The White House, in Washington, D.C., where the President (the head of the Executive Branch of the United States government) lives. Photo taken in 2011.
Hi everyone,
Today was the Legislative Branch test in class. Here's what happened today in class:
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: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. Selected for today because it was sort of a pump up song for the test! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 4/16/18:
News Brief –
Legislative Test
Town Hall
Executive Branch Overview
The Presidency
Questions for Deputy Haley
Homework: Read the blog. Next news brief: Dom.
News Brief: Abdu had the news brief today, but was not in class, so I filled in and selected an article about this story to talk about in class: CNN.com - The 70 must-see lines in James Comey's ABC interview. The former FBI director had a lot of harsh words for President Trump last night and in his book, so we talked about that for a bit. Abdu was selected to do the next news brief.
We also checked in about the weekend and what people were up to.
We also checked in about the weekend and what people were up to.
Legislative Test: I was generous in the lead up to this, as I went over basically the exact questions from the test and gave some study time before I passed it out. I should have grades for it available by next class (fingers crossed).
Town Hall: I really liked this! We had three candidates in front of the class (Jackson J, Abby K, and Lucas), representing their own views. Everyone else in the class was responsible for writing questions for the candidates in class, representing different non-governmental organizations and advocacy groups for some important issues in the country - education, jobs and the economy, immigration, the environment, healthcare. This hits LT3: I can demonstrate an understanding of how individuals and non-governmental institutions interact with each other and the government in shaping politics.
The three candidates talked about their own views on the issues, and then tried to think on their feet to answer questions from the various groups around the class.
Here was the assessment I used for LT3, after the Town Hall:
Town Hall: I really liked this! We had three candidates in front of the class (Jackson J, Abby K, and Lucas), representing their own views. Everyone else in the class was responsible for writing questions for the candidates in class, representing different non-governmental organizations and advocacy groups for some important issues in the country - education, jobs and the economy, immigration, the environment, healthcare. This hits LT3: I can demonstrate an understanding of how individuals and non-governmental institutions interact with each other and the government in shaping politics.
The three candidates talked about their own views on the issues, and then tried to think on their feet to answer questions from the various groups around the class.
Here was the assessment I used for LT3, after the Town Hall:
If you missed class today, please do your best to try and complete these questions using your own opinions and thoughts. Some students were not able to finish in class, so please get this in to me as soon as possible.
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:
Questions for Deputy Haley: At the end of class, we made some questions for Scott Haley, who is the officer here at Westview. Next class, Scott will come in and answer your questions, and talk about his experience with being the Student Support Officer here. In the past, this has been an awesome experience in learning more about law enforcement (directly related to the Executive Branch) and filling out a Career Related Learning Experience form (I believe you need to have 4 of these completed as a graduation requirement). I am looking forward to it! See you next class.
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