College+Prep+U.S.+Government

=// Welcome to U.S. Govt for the academic year 2011-2012 //=

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All daily assignments and accompanying documents can be found below the Google Calendar by date
As we begin our 2nd semester I have shifted the first semesters resources //below// the daily agendas. This semester's resources will be embedded //within// the daily agendas.

Worksheet US and China - use the CIA Fact book to answer. ||
 * 5-23-12 || Activity: Unemployed? Who? Where? an analysis with Paul Solemon. ||
 * 5-22-12 || Activity: Know your -isms: Free Market Economy vs. Command Economy
 * 5-22-12 || Activity: Know your -isms: Free Market Economy vs. Command Economy
 * 5-18-12 || 6th period only: Movie Analysis ||
 * 5-17-12 || 7th period only: Movie Analysis ||
 * 5-16-12 || Activity: the -isms and the CIA World Fact Book ||
 * 5-11-12 thru 5-15-12 || National Park Project

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 * 5-10-12 || Understanding Taxes

Activity: Understanding Taxes. This will be a quiz grade.
 * In Class:**

We will visit the IRS website in order to better understand taxes. 1. Complete the worksheet Understanding Taxes 2. You will be assigned a character for a tax filing simulation. Use the website [] Should you need tutorials you can find those at [] 3. Enter on the google doc (below) your results as indicated.

media type="custom" key="17513806" || Activity: Foreign Affairs. You will be assigned one of the two articles. Provide answers to the discussion questions attached to each particular article. Make sure to provide concrete evidence in your answers. This will count as a homework grade. Finish for homework if necessary.
 * 5-09-12 || **In Class:**

1. [] Article # 1 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (more research might be needed) 1. Why was Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng under house arrest? 2. What do you know about China’s One Child policy? 3. In your opinion, why did Chen choose to run away to the U.S. embassy? 4. Do you think it’s the U.S. government’s responsibility to help Chen and his family? Why or why not? 5. Do you think it’s safe for Chen and his family to remain in China? Discuss. 6. Do you think this incident has hurt the relationship between the United States and China? Discuss.

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Article #2 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (more research might be needed) 1. When did the U.S. invade Afghanistan? 2. When is the deadline for the U.S. to pull its troops out of Afghanistan? 3. Who are local officials blaming for poisonings of women’s schools in Afghanistan? 4. What is the name of the Islamic fundamentalist government that U.S. troops ousted? 5. What percentage of Afghan women said they had suffered some form of abuse? 6. Who is the president of Afghanistan? 7. Do you think Afghan women’s rights will deteriorate after U.S. troops leave the country? Why or why not? Use examples from the story to support your argument. || Research paper due ||
 * 5-08-12 || movie Erin Brovotich - an examination of environmental industrial pollution ||
 * 5-07-12 || movie Erin Brovotich - an examination of environmental industrial pollution
 * 5-04-12 || party and movie Erin Brovotich - an examination of environmental industrial pollution ||
 * 5-03-12 || You will be assigned one of the following two articles. You are to write a 1-2 page paper addressing the following questions as they are reflected in the article.

What is the goal of cap and trade?

Who benefits from cap and trade?

What are the policy issues that arise from this issue?

Are there losers in cap and trade? If so, who? Why?

Do you agree with the author? Why or why not?

Article 1: * you need to click on the links at the bottom of the article to further investigate. Simply using the face page of this article will not suffice. []

Article 2 ||
 * 5-02-12 || Class Activity: License to Pollute - an examination of the federal policy endeavor Cap And Trade

NPR site about power usage []

Wind Farms in VA http://www.virginiaplaces.org/energy/windenergy.html || []
 * 5-01-12 || Guest speaker. Henrico County Supervisor Pat O'Bannon and Planning Commissioner Bonnie Leigh Jones ||
 * 4-30-12 || Guest speaker. Henrico County Public School Research and Development Dr. Blumenthal ||
 * 4-25-12 || In class budget exercise

Homework: and  || N/A
 * 4-24-12 || Test on the Bureaucracy ||
 * 4-23-12 || Review for Bureaucracy ||
 * 4-20-12 || Turn In:

In Class: - West Wing episode

Homework: - Review main points from bureaucracy unit (test on Tuesday, April 23) || N/A
 * 4-19-12 || Turn In:

NOTE: once again we are so on top of things! check out [|this article- Whole Foods announced today they will stop selling certain types of seafood that is unsustainable]

In Class: - "Tragedy of the Commons" continued - Government policies and the environment - clip from "Deadliest Catch"

Homework: - Research paper || N/A
 * 4-18-12 || Turn In:

In Class: - "Tragedy of the Commons" continued

1. Read the following two articles. You will be asked to contribute 2 "Aha" moments in a class discussion

Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons [|**http://www.perc.org/articles/article652.php**]

Boston IFQ [|**http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-18/metro/30636028_1_northern-shrimp-shrimp-season-shrimp-population**]

2. Read the provided 2 handouts ("Economies of Scale" and "Grouper Quotas"). Write a one page analysis of all our readings/discussions on fisheries, private property rights and the Tragedy of the Commons. Use the readings to provide evidence within your paper.

Homework: - Research paper and complete one page analysis of readings on fisheries, private property incentives, and the Tragedy of the Commons || N/A
 * 4-17-12 || Turn In:

In Class: - "Tragedy of the Commons" - Government policies and the environment

Homework: - Research paper || N/A
 * 4-16-12 || Turn In:

In Class: - Go over vocab. quizzes you took last class - finish West Wing episode if your class didn't finish the episode we played before spring break - review concepts: Civil Service, "the bureaucratic employee," and "sources of bureaucratic power"

Homework: - Keep working on research papers... ||
 * 4-4-12

International Trade Issues || Snapshot of US International Trade 2010 []

US Agencies []

Article on purity of Chinese products []

