Welcome to the 2007-2008 school year! To help students prepare for the first day of school, I am listing the supplies that will be needed for this class.
(1) Ring binder notebook, recommend 2" rings
(2) College ruled notebook paper
(3) Blue or Black Ink Pens (have several in class each day)
The following items are not required but highly recommended.
(1) Personal 3-hole punch (one that fits into binder rings)
(2) Colored highlighters
(3) Personal stapler
(4) Ruler
(5) Personal items as needed (Kleenex, band-aids, etc.)
It is not the job of the teacher or other students in the classroom to furnish you with school supplies. Please come to class prepared on a daily basis with your supplies.
NOTE TO PARENTS: Students will receive a detailed packet of information regarding this class on the first day. PLEASE ask for that packet and look over it. There is a student information sheet included that must be filled out and returned. This sheet requires parent input and signature.
8/20 **First Day of Class**
o Distribution/review of "first of the year" materials - class rules, grading policies,etc. Set up student notebooks.
o Worksheet on Classroom Orientation - use as a study guide to prepare for a quiz on Orientation Package 8/24
o Student Information Sheet due 8/24 (Students complete sections I, II, and IV; parents complete section III. Signature of student and parent required.
8/22
o Collect information sheets
o Set up notebooks
o Preview #1 - What would your life have been like if, at an early age, you had been free to do whatever you wanted without parental supervision?
o Follow-up discussion - roles of parents
o Class definition of "government"/compare and contract to text definition
o Quiz 8/24 on orientation package
8/24 ***Discipline Assembly***
o Quiz - Orientation Package
o Preview #2 - Pledge of Allegiance
o Discussion/Q&A - "State"
8/28
o Review
o Continue discussion of "state"/four characteristics
o Discussion/Q&A - Origins of the State
8/30
o Quiz - Government, the State, Origins of the State
o Jigsaw - Forms of Government (Students work in groups to become "experts" on one method of governmental classification. They will be responsible for teaching that to members of other groups.)
o Handout: Governmental "Who's Who?" - quiz next class
***My apologies for not updating this more frequently. Since everyone is up to date in class as it is, I'm not going to fill in the gap of days that I have missed updates. I will start from this point (9/15) and try to do better about updating. If, however, you check the site and it's not updated and you need information, please use the link on the site to email me. I do check the email and respond.
9/18 ***PROGRESS REPORTS***
o Students are to have complete the reading summary for Chapter 2, Section 1. Reading summaries were distributed in class last Wednesday after the Unit I exam.
o Triple Venn exercise on Magna Carta, Petition of Right, English Bill of Rights/discussion
o Students independently complete triple venn on royal, proprietatory, and charter colonies
9/20
o MAP Pretest
o Quiz on material from last class
o Lecture - Steps toward Colonial Unity (through repeal of Stamp Act/Declaratory Act)
o Have textbook in class every day.
o Have a copy of Declaration of Independence in class on Wednesday. (I STRONGLY recommend students download and print a copy or make xerox from textbook to allow annotations as we study the document.) STUDENTS MAY NOT WRITE IN THEIR TEXTBOOKS.
9/24
o Students worked in class to complete the Chapter 2 Reading Summary distributed following the Unit I test.
This summary is to be finished when students come to class on Wednesday and it will be checked.
o Have a copy of the Declaration of Independence in class on Wednesday (even though we probably won't get to it until Friday.)
9/26 ***Early Release***
o Work Check based on Chapter 2 Reading Summary
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