Learning target - We can apply our understanding of the Constitution to our system of checks and balances
Our starter to set the theme of the day is a clip from the television The West Wing. I will periodically bring in West Wing clips as you can learn a tremendous amount by watching this series. If you ever want to geek out on government, I own the series…
Building off of our discussion tomorrow from yesterday, I’d like us to spend the first half of day finishing reviewing the first three articles of the Constitution. We’ll go over our Constitution in Plain English. We'll do some final refinement on this document together. As we go through the articles, I will provide connection to current events such as the nuclear treaty with Iran, the debt ceiling, and the Keystone Pipeline. For example, we might look at this list of recent and important presidential vetoes.
I will pass out this sheet for you to take notes if you wish during our review and discussion. This sheet gives a name to each article and section in order to provide a quick reference guide for you. I think we will use this sheet over the next few weeks when we have a constitutional issues to address for our group project.
Probably after break we’ll review this summary of our system of checks and balances and you’ll get to test yourself.
To make sure the homework for the weekend is clear. I’ve created this handout. You’ll watch a video and questions and create an image that I think will give you a creative way to reflect on what we’ve been studying for the past couple of weeks. I’ll assemble these images into a mural that we’ll put in the hallway.
Before we leave decision-making, we’ll review who the decision-makers are for the Animas River and the mining waste issue. This sheet gives a picture of the different levels of government involved. This will be useful when we discuss Federalism next week.
Finally, to prime us for our discussion of Federalism next week (and help you answer the first homework question), we’ll do a forced choice exercise.
Homework due Monday, September 21st
Homework includes watching a video, answering questions, and crafting a creative image for a class mural on decision-making. All the details are on this sheet.
Our starter to set the theme of the day is a clip from the television The West Wing. I will periodically bring in West Wing clips as you can learn a tremendous amount by watching this series. If you ever want to geek out on government, I own the series…
Building off of our discussion tomorrow from yesterday, I’d like us to spend the first half of day finishing reviewing the first three articles of the Constitution. We’ll go over our Constitution in Plain English. We'll do some final refinement on this document together. As we go through the articles, I will provide connection to current events such as the nuclear treaty with Iran, the debt ceiling, and the Keystone Pipeline. For example, we might look at this list of recent and important presidential vetoes.
I will pass out this sheet for you to take notes if you wish during our review and discussion. This sheet gives a name to each article and section in order to provide a quick reference guide for you. I think we will use this sheet over the next few weeks when we have a constitutional issues to address for our group project.
Probably after break we’ll review this summary of our system of checks and balances and you’ll get to test yourself.
To make sure the homework for the weekend is clear. I’ve created this handout. You’ll watch a video and questions and create an image that I think will give you a creative way to reflect on what we’ve been studying for the past couple of weeks. I’ll assemble these images into a mural that we’ll put in the hallway.
Before we leave decision-making, we’ll review who the decision-makers are for the Animas River and the mining waste issue. This sheet gives a picture of the different levels of government involved. This will be useful when we discuss Federalism next week.
Finally, to prime us for our discussion of Federalism next week (and help you answer the first homework question), we’ll do a forced choice exercise.
Homework due Monday, September 21st
Homework includes watching a video, answering questions, and crafting a creative image for a class mural on decision-making. All the details are on this sheet.