Day 41 (2nd Semester) - May 29, 2015

Today we:

(1) Covered We The People Lesson 38; and

(2) Finished the Media discussion and watched Marquise Walker & Journey's New Lead Singer.

Day 40 (2nd Semester) - May 27, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Turned in and discussed the Country Assignment;
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 37; and
(4) Started the Media discussion.

Day 39 (2nd Semester) - May 22, 2015

Today we:
(1) Finished and discussed 'Hotel Rwanda.'

Day 38 (2nd Semester) - May 20, 2015

Today we:
(1) Discussed Current Events;
(2) Went over the Amendments assignment given last time;
(3) Did an intro to the movie; and
(4) Started watching 'Hotel Rwanda.'

Day 37 (2nd Semester) - May 18, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 35;
(3) Took the Citizenship Test; and
(4) Watched Stossel - Border Patrol.

Day 36 (2nd Semester) - May 14, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered and discussed We The People Lesson 28; and
(3) Were given the Country Assignment (due Wednesday, May 27).

Day 35 (2nd Semester) - May 12, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Finished WTP Lesson 26 and PPT;
(3) Did WTP Lesson 27;
(4) Did the Voting Simulation; and
(5) Watched Stossel - Vote or Die.

Day 34 (2nd Semester) - May 8, 2015

Today we:
(1) Finished 'The Ernest Green Story'; and
(2) Talked about the movie.

Day 33 (2nd Semester) - May 6, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered part of WTP Lesson 26 and PPT; and
(3) Started watching 'The Ernest Green Story.'

Day 32 (2nd Semester) - May 4, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lessons 24 & 25 and PPTs; and
(3) Talked about sending off our Petition Letters.

Day 31 (2nd Semester) - April 30, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Read an article about the Supreme Court and them hearing arguments on same-sex marriage on April 28, 2015; and
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 23 and PPT.

Day 30 (2nd Semester) - April 28, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Went over the 2 worksheets from last time; and
(3) Discussed and turned in our Petition Letters.

Day 29 (2nd Semester) - April 24, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 34; and
(3) Were assigned 2 worksheets to do for next Tuesday, along with the Petition Letter.

Day 28 (2nd Semester) - April 22, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Had a reminder about the Petition Letter; and
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 33.

Day 27 (2nd Semester) - April 20, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 32; and
(3) Worked on Petition Letters.

Day 26 (2nd Semester) - April 16, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 31; and
(3) Started with our Petition ideas.

Day 25 (2nd Semester) - April 14, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Reviewed Freedom of Religion; and
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 30 and PPT (about freedom of speech and the press).

Day 24 (2nd Semester) - April 10, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Took a quiz on WTP 21 & 22;
(3) Went over the Criminal/Civil worksheet; and
(4) Covered WTP Lesson 29 and PPT.

Day 23 (2nd Semester) - April 8, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 21;
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 22;
(4) Did a Discussion Topic on the Death Penalty;
(5) Viewed and discussed the PPT slide on the death penalty; and
(6) Have Criminal or Civil worksheet to do for homework.

Day 22 (2nd Semester) - April 1, 2015

Today we:
(1) Discussed Current Events;
(2) Discussed 'The Blame Game' which students watched last time;
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 20; and
(4) Viewed and discussed the Political Parties PPT.

Day 21 (2nd Semester) - March 30, 2015

Today we:
(1) Watched 'The Blame Game' and took notes on it.

Day 20 (2nd Semester) - March 25, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Had a lesson on Federalism;
(3) Took a quiz on Federalism; and
(4) Heard a story.

Day 19 (2nd Semester) - March 23, 2015

Today we:
(1) Discussed Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 19; and
(3) Had a discussion on judging/not judging, and watched a clip from Britain's Got Talent.

Day 18 (2nd Semester) - March 19, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Did a discussion on healthcare in this country;
(3) Watched Stossel - Costs of 'Free' Healthcare; and
(4) Watched Stossel - Needy Seniors or Greedy Seniors?

Day 17 (2nd Semester) - March 17, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Took the Government Chart Quiz;
(3) Discussed and turned in the Constitution Scavenger Hunt; and
(4) Covered We The People Lesson 18.

