State and Local Government, Day 3 - Class Recap

Another beautiful place in our amazing State of Oregon: the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn. Photo taken in 2015.

Hi everyone,

We had our last day of work time on the State and Local project today - papers and presentations will be next class. Here's what happened in class today:

Learning Targets Addressed:

Knowledge LT 2: I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
Knowledge LT 6: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Research LT 5: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Critical Thinking and Reasoning LT 3: I can apply understanding of ideas and concepts to a new context or problem. 

Soundtrack: "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie. Selected for today because David Bowie passed away over the weekend. A total legend, and someone who was speaking about gender and sexual identity issues publicly long before it was socially acceptable to do so. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 1/12/16:
Wildcat News Brief – Tristan H.
State of the Union
State/Local Project
Library Computers/Grades

Homework: Read the blog. Your State/Local final project is due next class. All late work needs to be turned in by Friday! Next news brief: Nikki.

Wildcat News Brief: Tristan H. had the news brief today and selected an article about Social Security reform to talk about. He did not include the article title or link, so I can't find it online, yet. Thanks, Tristan H! Nikki has the next news brief.

If you missed Wildcat News for the day here it is:

State of the Union: After Wildcat News, I talked about the State of the Union address, which is tonight at 6 PM. The President is required by the Constitution to present Congress with a State of the Union - it traditionally takes the form of a speech. This will be President Obama's last SOTU address, and it will be on pretty much every major channel, along with the Republican Response, delivered by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, right after. Tune in to see what they say! We will talk about it next class. 

Here's the video we watched in class, going over some of President Obama's State of the Union addresses:

State/Local Project: The final assignment for the unit is this project, which is a two page paper, with at least three MLA citations, about a local issue that you care about. It will be due next class, and you will probably be asked to give a short (like a minute or two) presentation. Here's the handout:

Google Drive: State and Local Government Final Project

We went through this together, and then went to the library.

Library Computers: The rest of class was spent in the library, working on researching for the State and Local project and writing about an issue that you care about in our local community. During this time, I also talked individually with every student in the class about their grade, and what they could do to improve it by Friday. Keep working hard! See you next class.