My Spring Break is full of 18,841 miles worth of flying! Portland to Seattle to Dubai to Delhi, India to Kathmandu, Nepal. Plus various activities on the ground in those places, too. This was from the $400 round trip ticket to India that I bought last October. It will be a fun adventure! If you want, follow along on Twitter and/or Instagram!
Hi everyone,
Welcome to Spring Break! I am very excited, as I hope you are, too! Today was a change of plans, in that we did not do the Congressional simulation, due to Ms. Nelson not being at Westview today. So, we continued to work on the Reps in Congress packet and made bill proposals. Here's what we did in the last class before the break:
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.
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.
Soundtrack: "Roam" by The B-52's. Selected for today because of my encouragement to explore the world around you, even if you are staying at home during Spring Break! Lyrics here.
News Brief – Evita
Spring Break
Reps in Congress
Computer Lab S210
Homework: Read the blog. Have a great Spring Break! Finish the Oregon representatives handout. Make bill proposals.
News Brief: Evita had the news brief today and selected this article to talk about: OregonLive.com - Child care subsidies would be available to more parents under House Bill 2015. We talked about the importance of childcare for both children and parents, and had a short discussion about whether or not it was worth paying more taxes for.
I also talked about this story from today, where President Obama brought up the concept of mandatory voting (people over 18 who did not vote would be subject to fines or even possibly jail time): CNN.com - Obama: Maybe it's time for mandatory voting. This is super interesting to me as a teacher. I wonder what it would do to our democracy! Obviously, increased participation is good (we have a very low rate right now). However, if uninformed/apathetic people were forced to make decisions, would that really help us? It's hard to know!
There is no assigned next news brief for the class after Spring Break, because I thought it would be hard to remember to do. :-)
I also talked about this story from today, where President Obama brought up the concept of mandatory voting (people over 18 who did not vote would be subject to fines or even possibly jail time): CNN.com - Obama: Maybe it's time for mandatory voting. This is super interesting to me as a teacher. I wonder what it would do to our democracy! Obviously, increased participation is good (we have a very low rate right now). However, if uninformed/apathetic people were forced to make decisions, would that really help us? It's hard to know!
There is no assigned next news brief for the class after Spring Break, because I thought it would be hard to remember to do. :-)
Spring Break: I wanted to check in and see what everyone was looking forward to as far as Spring Break. I have been particularly looking forward to this Spring Break for a long time. It should be a really fun one! That said, if I expect you to work, I will also be here for you in answering emails and comments when I can!
Reps in Congress: Next, it was time to learn more about who serves Oregon as representatives in Congress at the federal level. Here is the handout that I passed out in class:
The main point here is to know who our representatives are and what they believe. There was another page to start, which was on the demographics of the 114th Congress - pick that up in class, if you missed it.
Make Bill Proposals: Here are the questions I want you to answer for your bill proposals, before next class:
1. What are you proposing?
2. Who will it impact?
3. When will it begin or end?
4. Where (which states) will be impacted?
5. Why should this bill pass?
6. How much will it cost?
We will have an interesting simulation where one of the government classes is the House of Representatives, and the other is the Senate!
Make Bill Proposals: Here are the questions I want you to answer for your bill proposals, before next class:
1. What are you proposing?
2. Who will it impact?
3. When will it begin or end?
4. Where (which states) will be impacted?
5. Why should this bill pass?
6. How much will it cost?
We will have an interesting simulation where one of the government classes is the House of Representatives, and the other is the Senate!
Computer Lab S210: For the rest of the class, we were in the computer lab, working on the Oregon representatives handout and bill proposals.
Have a wonderful Spring Break, everyone! See you later this month!
Have a wonderful Spring Break, everyone! See you later this month!
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