Civil Government- Green 1st, White 1st
Monday
04/02/12
We will be going over a brief 2-7 minute lecture/discussion regarding the Supreme Court, then-
Complete the following notes sheet regarding Background information regarding the Supreme Court from Article III of the Constitution Notes Sheet. Use this link for your information- Article III of the Constitution- The Supreme Court. This notes sheet, along with a short assignment regarding political cartoons, will be due at the end of next class period.
Tuesday
04/03/12
Mr. B. is out this morning, administering TCAP Tests.
FOR TODAY: Students will need to have completed the
in addition, students should also have completed
The Political Cartoon Analysis Assignment
by the end of class. The links to the Political Cartoon Slideshow and the cartoons to analyze are on the assignment sheet. Please work independently, not in groups!
If you do not finish either of these assignment by the end of class, they are homework, and will be due at the START of class on Thursday.
Wednesday
04/04/12
Mr. B. is out today, Mr. Linsacum will be covering the class.
FOR TODAY: Students will need to have completed the
Background information regarding the Supreme Court from Article III of the Constitution Notes Sheet
in addition, students should also have completed
The Political Cartoon Analysis Assignment
by the end of class. The links to the Political Cartoon Slideshow and the cartoons to analyze are on the assignment sheet. Please work independently, not in groups!
If you do not finish either of these assignment by the end of class, they are homework, and will be due at the START of class on Thursday.
Thursday
04/05/12
Supreme Court Notes and Political Cartoon Analysis Assignments are due at the start of class.
WORK DAY: Short lecture on the basics of the Supreme Court. Class discussion regarding student rights and assignment of the "Student Rights Supreme Court Case Timeline Project."
Friday
04/06/12
Supreme Court Notes and Political Cartoon Analysis Assignments are due at the start of class.
WORK DAY: Short lecture on the basics of the Supreme Court. Class discussion regarding student rights and assignment of the "Student Rights Supreme Court Case Timeline Project."
Monday
04/09/12
Papers and Tests passed back today. If you wish to complete TEST CORRECTIONS for the exam, you must do the following:
- I will accept test corrections for NON-ESSAY questions only.
- You MUST WRITE OUT the explanations for not only the correct answer, but ALSO explain why the incorrect answers are incorrect.
- You MUST write out the correct answers for EACH question that you missed to be eligible for test correction points.
- You must turn in your test corrections by the START of next class period. Anything submitted later will not be accepted.
- You must submit your test corrections AND your original test to be considered for test correction credit.
- You will receive full credit for your test corrections if you follow the rules above.
WORK DAY: Test corrections and "Student Rights Supreme Court Case Timeline Project."
Tuesday
04/10/12
Class discussion today regarding the following issues:
- Test Corrections
- Gradebook Percentage Grades.
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WORK DAY: "Student Rights Supreme Court Case Timeline Project."
Wednesday
04/11/12
Class discussion today regarding the following issues:
- Test Corrections
- Gradebook Percentage Grades.
WORK DAY: "Student Rights Supreme Court Case Timeline Project."
Thursday
04/12/12
WORK DAY: Students have requested an extra day to complete their "Student Rights Supreme Court Case Timeline Project." This is due TODAY!
In addition, EVERYONE in the room needs to be working on their Test Corrections for the recent exam. As many as 66 FREE points are available for some students if they will complete this exercise. The difficulties with the Gradebook are now worked out and a number of students have had their grades go drastically DOWN (2 students have grades of D, 6 students have grades of F!), meaning that they need as many points as they can get.
Depending on time, we will also spend some time today discussing two more rights cases that are in the news now.
Friday
04/13/12
WORK DAY: Students have requested an extra day to complete their "Student Rights Supreme Court Case Timeline Project." This is due TODAY!
In addition, almost EVERYONE in the room should be working on their Test Corrections for the recent exam. As many as 66 FREE points are available for some students if they will complete this exercise. The difficulties with the Gradebook are now worked out and a number of students have had their grades go drastically DOWN. Given that the Final Examination is CUMULATIVE TO LAST AUGUST, I would think that students should be trying to collect any points as they can get.
Depending on time, we will also spend some time today discussing two more rights cases that are in the news now and the student timelines that are due today.
Monday
04/16/12
Tuesday
04/17/12
Project debriefing: The Student Rights Project- class discussion.
