As Dr. Franco announced, today is President Thomas Jefferson's birthday! This is inside the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. Photo taken in 2010.
Hi everyone,
Today was a pretty heavy reading and notetaking day, for which I apologize. I'm confident that everyone who was in class has some good notes to study for the upcoming Executive Branch test! Here's what happened today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 1: I can demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between citizens and their governments.
Knowledge LT 3: I can demonstrate an understanding of how individuals and non-governmental institutions interact with each other and the government in shaping politics.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: "God Moving Over The Face of The Waters" by Moby. Selected for today because although some people believe the President is all powerful, they are definitely not. This was an instrumental song with no lyrics. Listen to it again if you want here.
AGENDA 4/13/15:
News Brief – Colton
Executive Branch Overview
The Presidency
Cabinet Departments
Homework: Read the blog. Know what you need to do in order to improve your grade. Turn in citizenship paper assignment ASAP. Next news brief: Yeli.
News Brief: Colton had the news brief today and talked about this story: NYTimes.com - Judge Refuses to Let Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration Proceed. This is an example of why the President does not just get to decide whatever they want on anything. It is an interesting case study on the power of the Executive Branch vs. the Judicial Branch! Thanks Colton (who still needs to hand in a write up). Yeli was selected to do the next news brief. There are also many students who have not turned in their news brief write up yet, despite being assigned it.
We also talked about Hillary Clinton declaring her candidacy for President on Sunday. I showed her opening campaign video and website, and later in class did the same for a major Republican candidate: Senator Ted Cruz from Texas.
We also talked about Hillary Clinton declaring her candidacy for President on Sunday. I showed her opening campaign video and website, and later in class did the same for a major Republican candidate: Senator Ted Cruz from Texas.
Executive Branch Overview: We briefly went over this again because there were so many students absent last class. Here are the answers to the sheet I passed out to start the unit:
We went over this together in class, as we learned about the basics of the executive branch. These are just the basics!
The Presidency: I passed this out at the end of last class and we did not really go through it, so today was devoted to answering the questions (separate sheet of paper in class) and reading through the aspects that make up the presidency:
A lengthy time in class with this, I know. Thanks for hanging in there with me!
Cabinet Departments: At the end of class, I asked for small groups to summarize the various different cabinet departments that make up the Executive Branch along with the presidency. Here's the overview, which will help you study for the upcoming test.
Cabinet Departments: At the end of class, I asked for small groups to summarize the various different cabinet departments that make up the Executive Branch along with the presidency. Here's the overview, which will help you study for the upcoming test.
We will finish this next class and then start the cabinet department project! :-)
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