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| Thu Sept 1
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| Thu Sept 8
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FORMS of GOVERNMENT
- TCI
Login. You have two assignments in the on-line
textbook. Please note: I allow you to use the online
textbook for these game-quizzes, but NOT the hardcopy
book...
- Chap. 1 - Crack the Code. Due today.
- Chap. 2 - Matrix of Knowledge. Due tomorrow,
Friday.
- 5th, 7th and 8th periods: Weigh in on the
Moodle since it
was not working last week...Answer the questions under Unit
1 Foundations FORUM...(Same login as you use in the computer
lab, just no graduation year...) This is feedback on the
Games People Play activity we did in class...
- Don't forget to do your
notebook assignments!
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| Wed Sep 14
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Chapters 1-2... Test tomorrow!
- Check your grade...
- Check colleges
coming to BHS this month...
- Take this quiz on
Chapter 1 (with a partner if you like...) to help
you prepare for tomorrow's test...
- Take this quiz on
Chapter 2 (with a partner if you like...) to help
you prepare for tomorrow's test...
- Notebooks are due:
- Per. 4: on Tues., Sep 20
- Per. 5: on Wed., Sep 21
- Per. 7: on Thu., Sep 22
- Per. 8: on Fri., Sep 23
- Remember! You have a test on your classmates' names TOMORROW,
Thursday! Study them here.
(You will need a password from Mr. Pahl!)
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| W Sep 21
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Roots of American Democracy
- ...If
you think you did Crack the Code or Matrix of Knowledge and
the grade is not showing, check to see if you have completed
it before you tell Mr. Pahl.
- If you are at all interested in going on the Europe
trip in June, there will be a meeting tonight in Room
C310 at 6pm. There's still room! Invite your parents
to come tonight!
- Check out my Facebook page...
- Take this quiz on
Chap. 3, sections 1&2. You can put two names on one quiz if
you work with a partner...
- CRACK THE
CODE! Note: this is Crack the Code from Chapter 3,
not chapter 1! Due: Friday, 15 points. The questions
on this game-quiz will be on the chapter 3 test...
- Don't forget to be brainstorming your Active
Citizenship Project! (Some
and ideas...)
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F Sep 23 |
Chapter 3, Roots of American Democracy
 It's
a High Five Friday!
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| W Sep 28
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Chapter 3 TEST
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| W Oct 5
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Active Citizenship
- Take this pre-test on
political beliefs...see how well you know the difference
between liberal and conserative beliefs...You can take it
with a partner and talk over the answers...
20 point assignment, due next Wed: Write an essay
about American freedom and democracy, 3-5 paragraphs (see
rubric):
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Voice
of Democracy. (20 extra credit points possible if
you choose to do this essay/speech on the topic, "Is There
Pride in Serving in Our Military?")
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First Freedom Student Competition. 20
extra credit points if you choose to do this essay or a
video: ("Is the free exercise of religion adequately
protected in America's public schools today?")
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Bill of Rights Institute Essay Competition.
- Mr. Pahl's topic: "Why the freedoms I have as an American
are important to me"
- Make your own topic...
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| W Oct 12
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7.4 American Beliefs
- Notes for today...
- Here is the quiz on 7.4...You
can take this with ONE partner (or work alone.) You can use
your Cornell notes on 7.4.
- See ESSAY ASSIGNMENT from last week (above), due at the end of
the period today. You can submit the essay here if you
would like:
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W Oct 19
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- BUDDY NOTICE: The date of Wed, Nov
2 for the BUDDY program is being changed because of
the testing seniors are doing that day
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- Take these tests
to determine if you are more liberal or conservative, and
then do notebook assignment
#16.
- Take this quiz on
chapter 10, about elections (not for points), to see
how well you understand the concepts you will soon be tested
on. (Mr. Pahl has already talked about a lot of this...)