2-7 Minute Lecture: The Establishment Clause
Group Thinking Project: 10 Religious Freedom Cases: On a separate piece of paper, write the numbers 1-10 down the side, leaving space for some writing in between. Review each of the 10 Freedom of Religion cases. IDENTIFY the TEST that your group feels is in play in the decision. Also, please identify what position the Supreme Court took in each case and WHY. We will go over the results of each case in class tomorrow.
Wednesday
04/18/12
Project debriefing: The Student Rights Project- class discussion.
2-7 Minute Lecture: The Establishment Clause
Group Thinking Project: 10 Religious Freedom Cases: On a separate piece of paper, write the numbers 1-10 down the side, leaving space for some writing in between. Review each of the 10 Freedom of Religion cases. IDENTIFY the TEST that your group feels is in play in the decision. Also, please identify what position the Supreme Court took in each case and WHY. We will go over the results of each case in class tomorrow.
Thursday
04/19/12
Freedom of Religion WORK DAY: Complete and debrief the 10 Religious Freedom Cases Assignment that we started last class period (we will talk about the 10 cases during the last 10-15 minutes of class.). When you are done, come see Mr. B. You will be given a handout with 4 interesting religious freedom cases (drug use, animal mutiliation, etc.) that you will review. Each case includes a case brief, as well as an outline of the arguments from both sides of the case. Your job: Analyze the cases, the pros and the cons and write ONE PARAGRAPH about each case, outlining which side you think won the case and why. (SKIP THE FIRST PAGE, it has to do with Barnette and you already know that one.)
Friday
04/20/12
Freedom of Religion WORK DAY: Complete and debrief the 10 Religious Freedom Cases Assignment that we started last class period (we will talk about the 10 cases during the last 10-15 minutes of class.). When you are done, come see Mr. B. You will be given a handout with 4 interesting religious freedom cases (drug use, animal mutiliation, etc.) that you will review. Each case includes a case brief, as well as an outline of the arguments from both sides of the case. Your job: Analyze the cases, the pros and the cons and write ONE PARAGRAPH about each case, outlining which side you think won the case and why. (SKIP THE FIRST PAGE, it has to do with Barnette and you already know that one.)
Monday
04/23/12
WORK DAY: Complete and debrief the 4 big cases of Freedom of Religion. If there is time, we will have a 2-7 minute lecture regarding Freedom of Speech and begin reviewing some Freedom of Speech case studies.
Tuesday
04/24/12
WORK DAY: Complete and debrief the 4 big cases of Freedom of Religion, begin reviewing some Freedom of Speech case studies.
Wednesday
04/25/12
WORK DAY: Complete and debrief the 4 big cases of Freedom of Religion, begin reviewing some Freedom of Speech case studies.
Thursday
04/26/12
2-7 Minute Lecture (with an 8 minute documentary): Freedom of Assembly, Petition and Association.
Due today: 4 Freedom of Religion Cases and the 7 Freedom of Speech Cases.
DEBRIEF of the 4 Freedom of Religion Cases and the 7 Freedom of Speech Cases, if we have time.
Friday
04/27/12
2-7 Minute Lecture (with an 8 minute documentary): Freedom of Assembly, Petition and Association.
Due today: 4 Freedom of Religion Cases and the 7 Freedom of Speech Cases.
DEBRIEF of the 4 Freedom of Religion Cases and the 7 Freedom of Speech Cases, if we have time.
Monday
04/30/12
Today, students will be completing a QUIZ regarding the First Amendment: The First Amendment Opinion Essay. This must be completed in class today and will be worth a total of 100 points.
THIS QUIZ IS NOT OPTIONAL!
Tuesday
05/01/12
Today: We will quickly discuss the Second Amendment and some of the implications for the rights of citizens to own guns. Then, we will watch a total of 5 video clips regarding guns, gun owners' rights and gun control. We will also be answering some questions regarding the two videos.
Wednesday
05/02/12
Today: We will quickly discuss the Second Amendment and some of the implications for the rights of citizens to own guns. Then, we will watch a total of 5 video clips regarding guns, gun owners' rights and gun control. We will also be answering some questions regarding the two videos.
Thursday
05/03/12
Amendments 4, 5 and 6 today! We will be doing a brief case study regarding illegal search and seizure, as well and may get to another regarding Miranda Rights, depending on time.
Friday
05/04/12
Amendments 4, 5 and 6 today! We will be doing a brief case study regarding illegal search and seizure, as well as another regarding Miranda Rights, depending on time.