I hope everyone had a great Winter Break! I started 2015 by watching Oregon win the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California, with my mom and brother!
Welcome back, everyone!
It was really great to see you all today in class. I'm thankful that I have a job that I am so excited to come back to after Winter Break, to see everyone! Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 1: I can demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between citizens and their governments.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Research LT 5: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Research LT 5: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Soundtrack: "Welcome Back" by Ma$e. Selected for obvious reasons. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 1/6/15:
News Brief – Mr. Fritz
Review Judicial Branch Test
State/Local Government
Citizenship Paper
Computer Lab S213
Homework: Read the blog. Keep working on your citizenship paper! Next news brief (just find an article related to government - no write up needed): Chloe
News Brief: I started off class by checking in about Winter Break, then talked about this article as my news brief for a recent story affecting our government: CNN.com - Tsarnaev trial starts: 13 things to keep in mind. Slow justice! The Boston Marathon bombing was almost two years ago, and the trial is just now starting, with jury selection (which could be very challenging, due to the amount of people that could be biased against Tsarnaev due to being impacted by the bombing).
Review Judicial Branch Test: I wanted to be sure to go back to what we learned before the break, about the Judicial Branch of the US government. So, we went through the answers from the test, just as a refresher. Some of them may appear on your final!
State/Local Government: Today, we started our work with State and Local government unit (our last main one before the end of the semester). To begin, I had students do a simple fill-in-the-blank overview of the main concepts. The completed form is here:
Review Judicial Branch Test: I wanted to be sure to go back to what we learned before the break, about the Judicial Branch of the US government. So, we went through the answers from the test, just as a refresher. Some of them may appear on your final!
State/Local Government: Today, we started our work with State and Local government unit (our last main one before the end of the semester). To begin, I had students do a simple fill-in-the-blank overview of the main concepts. The completed form is here:
This was meant as a general overview. We will get into some specifics in the coming days.
Citizenship Paper/Computer Lab S213: This is meant as a short assignment, just so be able to demonstrate proficiency again with LT 1. Here's the assignment (which will probably be due at the end of next class):
Again, I am just looking to see that you can identify and explain the basics of rights and responsibilities as a United States citizen. We will have time next class to finish this up, then move on to looking in depth at State and Local government.
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