The White House, in Washington, D.C., where the President (the head of the Executive Branch of the United States government) lives. Photo taken in 2011.
Hi everyone,
Today was the Legislative Branch test in class, as well as the start of our unit on 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: "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who. Selected for today because last week was April Fools Day. I talked for a bit in class about a prank I helped the Westview staff play on Dr. Franco. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 4/4/16:
News Brief – Joseph
Legislative Test
Executive Branch Overview
The Presidency
Questions for Deputy Hallford
Homework: Read the blog. Next news brief: Kaale.
News Brief: I had the news brief today (because Joseph forgot) and selected an article about this story to talk about in class: CNN.com - FTC: Scam cancer charities kept millions of dollars. What an incredibly outrageous story, for a variety of reasons. We talked about how the government enforces rules about scams (which is a good lead in to the Executive Branch). Kaale was drawn as the next news brief.
We also checked in about the weekend and what people were up to, before moving on.
We also checked in about the weekend and what people were up to, before moving on.
Legislative Test: I was generous in the lead up to this, as I went over basically the exact questions from the test and gave some study time before I passed it out. I should have grades for it available by next class (fingers crossed).
Executive Branch Overview: The next part of class was learning about the Executive Branch. Here are the answers to the sheet I passed out to start the unit:
Executive Branch Overview: The next part of class was learning about the Executive Branch. Here are the answers to the sheet I passed out to start the unit:
As part of going through this, I explained that the 2000 Presidential Election was decided by the Electoral College, not the popular vote (Gore got the most votes in the country, but still lost the election). We will look more into this soon.
The Presidency: Here is the reading that we ended class with. It is not homework to complete (unless you missed class), but be familiar with the basics, as a future test will be based on it!
The Presidency: Here is the reading that we ended class with. It is not homework to complete (unless you missed class), but be familiar with the basics, as a future test will be based on it!
These are the questions that go along with the reading:
Questions for Deputy Hallford: At the end of class, we made some questions for Jamie Hallford, who is the officer here at Westview. Here are all the questions that were handed in:
I am fully aware that this was not the most interesting class as far as new content goes. I think it will be more engaging soon!
Questions for Deputy Hallford: At the end of class, we made some questions for Jamie Hallford, who is the officer here at Westview. Here are all the questions that were handed in:
Next class, Jamie will come in and answer your questions, and talk about his experience with being the Student Support Officer here. In the past, this has been an awesome experience in learning more about law enforcement (directly related to the Executive Branch) and filling out a Career Related Learning Experience form (I believe you need to have 4 of these completed as a graduation requirement). I am looking forward to it! See you next class.
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