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

B1 & Exam Return

B1: Non-Constitutional Congress Notes

• Add three pieces of notes to the printed out sheet in class
• use THIS video to complete the notes

Handed back Unit II Exams

• Revision days: Thursday or Friday 715-825AM
• See Mr M if you need to schedule a different time

A3 & B1

Finish A2: How a Bill Becomes a Law Notes 

A3: Clauses & Representation

• Add three pieces of information to the printed set of notes
• HERE is the video

Skip B1 for today

B2: How A REAL Bill Becomes a Law

• Complete THESE QUESTIONS...You'll have to look up a few of the "leadership positions" to figure out who these people are. 

Unit III A1 & A2

Constitution Search (31)

• Complete the CONSTITUTION SEARCH SHEET  using your textbook or anywhere you can find the constitution

Notes:  How a Bill Becomes a Law (32)

• Complete the STUDENT NOTE SHEET 
• Use THIS VIDEO

Unit II Exam

We took the Unit II Exam
Notebook & Employability grades were also recorded
Unit II Homework B is due tomorrow (along with B1-B6!)

Unit II Wrap UP

 (29) Practice: Media Bias & Interest Group Exploration

Unit II Review

B6

B6: Media & Interest Groups

• Add three pieces of notes to each of the slides
• Use THIS VIDEO if you were absent

Review notes with discussion

Tomorrow: Review

Thursday: Unit II Exam & Notebook turn in

Friday: Homework B due (along with B1-B6)

B5

Completed B5: Voter turnout Notes (27)

• No video...You'll have to copy your three things from a classmate

Quiz/Competition--Not something to retake, just an in class assessment

Work on Homework B--Now due Friday (4/25)

B4 & B 5

B2 & B3

Complete B3: Elections worksheet

• Remember: I changed some things up so you should've changed this sheet to B3 (it was B2)
• Complete this activity today

Practice: Primary Elections Explained

• On your own piece of paper, write what you think primary/caucus elections are
• Watch this Video
• Answer the following questions: 
1. What is 1 thing that surprised you (even a little)
2. What are 4 things that you learned?  (about anything)
3. How do you think that the Primary system could be improved to more represent the type of Gov't the US has?

B4: Campaign Finance & Recent Elections

• Pick up a packet from the table by the files
• Complete a "Mark-up" on this packet.
• For each paragraph you should: 

1. Underline the most important phrase or phrases from each paragraph (thesis or evidence)
2.  Circle important terms or people
3.  In the left margin, add a 1-4 word summary of the paragraph
• We will finish this tomorrow.  You should get AT LEAST half way done with the entire packet.
• Example-->

B2 & B3

Completed B2 from yesterday (Party Platform Activity)

We watched some local political campaign ads for the upcoming 2014 elections

• Iowa's Senate Election (Seat vacated by Tom Harkin...who's retiring)
• Joni Ernst
• Anti-Bruce Braley
• Iowa's 1st District House Election (Vacated by Braley)
• Swati Dandekar
• Pat Murphy

Worked on B3: Elections

• Some people got finished and some will need to work on it tomorrow