The flag of the United States, before the Holiday Bowl football game in 2008. Today, we had an interesting mock trial on saying the Pledge of Allegiance in class.
Hi everyone,
Although the mock trials today took much longer than I expected, I really enjoyed the discussions and debates they brought up, and I had the sense that most students did, too. Here's what happened today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson. Because you have to make the change you want to see in the world. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 12/15/14:
News Brief – Manuel
Mock Trials
Juries
The National Judiciary
Homework: Read the blog. Study for Judicial Branch test (possibly next class). Next news brief: A-b.
News Brief: Manuel had the news brief today and talked about this story: CNN.com - Gunman, two others dead in Sydney siege, police say. This was a breaking news story when we were talking about it in class!
A-b was assigned to do the next news brief.
Mock Trials: As I previously mentioned, the majority of class was taken up by doing the mock trials for the three cases we had left from last class. We had a really excellent discussion on the issues: school segregation, drug searches at school, and saying the Pledge of Allegiance in class. Please complete the rest of your mock trial packet! Searching for the case summaries on Google might help you understand the cases in greater detail.
Juries/The National Judiciary: We ran out of time at the end of class, but I did pass out these two handouts, so students could read and review them to prepare for the upcoming test. I will see how it goes next class with going through these, but the test will be on these readings, as well as the Supreme Court cases that we have been studying.
A-b was assigned to do the next news brief.
Mock Trials: As I previously mentioned, the majority of class was taken up by doing the mock trials for the three cases we had left from last class. We had a really excellent discussion on the issues: school segregation, drug searches at school, and saying the Pledge of Allegiance in class. Please complete the rest of your mock trial packet! Searching for the case summaries on Google might help you understand the cases in greater detail.
Juries/The National Judiciary: We ran out of time at the end of class, but I did pass out these two handouts, so students could read and review them to prepare for the upcoming test. I will see how it goes next class with going through these, but the test will be on these readings, as well as the Supreme Court cases that we have been studying.
As I said in class, it would be good to go over these, but we will have class time on Wednesday to go over them as a class, before the test. My guess is that this might take half the class, and then the rest of class would be taking the Judicial Branch test (25 questions, multiple choice).
Sound good? Let me know if you have any questions I can answer! Thanks again for an enjoyable class this morning! :-)
Mr fritz can we take the test on friday or we need to take it tomorrow
ReplyDeleteSimzaid,
DeleteWe will see. If students will be absent on Friday, they will need to take it tomorrow. It also depends on how much time is left, after we go through the readings I passed out at the end of class and the study guide. So either we will take the test at the end of class tomorrow, or the start of class on Friday. It might depend on how hard you work in class! :-)
See you tomorrow!
ok thank you
ReplyDeleteShould I do the homework then lol
ReplyDeleteBrad,
ReplyDeleteYour homework is to finish your mock trial packet and start going over the readings, in preparation for the test. Not hard!
We learn from failure, not from success. Lol I'll do the home
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