Lesson Plans are subject to change and will be updated as time allows.
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- WEEK OF MAY 29* -
- Monday: No School - Memorial Day
- Tuesday: Civil Rights questions
- Wednesday: Finish Civil Rights questions; discussion; Review for quiz
- Thursday: Quiz - Foreign policy, Supreme Court, Civil Rights; Exam Review
- Friday: Post-Test; Exam Review
- WEEK OF MAY 22* -
- Monday: Finish and turn in Bill Game
- Tuesday: Begin Foreign Policy; Read pages 468-498 and do questions 1-26 on 500
- Wednesday: Foreign policy case studies
- Thursday: Foreign policy case studies
- Friday: Supreme Court with questions
- WEEK OF MAY 15* -
- Monday: CHAPTER 10-12 TEST
- Tuesday: Bill Becomes a Law Game
- Wednesday: Bill Becomes a Law Game
- Thursday: SIP work
- Friday: SIP work
- WEEK OF MAY 8* -
- Monday: Bills DUE!; Notes for Chapter 12 - explananation of Mock Congress
- Tuesday: Mock Congress
- Wednesday: Mock Congress
- Thursday: Full floor Mock Congress
- Friday: Review for Chapter 10-12
- WEEK OF MAY 1* -
- Monday: Lab time to work on bills
- Tuesday: Chapter 11 work - expressed powers
- Wednesday: Chapter 11 work - informal powers
- Thursday: begin Chapter 12
- Friday: Lab time to work on bills - DUE WHEN YOU WALK IN MONDAY!
WEEK OF APRIL 24*
- Monday: Lab time to work on Bills
- Tuesday: Notes and Gerrymandering
- Wednesday: Congressional jobs; Profiles in Courage and Questions; Voting dilemmas
- Thursday: Lab time to work on Bills
- Friday: Begin Chapter 11
WEEK OF APRIL 17*
- Monday: Who Represents Me - Begin Congress Unit
- Tuesday: read Chapter 10, Section 2 and 3 and do questions 1-4 on 273 and questions 1-3 on 278
- Wednesday: Bill information and discussion
- Thursday: Lab time to work on Bills
- Friday: Lab time to work on Bills
WEEK OF APRIL 10*
- Monday: Presidential scenarios - analysis of powers
- Tuesday: STATE TESTING
- Wednesday: STATE TESTING
- Thursday: STATE TESTING
- Friday: No School - Enjoy EASTER
WEEK OF MARCH 27*
- Monday: Finish worksheets from Friday; discuss worksheets and notes on Chapter 14
- Tuesday: Executive orders video and discussion; Review game; Finish review sheet
- Wednesday: Chapter 13-14 test
- Thursday: Informal powers worksheet
- Friday: No School - Enjoy Spring break
WEEK OF MARCH 20*
- Monday: Watch and discuss campaign commercial; debrief
- Tuesday: Chapter 9 sections 1-3; Interest groups. Do questions 2,3,4 for section 1; Interest Group Worksheet
- Wednesday: Finish worksheet; A day in the life of the President; Qualifications (both formal and informal) for job; Salary and Benefits; Worksheet on 1-2, do questions 1-7
- Thursday: Check questions 1-7; Notes on Presidential Roles and seccession; class quiz on Roles of President; finish questions from worksheet; Review sheet Test on Wednesday
- Friday: Collect worksheet; Notes on VP; extra credit opportunity for VP; worksheets for 14 on Formal and Informal Powers
WEEK OF MARCH 13 *
- Monday: No School: Teacher PD Day
- Tuesday: Propaganda techniques and campaign ad analysis; Story board for campaign ads and candidate analysis
- Wednesday: Work on campaign commercial
- Thursday: Work on campaign commercial
- Friday: Work on campaign commercial
WEEK OF MARCH 6 *
- Monday: Discussion of past eight weeks; pass out SIP paper; continue work on Chapter 8.1 questions and worksheet
- Tuesday: Sub: Computer lab to work on SIP
- Wednesday: Finish SIP
- Thursday: Notes and discussion for 8.1; Read Section 3 and do questions 2, 3, 5, and 6
- Friday: Notes and discussion for 8.3/uploads/2/0/7/6/20768996/chapter_8_notes_tk_17.ppt; Lesson on "fake news" and article about historical aspects of "fake news"
I WAS ON MEDICAL LEAVE FROM THE WEEK OF JANUARY 16 THROUGH MARCH 6. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LESSON PLANS I LEFT FOR THE LONG TERM SUB, YOU MAY CLICK HERE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE PLANS MAY HAVE BEEN CHANGED AS NEEDED. I HAVE RETURNED TO TEACHING AS OF MARCH 6.
WEEK OF JANUARY 9 *
- Monday: Pre-test
- Tuesday: Parent Letter, Course Description, Kuhrt A-Z handouts (all on class opening page) and discussion; Get to know you sheet Opening Parent Letter due February 2; Get to know you sheet due tomorrow
- Wednesday: Pass out government books (please make sure to get the number of the book for each student you are assigning it to) and give out textbook condition form. Then assign worksheet; discussion; Homework: Read pages 8-10 and do back of worksheet (will finish tomorrow)
- Thursday: Finish back of worksheet; Do notes on section 1: Pass out review sheet
- Friday: Read and discuss Hobbes article and Rousseau article; Finish Notes;