish watching "the Great Gatsby"
Tuesday 1/7
HOMEWORK: No Homework
- warm up
- discuss and watch "Wealth Inequality in America"
- Watch "the Great Gatsby"
- Return Civics Books
HOMEWORK: No Homework
Monday 1/6
As students watch this movie please consider the potential for social and economic mobility in the United States in the 1920's. How is this similar to or different from economic mobility in the USA in 2014?
HOMEWORK: Bring Civics book to class tomorrow
- warm up
- clean out your binders
- discussion of Capitalism, Social Mobility and the America Dream
- watch "The Great Gatsby" movie
As students watch this movie please consider the potential for social and economic mobility in the United States in the 1920's. How is this similar to or different from economic mobility in the USA in 2014?
HOMEWORK: Bring Civics book to class tomorrow
CIVICS FINAL EXAM REVIEW
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CIVICS FINAL ESSAY: Foreign Policy
Here are some links to help you complete your essay
Here are some links to help you complete your essay
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TURABIAN CITATION:
- Books https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/03/ - Websources: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/05/ -Periodicals: -https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/04/ -Public and Unpublished Materials https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/09/ |
SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- US State Department http://www.state.gov/ - CIA WORLD FACTBOOK https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ - WHITE HOUSE http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy - WIKIPEDIA: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY (please use as a starting point and find additional resources. See resource section at the bottom of the wikipedia page) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States - PBS News Hour INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/international/ TERRORISM http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/terrorism/ WORLD http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/world/ GLOBAL HEALTH http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/globalhealth/ |
Monday (12/9)
- warm up
- Judicial PRECEDENT: 9 Supreme Court Cases
- Brown vs Board of Education
Friday 12/6
HOMEWORK: Work on your Essay. Remember the Rough Draft is due Thursday 12/12 |
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Thursday 12/5
HOMEWORK: Please bring in 1 more article or resource that you will use for your final essay. (also bring in your other two articles as well)
- warm up
- finish notes on Judicial System
- Precedent: Analyzing important judicial precedent with regard to safeguarding individual rights
HOMEWORK: Please bring in 1 more article or resource that you will use for your final essay. (also bring in your other two articles as well)
Tuesday (12/3)
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes pg 532-536
- warm up
- begin reading articles for Final Paper
- Begin Notes on the Judiciary System
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes pg 532-536
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Monday (12/2)
HOMEWORK: Choose a Topic for Your Final Essay. Please Bring in 2 printed articles about your topic tomorrow. (Yes this is mandatory!!)
GREAT VIDEO ON THE HISTORY OF NATO
- warm up
- pass back papers
- Discuss Final Paper
- Review Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy
- United Nations
- Jigsaw "Time to Cheer Up: America's Foreign Policy" in the Economist Magizine
HOMEWORK: Choose a Topic for Your Final Essay. Please Bring in 2 printed articles about your topic tomorrow. (Yes this is mandatory!!)
GREAT VIDEO ON THE HISTORY OF NATO
Friday (11/20)
HOMEWORK: NO Homework! Have an Excellent Thanksgiving!!!
- warm up
- current event discussion
- Discuss and Analyze the United Nations
- USA role in the United Nations
HOMEWORK: NO Homework! Have an Excellent Thanksgiving!!!
- Please Read the Document above and begin thinking about and researching the topic you would like to explore for your essay. We will discuss in detail when we get back.
Obama's Nobel Prize Speech |
Obama's Address about Military Action in Libya |
Thursday (11/21)
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes pg 491-498
CLICK HERE FOR A LINK TO THE PODCAST
- warm up
- review and discuss foreign policy
- Finish Notes!
- Michael Lewis Interview (audio podcast)
- "Obama's Way" writing assignment (in class)
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes pg 491-498
CLICK HERE FOR A LINK TO THE PODCAST
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Tuesday (11/19)
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes: 477-480 (Chapter 17.2)
- warm up
- review foreign policy
- Notes on Executive Branch
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes: 477-480 (Chapter 17.2)
Monday (11/18)
HOMEWORK: Cornell notes pg 468-475 (Chapter 17.1)
(NOT pg 648-675. Sorry Guys! I am losing it. I must be going senile already!)
1o Points to Gryffindor for catching my mistake!!!!!!
- warm up
- The Executive Branch: Notes
HOMEWORK: Cornell notes pg 468-475 (Chapter 17.1)
(NOT pg 648-675. Sorry Guys! I am losing it. I must be going senile already!)
1o Points to Gryffindor for catching my mistake!!!!!!
Friday (11/15)
HOMEWORK: No HOMEWORK!!
- no warm up
- current event discussion
- play each others game boards
HOMEWORK: No HOMEWORK!!
Thursday (11/14)
HOMEWORK: Legislative Process Game Due Tomorrow
- warm up
- review projects
- Questions on the Presidency
- 1 Hour to Work on Legislative Process Board Game
HOMEWORK: Legislative Process Game Due Tomorrow
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"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.
