NOTE: There will be no blog recap for the 2/25 class meeting, since most students were preparing for the Smarter Balanced assessments in the Computer Lab, so we did not have a regular class.
Fireworks over Niagara Falls, in 2009.
Hi everyone,
Thanks for continuing to work on getting to know the Constitution better! I know it may not be the most fun part of class, but it is so important for knowing the foundations of how our government works! Here's what we did today in class:
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 branches of U.S. government.
AGENDA 2/23/16:
News Brief - Khail K.
Review Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The First Amendment
Homework: Read the blog! Prepare for Constitution test on Monday by studying the handout answers! Smarter Balanced preparation for most juniors is next class. Forecasting is Thursday, so have your forms filled out! Next news brief: Renee (Monday).
News Brief: Khail K. had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about: CNN.com - NSA surveillance bill passes after weeks-long showdown. We talked about how this law has a direct relationship with the first question in Forced Choice that we did, and we also talked about how Apple has been asked to break into an iPhone that was used by one of the shooters in San Bernardino.
I also passed back graded work from so far in the year, which included news briefs, forced choice reflections, and the philosophy quiz. There will be an opportunity to retake the philosophy target in the Constitution quiz.
I had an update about what is going on in the presidential nomination process. For this, I showed these links:
We talked about the ongoing process and today's Nevada Republican caucus. Renee was selected for the next news brief.
Review Constitution: We continued looking at the Constitution packet I passed out last class, which had the Bill of Rights as a part of the last couple of pages. Please make sure to study the Constitution portion done for the test on Monday. If you missed class the last two times, here it is to download and fill out by reading the Constitution:
As I said, here's the reward for checking the blog: a (tough, because I did not specifically ask you this in class) question from the Constitution test:
All of the following are included in the Preamble to the Constitution EXCEPT _____________.
a. establish justice c. the pursuit of happiness
b. provide for the common defense d. promote the general welfare
The answer would be C.
Bill of Rights: We will come back to the Bill of Rights, since we were not able to have the time to look at them all, yet. We started with the first one!
The First Amendment: The end of class was given to Mr. Schmidt, our student teacher, to look at how the First Amendment impacts students at school. He went through this PowerPoint, and we discussed each case. Students also had a packet (pick up one in class only):
We looked at some specific examples of cases where students had questions about how far their rights go. We ended by looking at the famous "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case, which we will continue to discuss next class. Thanks for your hard work! We will pick up with Smarter Balanced preparation next class!
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