Inside the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. Photo taken in 2010.
Hi everyone,
Today, we heard from Deputy Jamie Hallford, our Student Support Officer here at Westview, and also went through more introduction to the Executive Branch. 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: "Born in the U.S.A" by Bruce Springsteen. Selected for today because the song is typically seen as representing patriotic themes, but a closer look at the lyrics (as we did in class) show that the song is really about a deep dissatisfaction with American culture and government.
AGENDA 11/4/15:
News Brief – Nhi/Saggad
Deputy Hallford
CRLE Forms
Review Legislative Test
The Presidency
Homework: Read the blog. Next news brief: Amogh.
News Brief: Nhi had the news brief today and selected this article to talk about in class: CNN.com - Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed creates clock, shows teachers, gets arrested. This was an article we had discussed in class previously, but it was good to revisit, as I updated everyone with the news that Ahmed is moving to Qatar, because he was given a prestigious scholarship there.
Saggad talked about the recent development in Syria, where the United States is sending up to 50 ground combat/special forces troops. Here is an article about that: CNN.com - Syria: Obama authorizes boots on ground to fight ISIS.
I selected Amogh to do the next news brief, in the interests of time, because Deputy Hallford had arrived in the room.
Deputy Hallford: Much of the rest of class was devoted to Jamie Hallford, who is the officer here at Westview. Here are all the questions that were handed in, that he went over:
Saggad talked about the recent development in Syria, where the United States is sending up to 50 ground combat/special forces troops. Here is an article about that: CNN.com - Syria: Obama authorizes boots on ground to fight ISIS.
I selected Amogh to do the next news brief, in the interests of time, because Deputy Hallford had arrived in the room.
Deputy Hallford: Much of the rest of class was devoted to Jamie Hallford, who is the officer here at Westview. Here are all the questions that were handed in, that he went over:
Jamie talked about his experience with being the Student Support Officer here for the past five years. Hopefully, you enjoyed hearing him talk with the class, because I always do!
CRLE Forms: As a part of the guest speaker coming in, students filled out a Career Related Learning Experience form (I believe you need to have 4 of these completed as a graduation requirement). I did turn all of these into the counseling office, and the counselor didn't say anything about needing a resume as well, so I think you are good to go! I will try to have my mom come in near the end of the semester for a second opportunity, as well.
CRLE Forms: As a part of the guest speaker coming in, students filled out a Career Related Learning Experience form (I believe you need to have 4 of these completed as a graduation requirement). I did turn all of these into the counseling office, and the counselor didn't say anything about needing a resume as well, so I think you are good to go! I will try to have my mom come in near the end of the semester for a second opportunity, as well.
Review Legislative Test: We went through the test from last class together, and I pointed out where students tripped up. Grades have been updated on that back wall and in Student VUE, so please know where you are at and what you need to do in order to improve, if possible!
The Presidency: To start this last section, I played this video from Election Night 2000, when nobody really knew who won the election for President:
At the end of class, we went through The Presidency reading and questions:
The Presidency: To start this last section, I played this video from Election Night 2000, when nobody really knew who won the election for President:
At the end of class, we went through The Presidency reading and questions:
These are the questions that go along with the reading:
We ended around question 9 or so, and will pick back up next class, then start the Executive Branch project, which involves selecting a cabinet department to research. See you on Friday!
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