March 17th - 21st Lesson Plans

Monday March 17th:
1. Between 2 Ferns with President Barak Obama
2. Begin Voting Notes

Tuesday March 18th:
1. Bell Question
2. Voting Notes Continued

Wednesday/Thursday March 19th-18th:
1. Voting Quiz
2. Wrap up Voting Info
3. CNN Student News

Friday March 20th:
1. Current Events Articles with Question 

March 3rd - 7th, 2014 Lesson Plans

Last week before Spring Break!

Monday: March 3rd 

1. Minority Parties Notes
2. Political Parties Quiz

Tuesday: March 4th 

1. Create your own minority party and build your platform
2. I-pads research

Wednesday/Thursday: March 5th-6th 

1. Questions on projects, final meeting time before you need to turn it in.
2. Current events, News, Projects
3. Turn in projects today if you are going to be gone Friday

Friday: March 7th

1. PROJECTS DUE!
2. CNN Student News 

February 24th - 28th Lesson Plans

February 24th, 2014: 

1. Create two sides for debates and jury
2. Debate #1: Should States have to enforce Federal Laws with gun control act?
3. Turn in opinions for Ferderal and State laws and Gun control.
4. Make up day for Unit 1 test

February 25th, 2014:

1. Start Unit 2, Chapter 5 - Political Parties
2. Anonymous Candidate Platforms activity
3. Parties and their platforms

February 26th-27th, 2014: 

1. Mass Media
2. Videos on media bias, look at different sources.

February 28th, 2014: 

1. Current Events, CNN News
2. Political Party quiz 

February 17th - 21st

Monday February 17th: 

1. Take Quiz over National and State Powers & Checks and Balances system
2. Begin review of Unit 1

Tuesday February 18th: 

1. In class review game

Wednesday/Thursday February 19th/20th: 

1. Take Test on Unit 1, Basics of Government, Principles of American Government Chapters 1-4
2. Begin forming statements for Debate # 2, Federal and State laws on Gun Control

Friday February 21st: 

1. Create 3 groups: National, State, and Jury
2. Conduct Debate # 2 Gun Control 

February 10-14 Lesson Plans

Monday February 10th, 2014: 

1. PowerPoint Notes: Constitution and Federalism Part 1 Chapter 3

2. Handout: Take notes from PowerPoint, study the charts on powers of government

Tuesday February 11th, 2014

1. PowerPoint Notes: Federalism, Part 2 Chapter 4

2. Handout: Complete notes from PowerPoint and powers of government.

Wednesday/Thursday February 12-13th. 2014: 

1. Ipads: Take Political Party Quiz
2. Handout: Fill in handout about which percent of each political party you identify with and representatives from those parties.
3. Research local representatives
4. Research 2nd Debate Topic: Gun Control (National and State Regulations)

Friday February 14th, 2014: 

1. Happy Valentine's Day!
2. Study materials from Chapters 3&4
3. Work on research for Debate #2 on Gun Control
4. CNN Student News 

February 3 - 7 Lesson Plans

Monday/Tuesday February 3rd - 4th:

Monday Practice Test Day - Block Schedule 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th.
Tuesday Practice Test Day - Block Schedule 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th

• Constitution Scavenger Hunt 
• Review Chapter 2 for Quiz

Wednesday/Thursday February 5th-6th: 

Normal Block Schedule Day 

• Quiz Chapter 2 
• Current Events Article with Questions: Banks and new legal marijuana sales money 
• Prepare for class debate: 
• 1. US vs Eichman - Flag Burning 
• 2. Ingraham vs Wright - In School Corporal Punishment 
• Dave Ramsay Finance Video 

Friday February 7th 

• In Class Debate on 2 Supreme Court Cases 
• CNN News 

January 27th - January 31st

Week 4 Plans:

1. Monday January 27th 

• Chapter 2 Section 1
• Basic Concepts of Government 
• Magna Carta, Petition of Right, English Bill of Rights
• Work on group project: Create a Founding Document 

2. Tuesday January 28th

• Bell Question: What English founding document do you think was the most influential to American government? Why?
• Chapter 2 continued 
• The English Colonies in America 
• Bicameral and Unicameral systems 
• CNN Student News 
• Wrap up group project: Create a Founding Document 

3. Wednesday/Thursday January 29th and 30th 

• Bell Question: Name 2 kinds of colonies that were first started in the US and give a brief description of them. 
• Present group project founding documents 
• Review Chapter 2 
• Current Events: Olympic Games Article and Questions
• Ramsay's Economics Video 

4. Friday January 31st 

• Georgia - The Country 
• Pictures from Georgia's Civil War in the 1990's and comparisons to 2013 
• Slideshow of photos