The beach at Puerto Vallarta, on Christmas Eve, 2015.
Hello everyone,
We started our last major unit of the year today, on state and local government! Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 2: I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
Knowledge LT 6: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Knowledge LT 6: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: "Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own" by U2. Selected for today because we are nearing the end of the school year and I am hoping to give you support to finish the year strong!
AGENDA 5/24/18:
News Brief – Abby V.
Judicial Branch Test
Unit Overview
State and Local Government
Homework: Read the blog. Next news brief: James.
News Brief: Abby V. had the news brief today and selected an article about this story: OregonLive.com - Oregon attorney general issues ballot title for initiative to ban sales of assault weapons. This was a perfect article for today, as we start our state and local unit - the final unit of the year!
James was selected to do the next news brief.
Judicial Branch Test: As promised, 40 questions, multiple choice. will hope to get these grades get entered ASAP. Thank you for your effort on this!
Unit Overview: Today, we started our work with State and Local government unit (our last main one before the end of the semester). To begin, I had students do a simple fill-in-the-blank overview of the main concepts. The completed form is here:
Next class, we will start the final project of the year, on state and local government! See you then!
James was selected to do the next news brief.
Judicial Branch Test: As promised, 40 questions, multiple choice. will hope to get these grades get entered ASAP. Thank you for your effort on this!
Unit Overview: Today, we started our work with State and Local government unit (our last main one before the end of the semester). To begin, I had students do a simple fill-in-the-blank overview of the main concepts. The completed form is here:
This was meant as a general overview. We will get into some specifics in the coming days.
State and Local Government: For the next part of class, I passed out a reading with questions about our last major unit of the year, on state and local forms of government (also on Google Classroom):
We went through the most of the answers during class - keep this, as it will be helpful for understanding what is going on in our last unit of the year.
Next class, we will start the final project of the year, on state and local government! See you then!
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