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Wed. Jan. 28 |
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about and study these forms of government.
You can take notes on these, and you can use
your notes on the quiz... |
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Autocracy Rule by one person. a
specific form of autocracy is
Monarchy |
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Oligarchy Rule by a few. |
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Democracy, (3a. direct and 3b.
representative) Rule by many. A
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It will probably be helpful for you to look at the following
PowerPoint on the advantages and
disadvantages of each of these forms of government (In
this PowerPoint it lists 4 forms of government, not
three, because it splits Democracy into Direct Democracy
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Wed. Feb. 4 |
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- Notebook assignment
#1. This notebook assignment does not have to be done
today, because all the assignments I call "notebook
assignments" are not due until I collect your
notebooks...about every 3 weeks... But you should not put
these assignments off until the last minute! Notebook
assignment #1 is to write out the 10 forms of government
listed on pages 18, 19, and 20 of your textbook (in bold,
red and
blue letters), and to
describe each form of government.
- Notebook Assignment #2.
Take notes TODAY in your notebook on each of the following 5
items (economic theories, capitalism, socialism, Marxism,
and mixed economies)
- Economic Theories
- Click here
for an
assignment on the Declaration of Independence, due
tomorrow (Thursday) for 2nd and 4th period and due by Monday
for 5th period. You can do this assignment with a partner.
Put both names on a single assignment and submit it.
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Wed. Feb. 11 |
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- Notebook Assignments.
Just a reminder that the official listing of your notebook
assignments is on the page
linked here. You can work on Notebook assignment # 2
in the lab today if you do not have it completed already.
- On your test on Friday...Stuff to study...
- Mr. Pahl's
Moodle. You will need a name and password to get
into the site...get this from Mr. Pahl.
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Wed. Feb. 18 |
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Active Citizenship. How can you make a
difference in your community, country, world?
- Look over notebook
Assignment #4. DO SOMETHING!
- Your initial, rough plan of what you are going to do is
due to Mr. Pahl by Wed. of next week. You must get the idea
approved by either talking to Mr. Pahl or putting it in
writing. Whatever it is, carrying out your plan will be your
"test" on Unit 2, worth a total of 75 points. Projects
that do not involve much effort will have points deducted.
- Check out the
Help Me Do Something
page...
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Wed. Feb. 25 |
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- Write your congressman or Senator...!
(15 points for a good letter...) Sample letter
- Send a copy of your letter to Mr. Pahl by sending it
to Mr. Pahl here...
(or you can upload it on the Moddle site...look for the link
on the Moodle site...)
- Also, go to the
Civics Moodle...(do you remember your password?)
and comment on the Invisible Children video I showed in
class, or comment on someone else's comment (5 points) It's
in the Civics Students Speak Out Here! section...
- Take a
practice test that will be like tomorrow's test...
Remember, your Active Citizenship PLAN must be in your
notebook when you turn it in at the end of the period on
Thursday...some ideas...
- Check out the BUDDY
program which seniors before you have done...(Bartlett
Underage Drinking Dialogue with Youth) This will tentatively
happen on Wed., April 1 in 5th and 6th grade elementary
classrooms in U-46. 2-3 people in a group can do one of
these presentations.
- Check out the
Invisible
Children update video, where they ask students to hold
video screenings in home, churches and schools on March 25
to inform people about what is happening in Uganda and the
Congo. To find it, click on VISIT SITE, then ENTER SITE,
then click on the upper left where it says MENU, and then
click on "March 25."
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Wed. Mar. 4 |
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LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE; LEFT OR RIGHT; DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN? LIBERAL<-------->CONSERVATIVE
Where are you on this scale?
- Notebook assignment #7. Use the results of
these tests to tell Mr. Pahl (in notebook assignment
#7) whether you are more liberal or conservative.
(Be sure to read notebook
assignment #7)
List your scores on the 3 tests above and then write a
final paragraph in which you explain whether you are
conservative, moderate or liberal. Are you
what you thought you were? :-)
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Fri. March 20 |
Have a great
break;chill, get tan, and come back alive to tell me about it!
:-) Mr P |
- Check your grade!
