Today's town hall had various (fake) political candidates running for office. Here's a very real candidate: my mom, running for Portland City Council in 2012!
Dear class,
Another interesting day, especially with the town hall meeting! Here's what happened today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 1: I can demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between citizens and their governments.
Knowledge LT 3: I can demonstrate an understanding of how individuals and non-governmental institutions interact with each other and the government in shaping politics.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus. Selected for today because our town hall meeting was sort of like a party, with all the different people and groups interacting! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 10/28/14:
News Brief – Abby G./Mathew
Finish DOMA/Dream Act
Town Hall
Homework: Read the blog. Review for Legislative test, which is next class. Here are some resources to help you with this:
The second page of this handout, charting how a bill becomes a law, will be on the test. You will need to fill in the blanks with what happens on each side of Congress, then what happens when it gets to the President.
You will need to know: the political spectrum (from left to right: radical, liberal, moderate, conservative, reactionary). the number of representatives in each branch of Congress, and the eligibility requirements for them. The main job of each of the three branches of the U.S. government - legislative, executive, and judicial. The checks that each of the three branches have. Powers that the branches have, as given by the Constitution. Different scenarios with rights, as given by Amendments to the Constitution.
Next news brief: Jazmin.
News Brief: Both Abby G. and Mathew were in class today, with news brief stories! Hooray! Abby selected this article to talk about: NYTimes.com - Is the Affordable Care Act Working? We talked more about "Obamacare" and how it is being implemented. Mathew chose this story to talk about, which related to gun rights: CNN.com - Washington school shooter texted lunch table invites to victims. Another interesting discussion! Thanks, guys! Jazmin was selected to do the next news brief.
Finish DOMA/Dream Act: I was pleased to see many students did their homework and had the DOMA section of this finished:
I went through the DOMA section, then gave some time to work on the Dream Act as a part of preparing for the Town Hall style meeting.
Town Hall: My thanks to Mr. Kellogg for helping me out with this! We had three candidates (well, actually, five students, representing three candidates) in front of the class. Everyone else in the class was responsible for writing questions for the candidates, representing different non-governmental organizations. This hits LT3: I can demonstrate an understanding of how individuals and non-governmental institutions interact with each other and the government in shaping politics.
Here was the assessment I used for LT3, after the Town Hall:
Here was the assessment I used for LT3, after the Town Hall:
If you missed class today, you will have the opportunity in the future to make LT3 up.
Please study for the legislative branch test (some multiple choice, some fill in the blank, some short answer) and let me know if you have any questions I can answer about it! Thanks! See you next class!
Hey Mr. Fritz, I don't understand the last bullet for conservative because obviously rights can never be compromised. What does that mean?
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ReplyDeleteConservatives would rebel against gun control, as a violation of Second Amendment rights. Does that make sense? Thanks for asking!
Okay thanks, that makes perfect sense! thanks!
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