Looking down the National Mall, from the top of the Washington Monument. The United States Supreme Court building is behind and to the left of the Capitol Building. Photo taken in 2010.
Dear class,
We finished looking at the Supreme Court landmark cases today, then I passed out Mock Trial prep materials. 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 levels of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: "Duel of the Fates" from Star Wars. Selected for today because it was May the Fourth yesterday.
AGENDA 4/5/17:
News Brief – Ziggy/Tsering
Finish Landmark Cases
Mock Trial Prep
Work Time
Homework: Read the blog. Look at your grade and improve it, if possible! Next news brief: James.
News Brief: Ziggy and Tsering had the news brief today. Ziggy selected this article to talk about: NYTimes.com - Police Account Changes in Killing of Texas 15-Year-Old. Later in the day, it came out that the police officer was charged with murder.
Tsering chose an article about this story to talk about: NYTimes.com - The Trumpcare Disaster. I tried to give my analysis of what happened with the House of Representatives voting to approve the new healthcare bill, and my understanding of what is in it. Very interesting stuff! We will continue to monitor the progress of the bill as it next goes to the Senate.
James was assigned to do the next news brief.
Tsering chose an article about this story to talk about: NYTimes.com - The Trumpcare Disaster. I tried to give my analysis of what happened with the House of Representatives voting to approve the new healthcare bill, and my understanding of what is in it. Very interesting stuff! We will continue to monitor the progress of the bill as it next goes to the Senate.
James was assigned to do the next news brief.
Finish Landmark Cases: I skipped over this in the interest of time because I had to get to coaching tennis (my deep apologies for this). We will come back to it next class.
Mock Trial Prep: The rest of the class was devoted to preparing for mock trials, which we will do next class. This was a very complicated process to explain, but students in class got it, I think! If you missed class, you are going to need to come see me in person to get your case forms and the assignment sheet.
Be prepared to finish these (though we are likely to go hear Ethan's grandfather speak during Period 8), and then do the four mock trials! Have a great weekend! :-)
Mock Trial Prep: The rest of the class was devoted to preparing for mock trials, which we will do next class. This was a very complicated process to explain, but students in class got it, I think! If you missed class, you are going to need to come see me in person to get your case forms and the assignment sheet.
Be prepared to finish these (though we are likely to go hear Ethan's grandfather speak during Period 8), and then do the four mock trials! Have a great weekend! :-)
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