Commentary blog on Chinese food purity [] || 1. CITATION PAGE: Hey, if you can't get the citation page in a proper format- easy zero grade for me to use! 2. TENSE! You should be using past tense- because it is pretty clear to me that all these cases occurred sometimes before you are reading this list! 3. ACTIVE VERBS! Do not use "had ever been" instead use "was." Do not use "due to the fact that" use "because." I will crucify you for that practice. It is silly, shows a lower level of writing skill, it is pompous, it irritates the reader, and clearly you are just sucking up space in order to reach some false nirvana of 4 pages; as if that would save you.... 4. ASSUME AN IGNORANT READER (coded on papers AIR) which means give time frame; explain significant court cases (ex: don't just say Lemon Test - explain the Lemon Test). It makes your writing style fluid and intelligent. I had my debate team read your papers and I told them, "you should be able to read this from beginning to end and feel educated afterwards and there should never be a moment when you don't understand what they are saying...." 5. FOCUS on the court's decision and each individual Justice's opinion AND the reasoning they show. This is most important because those reasonings are the voice of America as society contemplates the issue and all of its complexities. 6. IMPACT of the case cannot be only 1 sentence! That is impossible because any case that makes it to the Supreme Court level is not frivolous though you may be if you only list one sentence. 7. EVERYONE must turn in the print out of their TURNITIN entry. You only get one entry so do it right. If you turn in a paper without it then you will receive a zero because I will assume you copied so much of another person's work that you don't have the guts to run it through TurnItIn - hey, easy grade for me- zero! 8. MAKE SURE TO ADDRESS THE COURT'S MAKE UP- you must inform your Ignorant Reader if this Supreme Court was considered liberal or conservative and who is the Chief Justice and what stance they were usually known to take. 9. ALL JUSTICES are referred to as Justice Brennan, etc. It is a courtesy title such as Dr. Do not refer to him as William Brennan. It is Justice Brennan and yes, it is capitalized. 10. JUST SAYING: if you fail to use italics in any court case title you will receive a zero! You need to list the year directly behind the tile the first time you refer to it (so your Ignorant Reader has a clue) but after that you may refer to it purely by italicized name. All other cases referenced must also include a year (again so the Ignorant Reader can place it in context) 11. GET A CLUE: no contractions allowed in a formal paper. They will laugh you right out of a college course and I will be laughing too! 12. MAJOR ISSUE HERE: you need to formally address who argued what in front of the court. How about acknowledging the attorney's name? After all, it is a big deal and quite a professional accomplishment to argue in the Supreme Court. 13. AMENDMENTS: Amendment is capitalized and so is the number before. So it is First Amendment not first amendment or even the more lazy choice of 1st amendment. 14. PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE! You must establish the path the case took to get to the Supreme Court. So that means you must specify were the case was first heard (city, state, local, federal?) then to where it was appealed and then where it went, etc. Make sure you list state or federal. Make sure you name cities or locations so your Ignorant Reader (who by now is woefully confused) has a clue. TRANSITIONS are a good thing! Don't jerk around the Ignorant Reader!
 * Research Paper Resources || After reviewing the rough drafts of the research papers the following points must be addressed:

LASTLY: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EAGLE WRITING CENTER!!!!! || - //My Cousin Vinny// - Bureaucracy test will be the Tuesday (4/17) after spring break
 * 04-05-12 || In Class:

Homework: - work on research paper || - Vocab. Quiz - Trade simulation
 * 04-04-12 || In Class:

Homework: - Work on research paper || - Bureaucracy and the meth epidemic
 * 04-03-12 || In Class:

Homework: - Study for vocabulary quiz tomorrow (4/4) ||
 * 04-02-12 || Turn In: N/A

In Class: - Peer Editing Research Papers

Homework: - TBD || - Ch. 15 notes
 * 03-30-12 || Turn In:

In Class: - West Wing episode on the FCC

Homework: - None || N/A
 * 03-29-12 || Turn In:

In Class: - Federal Budget

Homework: - Ch. 15 notes due TOMORROW (3/30) || - Rough Drafts
 * 03-28-12 || Turn In:

In Class: - Executive Office of the President

Worksheet:



Use these two websites to find the information needed to complete the worksheet: - [] - []

Homework: - work on Ch. 15 notes (due Friday, 3/30) || N/A
 * 03-27-12 || Turn In:

In Class: - Work on research papers

Homework: 1) Research papers due TOMORROW (3/28) 2) Ch. 15 notes due Friday || - Edmodo blog answers should be posted by today
 * 03-26-12 || Turn In:

In Class: - Structure of the Bureaucracy

Homework: 1) Rough Draft due Wed. (3/28) 2) Chapter 15 notes due Friday (3/30) || - Bureaucracy, Katrina, and the BP Oil Spill - Blogging on the BP Oil Spill on Edmodo
 * 03-23-12 || In Class:

[]

[|http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/qanda.html#role]

BP Oil Spill Timeline: []

Homework: 1) Finish blog started in class on Friday 2) Begin Chapter 15 notes (due Friday, March 30) ||
 * 03-22-12 || @http://www.cagle.com/2012/03/to-be-read-while-blasting-prison-song-by-system-of-a-down/

In Class: - Intro. to bureaucracy

Homework: - None ||
 * Resources for Bureaucracy Unit || Bureaucracy PowerPoint:



Bureaucracy Fill in notes for chp 15 Chp 15 textbook ppt

Bureaucracy Vocab. (you will have a quiz on this) || 9:10 arrive at circuit court 11:30 lunch *cash needed 12:00 tour jail 1:15 depart from jail to Godwin 1:30 ? arrival Godwin || Wed 3/14- quiz then review of intro/thesis of papers and intro to mock trial Thur 3/15 - work on mock trial Fri 3/16- mock trial. ||
 * Field Trip 3/21 Agenda || 8:50 leave Godwin *no phones allowed. *appropriate conservative dress please
 * Week 3/12-3/16 || Tuesday 3/13- funny schedule. 7th period will review intro and thesis of papers
 * ANNOUNCEMENT || There will be a quiz on Tues 13th- it will be short answer and I do expect complete sentences, elaboration, demonstrated knowledge of court case(s) which set precedent and/or incorporated

