Crater Lake, which is Oregon's only National Park. Maybe a symbol of your new nation? Photo taken in August 2014.
Hi wonderful students,
Great to see you all again today! It was a quiz and work day in class. Here's what happened today:
Learning Targets:
Communication LT 5: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 1: I can demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between citizens and their governments.
Knowledge LT 2: I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
Soundtrack: "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie. Selected for today because we were talking about the formation of the United States after rebelling from the United Kingdom. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 9/23/14:
News Brief – Enrique
Philosophy Quiz
Articles of Confederation
Creation of a Nation
Homework: Read the blog. Be ready to finish the Creation of a Nation activity next class. Bring a device able to access the internet to see the Constitution. Next news brief: Kerwin.
News Brief: Enrique brought in the news brief today and selected this article to talk about: KOMO.com - Prosecutor to drop all Seattle marijuana tickets. We talked about how this relates to the various parts to the United States government - the federal government having a law against marijuana, but the Washington state law that allows it, and the local police officer that is against it. Government can be really complicated, sometimes! This was a good example of the different layers. Thanks, Enrique!
Philosophy Quiz: Because I'm a nice guy, I gave the class about five minutes to study for this (even though it was homework to do so). I haven't read the responses yet, but basically, if you knew the four philosophers from the first reading, and knew the basics of the European influences reading, you should have been fine. If you need to finish or retake it, please come see me on your own time (like a Study Hall, or first or second lunch). I will grade these and get them back to you as soon as I can - it will count as an assessment opportunity for LT7.
Articles of Confederation: Next up, we had a brief lecture in class about the early foundations of the United States government and some of the forms of government in the world. The Articles of Confederation was the first way that the country was organized, and we looked at how it was not good enough to really keep the states together in any coherent way. Here's the reading notes that I passed out in class:
Please keep this and study it for future use!
Creation of a Nation: The last activity we did today in class was to start thinking about creating your own nation, which is a break away of some of the western states from the United States. In groups of 2 or 3, this is the assignment, which we will finish working on next class and present. Again, I want every group to make a flag for their new country, because flags are awesome. Please see the document for specifics as to what each group member should do.
Next class, we will continue with this and then move on to studying the Constitution. Please try to have a device that is able to access it. Thanks! See you next class!
Are you offering retakes before class or during lunch for the quiz we took recently?
ReplyDeleteI finished my Declaration of Independence paper for my country but I got confused on what I'm suppose to do for the paragraph about influences I used. I'm person A :)
ReplyDeleteHey there,
ReplyDeleteI won't be in the rest of this week, at least, as I had a family emergency come up today. Just do your best tomorrow. Yes, retakes will eventually be available before class or at lunch. Thanks.
Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayer!
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