Day 16 (2nd Semester) - March 13, 2015

Today we:
(1) Had a work day to do our Constitution Assignment.

Day 15 (2nd Semester) - March 11, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Went over the Government Chart on the board (Quiz Tuesday);
(3) Turned in the Service Project write-up; and
(4) Watched 'Inside North Korea.'

Day 14 (2nd Semester) - March 9, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 16;
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 17; and
(4) Assigned the Constitution Scavenger Hunt (due next Tuesday).

Day 13 (2nd Semester) - March 5, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 15; and
(3) Talked about Liberal vs. Conservative and did our self-assessment.

Day 12 (2nd Semester) - February 27, 2015

Today we:

(1) Talked about Current Events; and

(2) Covered We The People Lesson 14 and PPT.

Day 11 (2nd Semester) - February 25, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 13 and PPT;
(3) Talked about Oil Supplies in the world and viewed and discussed the Oil Supplies poster; and
(4) Watched Stossel - Oil Supplies.

Day 10 (2nd Semester) - February 23, 2015

Today we:
(1) Discussed Current Events;
(2) Finished watching 'A More Perfect Union'; and
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 12.

Day 9 (2nd Semester) - February 20, 2015

Today we:
(1) Discussed Current Events; and
(2) Watched 'A More Perfect Union' (26:00 - 1:24:44).

Day 8 (2nd Semester) - February 17, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 11 and PPT; and
(3) Started watching 'A More Perfect Union' and did movie ?s.

Day 7 (2nd Semester) - February 12, 2015

Today we;
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Read an article about a former member of ISIS and his experiences with the group;
(3) Took a quiz on WTP Lessons 1-9; and
(4) Covered We The People Lesson 10 and PPT.

Day 6 (2nd Semester) - February 10, 2015

Today we:
(1) Discussed Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 8 and PPT;
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 9 and PPT;
(4) Received the 'Make A Difference' service assignment - due March 11;
(5) Viewed and discussed the US Debt Clock; and
(6) Viewed and discussed 'How Much Is  A Trillion?'

Day 5 (2nd Semester) - February 6, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Watched Stossel - Minimum Wage (2012);
(3) Reviewed WTP Lesson 6 and PPT;
(4) Covered WTP Lesson 7 and PPT; and
(5) Watched Stossel - Immigration (2012).

Day 4 (2nd Semester) - February 4, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 4 and PPT;
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 5 and PPT;
(4) Discussed Capitalism and the Political Ideologies Poster;
(5) Discussed Nike and its beginnings;
(6) Watched Stossel - High Priced Fashion; and
(7) Watched Sneakerheads (VLC clip).
*For Homework, students are to complete We The People Lesson 6.

Day 3 (2nd Semester) - February 2, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 2 and PPT;
(3) Covered We The People Lesson 3 and PPT; and
(4) Heard a story.

Day 2 (2nd Semester) - January 29, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Turned in the Disclosure and 1-page bio;
(3) Were introduced to Mr. Schaber's website and blog; and
(4) Covered We The People Lesson 1 and PPT.

Day 1 (2nd Semester) - January 27, 2015

Today we:
(1) Had an introduction to Mr. Schaber;
(2) Talked briefly about what the class entails;
(3) Got the Disclosure for homework;
(4) Were assigned a 1-page bio for homework; and
(5) Viewed and discussed Earth City.

Day 45 - January 22, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Wrapped up the class; and
(3) Heard stories.

Day 44 - January 20, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events; and
(2) Heard stories.

Day 43 - January 15, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Wrote Thank You notes to teachers; and
(3) Heard a story.

Day 42 - January 13, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Did the Supreme Court assignment in groups; and
(3) Presented the Supreme Court assignment.

Day 41 - January 9, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Finished watching 'Hotel Rwanda' (1:00:00 - end); and
(3) Talked about the movie.

Day 40 - January 7, 2015

Today we:
(1) Discussed and turned in the Country Assignment;
(2) Did a short introduction for the movie 'Hotel Rwanda'; and
(3) Started watching the movie 'Hotel Rwanda' (0 - 1:00:00).

Day 39 - January 5, 2015

Today we:
(1) Talked about Current Events;
(2) Covered We The People Lesson 38 and PPT; and
(3) Watched 'Stossel - Middle Class.'