- G.K. Chsterton
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
- Tennyson
from "Ulysses"
- G.K. Chsterton
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
- Tennyson
from "Ulysses"
Tuesday (11/12)
HOMEWORK: Work on Legislative Process Board Game Project
- Warm up
- Review Congress and the Legislative Process (see below)
- 20 minutes to meet in Legislative Board Game Groups
HOMEWORK: Work on Legislative Process Board Game Project
Friday (11/8)
HOMEWORK: Begin working on The Legislative Process Board Game (due Friday Nov 15th)
- warm up
- Current Event Discussion
- Finish The Legislative Process Exercise
- Review How a bill becomes a law
HOMEWORK: Begin working on The Legislative Process Board Game (due Friday Nov 15th)
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Thursday (11/7)
HOMEWORK: No Homework
- warm up
- Get a book -- Complete the questions below on How a bill becomes a Law
- Finish Flow Chart on How a bill becomes a Law (and Discuss)
- Finish Notes
- The Legislative Process Exercise (with Primary Sources)
HOMEWORK: No Homework
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Tuesday (11/5)
HOMEWORK: No Homework
- warm up
- review committees
- Notes on Congressional powers and Committees
- Groups: Senate vs. House of Representatives -- How a bill Becomes a Law
HOMEWORK: No Homework
Monday (11/4)
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes pg 329-333
(Sorry! I accidentally wrote 229-231 on the board)
- warm up
- review Senate vs. House of Representatives
- Note on Congressional Powers
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes pg 329-333
(Sorry! I accidentally wrote 229-231 on the board)
Thursday (10/31)
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes pg 279-284
- turn in project
- students self assessment
- notes on Congress
- House of Representatives vs the Senate
HOMEWORK: Cornell Notes pg 279-284
Tuesday (10/22) - Tuesday (10/29)
- work on Unit 2 Final Project - Creating a textbook Chapter
- Project Due Thursday (10/31)
Templates for Unit 2 Final
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TEXTUAL CITATIONS:
Purdue University: Online Writing Lab (O.W.L)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/
WHERE TO FIND CITATIONS:
Take citations from Cagle.com (for political cartoons)
Take citations from Mock National Convention Documents (see authorship)
Take citations from our own Textbook (cite author)
Take citations from opensecrets.org for campaign finance information
Purdue University: Online Writing Lab (O.W.L)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/
WHERE TO FIND CITATIONS:
Take citations from Cagle.com (for political cartoons)
- “Bosses of the Senate”
- “Another Dam Breaks”
- Search: Government Shutdown
- Search: Citizens United
Take citations from Mock National Convention Documents (see authorship)
Take citations from our own Textbook (cite author)
Take citations from opensecrets.org for campaign finance information
- http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/02/campaign-contribution-limits-increa.html
- http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/
Tuesday (10/22)
HOMEWORK: Begin work on Project
- Warm-up
- Introduce Unit 2 Final Project
- Introduce Turabian Citation format
HOMEWORK: Begin work on Project
Monday (10/21)
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Amendment must be Typed
- Amendment must have a "slogan"
- Amendment must have between 1 and 4 sections
- Amendment must include an explanation for each section
- warm up
- Review Citizens United vs F.E.C
- Political Contributions for Obama and Romney 2012
- Review DISCLOSE ACT
- Use your best academic language to model the words of the Constitution itself (Break into sections)
- Then below each section write an explanation of your amendment in colloquial speech (normal, everyday speech)
- Use the Document that we discussed in class as a guide only
- I want to hear your ideas about how to address this issue
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Amendment must be Typed
- Amendment must have a "slogan"
- Amendment must have between 1 and 4 sections
- Amendment must include an explanation for each section
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Friday (10/17)
IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN:
CLICK HERE FOR TED CRUZ IMPASSIONED SPEECH BLAMING OBAMA FOR THE SHUTDOWN
(this Senator Represents a group of radical Republicans known as "Tea Party" Republicans)
Please write 1 full page of Notes on the DISCLOSE Act and campaign finances (each)
1) Political Campaign Contributions:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/
2) DISCLOSE Act (2010)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03628:@@@L&summ2=m&
3) Final Vote in the House of Representative on DISCLOSE Act
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll391.xml
4) DISCLOSE ACT (2012)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN03369:@@@L&summ2=m&
5) After the Supreme Court Ruled in Favor of Citizens United, the special interest group released a full length video slamming president Obama and his presidency in hopes of ensuring that he was not re-elected to a second term. This was done with the 30 day window that was previously prohibited. Below is a link to the trailer of this video
CLICK HERE FOR LINK
HOMEWORK: Students will watch the above videos. Use the video and the links provided to research the DISCLOSE Act. Please bring 1 full page of Notes to class on Monday on the DISCLOSE Act.