prior restraint - affirmative action - exclusionary rule - symbolic speech - seditious speech - establishment of separation of church and state in schools - right to privacy || //Henry David Thoreau// Mock trial None //Thomas Paine// Unit test on Judicial Tomorrow mock trial || //W. C. Fields// Review for test tomorrow Test Tuesday March 6 || //William Hazlitt// //Eyes on the Prize// to reference Civil Rights issues Intro mock court case Test Tuesday March 6 Practice Cover It Live for Period 6 media type="custom" key="12750456" Practice Cover It Live for Period 7 media type="custom" key="12750494" || //Talmud// Quiz on court cases Begin watching //Eyes on the Prize// to reference Civil Rights issues Chp 21 notes due Mar 2 || //Lewis Carroll __Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland__// Lecture: Other rights Handout: review for complete Judicial Unit Chp 21 notes due Mar 2 || //George Orwell// Presentation of your group’s current day issue and First Amendment Lecture: Other rights Chp 21 notes due Mar 2 || //Samuel Johnson 1781// workbook chp 19 sec 4 rights to assembly First Amendment: Right to Assembly Examining modern issues First Amendment: in small groups you will examine a current day issue and create PowerPoint of //maximum// 3 slides to present the issue, the decision, and your opinion as to its application to the First Amendment. Chp 21 notes due Mar 2 Powerpoint presentation due tomorrow 2/28. You will be given only 15 minutes in class to ready for presentation. court cases quiz Mar 1 || //Oliver Wendell Holmes United States v Schwimmer, 1929// West Wing: flag burning Chp 21 notes due Mar 2 Chp 21 notes due Mar 2 Handout/workbook chp 19 section 4 rights to assembly. Due Monday 2/27 || //Thomas Jefferson// Civil Liberties: Freedom of Press and Speech Feb 24 – 20 research note cards due || //Alexander Cockburn 1992// Civil Liberties: Freedom of Religion Feb 24 – 20 research note cards due Feb 23- chp 20 notes due || //Wm J Brennan, Jr. Texas v Johnson 1989// Feb 24 – 20 research note cards due Feb 23 - chp 20 notes due Feb 22- chp 20 worksheet terms due || //Blue Laws (Puritan), 1672// In Class: Homework: Chp 20 notes due Thursday 2/23
 * 03-07-12 || //It is never too late to give up your prejudices//
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 * next 20 notes cards due Mar 9 ||
 * 03-06-12 || //Prejudice will fall in a combat with interest//
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 * 03-05-12 || //I am free of all prejudice. I hate everybody equally//
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 * 03-02-12 || //Prejudice is the child of ignorance//
 * Turn In:** **Chp 21 notes**
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 * 03-01-12 || //A man may not accuse himself of a crime//
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 * 02-29-12 || //“if everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said, in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.”//
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 * 02-28-12 || //Big Brother is watching you//
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 * 02-27-12 || //If nothing may be published but what civil authority shall have previously approved, power must always be the standard of truth//
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 * NOTE: Handout review of important court cases for quiz to be given Mar 1**
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 * 02-24-12 || //The very aim and end of our institution is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think//
 * Turn In;** 20 research note cards due
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 * 02-23-12 || //Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost//
 * Turn In;** chp 20 notes
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 * 02-22-12 || //Press criticism in the absence of a political party is ultimately only one hand clapping//
 * Turn In;** chp 20 worksheet terms due
 * In Class:**
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 * 02-21-12 || //If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the govt may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society find the idea itself offensive or disagreeable//
 * Turn In;** turn in notes chp 20
 * In Class:**
 * shortened schedule: Judicial test review, bibliography issues, chp 20 terms worksheet which will be due tomorrow Feb 22
 * Homework: **
 * 02-17-12 || //If any man or woman, after legal conviction, shall have or worship any other God but the Lord God, he shall be put to death//
 * Turn In;** bibliography cards
 * Access or create Chp 20 notes**
 * West Wing: Freedom of religion? //Shibboleth//**

//Dutch saying// Activity: Evolution of Civil Liberties pt 2 Pledge and liberties: //WV Board of Ed v Gobitis// Activity: freedom of speech Chp 19 notes due tomorrow //Samuel Johnson// Activity: Evolution of Civil Liberties pt 1 Korematsu Influence of WWII Chp 19 notes due Feb. 14th Worksheet: Civil Liberties Terms and Crossword || //Frederick II// Class time to outline court case research paper Template worksheet to assist: //Who, What, When, How, Why// Chp 19 notes due Feb. 14th || //First Amendment, 1791// Chp 19 notes due Feb 14 Defining and setting the framework: //Civil Liberties vs. Civil Rights// Lecture and Activity 8:15 court cases will be posted outside room 27 for sign up for research paper due May 7th || RESOURCES for Research paper due May 7 ||, , , , , , ,,, || //Warren Nutter// Test chp 19 Introduce research paper due May 7th //The judge- Domestic Relations Commissioner George Taylor- then promptly turned around and asked Barry for his autograph// //Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross, SF Chronicle, Aug 1994// Test review Test Tues Feb 7th || //Latin saying// Finish viewing: West Wing- //The Supremes// Lecture: How does it actually work in the Supreme Court Video: The Supreme Court process Test Tues Feb 7th || //Holmes: I have spent seventy years finding out that I am not God// //Oliver Wendell Holmes// Discover: What does “getting borked” mean? View: West Wing- //The Supremes// Notes on Judicial chapter due Fri Feb 3rd Test Tues Feb 7th || //Oliver Wendell Holmes// Activity: Court Schematic- a physical layout Lecture: Court System Basics continued Handout: schematic of special federal courts Notes on Judicial chapter due Fri Feb 3rd Test Tues Feb 7th || //George Herbert// Activity: Strict Constructionist or Loose Constructionist Lecture: Court System Basics Handout: Schematic of Court Jurisdiction Complete the schematic of the court system Notes on Judiciary chapter due Fri Feb 3rd Note: Test Tues Feb 7th ||
 * Feb 24 – 20 research note cards due** ||
 * 02-14-12- 02-16-12 || library research time bibliography note cards due Fri Feb 17 beginning of class ||
 * 02-13-12 || //Kings and fools speak freely//
 * Turn In:** Worksheet: Civil Liberties Terms and Crossword
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 * research next 3 days 2/14-2/16 *bring notecards ||
 * 02-10-12 || //Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it//
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 * 02-09-12 || //My people and I have an agreement. They say whatever they like, and I do whatever I like//
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 * 02-08-12 || //Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof//
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 * RESOURCES on Chp 19, chp 20 and 21 Civil Liberties
 * 02-07-12 || //Freedom of speech was not designed to give everybody equal time on a soapbox but to make sure that nobody who wanted to speak was prevented form doing so by being hit over the head, locked up, tortured, or shot.//
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 * 02-06-12 || //(San Francisco) Giants multimillionaire slugger Barry Bonds, pleading hardship in the wake of the baseball strike, has persuaded a San Mateo County judge to cut in half his spousal and child-support payments.//
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 * 02-03-12 || //The judge answers questions of law; the jury answers questions of fact//
 * Turn In:** Notes on Judicial chapter
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 * 02-02-12 || //Anonymous: What great principle has guided your judicial decisions?//
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 * 02-01-12 || //We do not inquire what the legislature meant; we ask only what the statute means//
 * Turn In:** turn in court schematic
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 * 01-31-12 || //A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.//
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 * resources for Judicial Branch || [[file:The National Judiciary textbook.ppt]] [[file:Chapter 18 Notes.docx]] ||

Chapter 5 Lecture: Political Parties and Fill In Notes
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Chapter 6 Lecture: Voting Behavior and Fill In Notes
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Chapter 7 Lecture: Electoral Process
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Chapter 9 Lecture: Interest Groups
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Chapter 10 Lecture: Congress - Its Structure
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Chapter 11 Lecture: Congress - Its Powers
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Chapter 12 Lecture: Congress -The process
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Chapter 13 Lecture: The Presidency - How to Become and the Process
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Chapter 14 Lecture: Presidency - In Action
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Lecture: Presidency

