Share Creation of a Nation - Class Recap

The World War I Memorial Stonehenge replica in Goldendale, Washington, overlooking the Columbia River Gorge and Mt. Hood. Photo taken in 2015!

Hi everyone,

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. 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 9/27/17:
News Brief – Nina
Create Nations
Share
The Constitution

Homework: Read the blog. Invite your parents to Back to School Night tonight! Next news brief: Bara.

News Brief: Nina had the news brief today and chose this article to talk about: Newsweek.com - TRUMP IMPEACHMENT VOTE COULD HAPPEN NEXT WEEK IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S NFL PROTEST COMMENTS. We discussed this story for a bit (especially in terms of how a President gets impeached and removed from office, in terms of the actual procedure) and also checked in about what we were up to outside of class, before moving on.

I also talked about the protests during the national anthem over the weekend, and talked about student rights regarding the ability to protest at school and athletic events: EdWeek.org - Students Have a Right to Protest During National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance.

Bara volunteered to do 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: 

Google Drive - Creation of a Nation Assignment

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: We did not get to this, due to a lack of time with the condensed schedule today, but as a heads up in advance, this is what we will do on Friday.

Google Drive - Constitution and Bill of Rights Handout

If you want to start to work on completing this outside of class, here is a copy of the Constitution to look at.

See you later this week!