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2/8
First Look:
Ever debate/discuss an issue with others who disagreed with you? What emotions were involved?
Today's Plan:
Homework check/review
Ch. 2, Sec. 5 - Ratifying the Constitution
Prior test review
Mental imagery
Ch 2 test
Class Prep:
Scan Section 1 AND Section 2 of Chapter 3, THEN READ Sec. 1 and complete the workbook page for the section.
2/4
First Look:
• Think about health care reform.
• Come up with a compromise solution.
Today's Plan:
Homework check
Make up tests
Ch. 2, Sec. 4 - Creating the Constitution
Reading: Life Skill - Making Comparisons
Practice
Bank simulation announcement
Class Prep:
• Read Section 5
• Answer the questions on p. 58
• Prepare for Chapter 2 Test
2/2 - Happy Groundhog Day! First Look:
• Pencils, pens & clean sheet of paper out and ready for test.
• Pass your assignments forward
Today's Plan:
Ch. 1 test
Graded assignment review - time permitting
Ch. 2, Sec. 1 - Political beginnings
Reading - Magna Carta
Class Prep:
After reading sections 2 & 3 of Chapter 2, do the exercises on p. 21 & 22 of your workbook. Have them ready to be checked at the start of the next class.
This week we will cover Chapter 2. The test will most likely be given during the second half of the period on Monday, Feb 8.
1/29
First Look:
How do you and your group of friends decide what you're all going to do on a Saturday night?
Today's Plan:
Ch. 1, Sec. 2 - different types of government & how power is distributed
Government evaluation flowchart
Reading - Propaganda
Ch. 1, Sec. 3 - basic concepts of democracy . . . PLUS ECONOMICS!
Class Prep:
Find three advertisements in newspapers or magazines (product ads, not store ads or catalogs) that use the propaganda techniques we read about in class. Attach each ad to notebook paper with your heading, identify the technique used by each ad, and write a couple of sentences explaining how the ad fits in that category. I will collect these on Tuesday as soon as you enter the classroom, and I plan to grade them while you are taking the test on Chapter 1.
After the test, we will move on to Chapter 2.
DON'T FORGET YOUR PENCILS AND PENS FOR THE TEST!
1/27
First Look:
What would your life be like if you could do as you pleased without adult supervision?
. . . . Really!
Today's Plan:
Haiti Donations
Textbook distribution
Ch. 1, Sec. 1
Locke's Second Treatise
Class Prep:
Read through Sections 2 & 3 for next class.
We will finish the chapter Friday, and test on Tuesday.
1/25
WELCOME TO U.S. GOVERNMENT ! ! ! First Look:
* Fill out the self-assessment
* On the back of the form: describe up to two things you like and two you don't like about the block schedule [be specific!]
Today's Plan:
Assessment
Workbook distribution
Study Habits Workshop
Class Prep:
Review the rest of the intro to the workbook
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