A small review of Presidential information

** Dates and Agendas **
media type="custom" key="12174234" || Essay Prompts: Required Essay: electoral college Selection Essay Topics: Presidential Roles and areas of growth in presidential power OR electoral system, two party v third, primaries, etc. Court cases to know: //McCulloch v Md//., //Gibbons v Ogden//, //Heart of Atlanta v US//, //Marbury v Madison// || ,, , My checklist used to grade writing: || //Arthur M Schlesinger Jr// Use Lecture to review - power point listed in resources above Executive agreements (not executive orders!) Recognition Commander in chief War powers resolution //Richard M Nixon// Executive order and ordinance Appointment Power Removal Power Activity: Identify the powers //Theodore Sorensen// Cabinet Project Vote Activity: //I ask you//....assignment [|http://prezi.com/5lnxwegm1a94/edit/#0_746531] 1.Appointments face legal challenges [] and/or [] 2. Obama seeks power to consolidate U.S. agencies [] 3.Monitoring of social media raises concerns [] Today's Exit: find out: Can the president be sued? fill in notes or outline chp 14 due Wed Jan 18 || //Abraham Lincoln// Cabinet Project Access chp 14 fill in notes fill in notes or outline chp 13 due Fri, fill in notes or outline chp 14 due Wed next week Cabinet project due upon return Tue Jan 17th || //Richard M Nixon// Test on Legislative Unit or Journeys with George RETEST or TEST unit on legislature will by Thursday Jan 12 fill in notes or outline chp 13 due Fri, fill in notes or outline chp 14 due Wed next week || //Dwight D Eishenhower// Finish Movie: Journey’s With George Intro to Chp 13: President Lecture/movie: //A Day in the White House// RETEST or TEST unit on legislature will by Thursday Jan 12 fill in notes or outline chp 13 due Fri, fill in notes or outline chp 14 due Wed next week || //John Quincy Adams// discuss different "hats" or roles president plays i.e. chief of state, chief administrator, chief executive, chief diplomat, commander in chief, chief legislator, chief of party, chief citizen watch video to illustrate different roles RETEST or TEST unit on legislature will by Thursday Jan 12 Create graphic organizer with an octagon shape that illustrates the major responsibilities of the President. At each corner list a President's role. From each role extend a line outward, write a brief description of the role, and provide one example of how the President fulfills it. p 354 fill in notes or outline chp 13 due Fri, fill in notes or outline chp 14 due Wed next week || //David S. Broder// Movie: Journey’s With George For your own sake continue to fill in notes on Presidency || //Henry Kissinger// Test Legislation unit Please access Google survey to provide feedback on Congressional Simulation. It is at the top of the page linked below http://mlynde.wikispaces.com/Forms+and+Surveys Begin fill in notes on Presidency || //Saying (Latin)// Congressional Simulation Test on the complete Legislative Unit tomorrow Friday 1/6 Review available || //Saying (Latin)// Complete fill in notes on chp 12 for grade @http://congress.indiana.edu/e-learning-modules look for //Dynamic Legislative Process// How bill becomes a law Quiz Graphic How a Bill Becomes a Law Worksheet - Types of Committees Tomorrow is the Congressional Simulation Test on the complete Legislative Unit on Friday 1/6 || //Mario Puzo, The Godfather// Graphic How a Bill Becomes a Law Lecture Notes Have proposed bill(s) suggestions handed in to M Lynde by Wed 1/4 Complete fill in notes on chp 12 for grade – turn in Wed 1/4 Quiz tomorrow – use graphic how bill becomes a law || //Thomas Brackett Reed HoR speech 1886// Caucus Chaos! 1 day to Iowa [] Flow Chart //How A Bill Becomes A Law // //KEY // Introduction to Congressional Simulation to be held on Thursday 1/5 – you are assigned to be either a Star or a Stripe and must suggest legislation accordingly ,, and Have proposed bill(s) suggestions handed in to M Lynde by Wed 1/4 Complete fill in notes on chp 12 for grade – turn in Wed 1/4 || //Alisdair C. Macintyre// Video: 5 votes down Homework ** : ** none || //Richard Nixon// Lecture: Chp 11 Congressional Powers - Implied Powers Activity: Expansion of Congressional Powers Review time line of expansion of Congressional powers pp. 306-307 Read p. 309 Reining in Congress Answer the 4 questions posted Consider whether Congress should regulate the Internet Add your opinion on this matter to the questions answers Homework ** : ** none || //Richard Nixon// Activity: Worksheet Expressed Powers of Congress Activity: Heart of Atlanta v US p. 315 Read to answer Identify the 3 constitutional provisions discussed in the case In pairs, write a sentence for each provision explaining its relevance to the case Homework ** : ** none || //Cardinal Richelieu// Quiz chp 10 Lecture: chp 11 Congress – Its Powers Homework ** : ** Edmodo assignment. Respond to reading. || *Happy Winter Break - my gift to you is I have already posted the lecture notes above || //Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them// //Paul Valery// //Ralph Waldo Emerson// How to Websites: Congress @http://www.centeroncongress.org/interactive-learning-modules click on e learning modules. click on e learning activities for students a drop down menu will display please complete the modules listed below 1. Day in the Life of a Congressman 2. Deciding How to Vote in Congress 3. A Representative Back Home 4. Individuals Who Make a Difference Use ppt to complete the outline worksheet on the Legislative branch and //Mark Twain// Lecture: //congress// *fill in notes Chp 10 posted here || //I don’t think you can find any evidence of the fact that I had changed govt policy solely because of a [campaign} contribution// //Bill Clinton// Quiz on Interest Groups Video on Legislative Branch – worksheet to accompany it - //go to the edmodo blog as worksheet and video are posted there// Fill in notes chp 10 [[file:Chapter 10 Notes.docx]] //Alf Landon// Lecture: Interest Groups Worksheet: //Interest Groups A Closer Look [[file:Interest Groups A Closer Look.doc]]// //John Kennedy// Lecture: Interest Groups Worksheet: //Interest Groups A Walk Through [[file:interest group A walkthru or as linkage.doc]]// * chp 9 fill in notes posted here || //What do you suppose they are in Congress for, if it ain’t to split up the swag?// //Will Rogers// Test Chp 5, 6, 7 //Tom Wicker// Lecture: Chp 7 //The electoral process// Activity: Electoral College - debate //You will be assigned one of the following:// //1. Electoral College Web Quest [[file:Electoral College-intereactive.doc]]// //2. SAS Curriculum pathways// go to @http://sascurriculumnpathways.com/ sign in using student access code rock7seem upper right corner is a QL quick launch. Put in code #1183 complete assignment //George Washington// Lecture: Chp 7 //The electoral process// Blog assignment: Follow the election money * chp 7 fill in notes posted here || //Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.// //Helen Keller// Finish viewing Murder in Mississippi and voting rights Lecture: Chp 7 //The electoral process// //W. C. Fields// Viewing Murder in Mississippi and voting rights
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 * 01-23-12 || MIDTERM REVIEW
 * 01-20-12 || MIDTERM REVIEW
 * 01-19-12 || //Students of public administration have never taken sufficient account of the capacity of lower levels of govt to sabotage or defy even a masterful President//
