The White House, in Washington, D.C., where the President (the head of the Executive Branch of the United States government) lives. Photo taken in 2011.
Dear class,
I hope you are visiting the blog today in preparation for next class, and looking forward to the midterm elections on Tuesday! This link will probably have results linked around 8:00 PM on November 4. 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: "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake. Selected because of how poorly the majority of the class did on the legislative branch test. Make sure to study and ask questions if you are confused! Those that did had noticeably higher scores! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/3/14:
News Brief – Timothy/Jazmin
Review Test
Oregon Ballot Measures
The Presidency
Homework: Read the blog. Track one ballot measure that Oregon is voting on in the election on Tuesday and be prepared to talk about the results. Study! Next news brief: Abby E.
News Brief: Timothy had the news brief today and selected this article to talk about in class: CNN.com - Romney: GOP Senate would pass immigration reform. Very topical, with the election upcoming! I talked a little bit about how President Obama's approval rating among Hispanics has dropped by around 20 points. Jazmin remembered to bring her news brief today, too, and selected this story to talk about: OregonLive.com - Brittany Maynard, who moved to Oregon for Death with Dignity act, dies 'as she intended,' agency says. Another very interesting story and relation to the study of government. Thanks to both Timothy and Jazmin! Abby E. was drawn as the next news brief.
Review Test: As I said above, this did not seem to go very well for a large percentage of the class. There will be opportunities to retake the learning targets in the future. Since they are averaged, it still will impact your grade, though. Please be sure to study! Especially when I directly spell out what will be on the test.
Oregon Ballot Measures: For this section, I reviewed the current ballot measures that Oregonians are voting on in this election. Since students asked, and I have no problem informing students where my biases are as a teacher, in order to give you the most complete information in order to make your own decisions, I talked a little bit about my thinking behind each of them. Here's a link to the list of ballot measures, again: Ballotpedia.com - Oregon 2014 Ballot Measures.
Make sure to check in with local TV news, or online, around 8:00 PM on Tuesday! I will be at the Blazers game vs. Cleveland (I try to see LeBron James, who is the best player of the current generation, when he comes to town), but I will be trying to monitor the results, as well!
The Presidency: The last part of class was learning about the Executive Branch. Here are the answers to the sheet I passed out to start the unit:
Oregon Ballot Measures: For this section, I reviewed the current ballot measures that Oregonians are voting on in this election. Since students asked, and I have no problem informing students where my biases are as a teacher, in order to give you the most complete information in order to make your own decisions, I talked a little bit about my thinking behind each of them. Here's a link to the list of ballot measures, again: Ballotpedia.com - Oregon 2014 Ballot Measures.
Make sure to check in with local TV news, or online, around 8:00 PM on Tuesday! I will be at the Blazers game vs. Cleveland (I try to see LeBron James, who is the best player of the current generation, when he comes to town), but I will be trying to monitor the results, as well!
The Presidency: The last part of class was learning about the Executive Branch. Here are the answers to the sheet I passed out to start the unit:
Here is the reading that we ended class with. It is not homework to complete (there is a separate packet of questions that are in class), but be familiar with the basics, as a future test will be based on it!
That was everything for today! Lots to do, for sure. Please be studying and paying attention to the election! See you on Wednesday!
That test was hard
ReplyDeleteBrad,
DeleteHey, at least you were successful on parts of it! Also, it's the same learning targets as we've been working with all year so far, so it sort of averages out with other scores, I hope. Next time, maybe it won't be as hard if you keep studying! ;-)
Haha true. Next time I will definitely spend less time studying one subject area of the test and even out the study time. Maybe you can dumb down the test a little bit next time. LOL
DeleteBrad,
DeleteMaybe I will have to be even clearer about what exactly is on the next test! Here's a hint: it's on the Executive Branch. ;-)
See you on Wednesday!
I just heard on the news "people that are for measure 91 are arguing how it could benefit oregon public schools" lol this makes no sense
ReplyDeleteBrad,
DeleteI think one of the arguments in favor of Measure 91 (legalizing marijuana) is that the state government would be able to tax the sale of it and then use some of the money to fund schools.
Measure 91 passed in Alaska.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update, Brad! :-)
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