- Weigh in on the
Moodle about your reaction to the Republican debate
on CNN last night...(it's under the section Elections and
Media) (5 points)
- Set up an account with
Animoto if you
want to use it to make your Active Citizenship Project...start
learning it and playing around with it...
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W Oct 26
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Chapter 10, Elections
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Tu Nov 1 and
Thu Nov 3
CONGRESS!
Links here for the Mock Congress..
BUDDY people:
- Get your
permission slips in!
- Get your memory stick to Mr. Pahl!
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Tasks for This week:
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- Get your permission slip signed
by teachers!
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- Get a bill idea approved.
Some of you still need to do this. Use the
form and take it to the Speaker of the House,
P-Daddy.
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- Once you have a bill concept approved, you need
to write the bill! It is worth 35
points. Follow the directions on your handout in
designing the bill. Use the
Thomas server to search for bills that are
currently before Congress which are like your bill.
These will give you ideas for the wording of your
bill.
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- It will help you to get Co-Sponsors for
your bill. These are other Congress members
who agree with the bill. You will enter bill
sponsors names when you submit your bill. (#5) Be
sure to indicate what period your co-sponsors have
Civics.
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- The bill must be submitted electronically
to the Moodle
in the appropriate place.
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- You need to plan the speeches you will
give on behalf of your bill when you are before the
committee next Tuesday.
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- Design a brochure about your bill.
If you give a master to Mr. Pahl, he will make 25
copies (black and white) for you to hand out to
committee members...
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- Check out who is on the committee which
is hearing your bill...what can you do to help
insure that they pass your bill? :-)
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Check out what committee you are on.
What bills are before this committee? Start doing
research on those bills so you can ask good
questions next Tuesday when you are sitting as a
committee member...
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CONGRESS!
There are links here that deal with the Mock
Congress...
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| Wed Nov 9 B
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Feedback! BUDDY and Mock Congress...
- About the BUDDY program...(BUDDY people, check to
see what feedback
you might have received from the schools were you
presented...)
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| Wed Nov 16
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The Presidency
- TCI
Login. You can work with a partner...Use the online textbook to read section 13.3
about the Growth of the Presidency. Make a chart, due
tomorrow (15 points), of what each of the following
Presidents did to expand the office of the President:
- Washington
- Jackson
- Lincoln
- Teddy Roosevelt
- Franklin Roosevelt
- You can turn in a hard copy or an electronic copy on
Moodle...(also do
your feedback about Invisible Children there...)
- Your chart will look something like this:
| Growth
of the Modern Presidency |
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President |
Ways this President Expanded the
Power of the Presidency |
| Washington |
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| Jackson |
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| Lincoln |
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| Teddy Roosevelt |
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| FDR |
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- Invisible Children... Go to the
Moodle and feedback
about the Invisible Children video we saw last Wed.(5
points)..
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| W Nov 30
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Article 1 of the Constitution
- Answer these to review from yesterday...you can work
with a partner...this is worth 13 points...
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Watch this video and take notes on it in your Civics
notebook, in the new Constitution section, Article 1.
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| Tu Dec 6
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Constitution Study
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| Tu Jan 3
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Iowa Caucus
- The Iowa Caucuses are today...tonight...The Iowa
caucus is the first of the 50 state primaries/caucuses which
decide the candidate for President from the Republican
Party.
- Get a group together of up to 4 people (in other words
you can do this alone, work in a group of 2, a group of 3,
or a group of 4.)
- The assignment: Make a brochure, or chart
or other graphic format (NOT a PowerPoint) which explains
- the Iowa Caucuses (and their place in the other
state primaries...), using a
- graphic "road map" of what needs to take place
between today and the election of a new President in
November of this year. Think of a road-map or
timeline or game-board as your design for this
graphic assignment.
- Due: tomorrow, Wednesday.
Worth: 20 points Expectation: Nicely styled
chart
- Resources that may help:
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Target Test, Final Exam
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Civics, Mr. Pahl