Unit IV Review

Reviewed for Unit IV Exam.

I Have a Plan

We turned in Unit IV Homework & B1-B5 with it.

Then students went to "I Have A Plan" with the counselors

B4 & B5

B4: Formal vs Informal Qualifications of the President (47)

• On your own piece of paper: 
• Create list of the most important "informal qualifications" of the president based on what the presidents have actually been (Link to the document to come later)
• Answer this question: Why are informal qualifications to be president so important? What is negative about these qualifications?  

B5: Reagan v Clinton (48)

• Teacher intro comments:

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were each two term presidents, and yet despite their electoral success each have a number of controversies that surround them.  Reagan had the Iran-Contra Affair revealed by the press which led to a congressional investigation about Reagan's Administration (but not him specifically) selling weapons to Iran illegally and give the proceeds to Nicaragua rebels illegally.  Bill Clinton was impeached but not removed from office for lying under oath about his relationship with Monica Lewinski.  Each of these are the two major scandals but they had controversial decisions and successful actions that lead to vastly different evaluations of the success of their presidencies. 

• On your own piece of paper:
• Choose one of the two presidential Pro/Con documents below (we got into partnerships in class):
• Ronald Reagan
• Bill Clinton
• Read about your president & decide what your basic evaluation was of that president: Was he a success overall?  There will be nuance in your answer (some good some bad) but you should come to a general conclusion and write a paragraph about it.
• Share your conclusion and details about your president with someone assigned to the other one.
• When you are complete write a paragraph about which president you think that was the most successful citing specifics from each reading. 

B2 & B3

Complete B2: Bureaucracy Notes (45)

• Get notes from class

B3: How the VP REALLY works (46)

• Complete the How the VP Really works sheet as a mark up activity:
• Underline key phrases in each paragraph
• Circle names of Vice Presidents
• Create a 1-4 word summary of each paragraph in the margin

Homework & B1/B2

Unit IV Homework (43)

• Unit IV Homework Due Thursday

B1: Evolutionary Powers & Practice (44)

• Complete the sheet using the textbook

B2: Bureaucracy Notes (45)

• Began notes.  Come to class for a printout
• We will finish tomorrow

A3 & A4

A3: Electoral College Practice & Constitutional Powers (41)

• Complete the practice at the beginning after READING THE DIRECTIONS on the sheet
• Complete the back of the sheet using the textbook...one thing that the directions neglect to say is that You only need the first 4 of the 8 powers in the book 

A4: VP and Succession (42)

• Pick up this worksheet from the file under the TV & Complete it using the textbook. 

Begin Unit IV

Please move your yellow tab to the beginning of this unit!

Unit IV Objectives (38)

A1: Constitution Search (39)

• You can use the Constitution to complete this worksheet

A2: Electoral College Notes (40)

• We got through the first part of the Electoral College Notes
• Here is the video

Review & Wrap up

Turned in Unit III Homework

To Library: 

• Completed Letters to a Congressman that we began Friday
• 0/10 if you don't finish, 10/10 if you do.... Reminder: I MUST read your letter & see you press submit for it to count

Back in Classroom

• Get notebook ready
• Work on Review Activity
• Exam and Notebook due tomorrow

Gerrymandering Game

Unit III B4 Gerrymandering game (34)

1. Complete each puzzle (6 Total)
2.       At the completion of each puzzle, on your piece of paper 
1.  A) provide two pieces of interesting information about each state as it relates to gerrymandering and
2.  B) cite the Democrat v. Republican breakdown for at least four legislative districts in each state.
3.            When you have completed the entire activity answer the following: In your mind, which state is the most gerrymandered? The least? Explain.

Write a Legislature

• Make sure to type this on a word/google doc 1st!!!
• here are the sites to paste you terms into
• Chuck Grassley
• Tom Harkin
• Bruce Braley 

B1 & B2

Unit III B1: Non-Constitutional Congress

• Notes

I created a Flow chart of how a textbook version of a bill becomes a law on the board.  Here is the picture:

Unit III B2: How a REAL Bill Becomes a Law

Use this URL to do the following activities either on the computer or your own paper:

1.    Create a flowchart that shows the path the Affordable Healthcare Act took to become a Law using the document above... including its constitutional review by the Supreme Court (btw--it doesn't say but at the Supreme Court upheld the law as constitutional...by one vote!)

2.    Find a quote from each of the following, showing their opinion about the Affordable Healthcare Act:

a.    Each of the Senate leadership (6)

b.    Each of the House Leadership (5)

c.    Our delegates (we have 3 of them...)

3.    How was the path different or the same for the Affordable Healthcare Act compared to:

a.    “I’m Just a Bill”

b.    Our “How a Bill Becomes A Law” Notes

Handed out Unit III Homework--Due Tuesday

A2 & A3

Complete notes from Yesterday:
A2: How A Bill Becomes a Law

• See yesterday's post for video

A3: Clauses & Representation Notes

• A3 Video

Unit III A1 & A2

Objectives (27)

A1: Constitution Search

• Read the Preamble on page 497 (one sentence)  As a class we read it and found the 5 purposes of government in it
• Complete the worksheet (we did it with a partner)

A2: How A Bill Becomes a Law Notes

• We began A2: How a Bill Becomes a Law Notes
• We only got to Committees

Unit II Exam

Took Unit II Exam
Turned in Unit II Notebook 
Got Unit II Behavior Grade
Turned in Unit II Homework B

Review Day

Complete Activities from Tuesday

Complete THIS REVIEW ACTIVITY

Table of Contents

Snow Day

Check out this Article

C1: Media & Interest Groups

Schedule: Wednesday--> 

• Unit 2 Homework B due
• Review for Unit 2 Exam

C1: Media & Interest Groups (24)

• Notes--Add Three--copy from a classmate
• Worksheet in Library
• REDSTATE Article
• MSNBC Article

BTW--Here is something we JUST talked about!

B3, B4 & Homework B

Finish B3: Campaign Finance Mark up (21)

• Worksheet from yesterday

B4: Voting Turnout (22)

• Took notes on your own piece of paper from B4 Voting Turnout Notes

Unit II Homework B (23)

• Due Wed.