Today's objectives:
By the end of today's lesson, students will be able to find recent federal and state laws and court cases related to their focal issue and apply the information they've found to respond to the Part #2 of their graduation portfolio paper.
Agenda:
Work time to research and write Part #2 of the grad. portfolio paper.
HW: visual study guide due on Tuesday (9/14); Part #2 of the GP paper due on Thursday (9/16)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Some websites that might be helpful for GP #1, Part #2
http://www.procon.org
http://www.oyez.org (provides concise summaries of Supreme Court cases)
http://www.findlaw.com
http://www.uscis.gov/ (government immigration site)
http://lawbrain.com
http://www.oyez.org (provides concise summaries of Supreme Court cases)
http://www.findlaw.com
http://www.uscis.gov/ (government immigration site)
http://lawbrain.com
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Lesson 11: Friday, September 10th
Today's objectives:
By the end of today’s lesson, students will be able to explain how their focal issue (for Grad. Portfolio Task #1) is a contemporary crisis in federalism using examples of recent legislation and court cases as evidence.
Agenda:
Students will have 60 minutes to collect evidence from relevant websites and begin framing their arguments.
HW: GP #1, Part #1 is due at the beginning of class on Monday. I will not be able to print it for you, so you must print it out before my class. Papers should be 1 to 1.5 pages in length. Please adhere to standard formatting conventions (1” margins, 12 pt. Times New Roman font).
By the end of today’s lesson, students will be able to explain how their focal issue (for Grad. Portfolio Task #1) is a contemporary crisis in federalism using examples of recent legislation and court cases as evidence.
Agenda:
Students will have 60 minutes to collect evidence from relevant websites and begin framing their arguments.
HW: GP #1, Part #1 is due at the beginning of class on Monday. I will not be able to print it for you, so you must print it out before my class. Papers should be 1 to 1.5 pages in length. Please adhere to standard formatting conventions (1” margins, 12 pt. Times New Roman font).
Lesson 10: Thursday, September 9th
Today's objectives:
By the end of today’s lesson, students will be able to apply their knowledge of constitutional principles to respond to Grad. Portfolio Task #1, Part #1. Students will also begin to synthesize the governmental concepts presented in Chapters 1-3 of the textbook in preparation for the unit exam.
Agenda:
1. research/writing time in research groups
2. students work on visual study guide in research groups
HW: GP #1, Part #1 is due at the beginning of class on Monday. I will not be able to print it for you, so you must print it out before my class. Papers should be 1 to 1.5 pages in length. Please adhere to standard formatting conventions (double-spaced, 1” margins, 12 pt. Times New Roman font).
By the end of today’s lesson, students will be able to apply their knowledge of constitutional principles to respond to Grad. Portfolio Task #1, Part #1. Students will also begin to synthesize the governmental concepts presented in Chapters 1-3 of the textbook in preparation for the unit exam.
Agenda:
1. research/writing time in research groups
2. students work on visual study guide in research groups
HW: GP #1, Part #1 is due at the beginning of class on Monday. I will not be able to print it for you, so you must print it out before my class. Papers should be 1 to 1.5 pages in length. Please adhere to standard formatting conventions (double-spaced, 1” margins, 12 pt. Times New Roman font).
Lesson 9: Tuesday, September 7th
Today's objectives:
By the end of today’s lesson, students will have applied their knowledge of constitutional principles to respond to Grad. Portfolio Task #1, Part #1.
Agenda:
1. Students work in research groups to mine founding documents for evidence
2. Intro to free-response questions – students practice responding to one question in small groups.
HW: continue researching for GP 1, Part 1
By the end of today’s lesson, students will have applied their knowledge of constitutional principles to respond to Grad. Portfolio Task #1, Part #1.
Agenda:
1. Students work in research groups to mine founding documents for evidence
2. Intro to free-response questions – students practice responding to one question in small groups.
HW: continue researching for GP 1, Part 1
Friday, September 3, 2010
Lesson 8: Friday, September 3rd
Today's objectivs:
By the end of today’s lesson, students will have analyzed Gonzales v. Raich as an example of the tension in our federalist system between states’ rights and federal powers. Students will also identify the main arguments presented in Federalist Paper #51 and select topics for the first graduation portfolio paper.
Agenda:
1. Debrief Gonzales v. Raich verdict and tie back to Federalism
2. Read selections from Fed #51 and answer questions in small groups
3. Intro to grad. portfolio paper: students choose Federalist topic to focus on (rank choices)
4. Vocab. cards assignment → good vs. bad vocab cards (w/ list of vocab terms to go with weekend reading HW)
HW: Create vocab cards for Chapter 3; answer the two additional questions listed below the vocab on the worksheet.
By the end of today’s lesson, students will have analyzed Gonzales v. Raich as an example of the tension in our federalist system between states’ rights and federal powers. Students will also identify the main arguments presented in Federalist Paper #51 and select topics for the first graduation portfolio paper.
Agenda:
1. Debrief Gonzales v. Raich verdict and tie back to Federalism
2. Read selections from Fed #51 and answer questions in small groups
3. Intro to grad. portfolio paper: students choose Federalist topic to focus on (rank choices)
4. Vocab. cards assignment → good vs. bad vocab cards (w/ list of vocab terms to go with weekend reading HW)
HW: Create vocab cards for Chapter 3; answer the two additional questions listed below the vocab on the worksheet.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Lesson 7: Thursday, September 2nd
Today's objectives:
By the end of today’s lesson, students will be demonstrate their understanding of basic constitutional principals, analyze the Youngstown case as an example of checks and balances, be able to explain federalism using Envision Schools as a model, and apply constitutional law to decide the verdict in Gonzales v. Raich.
1. Quiz: Ch. 2
2. Do-now: Think back to the court case we looked at yesterday (about whether it was okay for Pres. Hoover to take over the steel industry during the Korean War) – how does this court case provide an example of our system of checks and balances?
3. Introduction to Federalism
4. Check answers to Fed #10 comprehension questions
5. Small group discussions on Fed #10
HW: Write a body paragraph explaining how you think Gonzales v. Raich should be decided. Please support your ideas using evidence based on constitutional law.
By the end of today’s lesson, students will be demonstrate their understanding of basic constitutional principals, analyze the Youngstown case as an example of checks and balances, be able to explain federalism using Envision Schools as a model, and apply constitutional law to decide the verdict in Gonzales v. Raich.
1. Quiz: Ch. 2
2. Do-now: Think back to the court case we looked at yesterday (about whether it was okay for Pres. Hoover to take over the steel industry during the Korean War) – how does this court case provide an example of our system of checks and balances?
3. Introduction to Federalism
4. Check answers to Fed #10 comprehension questions
5. Small group discussions on Fed #10
HW: Write a body paragraph explaining how you think Gonzales v. Raich should be decided. Please support your ideas using evidence based on constitutional law.
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