NOTE: There will be no blog recap for the 4/8 class because we had many students taking the Smarter Balanced test, so we had no new content. Have a great weekend! We will get back to the Executive Branch next class.
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 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 4/6/16:
News Brief – Kaale
Deputy Hallford
CRLE Forms
The Presidency
Homework: Read the blog. Smarter Balanced on Friday. Next news brief: Anna (on Tuesday).
News Brief: Kaale had the news brief today and selected this article to talk about in class: OregonLive.com - Wisconsin primary results: Bernie Sanders wins again, race turns to New York. We talked about this story and the election results from Wisconsin last night, as Sanders won for the Democrats and Cruz for the Republicans. We were a little pressed for time, but this was a good discussion, thank you!
I selected Anna 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:
I selected Anna 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: 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! We did not review this in class, because there were so many students in class that had not taken it.
The Presidency: As a blog extra, here is a 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: As a blog extra, here is a 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 8 or so, and will pick back up next class (after Smarter Balanced on Friday), then start the Executive Branch project, which involves selecting a cabinet department to research. See you on Friday!
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