Week 18: May 9-11
Finals
Writing Section of Final (I will chose one)
1. Political Cartoon Analysis 2. DBQ Thomas Jefferson (use contextual evidence in answers) 3. Supreme Court Case Analysis (use contextual evidence in answers) Resources for multiple choice final: (50 multiple choice questions) Study Guide Final Key Terms Review Sheet |
Week 17: May 2-6 2016
Unit 4: Local Government
Monday
-Visit from County Commissioner Julie Westendorff Tuesday -Visit from Town Manager Chris LeMay Wednesday -Find a news source relevant to the class. Use Evaluating News Sources to document the source Thursday -Finals Review -Socratic Seminar Friday -Socratic Seminar |
Week 16: April 25-29
Unit 4: Student Voices
-Monday
-News Literacy use Evaluating News Sources to analyze news article Tuesday -News Literacy use Evaluating News Sources to analyze news article -Social Media and Free Speech Deliberation Wednesday -Social Media and Free Speech Deliberation Thursday -News Literacy use Evaluating News Sources to analyze news article -Social Media and Free Speech Deliberation Friday -NO School |
Standard 1: Research, formulate positions, and engage in appropriate civic participation to address local, state, and national issues or policies
Addtional Resources: -Minimum Wage Deliberation -Is the American Dream Still Possible? -Develop questions for visitor -Read and complete Structure of Local Government 24.1 -Read and complete: Serving Localities 24.2 Unit 4 Learning Goal #1: Engage ethically in civic activities including discussing current issues, advocating for their rights and the rights of others, practicing their responsibilities, influencing governmental actions, and other community service learning opportunities Unit 4 Learning Goal #2: Evaluate how individuals and groups can effectively use the structure and functions of various levels of government to shape policy Unit 4 Learning Goal #3: Describe the roles and influence of individuals, groups, and the press as checks on governmental practices Unit 4 Learning Goal #4: Identify which level of government is appropriate for various policies and demonstrate an ability to appropriately engage with that level of government Unit 4 Learning Goal #5: Critique various media sources for accuracy and perspective |
Week 15: April 18-22 (Community Survey)
Unit 4: Local Government & Student Voices
Monday
-Supreme Court Research Project Tuesday -Supreme Court Research Project Wednesday -Supreme Court Research Project Thursday -Supreme Court Research Project Friday -Police Body Cameras and Use of Force -Miranda v Arizona Video -Research Paper Due |
Additional Resources:
-Read and complete 23.1 State Constitutions -Student Voices (Unit 1 Lesson 1) -Write an extended response about the one action you believe matters most in democracy, the one which you believe matters least, and why you chose those two -Quiz 23.1 -Read and discuss "Redistricting Reform Effort Underway" -Read and complete The Three Branches 23.2 -Review "CO State Government" -Quiz 23.2 -Read and complete State Government Policy 23.3 -Develop questions for JP Brown -Visit from Colorado State Representative JP Brown -Read and complete Financing State Government 23.4 -Student Voices (Unit 1 Lesson 1 "Continuum Action Worksheet") -Write an extended response about the one action you believe matters most in democracy, the one which you believe matters least, and why you chose those two. -Read and complete Structure of Local Government 24.1 -Student Voices (Unit 1 Lesson 2 "Who Represents You. Levels of Government Worksheet" and "Who Has the Power, My Job Your Job" |
Week 14: April 11-15 (Quizlet Supreme Court Vocabulary)
Unit 3: Functions of Government Supreme Court
Monday
-No School
Tuesday
-No Class State Testing
Wednesday
-Supreme Court Research Project
Thursday
-Supreme Court Research Project
Friday
-Supreme Court Research Project
-No School
Tuesday
-No Class State Testing
Wednesday
-Supreme Court Research Project
Thursday
-Supreme Court Research Project
Friday
-Supreme Court Research Project
Week 13: April 4-8 (Quizlet Supreme Court Vocabulary)
Unit 3: Functions of Government Supreme Court
Monday
-A Conversation on the Origin, Nature and Importance of the Supreme Court -Supreme Court Research Project Tuesday -PFL Panel Wednesday -A Conversation on the Origin, Nature and Importance of the Supreme Court -Supreme Court Research Project Thursday -Quiz on video -Supreme Court Research Project Friday -Quiz Supreme Court Vocabulary -Supreme Court Research Project |
Additional Resources:
-The Supreme Court as a Mirror of America (Read and Create Cornell Notes / Here's an example and Here's a template) ) -Supreme Court Vocab List -Quiz on Monday/Tuesday's video -Supreme Court Vocabulary Quiz |
Week 12: March 21-25
Unit 3: Functions of Government Executive Branch
Week 11: March 14-18
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Monday
