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Hi everyone,
I really enjoyed the discussions and debates the the mock trials brought up today, and I had the sense that most students did, too. 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: "Differences" by Ginuwine. Selected for today because there were differences of opinion in terms of the mock trial outcomes.
AGENDA 12/5/17:
News Brief – Hunter/Jun
Mock Trials
The National Judiciary
Work Time
Homework: Read the blog. Get any late work in ASAP to improve your grade. Next news brief: Paul.
News Brief: Hunter had the news brief today and talked about this story: BBC.com - John Conyers announces retirement amid sex harassment claims. This is an important story which continues the look at how sexual harassment charges are having a dramatic impact in all areas of our society right now.
Jun also had a news brief, which was from this article: TIME.com - Supreme Court Allows Full Enforcement of President Trump's Travel Ban. We discussed this latest news and why it is not actually a full decision from the Supreme Court yet, as the travel ban has not been decided.
Paul was assigned to do the next news brief.
Mock Trials: We had a really excellent discussion on the issues: school segregation, drug searches at school, and saying the Pledge of Allegiance in class. Please complete the rest of your mock trial packet, if you did not in class! Here are the actual results of the cases, with audio of the arguments, if you are interested:
The National Judiciary: To help with understanding the process for how the Supreme Court takes and decides cases, please watch these two videos (we did not in class due to time):
Jun also had a news brief, which was from this article: TIME.com - Supreme Court Allows Full Enforcement of President Trump's Travel Ban. We discussed this latest news and why it is not actually a full decision from the Supreme Court yet, as the travel ban has not been decided.
Paul was assigned to do the next news brief.
Mock Trials: We had a really excellent discussion on the issues: school segregation, drug searches at school, and saying the Pledge of Allegiance in class. Please complete the rest of your mock trial packet, if you did not in class! Here are the actual results of the cases, with audio of the arguments, if you are interested:
We finished all the cases within the class! Thank you for participating in this - I thought it was a pretty cool activity and I was glad to see students engaged in trying to answer these important legal questions.
The National Judiciary: To help with understanding the process for how the Supreme Court takes and decides cases, please watch these two videos (we did not in class due to time):
These videos are pretty cheesy (and older), but do a good job of explaining what happens!
We then went through this in detail today - thoroughly reviewing the main concepts of the unit:
We then went through this in detail today - thoroughly reviewing the main concepts of the unit:
Please keep working on this! Sound good? Let me know if you have any questions I can answer! Thanks again for an enjoyable class this afternoon! :-)
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