Day 38 (December 20)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events; and
(2) Had a story.

Day 37 (December 18)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Completed We The People Lesson 27;
(3) Did the Voting Simulation; and
(4) Watched Stossel - "Vote or Die" (2010).

Day 36 (December 14)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events; and
(2) Finished the movie 'Remember the Titans' and discussed its Civil Rights implications.

Day 35 (December 12)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events; and
(2) Starting watching the movie 'Remember the Titans.'

Day 34 (December 10)

Today we:
(1) Had a guest speaker from the FBI.

Day 33 (December 6)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Finished watching 'The Ernest Green Story';
(3) Finished We The People Lesson 26; and
(4) Prepared Questions for the FBI guest.

Day 32 (December 4)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 25 and PPT;
(3) Started We The People Lesson 26 and PPT; and
(4) Started watching the movie "The Ernest Green Story."

Day 31 (November 30)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Corrected and turned in 'Interpreting the Bill of Rights' and 'The Right Stuff';
(3) Took the Bill of Rights quiz; and
(4) Covered We The People Lesson 24 and PPT.

Day 30 (November 28)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Went over the 'Criminal or Civil' worksheet;
(3) Turned in We The People Lessons 22 and 29-34 and the above mentioned worksheet;
(4) Assigned the worksheets 'Interpreting the Bill of Rights' and 'The Right Stuff';
(5) Covered We The People Lesson 23 and PPT; and
(6) Wrote a thank-you letter to a teacher or administrator who's helped us in some way.

Day 29 (November 26)

Today we:
(1) Did Current Events; and
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 34 and PPT.

Day 28 (November 19)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events; and
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 33 and PPT.

Day 27 (November 15)

Today we:
(1) Sent off our Petition Letters to the government/politicians; and
(2) Heard a story.

Day 26 (November 13)

Today we:
(1) Wrote letters of petition to politicians or government workers, addressing policies or issues we would like to see rectified; and
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 32.

Day 25 (November 9)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 31; and
(3) Did Discussion Topic #4 - Death Penalty (including Death Penalty in the States PPT).

Day 24 (November 7)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Discussed 2012 Election results; and
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 30 and PPT.

Day 23 (November 5)

Today we:

(1) Did Current Events;

(2) Did a student mock election for US President and Utah elections; and

(3) Completed We The People Lesson 29 and PPT.

Day 22 (October 31)

Today we:

(1) Did student Current Events;

(2) Did the Chart quiz;

(3) Completed We The People Lesson 22; and 

(4) Signed up for 2nd Quarter Current Events.

Day 21 (October 29)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Finished our Group Political Commercials; and
(3) Presented our Group Political Commercials.
Also, the quiz on the Government Chart will be next time.

Day 20 (October 25)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 21;
(3) Went to utah.gov and looked at voter registrationa and some of the candidates who are running for office in 2012; and
(4) Got into groups and each group chose 1 candidate, researched them, and started writing a 30-second commercial script for that candidate. It could be either a positive ad or a negative ad. We'll finish up and present them next time.

Day 19 (October 23)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Turned in the Constitutional Questions assignment;
(3) Went over We The People Lesson 20 and saw the Political Parties PPT;
(4) Looked at the US Debt Clock; and
(5) Watched a few political commercials from this year's candidates.

Day 18 (October 17)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Went over the Country Assignment;
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 19;
(4) Did Discussion Topic #3 - Eminent Domain; and
(5) Watched the Stossel clip - Private Roads.

Day 17 (October 15)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 18;
(3) Went over the House of Reps., Senate, President, & Supreme Court chart on the board;
(4) Assigned the Constitutional Card Sort Questions; and
(5) Turned in We The People Lessons 1-17.

Day 16 (October 11)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Completed We The People Lessons 16 & 17;
(3) Did Discussion Topic #2 - Should the government do more or less to censor what we're exposed to in the media?;
(4) Watched the YouTube clip about Marquise Walker; and
(5) Watched the YouTube clip "Journey's New Lead Singer."

Day 15 (October 9)

Today we:
(1) Finished watching the movie "Hotel Rwanda."

Day 14 (October 5)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Got the Country Assignment (due October 17); and
(3) Started watching the movie "Hotel Rwanda."

Day 13 (October 2)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lessons 14 & 15 and PPTs; and
(3) Watched 2 video clips about Heatlh Care.

Day 12 (September 28)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Went over We The People Lessons 12 & 13 and PPTs; and
(3) Did Discussion Topic #1 - 'Should the USA move to socialized health care?'

Day 11 (September 26)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current events;
(2) Completed We The People Lesson 11 and PPT; and
(3) Did the Liberal/Conservative discussion and student survey.

Day 10 (September 24)

Today we:
(1) Finished watching the movie 'A More Perfect Union.'

Day 9 (September 20)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Did We The People Chapters 8-10 and PPTs; and
(3) Started watching the movie 'A More Perfect Union.'

Day 8 (September 18)

Today we:
(1) Went to College Tour.

Day 7 (September 14)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Received our parent permission slip for the movie 'Hotel Rwanda';
(3) Received the service project assignment, due October 5; and
(4) Completed We The People Lessons 5 - 7 and PPTs.

Day 6 (September 12)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Completed Lesson 4 Study Guide and PPT;
(3) Discussed Capitalism - viewed and discussed the '2 Cow' poster and discussed Nike and its origins; and
(4) Viewed Stossel's 'High-Priced Fashion' video clip.

Day 5 (September 10)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events and discussed them;
(2) Reviewed Lesson 1 (John Locke, natural rights, social contract);
(3) Completed Lesson 2 Study Guide and PPT and discussed limited vs. unlimited governments; and
(4) Completed Lesson 3 Study Guide and PPT and discussed Classical Republicanism.

Day 4 (September 6)

Today we:
(1) Did student Current Events;
(2) Answered the following questions as a class - (a) What is the purpose of government?; (b) What makes a good government?; and (c) What should a government do for its people?;
(3) Completed Lesson 1 Study Guide and viewed the Lesson 1 PowerPoint; and
(4) Went over the 'Thinkers' PPT and filled out the corresponding worksheet.

Day 3 (September 4)

Today we:
(1) Watched the documentary 'The Blame Game.'

Day 2 (August 30)

Today we did the following:
(1) Turned in Disclosure and Student Intro Sheet;
(2) Completed the "How Much Do You Know About Government?" sheet;
(3) Checked out textbooks to students;
(4) Viewed and discussed the Earth City study;
(5) Signed up to do Current Events in class; and
(6) Were introduced to Mr. Schaber's website and blogs.

Day 1 (August 28)

WELCOME TO US GOVERNMENT CLASS!
Today Mr. Schaber did a personal introduction, and for homework we got:
(1) the Disclosure; and
(2) the Student Introduction Sheet questions.