- warm up
- current event discussion
- brief review of questions
- DISCLOSE ACT
IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN:
CLICK HERE FOR TED CRUZ IMPASSIONED SPEECH BLAMING OBAMA FOR THE SHUTDOWN
(this Senator Represents a group of radical Republicans known as "Tea Party" Republicans)
Please write 1 full page of Notes on the DISCLOSE Act and campaign finances (each)
1) Political Campaign Contributions:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/
2) DISCLOSE Act (2010)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03628:@@@L&summ2=m&
3) Final Vote in the House of Representative on DISCLOSE Act
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll391.xml
4) DISCLOSE ACT (2012)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN03369:@@@L&summ2=m&
5) After the Supreme Court Ruled in Favor of Citizens United, the special interest group released a full length video slamming president Obama and his presidency in hopes of ensuring that he was not re-elected to a second term. This was done with the 30 day window that was previously prohibited. Below is a link to the trailer of this video
CLICK HERE FOR LINK
HOMEWORK: Students will watch the above videos. Use the video and the links provided to research the DISCLOSE Act. Please bring 1 full page of Notes to class on Monday on the DISCLOSE Act.
- ALSO check out the political campaign contributions LINK
- Add some notes about how much money was given to each political candidate during the 2012 election season
Thursday (10/17)
HOMEWORK: Finish the Questions for Citizens United vs. F.E.C
- warm up
- pass back papers
- Review the end to Government Shut Down (in conjunction with collaborize posts)
- Finish H.W. questions from Citizens United vs F.E.C
- Begin Review if Finished
HOMEWORK: Finish the Questions for Citizens United vs. F.E.C
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Tuesday (10/15)
- Mr. G.
HOMEWORK: Students will watch the above videos. Use the video and the Below links to research the DISCLOSE Act. Please bring 1 full page of Notes to class on Thursday on the DISCLOSE Act.
EXTERNAL LINKS:
1) The Supreme Courts Ruling in Citizens United vs F.E.C
http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2008/2008_08_205
2) DISCLOSE Act
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03628:@@@L&summ2=m&
3) Final Vote in the House of Representative on DISCLOSE Act
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll391.xml
4) After the Supreme Court Ruled in Favor of Citizens United the special interest group released a full length video slamming president Obama and his presidency in hopes of ensuring that he was not re-elected to a second term. This was done with the 30 day window that was previously prohibited. Below is a link to the trailer of this video
CLICK HERE FOR LINK
- Warm Up
- Collect Citizens United Questions
- Copy Notes on the Board
- Begin Reading "Document B" and Answering the questions
- DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE HOMEWORK BELOW. We will do it in class on Thursday.
- Attempt to FINISH THE QUESTIONS FROM DOCUMENTS A-L. We will continue work in class.
- Mr. G.
HOMEWORK: Students will watch the above videos. Use the video and the Below links to research the DISCLOSE Act. Please bring 1 full page of Notes to class on Thursday on the DISCLOSE Act.
- What is the DISCLOSE Act?
- How does the DISCLOSE Act address Citizens United vs F.E.C?
- Do you think this a good idea?
- Did the DISCLOSE Act pass in Congress?
EXTERNAL LINKS:
1) The Supreme Courts Ruling in Citizens United vs F.E.C
http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2008/2008_08_205
2) DISCLOSE Act
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03628:@@@L&summ2=m&
3) Final Vote in the House of Representative on DISCLOSE Act
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll391.xml
4) After the Supreme Court Ruled in Favor of Citizens United the special interest group released a full length video slamming president Obama and his presidency in hopes of ensuring that he was not re-elected to a second term. This was done with the 30 day window that was previously prohibited. Below is a link to the trailer of this video
CLICK HERE FOR LINK
Monday (10/14)
HOMEWORK: Finish Citizens United Questions
- Warm up
- Current Event Discussion (from Friday)
- Videos
- Citizens United vs F.E.C.
HOMEWORK: Finish Citizens United Questions
Friday (10/11)
HOMEWORK: Collaborize post Due Sunday 10/13 at 11pm
- Class Interview with Marie Brichetto
- Current Event Discussion
HOMEWORK: Collaborize post Due Sunday 10/13 at 11pm
Thursday (10/10)
USE THESE LINKS TO HELP FORMULATE QUESTIONS FOR OUR GUEST SPEAKER
You and your group must review these resources and write at least 4 relevent interview questions for our guest speaker interview on Friday 10/11
POST YOUR TOP 2 Questions HERE:
http://padlet.com/wall/gazdikcivics
BIO: Marie Brichetto, M.A. University of San Francisco, is a ballot initiative specialist working in Californian politics and is a long time friend of mine. She is currently working for Redwood Pacific Public Affairs as a political consulting firm. They are known for managing ballot initiative campaigns. That means, her firm is hired to market, plan and run a campaign that is FOR or AGAINST a particular measure that is on the voting ballot. Previously, Marie worked for the California New Car Dealers Association where she dealt frequently with house lobbyists and contracted lobbyists. She is going to share some of her political knowledge and experience with you all on Friday 10/11.
- Warm up
- Review Interest Groups
- Interest Groups Jigsaw
- Guest Speaker Interview Questions
- Citizens United vs F.E.C
USE THESE LINKS TO HELP FORMULATE QUESTIONS FOR OUR GUEST SPEAKER
You and your group must review these resources and write at least 4 relevent interview questions for our guest speaker interview on Friday 10/11
POST YOUR TOP 2 Questions HERE:
http://padlet.com/wall/gazdikcivics
BIO: Marie Brichetto, M.A. University of San Francisco, is a ballot initiative specialist working in Californian politics and is a long time friend of mine. She is currently working for Redwood Pacific Public Affairs as a political consulting firm. They are known for managing ballot initiative campaigns. That means, her firm is hired to market, plan and run a campaign that is FOR or AGAINST a particular measure that is on the voting ballot. Previously, Marie worked for the California New Car Dealers Association where she dealt frequently with house lobbyists and contracted lobbyists. She is going to share some of her political knowledge and experience with you all on Friday 10/11.