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 * 01-18-12 || //I want the whole staff in the strongest possible terms to be informed that unless they can say something positive about my operations and that of the White House staff they should say nothing//
 * Turn In:** Chp 14 notes
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 * 01-17-12 || //The President’s authority is not as great as his responsibility//
 * Turn In:** Cabinet Project
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 * 01-13-12 || //I hope you will (be) perfectly easy about having nominated me; don’t be troubled about it. I forgive you.//
 * Turn In:** graphic organizer of President’s roles.
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 * 01-12-12 || //When the President does it that means that it’s not illegal//
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 * 01-11-12 || //Oh, that lovely title, ex-President//
 * Turn In:** graphic organizer on differnt roles of President
 * In Class:**
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 * 01-10-12 || //I can tell you this: no man who ever held the office of President would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. Make no mistake about it, the four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the Presidency.//
 * Turn In:**
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 * 01-09-12 || //Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he’ll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office//
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
 * New Hampshire! ** []
 * Homework: **
 * 01-06-12 || //A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone//
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 * 01-05-12 || //Where power, there law//
 * Turn In:**
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 * 01-04-12 || //The law is not concerned with trifles//
 * Turn In:** Proposed bill(s) suggestions handed in to M Lynde
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 * Messy reality of how a bill becomes a law -**
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 * 01-03-12 || //Don Corleone: A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns//
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 * 01-02-12 || //One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation//
 * Turn In:**
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 * 12-16-11 || //Politics is civil war carried on by other means//
 * Turn In:**
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 * 12-15-11 || //I played by the rules of politics as I found them//
 * Turn In:**
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 * 12-14-11 || //The worst sin in politics is being boring//
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 * 12-13-11 || //In matters of state it is necessary to profit from everything possible; whatever is useful is never to be despised//
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 * 12-12-11
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
 * Lecture: chp 10 Congress Structure pt 2 **
 * Worksheet: Party Leadership [[file:party leadership congress.pdf]] **
 * Homework: ** quiz tomorrow on chp 10 ||
 * 12-09-11 || //Our only safe rule in politics…was always to believe that the worst would be done. Then we were not deceived.//
 * Turn In:** webquest on Congress
 * In Class:**
 * FIrst Task**
 * Second Task**
 * Homework:** complete Legislative branch worksheet if need be ||
 * 12-08-11 || //It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is not distinctly native American criminal class except Congress//
 * Turn In:** video worksheet
 * In Class:**
 * Homework:** webquest on Congress [[file:WebQuest Legislative Branch.docx]] ||
 * 12-07-11
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
 * Homework:** finish worksheet on video if necessary. Note: fill in notes for chp 10 are posted if you want to use them ||
 * 12-06-11 || //It’s a sin in politics to land a soft punch//
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
 * Homework:** quiz on this chapter tomorrow Wed Dec 7th ||
 * 12-05-11 || //Politics is like football. If you see daylight, go through the hole//
 * Turn In:** Fill in notes chp 9
 * In Class:**
 * Homework:** none but quiz on this chapter Wed Dec 7th ||
 * 12-02-11
 * 12-02-11
 * Turn In:**
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 * Homework:** fill in notes on chp 9 – interest groups. Do these for grade. Research paper details on Monday Dec 5th [[file:Chapter 9 Notes.docx]] ||
 * 12-01--11 || //The only thing you can say about the 1970 elections is that the Democrats picked up 9 seats in the House and the Republicans one and half senators. If you wonder how there can be a half-senator, you haven’t met some of those fellows.//
 * Turn In:**
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 * Homework:** We are testing chp 5, 6, 7 on Friday Dec. 2nd ||
 * 11-30-11 || //Few men have (enough) virtue to whithstand the highest bidder.//
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
 * Homework;** finish blog assignment… We are testing chp 5, 6, 7 on Friday Dec. 2nd ||
 * 11-29-11
 * Turn In:**
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 * Homework;** chp 7 fill in notes are available on wiki… We are testing chp 5, 6, 7 on Friday Dec. 2nd [[file:Chapter 7 Notes.docx]] ||
 * 11-28-11 || //Hell, I never vote **for** anybody. I always vote **against.**//
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
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//Will Rogers// Lecture: Voting Behavior Viewing //Murder in Mississippi// Fill in notes on chp 6 posted for your convenience //George Washington// //voting abuses// [] Lecture: Voting Behavior website on voting behavior [|http://electionstudies.org/nesguide/gd-index.htm#1] Viewing of War Room Fill in notes on chp 6 posted for your convenience * chp 6 fill in notes are posted here || //He is a Democrat, whatever that means, besides brain-dead// //Russell Baker// Consideration: Women, suffrage, and the 19th Amendment Lecture: Voting Behavior Fill in notes on chp 6 posted for your convenience www.edmodo.com || //Clare Booth Luce// Take quiz chp 5 Begin examination of voting behavior Worksheet: so you are 18 Activity: So You Are 18 //Worksheet:// //Document used to answer worksheet // www.edmodo.com ||
 * 11-23-11 || //Republicans …take care of big money, for big money takes care of them//
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 * 11-22-11 || //Let me …warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party//
 * 11-22-11 || //Let me …warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party//
 * Turn In:**
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 * Homework**: Read the 3 articles on Obama’s chances of re-election (as found on blog) then post your response AND comment on a peer’s response. Due Wed Nov 23 ||
 * 11-21-11
 * Turn In:** maybe the //so you are 18// document if not finished in class on Fri Nov 18
 * In Class:**
 * Homework**: Read the 3 articles on Obama’s chances of re-election (as found on blog) then post your response AND comment on a peer’s response. Due Wed Nov 23
 * 11-18-11 || //Whenever a Republican leaves one side of the aisle and goes to the other, it raises the intelligence quotient of both parites//
 * Turn In:** open note test chp 5
 * In Class:**
 * Homework**: Read the 3 articles on Obama’s chances of re-election (as found on blog) then post your response AND comment on a peer’s response. Due Wed Nov 23

