The World War I Memorial Stonehenge replica in Goldendale, Washington, overlooking the Columbia River Gorge and Mt. Hood. Photo taken this past weekend!
Hi everyone,
I enjoyed hearing about your new countries today in class, as we continued to look at the basics of how the United States government works. Here's what happened today:
Learning Targets:
Communication LT 5: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 1: I can demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between citizens and their governments.
Knowledge LT 2: I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
Soundtrack: "In the End" by Linkin Park. Selected for today because it was the end of the Creation of a Nation assignment. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 2/17/15:
News Brief – Katlyn/Ella
Creation of a Nation
The Constitution
Bill of Rights
Homework: Read the blog. Next news brief: Gabriella (Katlyn and Ella need to do theirs, too).
News Brief: Because both assigned students were either not prepared or not in class, I presented the news brief today about our Oregon Governor being forced to resign: OregonLive.com - Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's statement. We talked in class about why Kitzhaber was forced to resign (mostly because of ethical complaints about his fiance using her public role as Oregon First Lady to profit from private companies) and a little about Kate Brown, who will become the next governor on Wednesday at 10 AM. A really interesting and important time in our state government!
Gabriella was selected for the next news brief.
Creation of a Nation: Again, this was creating your own nation, which is a break away of some of the western states from the United States. In groups of 2 or 3, this was the assignment, which we finished working on in class and presented.
I enjoyed listening to these presentations and hearing about your proposed ideas for what a new country should look like!
The Constitution: Most of class was devoted to finishing the Creation of a Nation assignment and presenting (briefly) what the groups came up with. At the end, I passed out this handout/worksheet, which looks at different aspects of what makes up the United States Constitution:
The Constitution: Most of class was devoted to finishing the Creation of a Nation assignment and presenting (briefly) what the groups came up with. At the end, I passed out this handout/worksheet, which looks at different aspects of what makes up the United States Constitution:
We started this in class by using the books (with the Constitution in the back) in the room. If you want to continue to work on completing this outside of class (I will give more time during next class to finish and go through this together), here is a copy of the Constitution to look at.
The Bill of Rights: We did not get to the Bill of Rights today, so we will look more in depth at this next class. Thanks for your hard work today! I really appreciate your attendance in class and focus!
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