Tuesday (10/8)
HOMEWORK:
CLICK HERE FOR INFO ON THE RENAISSANCE
- Finish Mock Democratic Conventions
- CNN news article on Government Shut Down
- Introduce Collaborize Post
HOMEWORK:
- Cornell Notes pg 236-240 (due Thursday)
- COLLABORIZE POST (Due Sunday 10/13 at 11 pm)
CLICK HERE FOR INFO ON THE RENAISSANCE
Monday (10/7)
GREAT JOB ON YOUR SPEECHES !! You guys ROCK.
HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK !! (Collaboirze Post will open tonight...due Sunday 10/13 @ 11pm)
- Mock Democratic Conventions
GREAT JOB ON YOUR SPEECHES !! You guys ROCK.
HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK !! (Collaboirze Post will open tonight...due Sunday 10/13 @ 11pm)
Mock National Political Conventions
10.7.13
Friday (10/4)
HOMEWORK: Finish everything for Political Party Convention on Monday
- Warm up
- Current Event Discussion
- Work on Political Party Convention
HOMEWORK: Finish everything for Political Party Convention on Monday
Tuesday (9/30)
USE THESE LINKS TO HELP IN YOUR RESEARCH:
HOMEWORK:
- warm up
- Party Convention Questions: Review
- Mock Party Convention
USE THESE LINKS TO HELP IN YOUR RESEARCH:
- Past Presidential Speeches: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/index.php#axzz2gPYQE0IK
- How do Caucuses Work: http://people.howstuffworks.com/question721.htm
- How Political Primaries Work: http://people.howstuffworks.com/primary.htm
- How the Electoral College Works: http://people.howstuffworks.com/electoral-college.htm
HOMEWORK:
- Watch ONE speech from a National Convention (at least 20 min please).
- Write a 1 Page written (or typed) response to the speech.
- What was said? What was their platform? What tone did they use? Why would they solicit (ask for) the help of Hollywood Celebrities? Did they convince you that they, or their nominee, was the right candidate for President?
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Republican Party
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Monday (9/27)
HOMEWORK: Party Convention Questions
- Warm-up
- Review Republican vs Democrats
- Party Convention Notes
- Party Convention Questions
HOMEWORK: Party Convention Questions
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Friday (9/27)
HOMEWORK: Complete Venn Diagram of Republicans vs Democrats by Monday
- Current Event Discussion
- discussion of Political Song H.W. or Democrat vs Republican Drawing H.W.
- Finish Jigsaw notes (pg 116-124)
HOMEWORK: Complete Venn Diagram of Republicans vs Democrats by Monday
Thursday (9/26)
Option 1:
STEP 1: CLICK HERE and listen to one of the given songs
or find another song that addresses one of the four political ideological
or find a poem that addresses one of the four political ideologies
STEP 2: Choose one of the songs on this page to listen to (or another song / poem) and print the lyrics.
STEP 3: In a 1 page written response describe why this song fits this political viewpoint
Option 2:
STEP 1: Get a piece of blank white paper and fold it in half
STEP 2: Research the difference between REPUBLICANS and DEMOCRATS
STEP 3: Draw a picture of a Republican on one side and a Democrat on the other
Your drawing should visually represents the differences between the two parties in whatever way you see fit.
(see picture below: Left is Democrat and Right is Republican)
- Warm up
- Review -- Nationalism/ Fascism, Socialism/ Communism, Conservativism, Liberalism
- Political Ideology Quotes and Worksheets (see pictures below)
- V for Vendetta: Anarchy vs Fascism
- Republican vs Democrat diagram
- Jigsaw pg 116-124
Option 1:
STEP 1: CLICK HERE and listen to one of the given songs
or find another song that addresses one of the four political ideological
or find a poem that addresses one of the four political ideologies
STEP 2: Choose one of the songs on this page to listen to (or another song / poem) and print the lyrics.
STEP 3: In a 1 page written response describe why this song fits this political viewpoint
- (you may need to use your notes and or Google it)
- please staple the lyrics to your written response
Option 2:
STEP 1: Get a piece of blank white paper and fold it in half
STEP 2: Research the difference between REPUBLICANS and DEMOCRATS
STEP 3: Draw a picture of a Republican on one side and a Democrat on the other
Your drawing should visually represents the differences between the two parties in whatever way you see fit.
(see picture below: Left is Democrat and Right is Republican)
- What types of things characterize Republicans and Democrats?
- What ideas to they hold most dear?