//Richard Reeves// last of lecture on political parties //Carl Sandberg// review political parties
 * 11-17-11 || //Serial seduction, that’s what politics is//
 * 11-17-11 || //Serial seduction, that’s what politics is//
 * Turn in:** worksheet on European parties and worksheet on candidates money
 * In class**
 * Homework**: open note Test on chp 5 political parties due Friday ||
 * 11-16-11 || //The drama of politics…(is) only the people running around trying to change one gang of bandits for another gang of bandits//
 * Turn In:**
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 * Homework**: open note Test on chp 5 political parties due Friday ||

//Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister// Document: examine US and European parties Complete fill in notes on chp 5. Investigating political parties monies - given out in class on Monday Nov 14th || //George Washington to Thomas Jefferson// H.L. MENCKEN **Turn In:** Take fun survey to determine your political party leanings Lecture: notes on political parties Investigate political parties monies *due Wed Nov 16th || H.L. MENCKEN  **Turn In:** Mr Smith Goes to Washington - modern version //Jefferson Smith// View //Mr Smith Goes to Washington// //Jefferson Smith// View //Mr Smith Goes to Washington// Jefferson Smith Blog on M Lynde blog: your reflection about last weeks investigation into health care; how much you think your voice can be heard, etc. View //Mr Smith Goes to Washington//
 * 11-15-11 || //A week is a long time in politics//
 * 11-15-11 || //A week is a long time in politics//
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
 * Homework**: worksheet
 * 11-14-11 || //I was not party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them//
 * In Class:**
 * Homework**:
 * 11-11-11 || // Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. //
 * In Class:**
 * Homework:** none ||
 * 11-10-11 || // I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too //
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
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 * 11-09-11 || // The people of my state need permanent relief from crooked men riding their backs //
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
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 * 11-07-11 || // Dad always used to say the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes //
 * Turn In:**
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//John Ray// In small groups students will craft their response and evidence to blog question: Should the federal government require the purchase of health insurance by every American? Final product and response to peer’s product due TODAY Examining 10 x 10 Day in the life of press secretary none || //Thomas Fuller// In small groups students will craft their response and evidence to blog question: Should the federal government require the purchase of health insurance by every American? @http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141967141 Final product and response to peer’s product due Nov 4th || //C. C. Colton// Class discussion using video to further investigate Affordable Health Care Act In small groups students will craft their response and evidence to blog question: Should the federal government require the purchase of health insurance by every American? one website to consider [] Or for those who like infographics [] Final product and response to peer’s product due Nov 4th || //James Howell// Class discussion – which direct provision of law has been challenged in court Read posted article [] Using Mr. Nicely’s blog – view video and respond to poll || //Henri Amiel// Political cartoon analysis worksheet Activity: States’ Rights vs. Federal Gov’t Lecture via Video: 10th amendment Blog to comment on peer’s political cartoon Using blog read 2 posted articles and respond: 1. article link [] 2. nullification article 3. ON THE BLOG RESPOND How is the opposition to Affordable Care Act of 2010 similar to past historical debates like nullification? Using blog read 2 posted articles and respond: How is the opposition to Affordable Care Act of 2010 similar to past historical debates like nullification? || Political Parodies worksheet Discuss Political Parodies Activity: Political Cartoons with identification chart and political cartoon example and  KEY to symbols Introduce: blogging activity on States’ Rights, Federalism, and Health Care – //test grade!// Final product due Nov 4th. 6th period 7th period Blogging activity: political cartoon on states’ rights, federalism, or health care and complete political cartoon analysis worksheet an excellent cartoon site is @http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/ another excellent political cartoon site is @http://nieonline.com/niecftc/cftc.cfm || Lecture Notes Measuring Public Opinion and Media Politics Worksheet Political Parodies || Think Pair Share Take a Stand worksheet Lecture notes Political Spectrum Activity: Ideological Survey Unit Test tomorrow – chp 1-4 || //The more important the secret, the sooner it becomes known.// Intro Public Opinion and Media Activity: Three Little Pigs Lecture notes on public opinion and socialization Worksheet //Take A Stand // ||
 * 11-4-11 || //Health is better than wealth//
 * 11-4-11 || //Health is better than wealth//
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 * 11-3-11 || //Health is not valued till Sickness come//
 * Turn In:**
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 * 11-2-11 || //The poorest man would not part with health for money, but...the richest would gladly part with all their money for health//
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 * 11-1-11 || //Health without money is half a sickness//
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 * 10-31-11 || //Health is the first of all liberties//
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 * 10-28-11 || //Never argue with a person who buys ink by the barrel//
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 * 10-27-11 || //Always release bad news on Saturday night. Fewer people notice it.//
 * Turn In:**
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 * 10-26-11 || //The rosier the news, the higher-ranking the official who announces it//
 * Turn In:**
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 * test unit 1 chp 1-4**
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 * 10-25-11 || //All stories written about me are inaccurate. All stories written about you are entirely accurate.//
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 * 10-24-11 || //All secrets become public knowledge.//
 * Turn In:**
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// Solon: That in which injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all // // Solon 630?-560? BC // *** There will be a GRASP financial aid presentation on either Wed 10/19, Thur 10/20 or Fri 10/21. Please note how this affects class pacing.** Wed 10/19/11 Worksheet: Chp 4.2 Lecture Federalism using Powerpoint Determing which grants is which… Worksheet 4.3 Interstate relations Take home open note test chp 4 due Monday October 24th. || // Albert Einstein // Review worksheet on defining federalism Lecture: //Federalism// Class work: Chart of powers: delegated, reserved, concurred? Note chapter 4! Worksheet: Chp 4.2 || // Jacob Burckhardt // Constitutional scavenger hunts- test grade. 20 minutes only. Must be completed and turned in today! Lecture: //Federalism // Start taking notes on chp. 4! Complete Federalism: graphic organizer 4.1 ||
 * 10-19 thru 10-21 - 11 || // Anonymous: What is the ideal state? //
 * 10-19 thru 10-21 - 11 || // Anonymous: What is the ideal state? //
 * 10-19 thru 10-21 - 11 || // Anonymous: What is the ideal state? //
 * For Wed – Fri the following agenda will be attempted**
 * Turn In:**
 * In Class:**
 * Worksheets**
 * Homework**:
 * 10-18-11 || // The state is made for man, not man for the State //
 * Turn In:** Complete Federalism: graphic organizer 4.1
 * In Class:**
 * Homework**:
 * 10-17-11 || // Alongside all swindlers the state now stands…as swindler-in-chief //
 * Turn In:**
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// Anonymous // Constitutional scavenger hunts- test grade. Must be completed and turned in today! None. But we begin chp 4 on Monday – why not go ahead and begin those notes? || // Mort Sahl // quiz Constitutional scavenger hunts- test grade- CAN ONLY BE COMPLETED IN CLASS TODAY AND TOMORROW Turn in at end of class –will be completed tomorrow // The wealthy have no liberality // // Sa’di (AD 1213?-1292) The Rose Garden // Worksheet Amending the Constitution: formal and informal and Cover //Marbury v Madison // Make sure you are noting chp 3….. || // Laurence J Peter // notes on chp 3 Copy the best master graphic Complete worksheet Basic principles chart - cut and paste as given in class and cut and paste (showing 2 copies here) Make sure you are noting chp 3….. Bill of Rights poster due Oct 12th but early bird points if turned in Oct11th || // Robert Hall “Hall’s Laws of Politics” // In assigned groups complete master graphic organizer of constitution Bill of Rights poster due Oct 12th but early bird points if turned in Oct11th Make sure you are noting chp 3….. cut and paste chart on principles of the Constitution || // Winston Churchill // Fill in worksheet on Constitutional basics using key chart charts: and worksheet: Graphic organizer of checks and balances Bill of Rights poster due Oct 11th but early bird points if turned in Oct 7th HW make graphic of your assigned section of the Constitution || // William Pitt the Elder // Test chp 2 Bill of Rights poster due Oct 11th but early bird points if turned in Oct 7th || // Goethe // You haven’t seen the last of the Fed vs Antifed debate! Examination of modern concepts via movie Empire of Reason [] Test chp 2 tomorrow Bill of Rights poster due Oct 11th but early bird points if turned in Oct 7th || // John Kennedy. // Closing words. //Why England Slept.// 1940 //Idiot’s Guide to Federalist #10// Intro to Cover It Live living blogging and a discussion of current issues as the Federalist and Antifederalist might view them. Click on the page listed to the right as Class Events, blogs etc. or just use this link http://mlynde.wikispaces.com/Class+Events-++Blogs%2C+Live+Events%2C+%2C+etc. Handout: Bill of Rights poster (due Oct 11th- early bird Oct 7th) Bill of Rights worksheet/organizer Test chp 2 on Oct 5th Bill of Rights due Oct 11th but early bird if turned in Fri Oct 7th ||
 * 10-15-11 || test chp 2 ||
 * 10-14-11 || // Liberals have more questions than answers; conservatives have more answers than questions //
 * 10-14-11 || // Liberals have more questions than answers; conservatives have more answers than questions //
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 * 10-13-11 || // Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they’ve stolen //
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 * 10-12-11 || // The liberal have no money //
 * Turn In:**
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 * 10-11-11 || // A liberal calls it share-the-wealth – a conservative calls it soak-the-rich //
 * Turn In:**
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 * 10-07-11 || // Liberals defend military spending and conservatives social spending – in their own districts //
 * Turn In:**
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 * 10-06-11 || // If you’re not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, and if you’re not a conservative at 40, you have no head //
 * Turn In:**
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 * 10-05-11 || // Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it //
 * Turn In:**
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 * 10-04-11 || // The best govt is one that makes itself superfluous //
 * Turn In:**
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 * 10-03-11 || // Any system of govt will work when everything is going well. It’s the system that functions in the pinches that survives. //
 * Turn In:**
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Chapter 1 and 2 Lecture Notes and Presentations
Prezi Presentation on Chp 1 Section 1 Foundations of Democracy []

