Monday, October 29, 2012

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.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

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.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

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.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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.

Monday, October 15, 2012

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.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

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."

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Day 15 (October 9)

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

Monday, October 8, 2012

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."

Thursday, October 4, 2012

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.

Monday, October 1, 2012

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?'