Carousel & Review

Supreme Court Carousel
Korematsu, Mapp & Yoder
Brown v Board
Gideon v Wainwright
Miranda v Arizona
Regents v Bakke
Roe v Wade
Schenck v US
Tinker v Des Moines
NJ v TLO


Landmark Case Matching

B2 & B3

B2: Current Supreme Court Justices

• Add three pieces of notes to your sheet.  
• You will have to copy notes from a classmate if you were gone.  My video has gone haywire.

B3: Landmark Supreme Court Cases

• Follow the directions on THIS PowerPoint....use THIS PACKET to find your case
• You may create a google presentation or a OneDrive PowerPoint.  Either way you should be able to share a "can view" link with me for Monday so that your classmates can view your presentation for the Tour

Begin Unit V

Unit V: Judicial Branch

A1: Constitutional Search (50)

• Complete the CONSTITUTIONAL SEARCH using the Constitution in the book or online

A2: Judicial Branch Basics Notes (51)

• Add three pieces of notes to the print out from class
• Use THIS VIDEO to assist you

A3: Bill of Rights Notes (52)

• Use the Bill of Rights at the end of the Constitution in your book to JOT down each right in the first 10 Amendments on THIS SHEET
• Notes will come tomorrow.

Unit IV Review for Exam Tuesday

B3 & B4

Turn in Unit IV Homework 
With it turn in: A1-A4

Review Game over Bureaucracy notes

Practice: Presidential Powers

• Reviewed all 8 as a class
• Did practice on the back of Evolutionary powers sheet

B3: Formal v Informal Qualifications

• Create a "T" chart on your own piece of paper
• One one side list all the formal qualifications to be a president (listed in constitution)
• On the other side, look at THIS SHEET to determine what the informal qualifications of the president are
• Answer this question: Which one is more important to becoming a president?  Why?

Begin: B4: How the VP REALLY works

• Mark up activity.  
• Read THIS PACKET and:
• circle VP names
• Underline the most important phrase in each paragraph
• Create a 1-4 word summary of the paragraph in the margins for each paragraph
• We will complete this tomorrow

B1 & B2

Finish A4: Presidential Succession & the VP (43)

Homework (44) 

• Due Thursday (A1-A4 with it)

B1: Bureaucracies Notes(45)

• use THIS VIDEO to add three pieces of notes to the printout of THESE NOTES
• You can get them from the class folder or print them out yourself

B2: Evolutionary Powers (46)

• Complete the front of THIS SHEET using your textbook
• We will complete the back tomorrow

A3, A4 & Homework

Finish A2: Electoral College Notes (41)

• Links to notes & video on yesterday's blog
• We watched the video below again to attempt to find two mistakes and one ambiguity

A3: Electoral Practice and Presidential Powers (42)

• Completed THIS SHEET using A2 (Front) and the textbook (Back)
• We reviewed & explained the answers to each after completion with your islands

A4: Presidential Succession and the VP (43)

• Completed THIS SHEET using the textbook

Unit IV Homework (44)---DUE THURSDAY

Begin Unit III (A1& A2)

Hand Back Unit III Exams

A1: Constitution Search (30)

• Complete THIS SHEET using the Constitution found in the back of your book or online.

A2: Electoral College (31)

• Complete the ELECTORAL COLLEGE NOTES
• Use THIS VIDEO if you were absent or need to review

B4 & Review

B4: Writing a Legislator (38)

• Write to one of the following Legislators
•  Bruce Braley
• Tom Harkin
• Chuck Grassley 
• Go HERE to search current bills 
• HERE are the Instructions.  Read them carefully

Review  (39) for Unit Exam Tomorrow

B3 & Practice

Email me with any questions regarding the stuff below!

Finish B2: How a REAL Bill Becomes a Law (36)

• We began this Tuesday...Please refer to that blog post for links

B3: Controversial Issues (37)

• Read pages 171-175 in the classroom textbook
• Complete the following: 

1. Describe each of the following in your own words:

• Seniority System
• Incumbent Advantage
• Term Limit Pro & Cons
• Apportionment
• Gerrymandering
• Racial Gerrymandering

2. For each of the terms above describe how the government could get rid of them (some are in the readings, others will have to be common sense)

3. Which of the terms above seems to be the biggest problem for our type of democracy?  Why

4. Which of the terms above seems to be the least problem for our type of democracy?  Why?

Reminder: Unit III Homework is due tomorrow!

Big List Practice: 

For each unit, play around and quiz yourself on these links [this is NOT a request...its a requirement]: 

Unit I

Unit II

Unit III