This is the grade that will go on your midterm report...let
Mr. Pahl know if he missed something...Your Unit 2 test is
registered in my gradebook as an "excused" so those 0 points
are not counting against you for this report (even though it
looks like you have a zero...).
- Doodle on Moodle!!!.
Comment on
this
article. It talks about how one state wants to ban
phones in schools, and it also talks about how smart phones could
be used in schools for educational purposes. Weigh in with your opinion...Worth
up to 10 points for reasoned answers...
- BUDDY People...get the Buddy presentation on a
memory stick from Mr. Pahl!
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Wed April 1 |
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TEST on Chapter 5, How Congress Works on Friday.
You can use this period to work on your notebook questions which
are due Friday.
- Your only lab assignment today, worth 10 points,
is to Moodle
and tell me what Unit 2 Active Citizenship Project you are
working on, or are planning, or have already done.
- By the way, if you are still sort of undecided,
or are thinking of changing your Active Citizenship Project,
I have something you can do which I will reward you
(point-wise!) well for: Work for an hour at the Haiti
Fest Fun Fair for elementary and middle school kids
which will be held in the BHS cafeteria on May 12.
I'll even award you the points ahead of time, sort of like a
credit card! (but will remove them, of course, if you fail
to show at the HaitiFest.)
BUDDY people...
- Even though you are not here today, it is your job to
make-up assignments, so your assignment in the computer lab
today is to send Mr. Pahl
a reflection on your BUDDY experience. 10 points.
- Don't forget to
send me (email) your photos for the
BUDDY site, (or
give them to me on your SD card or memory stick, etc.) and
to boost your grade on the Active Citizenship Unit 2 Test.
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Fri. April 3 |
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OK, it's time for the
Chapter 5 CONGRESS test... (Sorry, I did not
update grades...I still shoot for Wednesdays to do that...) BUDDY people, do your reflection above
(moodle)...and BE
SURE TO GET ME PHOTOS of your BUDDY work! |
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Wed. April 8 |
Moodle: Put the
preamble in your own words...
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What you need to know so far about the US
Constitution:
- The Structure. 3 parts. 1. Preamble.
2. 7 articles. 3. 27Amendments.
- There are three branches to our government:
Executive (President), Legislative (Congress),
and Judicial (Courts)
- 1st article is about the Congress, the
legislative branch
- 2nd article is about the President, the executive
branch
- Article 6 has the supremacy clause which states
that the Constitution, and acts of Congress are the supreme
law of the land.
- Major Principles in the Constitution:
- Popular Sovereignty. Rule by the
people.
- Federalism. Power is divided between
the federal and state governments.
- Separation of Powers. Power is divided
between the executive, legislative and executive
governments.
- Checks and Balances. Each branch of
government has some power over the other branches of
government.
- Judicial Review. This is the power
given to the Supreme Court to declare acts of Congress
and other governments unconstitutional.
- Limited Government. The
Constitution does not grant unlimited power to any
branch of government. The Constitution lists some powers
these branches have (called expressed, or enumerated
powers), but it also lists things the government
cannot do. Article 1, section 8 of the
Constitution has the elastic clause, also called the
"necessary and proper clause," that "stretches" to
powers of the Congress to do things the Founders might
not have thought of.
Answer these questions:
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Wed. April 15 |
The President's Powers
Constitution Review Sheet |
- VOTE for the BUDDY winner...
- Look at the entries
here...and
then
- VOTE HERE:
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Wed. May 6 |
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The First Amendment. In many ways the strength,
diversity, and openness that characterizes the United States
derives from the freedoms its citizens enjoy, as granted and
protected by the First Amendment. These freedoms include
religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. The first
freedom protected is religion, sometimes called the "first
freedom." Read more... |
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Mr. Pahl nicknames:
- Sir LuP
- p wizzle
- my little baby girl
- MagicMan
- Mr. Cool
- Mr. Pretzel
- That Dude
- Big P Daddy
- Pahlmeister
- Pahlinator
- Teach
- DaBeast
- o so fabulous
- Pahldizzle
- Mr. Teacher
- The enforcer
- Big Pahl Wall
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