The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. FDR was named as one of the Presidents in Final Jeopardy today!
Dear class,
I had a lot of fun reviewing the Bill of Rights with you today! Please be studying the content for the quiz next class, along with the structure of the U.S. government. Here's the recap for the day:
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 branches of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: “American Pie" by Don McLean. Selected for today because we were talking more about American government, and this song famously contains lots of references to American culture. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 10/11/17:
News Brief - Alexis/Seraiah
Bill of Rights
Jeopardy Review
Crash Course
Homework: Read the blog! Keep reviewing the Bill of Rights for the quiz next class (be able to write down what each Amendment in the Bill of Rights is, and an example, as well as checks/balances/powers of the federal government). Next news brief: David.
News Brief: Alexis and Seraiah both had the news brief today. Seraiah selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - Bodycam footage shows Utah police shoot man as he runs away. We talked in class about ongoing questions of police brutality and also the use of video cameras to document events like this. I highly recommend reading the article to learn more about the actual case.
Alexis brought in an article about this story to talk about: CNBC.com - Trump's approval ratings drop in every state. With this, I showed a trendline from FiveThirtyEight.com about President Trump's approval/disapproval rating since the election. I talked about how polarized it seems like America is in terms of really liking or disliking the president, with not a lot of people in the middle.
David was selected for the next news brief.
Bill of Rights: To review the Bill of Rights (and in some cases, learn about for the first time, since we ran out of time last class), I had students write the summaries of the amendment titles from this website, as I then gave examples of how the amendments could be used today. You will need to do exactly this for next class!
Alexis brought in an article about this story to talk about: CNBC.com - Trump's approval ratings drop in every state. With this, I showed a trendline from FiveThirtyEight.com about President Trump's approval/disapproval rating since the election. I talked about how polarized it seems like America is in terms of really liking or disliking the president, with not a lot of people in the middle.
David was selected for the next news brief.
Bill of Rights: To review the Bill of Rights (and in some cases, learn about for the first time, since we ran out of time last class), I had students write the summaries of the amendment titles from this website, as I then gave examples of how the amendments could be used today. You will need to do exactly this for next class!
Jeopardy Review: I always really enjoy this, and today was no exception. I split the class into three groups, and then we played this version of PowerPoint Jeopardy to review the material we have learned so far in class:
This probably will be difficult to replicate on Google Drive, but you can at least see the questions to study from. Our big winners today were Group 3. We will do this later in the year, too!
Crash Course Rights: We did not get to this in class, so I might start next class with it for review before the quiz. See you then!
This probably will be difficult to replicate on Google Drive, but you can at least see the questions to study from. Our big winners today were Group 3. We will do this later in the year, too!
Crash Course Rights: We did not get to this in class, so I might start next class with it for review before the quiz. See you then!
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