-Redistricting and Gerrymandering Tuesday -Redistricting and Gerrymandering Wednesday -Watch "Split: A Deeper Divide" use FSW for Informational documentary Thursday -Watch "Split: A Deeper Divide" use FSW for Informational documentary -Watch videos and create a T-chart depicting the president's informal and formal powers "Crash Course Presidential Power and Presidential Powers Part 2 Friday -Video "The Modern Presidency: Tools of Power" -Foreign Policy: The Powers of and Checks on the US Congress and the President |
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government
Unit 3 Learning Goal #6: Explain the expansion of Presidential Power and its consequences on the democratic process. |
Week 10: March 7-11
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TaMonday
-CAREER FAIR Tuesday -Money in Politics (Task 4) Wednesday -Money in Politics (Task 7) Thursday -Money in Politics (Task 7) -One Person, One Vote (Video) Friday -Redistricting and Gerrymandering (Task 1-4) |
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government
Unit 3 Learning Goal #5: Analyze the political forces that are leading to political gridlock and discuss the possible solutions Unit 3 Learning Goal #6: Explain the expansion of Presidential Power and its consequences on the democratic process. Additional Resources: -Does Money Unfairly Influence Our Political Process? -News Literacy Discussion. Use Evaluating News Sources to analyze article. |
Week 9: February 29-March 4
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Monday
-Leap Day Tuesday -Present Bayfield Branding presentations. -Term Limits for Congress (Task 6 in groups) Wednesday -Watch "Difference Between Britain and US" -Listen "What's With the UK's Low Key Elections" -Money in Politics (Task 1) Thursday -Money in Politics (1 & 6) Friday -Money in Politics (Task 2) -Big Sky Big Money Use Film Critique Worksheet |
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government
Unit 3 Learning Goal 4: Analyze the impact of term limit limitations and gerrymandering on the democratic process Additional Resources: -Redistricting and Gerrymandering -Watch Patriocracy use FSW for Persuasive Documentary -Patriocracy questions -Explain it to me:Campaign Fundraising -Explain it to me: Campaign Finance |
Week 8: February 22-26
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-Monday
-2016 Presidential Election Task 7 Tuesday -Read America the Unfair -Term Limits for Congress (Task 2,3, & 4) Wednesday -Vice News America's Election: 2016 -Term Limits for Congress Thursday -Bayfield Marketing Presentation Friday -Bayfield Marketing Presentation -Editorials Due |
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government
Unit 3 Learning Goal 3: Analyze the impact of campaign finance on the democratic process |
Week 7: February 15-19
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MONDAY
-No School TUESDAY -Avant Marketing Group visit -Study Guide Legislative Branch -2016 Presidential Election (Task 1 & 2) WEDNESDAY- -2016 Presidential Election (Task 3 & 4) THURSDAY -2016 Presidential Election (Task 5) -Surveys Due (please enter results into Survey Monkey) FRIDAY -Legislative Branch Quiz -2016 Presidential Election (Task 6 Due Monday) |
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government
Unit 3 Learning Goal 2: Analyze how the Legislative Branch contributes to democratic ideals. |
Week 6: February 8-12
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MONDAY
-Quiz Study Guide Part 3 & 4 -Crash Course "Bicameral Congress" -Read Section 1 "Representative Democracy" and answer corresponding questions -Research "Who Are Your Members of Congress?" TUESDAY -Crash Course "Congressional Committees" Read Section 2 "How Congress Functions" and answer corresponding questions -One School's Fight: The Making of a Law -Research "Who Are Your Members of Congress?" WEDNESDAY -Crash Course "Congressional Leadership" -Read Section 3 "How Members of Congress Work" and answer corresponding questions -Research "Who Are Your Members of Congress?" -5 Ways Sanders and Trump are More Alike Than You May Think THURSDAY -Crash Course "Congressional Decisions" -Present "Who Are Your Members of Congress?" -The Islamic State Friday -No School |
Standard 1: Research, formulate positions, and engage in appropriate civic participation to address local, state, and national issues or policies
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government Unit 3 Learning Goal 1: Understand the Legislative Branch's purpose and goals with our democratic structure Additional Resources: -Research "How Your Members of Congress Work" -I'm Just A Bill |
Week 5: February 1-5
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MONDAY
-Presidential Primaries TUESDAY -Review Study Guide Part 2 -PBS Constitution USA Episode 2 : "It's a Free Country" (Bill of Rights) WEDNESDAY -Quiz Study Guide Part 2 -"Why Does US health care cost so much? The hidden answer in plain sight" and questions THURSDAY -Study Guide Part 3 & 4 (Due Friday) -PBS Constitution USA Episode 3 "Built to Last: We the People (Longevity) Friday -Review Study Guide Part 3 & 4 -PBS Constitution USA Episode 4 "Created Equal" (Equal Protection & Due Process) -HOMEWORK: US v Nixon 1974 (Due Process/Rule of Law) |