Comparing Gov'ts: Baker v Carr: Govt' Foundations Part I - Gov't Foundations Part II - Gov't Foundations Part III -

Chart of what right comes from what foundation document

Gov't Philosophical Foundations (project basis)

Articles of Confederation - failure

The Constitution

Federalist vs Antifederalist debate

good sites fed v antifed []

Answers to chp 2 sec 1 and sec 2 worksheet which was due in class Fri Sept 9/23, , and

Unit 1: Foundations of Gov't
//A government of laws, and not of men.// John Adams || **Turn In**: Welcome! Review syllabus. How well can you pass the citizenship test? , Examining political cartoons: //Does the Gov’t Do Anything Right?// Create your American logo Read and note chp 1 – *ONLY HANDWRITTEN NOTES ARE ACCEPTABLE. You will need to have this completed by Friday Sept. 9th Return signed syllabus page or complete digital signature as found on wikilink http://mlynde.wikispaces.com/Forms+and+Surveys || // That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. // Thomas Jefferson || **Turn In**: return signed syllabus page or complete digital signature as found on wikilink http://mlynde.wikispaces.com/Forms+and+Surveys Discuss student created logos Completion and review of U.S. and VA gov’t pretest , Prezitation: Principals of Gov’t: // "Give me liberty or give me death; preferably liberty" Patrick Henry interpreted by Jon Stewart // Examination of patriotism and 9/11. Behind the scenes look at the 9/11 memorial. [] Read and hand note chp 1 by Friday Sept 9th. * must create handwritten notes. Book found under elearning. Prentice Hall. No password. Create diagram/Tchart/ other representation of difference between democracy and dictatorship. This need not be elaborate. Test chp 1 next Wednesday Sept 14th Return signed syllabus page or complete digital signature as found on wikilink http://mlynde.wikispaces.com/Forms+and+Surveys || // A gov’t that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. // Barry Goldwater || **Turn In**: Return signed syllabus page or complete digital signature as found on wikilink http://mlynde.wikispaces.com/Forms+and+Surveys Examine dictatorship v democracy creations of last night Presentation: Prezi - link [] Review and complete charts of various forms of gov’t , Answer Charts: , Read and hand note chp 1 by Friday Sept 9th. * must create handwritten notes. Book found under elearning. Prentice Hall. No password. Test chp 1 next Wednesday Sept 14th Define 10 types of gov’t, give an example of each and provide a quick draw Again – return signed syllabus page or complete digital signature as found on wikilink http://mlynde.wikispaces.com/Forms+and+Surveys || // W //// hat’s good economics is bad politics; what’s bad politics is good economics. // Eugene W. Baer “Baer’s Quartet.” In Paul Dickson, comp., //The Official Rules//, p. 27, 1989 || **Turn In:** Define 10 types of gov’t, give an example of each and provide a quick draw Again – return signed syllabus page or complete digital signature as found on wikilink http://mlynde.wikispaces.com/Forms+and+Surveys Quiz Chapter 1 Section 1 Handout: conservative and liberal take on economy Try to find something in your world referencing what we have discussed this week. Chapter 1 pt 3 Foundations of American democracy worksheet || // All animals are equal //   // But some animals are more //   // Equal than others //  George Orwell. The farm’s “single commandment,” //Animal Farm// || **Turn In:** Round robin discussion current events Review chp 1 sec 3 worksheet Activity worksheet: 10 principles of American gov’t, , Must voting districts be equal in population //Baker v Carr//? Activity: plan a district @http://www.redistrictinggame.org/ Test chp 1 on Wed Sept 14 Substitute teacher tomorrow: examination of Propoganda || // In view of the primitive simplicity of their minds, [the masses} more easily fall a victim to a big lie than to a little one // Adolf Hitler. //Mein Kampf// || **Turn In:** Activity: review principles of American gov’t cut and paste [[file:1 cut and paste principle demo .pdf]], [[file:2 cut and paste principles of demo.pdf]] Worksheet Recognizing PropogandRecognizing propaganda – [[file:Recognizing propoganda worksheet.pdf]] examining videos on living room candidate site Test chp 1 on Wed Sept 14 || // Property has its duties as well as its rights // Thomas Drummond. Letter to the Earl of Donoughmore, 22 May 1838 || **Turn In:** Test chp 1 Begin notes on chp 2 || // If the Constitution was meant to be written in stone it would have been written in stone // Jon Stewart || **Turn In**: Examination of philosophical foundations of American gov’t – part 1 // The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. // Ralph Waldo Emerson || **Turn In**: none Examination of American Foundations II: //Defining Democracy – a.k.a. its mob rule baby!// Activity: Democracy in America [[file:Democracy Lesson.doc]] Examination: How Founding Fathers merged natural rights with classical republicanism Worksheet reviewing early political beginnings of Virginia: //Virginia Declaration of Rights// and the //Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom// [[file:Early Begin and Va Documents.doc]] || // A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight. // Henry David Thoreau “Civil Disobedience” || **Turn In:** Worksheet reviewing early political beginnings of Virginia: //Virginia Declaration of Rights// and the //Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom// Examination of Gov’t Foundations III: //The most difficult spelling bee word – a living hell below decks – and a little poetry// Exit: quick draw philosophical foundations Read and note chp 2 || // There are inalienable obligations as well as inalienable rights // Abraham Joshua Heschel //Who Is Man?