The flag of the United States, before the Holiday Bowl football game in 2008. Next week, we will have an interesting mock trial on saying the Pledge of Allegiance in class.
Hi everyone,
I really enjoyed the discussions and debates the mock trials brought up today, and I had the sense that most students did, too. Here's what happened 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 levels of U.S. government.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: "My Generation" by The Who. Selected for today because the mock trial cases had to do with your generation. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 12/2/16:
News Brief – Matthew
Finish Mock Trial Prep
Mock Trials
Debrief
Homework: Read the blog. Turn in any missing work! Next news brief: Jose.
News Brief: Matthew had the news brief today and talked about this story: NYTimes.com - James Mattis, Outspoken Retired Marine, Is Trump’s Choice as Defense Secretary. This continues with our look at how President-elect Trump is making decisions about his cabinet department, and what the people likely to be in charge are like.
Jose was assigned to do the next news brief.
Mock Trials: The majority of class was taken up by doing the mock trials for the three cases we had time for. We had a really excellent discussion on the issues: student speech, school segregation, and drug searches at school. Please complete the rest of your mock trial packet, if you did not in class! Here are the actual results of the cases, with audio of the arguments, if you are interested:
Jose was assigned to do the next news brief.
Mock Trials: The majority of class was taken up by doing the mock trials for the three cases we had time for. We had a really excellent discussion on the issues: student speech, school segregation, and drug searches at school. Please complete the rest of your mock trial packet, if you did not in class! Here are the actual results of the cases, with audio of the arguments, if you are interested:
We just barely finished with the first three cases within the class! Thank you for participating in this - I thought it was a pretty cool activity and I was glad to see students engaged in trying to answer these important legal questions.
Next class, we will finish case four and start wrapping up the Judicial Branch unit with an overview, then begin studying for the test. Have a great weekend!
Next class, we will finish case four and start wrapping up the Judicial Branch unit with an overview, then begin studying for the test. Have a great weekend!
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