Rays of the sun streaming through the flag of the United States, over the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Picture taken in 2011.
Hi everyone,
Welcome back from your weekend! I am still looking forward to the week, of course. 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: “99 Problems (Clean)" by Jay Z. Selected for today because it discusses the various protections that the Bill of Rights offers. Lyrics (which are decidedly NOT clean, but Rap Genius does offer some interesting interpretations of what they mean) here.
AGENDA 10/9/17:
News Brief - Seraiah
Review Constitution Quiz
Gun Nation Debrief
Rights of the Accused
Homework: Read the blog! Keep reviewing the Bill of Rights for upcoming quiz (on Friday). Take the Political Spectrum test if you want. Next news brief: Alexis.
News Brief: Seraiah had the news brief today, but was not in class at the start, so I filled in and selected this story to talk about: CNN.com - The price tag for Pence's trip to Indianapolis. A very interesting story involving the anthem protests and taxpayer funded travel for government officials, as well!
Alexis was assigned to do the next news brief.
I also discussed Oregon's declaration of today as Indigenous People's Day. The slideshow I went through can be found here:
Hopefully this was informative and interesting to you!
Alexis was assigned to do the next news brief.
I also discussed Oregon's declaration of today as Indigenous People's Day. The slideshow I went through can be found here:
Hopefully this was informative and interesting to you!
Fourth Amendment: Because I want to get done with the Bill of Rights, today we looked through the details of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments. We continued going through a packet of individual U.S. Supreme Court cases that helped set the scope of the Fourth Amendment. That packet is here:
Pleading The Fifth: I showed this clip to introduce the Fifth Amendment (starting at 5:10 in to the video):
We finished the case on the last page today, which basically said that police can have time to get a search warrant while a suspect is waiting.
Pleading The Fifth: I showed this clip to introduce the Fifth Amendment (starting at 5:10 in to the video):
This led to another handout, going through the rights of the accused in the United States. I know it was a heavy day of handouts and readings, so I appreciate your focus and effort in looking at these together!
We went over the case studies and had some more good discussion about various student questions. See you next class! We will have some fun with Jeopardy!
Paul
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