The Judicial Branch, Day 6 - Class Recap

The exterior of the Colosseum in Rome. At the end of gladiator fights, the loser would famously be judged by the emperor. Photo taken summer 2014.

Dear class,

A lot packed in today - but we got through it all and I hope the tests reflected it! 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: "Heroes" by David Bowie. Selected for today because you were able to study up and take the Judicial Branch test in one day. Heroic! Lyrics here.

AGENDA 12/17/14:
News Brief – A-b
Juries
The National Judiciary
Judicial Branch Test

Homework: Read the blog. Turn in any late/incomplete work. Next news brief: Luke (just find an article - no write up needed).

News Brief: A-b had the news brief today and talked about this story: CNN.com - Pakistan militants: Children's massacre was to avenge army strikes. We talked about the United States foreign aid to Pakistan, which is around a billion dollars a year.

Luke was assigned to do the next news brief (after the test).

Juries/The National Judiciary: We did have the time to go through both of these in detail today - thoroughly reviewing the main concepts of the unit, before the test:

Google Drive: Reading on Juries for Judicial Branch Test

Google Drive: The National Judiciary Readings and Questions

Judicial Branch Test: Most of class was spent going over many questions about the judicial branch. I also passed out this study guide for preparation:

Google Drive: Judicial Branch Test Study Guide

Students did take the test at the end of the class - it was 25 questions, multiple choice. Thanks for your hard work on this! If you did not take the test, you will when you next are in class.

Next class, we will be watching 12 Angry Men (1957), which is rated at the #7 best movie of all time by IMDb users. See you then!