- What role do they think Government should play?
political_ideology.ppt | |
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Tuesday (9/24)
CONSERVATIVISM
NATIONALISM/ FASCISM
COMMUNISM/ SOCIALISM
HOMEWORK: No HOMEWORK
- Warm up
- Review political compass
- Discuss meaning of:
CONSERVATIVISM
NATIONALISM/ FASCISM
COMMUNISM/ SOCIALISM
HOMEWORK: No HOMEWORK
Monday (9/23)
HOMEWORK: No Homework Tonight
CLICK HERE FOR POLITICAL COMPASS
- Warm up
- Review Test
- Your Political Compass
HOMEWORK: No Homework Tonight
CLICK HERE FOR POLITICAL COMPASS
The Political Compass
In the introduction, we explained the inadequacies of the traditional left-right line.
If we recognize that this is essentially an economic line it's fine, as far as it goes. We can show, for example, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot, with their commitment to a totally controlled economy, on the hard left. Socialists like Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Mugabe would occupy a less extreme leftist position. Margaret Thatcher would be well over to the right, but further right still would be someone like that ultimate free marketeer, General Pinochet.
That deals with economics, but the social dimension is also important in politics. That's the one that the mere left-right scale doesn't adequately address. So we've added one, ranging in positions from extreme authoritarian to extreme libertarian.
Both an economic dimension and a social dimension are important factors for a proper political analysis. By adding the social dimension you can show that Stalin was an authoritarian leftist (ie the state is more important than the individual) and that Gandhi, believing in the supreme value of each individual, is a liberal leftist. While the former involves state-imposed arbitrary collectivism in the extreme top left, on the extreme bottom left is voluntary collectivism at regional level, with no state involved. Hundreds of such anarchist communities exisited in Spain during the civil war period
You can also put Pinochet, who was prepared to sanction mass killing for the sake of the free market, on the far right as well as in a hardcore authoritarian position. On the non-socialist side you can distinguish someone like Milton Friedman, who is anti-state for fiscal rather than social reasons, from Hitler, who wanted to make the state stronger, even if he wiped out half of humanity in the process.
The chart also makes clear that, despite popular perceptions, the opposite of fascism is not communism but anarchism (ie liberal socialism), and that the opposite of communism ( i.e. an entirely state-planned economy) is neo-liberalism (i.e. extreme deregulated economy)
The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples social Darwinian right-wing economics with liberal positions on most social issues. Often their libertarian impulses stop short of opposition to strong law and order positions, and are more economic in substance (ie no taxes) so they are not as extremely libertarian as they are extremely right wing. On the other hand, the classical libertarian collectivism of anarcho-syndicalism ( libertarian socialism) belongs in the bottom left hand corner.
In our home page we demolished the myth that authoritarianism is necessarily "right wing", with the examples of Robert Mugabe, Pol Pot and Stalin. Similarly Hitler, on an economic scale, was not an extreme right-winger. His economic policies were broadly Keynesian, and to the left of some of today's Labour parties. If you could get Hitler and Stalin to sit down together and avoid economics, the two diehard authoritarians would find plenty of common ground.
A Word about Neo-cons and Neo-libs. U.S. neo-conservatives, with their commitment to high military spending and the global assertion of national values, tend to be more authoritarian than hard right. By contrast, neo-liberals, opposed to such moral leadership and, more especially, the ensuing demands on the tax payer, belong to a further right but less authoritarian region. Paradoxically, the "free market", in neo-con parlance, also allows for the large-scale subsidy of the military-industrial complex, a considerable degree of corporate welfare, and protectionism when deemed in the national interest. These are viewed by neo-libs as impediments to the unfettered market forces that they champion.
In the introduction, we explained the inadequacies of the traditional left-right line.
If we recognize that this is essentially an economic line it's fine, as far as it goes. We can show, for example, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot, with their commitment to a totally controlled economy, on the hard left. Socialists like Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Mugabe would occupy a less extreme leftist position. Margaret Thatcher would be well over to the right, but further right still would be someone like that ultimate free marketeer, General Pinochet.
That deals with economics, but the social dimension is also important in politics. That's the one that the mere left-right scale doesn't adequately address. So we've added one, ranging in positions from extreme authoritarian to extreme libertarian.
Both an economic dimension and a social dimension are important factors for a proper political analysis. By adding the social dimension you can show that Stalin was an authoritarian leftist (ie the state is more important than the individual) and that Gandhi, believing in the supreme value of each individual, is a liberal leftist. While the former involves state-imposed arbitrary collectivism in the extreme top left, on the extreme bottom left is voluntary collectivism at regional level, with no state involved. Hundreds of such anarchist communities exisited in Spain during the civil war period
You can also put Pinochet, who was prepared to sanction mass killing for the sake of the free market, on the far right as well as in a hardcore authoritarian position. On the non-socialist side you can distinguish someone like Milton Friedman, who is anti-state for fiscal rather than social reasons, from Hitler, who wanted to make the state stronger, even if he wiped out half of humanity in the process.
