Another photo of the White House, in Washington, D.C. Photo taken in 2011.
Dear class,
We continued our Executive Branch unit today in class. Here's what happened:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 1: I can demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between citizens and their governments.
Knowledge LT 3: I can demonstrate an understanding of how individuals and non-governmental institutions interact with each other and the government in shaping politics.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: "Congratulations (Clean)" by Post Malone. Selected for today because you made it to the end of the week!
AGENDA 4/20/18:
News Brief – Logan
CRLE Forms
Review Legislative Test
Executive Overview
The Presidency
News Brief: Logan had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about in class: FOXNews.com - Arizona teachers vote for statewide walkout. We talked about this story for a bit and other strikes by teachers across the United States recently. Cameron was selected to do the next news brief.
We also checked in about the weekend and what people are up to.
We also checked in about the weekend and what people are up to.
CRLE Forms: As a part of the guest speaker coming in last class, students should fill out a Career Related Learning Experience form (I believe you need to have 4 of these completed as a graduation requirement). This year, this need to be completed online, so please follow the links to do this. I gave a few minutes in class to do this.
Review Legislative Test: I passed back these scored tests from earlier this week, along with the Town Hall Review grades. We reviewed the test together and I talked about retakes (the best time would be during first or second period, first lunch, 7th period, or after school).
Executive Branch Overview: The next part of class was learning about the Executive Branch. Here are the answers to the sheet I passed out to start the unit:
Review Legislative Test: I passed back these scored tests from earlier this week, along with the Town Hall Review grades. We reviewed the test together and I talked about retakes (the best time would be during first or second period, first lunch, 7th period, or after school).
Executive Branch Overview: The next part of class was learning about the Executive Branch. Here are the answers to the sheet I passed out to start the unit:
As part of going through this, I explained that the 2016 Presidential Election was decided by the Electoral College, not the popular vote (Clinton got the most votes in the country, but still lost the election). We will look more into this soon.
The Presidency: Here is the reading that we ended class with. It is not homework to complete (unless you missed class), but be familiar with the basics, as a future test will be based on it!
The Presidency: Here is the reading that we ended class with. It is not homework to complete (unless you missed class), but be familiar with the basics, as a future test will be based on it!
These are the questions that go along with the reading:
I am fully aware that this was not the most interesting class as far as new content goes. I think it will be more engaging soon! Thanks for your hard work - see you next week!
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