Standard 1: Research, formulate positions, and engage in appropriate civic participation to address local, state, and national issues or policies
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government Additional Resources: |
Week 4: January 25-29
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MONDAY
-Complete "Constitution Study Guide" Part 1 -PBS Constitution USA Episode 1 "A More Perfect Union" (Federalism) TUESDAY -Unit 1 Philosophical Foundations of Government Exam -Complete "Constitution Study Guide" Part 1 -PBS Constitution USA Episode 1 "A More Perfect Union" (Federalism) WEDNESDAY -Review Study Guide Part 1 -McCullough v Maryland (Supremacy Clause & Necessary and Proper Clause) Homework due Thursday -Constitutional Study Guide Part 2 -PBS Constitution USA Episode 2: "It's a Free Country" (Bill of Rights) THURSDAY -Quiz: Constitutional Study Guide Part 1 -Constitutional Study Guide Part 2 -Gibbons v Ogden (Commerce Clause) Homework due Friday -PBS Constitution USA Episode 2: "It's a Free Country" (Bill of Rights) Friday -Constitutional Study Guide Part 3 -Brown v Board of Education (Due Process) Homework due Monday -PBS Constitution USA Episode 3 : "It's a Free Country" (Bill of Rights) |
Standard 1: Research, formulate positions, and engage in appropriate civic participation to address local, state, and national issues or policies
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government Learning Goal #1: Analyze and explain the importance of the principles of democracy and the inherent competition among values. Values to include but not be limited to freedom and security, individual rights and common good, and rights and responsibilities Learning Goal #2: Analyze the role of the founding documents and the evolution of their interpretation through governmental action and court cases. Documents to include but not limited to the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights Learning Goal #3: Analyze how court decisions, legislative debates, and various and diverse groups have helped to preserve, develop, and interpret the rights and ideals of the American system of government |
Week 3: January 15-29
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Study Guide Unit 1 Foundations of Govt. |
MONDAY
No School TUESDAY -This American Life "House Rules" -Martin Luther King Jr. Lesson Plan -Crash Course Due Process WEDNESDAY -Civic Action Project #3 (Public Policy Presentations) THURSDAY -Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau on Government Friday -Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau on Government -STUDY GUIDE FOR UNIT 1 EXAM: Philosophical Foundations of Government -Unit 2 Pre Assessment -Annenburg "Creating a Constitution -Lecture "Constitution Overview |
Standard 1: Research, formulate positions, and engage in appropriate civic participation to address local, state, and national issues or policies
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government Unit Learning Goal/Objective 1: Understand that political theories lay the philosophical foundation for the form and function(s) of government. Additional Resources: The Problem We All Live With School Segregation, The Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson Civic Action Project #2 (Every New Generation) -Room for Debate Should Voting Be Mandatory? -Separation of Power Checks and Balances -Federalism -Federalist 39 |
MONDAY
-Plato and Aristotle on Tyranny and the Rule of Law -Civic Action Project #1 (Citizenship Brainstorm) TUESDAY -Plato and Aristotle on Tyranny and the Rule of Law WEDNESDAY -State of the Union Introduction -State of the Union worksheet -Watch "The State of the Union" THURSDAY -Magna Carta -Civic Action Project #2 (Every New Generation) Friday -Civic Action Project #3 (Public Policy) -HOMEWORK DUE TUESDAY: Evaluating News Sources |
Standard 1: Research, formulate positions, and engage in appropriate civic participation to address local, state, and national issues or policies
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government Unit Learning Goal/Objective 1: Understand that political theories lay the philosophical foundation for the form and function(s) of government. |
MONDAY
-No School TUESDAY -Open Letter for Students Returning to School -1st Day Procedures -Website/Syllabus -Voter registration -Name Game -Student Interviews -Define Democracy: Critical Thinking WEDNESDAY -Naturalization Test -Create a Government simulation -Unit 1 Pre-Assessment THURSDAY -Snow Day Friday -Snow Day |
Standard 2: Purposes of and limitations on the foundations, structures and functions of government
Unit Learning Goal/Objective 1: Understand that political theories lay the philosophical foundation for the form and function(s) of government. BOPs: Complete the sentence: "By living in the USA. I expect _____ from my government." |