Week of 8/21
Monday | 8/21
- Begin Citizenship Unit
- Citizenship notes- What is a citizen? How do you become a citizen?
- Civics Performance Matters Pre-Test
- Performance Matters Pre-Test
- Citizenship Reading
- Naturalization scenarios
- Citizenship scenarios
- Responsibilities and Duties of Citizens Notes
Week of 8/29
Monday | 8/28
- Responsibilities/Duties Reading (Marking the text)
- Respon/Duties Chart (collaboration)
- Kahoot Review Game
- Citizenship Quiz
- Pick up Community Service project information sheet
- Who Rules? Reading on Forms of Government (Text marking/chunking)
- Who Rules Handout Parts B and C
- Review Quiz
- Intro to forms/systems of government
- Forms/systems of government notes
- Forms of government scenarios
- Who Rules? Scenarios
Week of 9/5
Monday 9/4
- Labor Day-No School
- Forms of Government Notes
- Who Rules? Scenarios
- Systems of Government reading
- Systems of Government notes
- No School
Week of 9/11
Monday 9/11
- No School
- Review for Quiz
- Forms/Systems Quiz
- Begin Colonial Influences
- *Community Service Brochure Due today*
- Colonial Influences
Week of 9/25
Monday 9/25
- Enlightenment Principles/Notes
- OPEN HOUSE 6:30-8:00
- Achieve 3000 article on the Constitution
- Enlightenment Reading on the Documents that influenced the Founding Fathers
- Yertle the Turtle
- Begin Enlightenment Document Chart Activity
- Finish Enlightenment Document Chart
- Quiz Review (Kahoot)
- Quiz on the Enlightenment (Thinkers and Documents) and Forms/Systems of Government
Week of 10/2
Monday 10/2
- Complete Colonial Influences Chart Activity
- Magna Carta Brainpop Clip
- Kahoot Quiz Review
- Colonial Influences Quiz
- Discuss Quiz
- Road to Revolution Vocabulary Notes
- Begin "Hey King!" Reading and Text marking
- Finish Reading/marking the text
- Road to Revolution Notes
- Cause/Effect sheet
Week of 10/9
Monday 10/10:
- No School Planning Day
- Colonial Concerns Event Timeline Activity
- Boston Massacre Engraving
- Complete CET Activity
- Brainpop Causes of the Revolution Activity
- Join or Die Political Cartoon
- DOI Format notes
- Break up Letter
Week of 10/16
Monday 10/16:
- Too Late to Apologize
- DOI Sorting Activity
- De-brief DOI Sorting Activity
- Achieve 3000 article "Big Changes in Bhutan"
- Translating Excerpts from the DOI Activity
- BrainPop clip on the Declaration
- Translating excerpts from the DOI de-brief
- Quiz Review
- Quiz on the Road to Revolution/Declaration of Independence
Week of 10/23
Monday 10/23
- Review DOI Quiz
- Begin Page one of Wanted: A Just Right Government reading and notes
- Mini-Quiz activity
- Continue Reading
- Notes on the Articles of Confederation and its weaknesses
- Articles of Confederation Weaknesses Analysis Activity
- Unity Day Presentation 2nd period
- De-brief Article Analysis activity
- Finish Wanted: Just Right Government Reading and reading notes
- Venn Diagram/Cause and Effect Activity
- Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Week of 11/7
Monday 11/6:
- Achieve 3000 Article and quiz review (substitute)
- Quiz on Articles of Confederation, Federalists/Anti-Federalists, Preamble (substitute)
- Constitution Scavenger Hunt (substitute)
- Achieve 3000 article (substitute)
- No School-
Week of 11/13
Monday 11/13:
- Principles of Govt. Notes
- Principles of Govt. Scenarios
- Principles picture analysis collaborative activity
- Anatomy of the Constitution text marking/reading
- Finish Anatomy of the Constitution text marking/reading
- Anatomy Notes
- Who's Got the Power Activity?
- Checks and Balances notes
Week of 11/27
Monday 11/27:
- Amending the Constitution Notes/Diagram
- Bill of Rights Notes (1st amendment)
- 1st amendment scenarios Gallery Walk
- 1st amendment court cases jigsaw activity
- First amendment court cases jigsaw debrief
- Current Event #6 due for 3rd/6th period
Week of 12/4/16
Monday 12/4:
- 1st amendment scenarios
- Bill of Rights
- Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, In re Gault court cases/notes
- Safeguarding our rights (eminent domain, civil disobedience, internment camps)
- Brief Kahoot Review
- Quiz on the Anatomy of the Constitution, Amendment Process, Bill of Rights, Court Cases (Tinker, Hazelwood)
Week of 12/11/17
Monday 12/11:
- Midterm review packet
- Midterm review packet
- Trashketball Review Game
- Half-Day
- 1st/2nd period: Midterm Performance Matters Exam
- Midterm Review packet due
- Half-Day
- 3rd/4th period: Midterm Performance Matters Exam
- Midterm Review packet due
- Half-Day
- 5th/6th period: Midterm Performance Matters Exam
- Midterm Review packet due
Enjoy your break! See you on Jan. 4th, 2018!
Week of 1/9/18
Monday 1/9:
- Congress in a Flash reading
- Venn Diagram Activity
- Powers Category matching activity
- Congressional Qualifications Scenarios
- Begin Help Wanted Ad Project (Chromebooks)
- Complete Help Wanted Ad Project (Chromebooks)
- Activity Day
- Federalism Reading
- Implied Powers Activity
- Begin notes on Committees, Law-making process (Test on Leg. Branch will be next week)
- Advanced: Current Event #1 due
Week of 1/15/18
Monday 1/15:
- No school-MLK Day
- Finish Lawmaking Process Notes
- How a Bill Becomes a Law SchoolHouse Rock
- Sorting out the Law Making Process
- Congress in a Flash
- Help the Historian
- Legislative Branch guided reading/fill in the blank
- Kahoot Review
- Quiz
- Achieve 3000
- Pep Rally (Activity Day Schedule)
Week of 1/22/18
Monday 1/22:
- Intro to Executive Branch
- Achieve 3000 (Sub)
- Congress in a Flash
Friday 1/26:
Week of 2/5/18
Monday 2/5:
- Executive Branch Part 1 Quiz
- Vocab Scavenger Hunt
- High School Expo (for 8th graders)
- Black History Month Stations/Twitter Profile Activity
- Intro to Foreign Policy Organizer
- Foreign Policy Scenarios
- Intro to Domestic Policy reading
- Domestic Policy scenarios
- Foreign or Domestic Policy? Examples
- Departments analysis: Foreign, Domestic or Both?
Monday 2/19:
- No School
- Complete International Conflict Activity
- International Organizations Reading Brief Notes
- Begin International Organizations Group Activity
- International Organizations Group Activity
- Debrief Activity
- Notes on Executive branch part II to wrap up before review
Monday 3/19:
- No School
- Review State/Federal Court System Diagram
- Notes on Cases and Sources/Types of Law
- Sources/Types of Law notes
- Trial process notes
- Scenarios (types of laws)
- Trial Process notes/finish
- Article headline activity
- Judicial Branch QUIZ