The chart also makes clear that, despite popular perceptions, the opposite of fascism is not communism but anarchism (ie liberal socialism), and that the opposite of communism ( i.e. an entirely state-planned economy) is neo-liberalism (i.e. extreme deregulated economy)
The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples social Darwinian right-wing economics with liberal positions on most social issues. Often their libertarian impulses stop short of opposition to strong law and order positions, and are more economic in substance (ie no taxes) so they are not as extremely libertarian as they are extremely right wing. On the other hand, the classical libertarian collectivism of anarcho-syndicalism ( libertarian socialism) belongs in the bottom left hand corner.
In our home page we demolished the myth that authoritarianism is necessarily "right wing", with the examples of Robert Mugabe, Pol Pot and Stalin. Similarly Hitler, on an economic scale, was not an extreme right-winger. His economic policies were broadly Keynesian, and to the left of some of today's Labour parties. If you could get Hitler and Stalin to sit down together and avoid economics, the two diehard authoritarians would find plenty of common ground.
A Word about Neo-cons and Neo-libs. U.S. neo-conservatives, with their commitment to high military spending and the global assertion of national values, tend to be more authoritarian than hard right. By contrast, neo-liberals, opposed to such moral leadership and, more especially, the ensuing demands on the tax payer, belong to a further right but less authoritarian region. Paradoxically, the "free market", in neo-con parlance, also allows for the large-scale subsidy of the military-industrial complex, a considerable degree of corporate welfare, and protectionism when deemed in the national interest. These are viewed by neo-libs as impediments to the unfettered market forces that they champion.
Friday (9/20)
HOMEWORK: No Homework. Enjoy the Weekend
- review test
- social contract projects due
- HOW TO DESTROY CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARTICLE
- UN CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY
- CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
HOMEWORK: No Homework. Enjoy the Weekend
Thursday (9/19)
HOMEWORK: Social Contract project due tomorrow
- warm up (see below)
- pep talk
- Work day!!!
HOMEWORK: Social Contract project due tomorrow
"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But we learn, by God, we learn."
- C.S. Lewis |
"It is not the mountains that we conquer; but ourselves."
- Sir Edmond Hillary |
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. - King Solomon |
Tuesday (9/17)
- Unit 1 Test (Good Luck Chuck!)
Monday (9/16)
CLICK HERE FOR POWERPOINT NOTES
HOMEWORK: Study For Test TOMORROW !!!!!
PROJECT HAS BEEN POSTPONED! Now due Friday (9/20)
- Warm-up
- Review Essays
- Review for Test
CLICK HERE FOR POWERPOINT NOTES
HOMEWORK: Study For Test TOMORROW !!!!!
PROJECT HAS BEEN POSTPONED! Now due Friday (9/20)
Friday (9/13)
HOMEWORK: Get Started on you Project !!!! DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE
- Current Event Discussion
- Review Social Contract Project
- Begin Studying for the Test
HOMEWORK: Get Started on you Project !!!! DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE
Wednesday (9/12)
What do the people think about...
What are the alternative too...
- Warm up: Watch the speech by president Obama and write 3 open ended discussion questions about the speech
What do the people think about...
What are the alternative too...
- Complete the Current Event Discussion Worksheet and DISCUSS (What is happening Now?)
- Project on the Social Contract
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Tuesday (9/9)
HOMEWORK: Watch President Obama's address to the USA on Syria Tonight!!!! 6 p.m.
OUTLINING THE CONSTITUTION
THE Full Text:
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.txt
THE Explanitory Version:
http://www.usconstitution.net/constquick.html
- Warm up
- Outlining the Constitution
HOMEWORK: Watch President Obama's address to the USA on Syria Tonight!!!! 6 p.m.
- If you cant make the 6 p.m. showing then watch HERE. ( Look UP )
OUTLINING THE CONSTITUTION
THE Full Text:
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.txt
THE Explanitory Version:
http://www.usconstitution.net/constquick.html
Monday (9/9)
2) Title this "Warm-Up". This is where all of your "Warm-up" activities will be done from now on!
3) In a brief paragraph answer the following Question: (you must restate the question)
Why were the framers of the Constitution careful to limit the powers of the Federal Government?
HOMEWORK: Read pg 88-95
Cornell Notes (1 FULL Page front and Back, end with a summary)
- Warm up
2) Title this "Warm-Up". This is where all of your "Warm-up" activities will be done from now on!
3) In a brief paragraph answer the following Question: (you must restate the question)
Why were the framers of the Constitution careful to limit the powers of the Federal Government?
- Review 6 Principles of Constitution
- Notes
HOMEWORK: Read pg 88-95
Cornell Notes (1 FULL Page front and Back, end with a summary)
Friday (9/6)
HOMEWORK: No Homework
- In class Essay
HOMEWORK: No Homework
Thursday (9/5)
HOMEWORK: Review Notes and begin to Prepare for In-Class Essay Tomorrow
Current Events:
Step 1 -- Choose a partner and sign up for one Friday in which you will lead a current event discussion.
Step 2 -- With your partner sign up for one Friday this semester in which you will lead a class discussion on the current event of your
choice.
Step 3 -- Mark it in your calendar!! There will be NO makeups if you forget!!!!