// || **Turn In:** Va documents worksheet Worksheet on foundations Ppt explanation to be used to fill in worksheets Gov't Philosophical Foundations [[file:Origins and locations in Constitution.ppt]] Foundations Project. Workday Sept. 23. Due Sept 28th. Early Bird extra 10 points if turned in before Sept. 28th. Test grade! [[file:Common Craft US Govt Foundations.docx]] quick draw Read and note chp 2 || // Anonymous: // What kind of constitution do you favor? // Lysander: // Whichever gives brave men and cowards their due Lysander (5th c B.C.) Spartan commander. Format adapted in Plutarch “Sayings of the Spartans: Lysander) || **Turn In:** Lecture: Origins of the Constitution Worksheet chp 2 section 1 and 2 [[file:govt chp 2 sec 1 and 2 pg 1 of 2.pdf]], [[file:govt chp 2 sec 1 and 2 pg 2 of 2.pdf]] Continue to read and note chp 2 Worksheet chp 2 section 1 and 2 || // The American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck of at a given time by the brain and purpose of man. // William Ewart Gladstone. “Kin Beyond Sea” || **Turn In:** Worksheet chp 2 section 1 and 2 Foundations project work Continue to read and note chp 2 Test chp 2 Wed Oct 5 || // The people made the constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will. // John Marshall, //Cohens v Virginia, 1821// || **Turn In:** Quiz on Foundations of Constitution Lecture: AOC failure Analysis/worksheet structure of Articles of Confederation [[file:govt chp 2 sec 1 and 2 pg 2 of 2.pdf]] Continue to read and note chp 2 Worksheet structure of Articles of Confederation tomorrow is last day of in-class project work // I swear to the Lord // // I still can’t see // // Why Democracy means // // Everybody but me // Langston Hughes, “The Black Man Speaks” || **Turn In:** Worksheet //Less Than Perfect Union// Due or die project time Worksheet Ratifying the Constitution [[file:Constitutional Convention 1 of 2.pdf]], [[file:Constitutional Convent pg 2.pdf]] Worksheet Ratifying the Constitution [[file:Constitutional Convention 1 of 2.pdf]], [[file:Constitutional Convent pg 2.pdf]] Continue to read and note chp 2 Constitutional Foundations project due tomorrow // Crafty men condemn studies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them. // Francis Bacon “Of Studies” || **Turn In:** common craft Constitution foundations project Worksheet //Constitution Convention// Review Constitutional Structure Review chp 2 essential questions Worksheet //Chp 2 pt 5// [[file:Ratifying Constitution blank 1 of 2.pdf]] // Must a govt, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence? // Abraham Lincoln. Message to Congress 3 Dec 1861 || **Turn In:** Federalist v Antifederalits Federalist #10 [[file:21 Federalist 10.docx]] Worksheet to use in Examining Federalist #10 [[file:Federalist #10 1 of 2.pdf]], [[file:Federalist #10 2 of 2.pdf]] Activity due end of class tomorrow 10-03-11. Idiot's Guide to Federalist #10 [[file:Assignment- Idiots Guide Fed Papers.doc]] Exit ticket: respond to Abraham Lincoln quote posted (look to the left) Idiots Guide due Oct 3rd Test chp 2 on Wed Oct 5th || // A govt of laws not of men // // John Adams // || **Turn in:** Some class time given to work on //Idiot’s Guide to Federalist #10// which is due Oct 3rd Examining George Mason: Federalist or Antifederalist? [[file:GM antifed 1 of 2.pdf]], [[file:GM antifed 2 of 2.pdf]] // Idiot’s Guide to Federalist #10 // due Oct 3rd Test chp 2 on Wed Oct 5th ||
 * ~ Date ||~ Daily Agenda ||
 * 09-06-11
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 * 09-07-11
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 * 09-08-11
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 * 09-09-11
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 * 09-12-11
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 * 09-13-11
 * In Class**
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 * 09-14-11
 * In Class**
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 * 09-15-11
 * In Class:**
 * Homework**: worksheet on Declaration of Rights [[file:D of I worksheet.pdf]] ||
 * 09-16=11
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 * 09-19-11
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 * 09-20-11
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 * 09-21-11
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 * 09-22-11 || COUNSELORS WILL SPEAK IN CLASS ||
 * 09-23-11
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 * 09-26-11
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 * Test Wed Oct 5th** ||
 * 09-27-11
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 * Test Wed Oct 5th** ||
 * 09-28-11
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 * Test Fri Sept 30 Chp 2** ||
 * 09-29-11
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 * 09-30-11
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// Any system of govt will work when everything is going well. It’s the system that functions in the pinches that survives. // // John Kennedy. // Closing words. //Why England Slept.// 1940 || **Turn In:** //Idiot’s Guide to Federalist #10// Intro to Cover It Live living blogging and a discussion of current issues as the Federalist and Antifederalist might view them. Click on the page listed to the right as Class Events, blogs etc. or just use this link http://mlynde.wikispaces.com/Class+Events-++Blogs%2C+Live+Events%2C+%2C+etc. Handout: Bill of Rights poster (due Oct 11th- early bird Oct 7th) Bill of Rights worksheet/organizer Test Chp 2 on Wed 10-05 || // The best govt is one that makes itself superfluous // // Goethe // || **Turn In:** You haven’t seen the last of the Fed vs Antifed debate! Examination of modern concepts via movie Empire of Reason [] // Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it // // William Pitt the Elder // || **Turn In:** Test chp 2 Bill of Rights poster due Oct 11th - early bird points if turned in Oct 7th ||
 * 10-03-11
 * 10-03-11
 * In Class:**
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 * 10-04-11
 * In Class:**
 * Homework:**
 * Test chp 2 tomorrow** ||
 * 10-05-11
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