The United States Supreme Court building, in Washington, D.C. Photo taken in 2010.
Hi everyone,
Thanks for your focus today, as we took the Executive Branch test and then moved on to learning a bit about the Judicial Branch! Here's what happened today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different branches of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. Selected for today because of the Executive Branch test, and the possibility you were hoping for some divine intervention in doing well on it. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 4/21/16:
News Brief – Jordan N.
Executive Branch Test
Judicial Branch
10 Cases
Homework: Read the blog. Work on improving your grade, if possible! Next news brief: Caitie.
News Brief: Sophie had the news brief today and selected this story to bring in: CNN.com - UK issues travel warning about anti-LGBT laws in U.S. states. This was a really interesting look at how some of the state laws in our country are prompting other countries to issue warning to their citizens about travel to the United States.
I also showed the voter's guide for the upcoming primary election, which features my mom as a part of it! So cool to have a personal connection to government as I teach it, too. :-)
Caitie was selected to do the next news brief.
Executive Branch Test: I hope that you studied and did well on this! I will try to have the grades entered in soon. Thirty questions, multiple choice, then the political spectrum. Not too bad, I hope! Thanks, as always for your effort on this!
Judicial Branch: To start out our look at the judicial branch, I showed this video to the class:
I thought this was a good overview of the structure of the federal court system in the United States. Next, I led students through a fill in the blank overview of the judicial branch. Here it is again, if you want to go over it to study for the test:
10 Supreme Court Cases: After going over the introduction to the unit, I passed out this reading:
2) Describe the judge’s decision and explain their reasons why.
3) Do you agree or disagree with the judge’s decision? Explain your reasons why or why not.
I also showed the voter's guide for the upcoming primary election, which features my mom as a part of it! So cool to have a personal connection to government as I teach it, too. :-)
Caitie was selected to do the next news brief.
Executive Branch Test: I hope that you studied and did well on this! I will try to have the grades entered in soon. Thirty questions, multiple choice, then the political spectrum. Not too bad, I hope! Thanks, as always for your effort on this!
Judicial Branch: To start out our look at the judicial branch, I showed this video to the class:
I thought this was a good overview of the structure of the federal court system in the United States. Next, I led students through a fill in the blank overview of the judicial branch. Here it is again, if you want to go over it to study for the test:
10 Supreme Court Cases: After going over the introduction to the unit, I passed out this reading:
The rest of class was devoted to reading the cases, and following these directions: On a separate sheet of paper, read and write the answers to the following questions for a minimum of five out of the ten cases (I had one half of the room do the first five, and the other half do the second five).
1) What was the issue?2) Describe the judge’s decision and explain their reasons why.
3) Do you agree or disagree with the judge’s decision? Explain your reasons why or why not.
Next class, we will finish this, discuss, then move on to some more case studies.
Thanks! See you next time! Have a great weekend! :-)
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