The World War I Memorial Stonehenge replica in Goldendale, Washington, overlooking the Columbia River Gorge and Mt. Hood. Photo taken in 2015!
I enjoyed hearing about your new countries today in class, as we continued to look at the basics of how the United States government works and specifically, the Constitution. Here's what happened today:
Learning Targets:
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.
Soundtrack: "Power [Radio Edit]" by Kanye West. Selected for today because "no one man should have all that power" when it comes to government, which the Constitution made sure of!
AGENDA 2/28/17:
News Brief –
Create Nations
Share
The Constitution
Homework: Read the blog. Watch the President's speech to the joint session of Congress tonight (link to watch online)! Next news brief: Taylor.
News Brief: Mariah had the news brief today, but was not in class today, so I filled in and talked about the article she chose and emailed me in advance about: CNN.com - White House: Feds will step up marijuana law enforcement. We discussed this story for a bit and also checked in about what we were up to over the weekend, before moving on.
Taylor was selected for the next news brief.
Share Nations: Again, this was creating your own nation, which is a break away of some of the western states from the United States. In groups of 2 or 3, this was the assignment, which I had a few groups present in class:
I enjoyed listening to these presentations and hearing about your proposed ideas for what a new country should look like! Thank you for your effort on this.
The Constitution: Next, we tied the creation of a nation activity into the creation of our own United States Constitution by watching this Crash Course video:
Lots of similar themes as you were having to decide in the creation of your own country!
With that, I passed out this handout/worksheet, which looks at different aspects of what makes up the United States Constitution:
The Constitution: Next, we tied the creation of a nation activity into the creation of our own United States Constitution by watching this Crash Course video:
Lots of similar themes as you were having to decide in the creation of your own country!
With that, I passed out this handout/worksheet, which looks at different aspects of what makes up the United States Constitution:
We started this in class and will continue working on it next class. If you want to continue to work on completing this outside of class, here is a copy of the Constitution to look at.
Please keep this packet, as you will be using it to study for an upcoming test on the Constitution. See you later this week!
Please keep this packet, as you will be using it to study for an upcoming test on the Constitution. See you later this week!
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