The 6 Basic Principle of our Constitution: (Click Below for More Info)
SEE HERE FOR 3 Branches of Government
http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/the-constitution
- Warm up: Thesis statement for Anti-federalists
- Collect and Review Anti-federalist homework
- 6 Principles of Government
- Review In Class Essay for Friday
- Current Event Discussion Sign Up
HOMEWORK: Review Notes and begin to Prepare for In-Class Essay Tomorrow
Current Events:
Step 1 -- Choose a partner and sign up for one Friday in which you will lead a current event discussion.
Step 2 -- With your partner sign up for one Friday this semester in which you will lead a class discussion on the current event of your
choice.
Step 3 -- Mark it in your calendar!! There will be NO makeups if you forget!!!!
The 6 Basic Principle of our Constitution: (Click Below for More Info)
- Popular Soverignty
- Limited Government
- Separation of Powers
- Checks and Balances
- Judicial Review
- Federalism
SEE HERE FOR 3 Branches of Government
http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/the-constitution
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Tuesday (9/3)
HOMEWORK: Finish Packet for Homework (Graphic Organizer and Questions)
- Review Federalist vs Anti-federalists
- Hamilton vs. Henry (main points)
- Anti-federalists: Debating a consolidated nation
HOMEWORK: Finish Packet for Homework (Graphic Organizer and Questions)
notes.doc | |
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Friday (8/30)
- What is happening in the photo?
- What should be done about this? Does the USA have an obligation to help?
HOMEWORK: No Homework!! Have a great 3 Day Weekend.
- Look at the Picture above and consider the following:
- What is happening in the photo?
- What should be done about this? Does the USA have an obligation to help?
- Review Articles of Confederation and Federalist vs Antifederalist
- Federalist vs Anti-federalist Exercise
- Current Events
HOMEWORK: No Homework!! Have a great 3 Day Weekend.
Thursday (8/29)
COMPARING DRAFTS OF THE CONSTITUTION
On a separate sheet of paper please answer the following Questions:
HOMEWORK: No Homework !!!
- Revisit the Declaration of Independence
- Discuss Strengths and Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation
- Discuss Virginia Plan vs New Jersey Plan
- Compare and Contrast Drafts of the Constitution
- Discuss Federalist vs. Anti-federalists
- Students will Draft a Bill of Rights
COMPARING DRAFTS OF THE CONSTITUTION
On a separate sheet of paper please answer the following Questions:
- Choose 3 changes that you think are most significant. What changes were made between the two documents?
- What do you think is the most significant change? What is the differences in wording between the two documents?
- Why do you think that particular change was made?
- How does the difference in wording change you understanding of the texts meaning? If not then explain!!
HOMEWORK: No Homework !!!
united_states_constitution_comparison.pdf | |
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Tuesday (8/27)
In case you weren't in class...
CLICK HERE FOR DOCUMENTS:
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER
HOMEWORK: Read pg 48-54
Cornell Notes (1 FULL Page, Front and Back, summary at the end)
- Review Jefferson's Quote
- Timeline of Events
- Analyze Declaration of Independence
In case you weren't in class...
CLICK HERE FOR DOCUMENTS:
- http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/declaration/pdf/draft.pdf
- http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/declaration/pdf/final.pdf
- http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/declaration/pdf/comparisons.pdf
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER
- What is the most significant differences in wording between Jefferson's draft and the adopted Declaration of Independence?
- Why do you think this change was made?
- How does this difference in wording change your understanding of the text's meaning, if at all?
HOMEWORK: Read pg 48-54
Cornell Notes (1 FULL Page, Front and Back, summary at the end)
Below is the Timeline that we Discussed in Class:
Know how these events led to the Declaration of Independence and eventually the U.S.A
Monday (8/26)
"When a long train of abuses and usurpations pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government and provide new guards for their future security"
-- Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
HOMEWORK: Read pg 44-47
Cornell Notes (try to get the front and back of 1 sheet of paper. I will accept 1.5 pages because the section is so short)
- Discuss Current Event Article
- Notes on Forms of Government
- Rewriting Declaration of Independence: re-write the quote in modern English. What does it mean?
"When a long train of abuses and usurpations pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government and provide new guards for their future security"
-- Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
HOMEWORK: Read pg 44-47
Cornell Notes (try to get the front and back of 1 sheet of paper. I will accept 1.5 pages because the section is so short)
Friday (8/23)
HOMEWORK: Current Event
- I suggest that you annotate!!!
- use the back side of the article to outline your Current Event Essay (optional)
2. Write a short essay (1-2 typed page[s], double spaced) on the article that you read
- 1st paragraph: Describe the Who, What, When, Where, Why of the article
- 2nd paragraph: Explain the domestic and global impact of this event
- 3rd paragraph: State your personal opinion of or about the event
Due Monday (8/26)
- Compare and Contrast Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Hobbes
- Preamble of the Constitution of the United States: Questions
- Flowchart of Events that affected the creation of American Democracy
HOMEWORK: Current Event
- You must use the article I gave you entitled ("The Battle for Egypt")
- I suggest that you annotate!!!
