Legislative Branch, Day 2 - Class Recap

This image of the US Capitol Building is actually the background for this blog! Photo taken in 2010.

Dear class,

Today, we talked about Back to the Future day and your Bill of Rights Quiz scores! We also started up with looking at the Oregon congressional delegation. Here's the recap for today:

Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 2: I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.

Soundtrack: "Endless Possibility" from Sonic Unleashed. Selected for today by Keir, who wrote one of the greatest rationales I have ever seen: "I suggested this song because the government can do many things and they possibilities are well simply endless." Lyrics here.

AGENDA 10/21/15:
News Brief – Lizette
Review Quiz
Oregon Reps in Congress
Computer Lab S219

Homework: Read the blog. Finish the Oregon representatives handout. Next news brief: David.

News Brief: Lizette had the news brief today and selected this article to talk about: NYMag.com - Recline Rage Causes Another Emergency Landing: Woman Choked for Putting Her Airplane Seat Back. Lizette had an interesting reasoning for picking this, due to the "Passenger Bill of Rights" that the airlines recently enacted, as related to the Bill of Rights that we were learning about. Also, airline safety and regulation is under the overview of the federal government, too. Thanks, Lizette!

David was randomly selected for the next news brief.

Review Quiz: After the news, we talked about the Bill of Rights test from last class. We went through the answers together. If you need to retake this (or any other quiz/test), let's figure out a time outside of class to do this. Updated grades are posted by student ID number on the back wall in the classroom.

Oregon Representatives: 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:

Google Drive - Oregon Representatives in Congress Handout

The main point here is to know who our representatives are and what they believe. It is important that we know who represents us in Congress, and what their ideas are!

Computer Lab S219: For the rest of the class, we were in the computer lab, working on the Oregon representatives handout.

Thanks for your work on this! See you next class, when we will be creating legislation of our own!