Friday, May 16, 2014

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

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Begin Unit V

Unit V: Judicial Branch

A1: Constitutional Search (50)


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.



Thursday, May 8, 2014

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

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

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)


Unit IV Homework (44)---DUE THURSDAY

Monday, May 5, 2014

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)

Thursday, May 1, 2014

B4 & Review

B4: Writing a Legislator (38)


Review  (39) for Unit Exam Tomorrow