- use the back side of the article to outline your Current Event Essay (optional)
2. Write a short essay (1-2 typed page[s], double spaced) on the article that you read
- 1st paragraph: Describe the Who, What, When, Where, Why of the article
- 2nd paragraph: Explain the domestic and global impact of this event
- 3rd paragraph: State your personal opinion of or about the event
Due Monday (8/26)
Thursday (8/22)
CLICK HERE FOR DEBATE
http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-20-2-c-hobbes-locke-montesquieu-and-rousseau-on-government.html
CLICK HERE FOR HOBBES, LOCKE, ROUSSEAU and MONTESQUIEU
HOMEWORK: Read pg 28-39
Cornell Notes (1 full page AT LEAST -- front and back)
- don't forget to add your summary at the end!!!
AND your Collaboirze Post is due Tonight by 11 pm !!!!!!!!!!!
- Questions about Collaborize Post
- Review Questions
- One More Enlightenment Philosopher....Charles Montesquieu
- Mini Posters, Debate and Venn Diagram
- ppt. Forms of Government
- model Cornell Notes
CLICK HERE FOR DEBATE
http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-20-2-c-hobbes-locke-montesquieu-and-rousseau-on-government.html
CLICK HERE FOR HOBBES, LOCKE, ROUSSEAU and MONTESQUIEU
- http://images.pcmac.org/SiSFiles/Schools/GA/DouglasCounty/AlexanderHigh/Uploads/DocumentsCategories/Documents/hoobes_locke_rousseau.pdf
- http://www.iep.utm.edu/soc-cont/
HOMEWORK: Read pg 28-39
Cornell Notes (1 full page AT LEAST -- front and back)
- don't forget to add your summary at the end!!!
AND your Collaboirze Post is due Tonight by 11 pm !!!!!!!!!!!
PRIMARY SOURCES
Only For Curious and perhaps the Brave
Tuesday (8/20)
HOMEWORK: DO your Collaborize POST. Don't Wait!!!!! No excuses will be accepted.
DUE Thursday 8/22 by 11 pm
- Introduce Principles of Government: Notes
- Discuss Philosophy of the Social Contract (Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau)
- Who's idea do you buy the most?
- Social Contract vs. Divine Right of Kings\
HOMEWORK: DO your Collaborize POST. Don't Wait!!!!! No excuses will be accepted.
DUE Thursday 8/22 by 11 pm
Monday (8/19)
HOMEWORK: Collaborize Classroom Post
What is “the Cave”? who is trapped, how they are trapped and is there any way out.
Has anyone ever escaped “The Cave”?
Think of at least one historical example of someone who has escaped “the Cave” and come back to enlighten the masses. Did the people respond well? Or was the Philosopher ostracized?
due by 11pm on Thursday (8/22)
POSTING Requirements:
- Binder Check
- Review Citizenship Test
- Discuss James Madison Quote
- Plato's Allegory of the Cave
HOMEWORK: Collaborize Classroom Post
- IN Class we have discussed Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. For homework you will think of various ways in which humanity is trapped inside of “The Cave”. Explain how “the Cave” may also be seen as a reflection of Government?
What is “the Cave”? who is trapped, how they are trapped and is there any way out.
Has anyone ever escaped “The Cave”?
Think of at least one historical example of someone who has escaped “the Cave” and come back to enlighten the masses. Did the people respond well? Or was the Philosopher ostracized?
due by 11pm on Thursday (8/22)
POSTING Requirements:
- You must post at least one response, no less than three paragraphs
- You must double space between each paragraph
- You must Read and Reply to at least 3 other posts (Reply must be at least 4 sentences or more)
Friday (8/16): DAY 2
HOMEWORK: You will choose 15 questions from the FULL CITIZENSHIP TEST that you do not already know the answer to. They must also be different from the ones that we discussed in class.
Your must choose at least one question from each of the nine sections of the test. The remaining 5 questions can be from anywhere. Write out the entire question on a separate sheet of paper and then proceed to answer your 15 questions.
Afterwards, and just for fun, I want you to verbally ask those same questions to someone else. It can be your parents, your siblings (if they are older), your friends, a stranger, etc. Record their score and be ready to share it on Monday.
The answers to the full test will be posted Monday.
- Why is government important?
- Discuss James Madison's view of government (see document)
- Got to Library for Textbook
- Citizenship Test
HOMEWORK: You will choose 15 questions from the FULL CITIZENSHIP TEST that you do not already know the answer to. They must also be different from the ones that we discussed in class.
Your must choose at least one question from each of the nine sections of the test. The remaining 5 questions can be from anywhere. Write out the entire question on a separate sheet of paper and then proceed to answer your 15 questions.
Afterwards, and just for fun, I want you to verbally ask those same questions to someone else. It can be your parents, your siblings (if they are older), your friends, a stranger, etc. Record their score and be ready to share it on Monday.
The answers to the full test will be posted Monday.
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Thursday (8/15): THE FIRST DAY of Class
HOMEWORK:
- Introductions
- Syllabus (by Mr. "G")
- Website into
- Collaborize intro
- The HOT SEAT!!
HOMEWORK:
- Get a Binder for CIVICS & ECON -- create and decorate (follow my instructions)
- Have your parents read the syllabus and sign the last page. RETURN the SLIP to Me!!!