Lesson Plans- Thursday, October 30

Today's Activities:

World History

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Luther v. Calvin Chart

3. Activity: Henry VIII Video Clip- Chart

4. Activity: Lecture- Henry VIII

5. Homework: Comparative Essay- The Reformation Across Europe

American Government:

1. Due: Political Party Ideology Essay

2. A-Set: Liberal v. Conservative Scenarios

3. Activity: Debate Video- Candidate Ideology Score Sheet

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Candidate Ideology

3. Discussion: Public Policy and Ideology- Fixing U.S. Problems

Lesson Plans- Wednesday, October 29

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: Martin Luther- 95 Theses

2. A-Set: Chalkboard Questions- Reformation

3. Activity: Lecture- Protestant Reformation

4. Homework: NONE

American Government

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Political Cartoons- Liberal v. Conservative

3. Activity: Party Ideology Research

4. Activity: Party Ideology Essay

5. Homework: Complete Party Ideology Essay (If Needed)

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: Essay- Obama v. McCain Ideology Essays

2. A-Set: Liberal v. Conservative- Obama/McCain

3. Activity: Student Debate On Presidential Candidates

4. Homework: NONE

Lesson Plans- Tuesday, October 28

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Chalkboard Questions- Martin Luther and the Reformation

3. Lecture: The Protestant Reformation

4. Activity: Martin Luther- The 95 Thesis

5. Homework: Complete "95 Thesis" Reading

American Government:

1. Due: T-Chart Liberal v. Conservative Ideology

2. A-Set: Political Cartoon Analysis

3. Activity: Liberal v. Conservative Ideology

4. Activity: Political Party Research Ideology

5. Homework: Continue Research

Dual Credit American Government

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Political Cartoon Analysis

3. Activity: Debate Part II

4. Homework: Candidate Ideology with Essays

Lesson Plans- Monday, October 27

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: C15 Part B Vocabulary

2. Activity: Lecture- The Protestant Reformation w/ PowerPoint

3. Homework: NONE

American Government:

1. Due: Political Ideology Quiz

2. Activity: Political Ideology- Quiz Discussion

3. Activity: Political Spectrum Lecture

4. Activity: Liberal v. Conservative Beliefs T-Chart

5. Homework: Complete T-Chart

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. Activity: Debate Video- The Candidates and the Political Spectrum

3. Homework: Candidate Writing- Where do they fall on the Spectrum- Based on Video Evidence.

Lesson Plans- Friday, October

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: Test Review

2. Activity: C15 Test Part A

3. Activity: C15S3 and 4 Vocabulary- The Protestant Reformation

4. Homework: Complete Vocabulary Assignment

American Government:

1. Due: C4 Test Review

2. Activity: C4 Test

3. Activity: Political Ideology "Quiz"

4. Homework: Complete Political Ideology "Quiz"

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: Political Party Ideology Activity

2. Activity: Political Party Ideology Presentation

3. Activity: Political Spectrum- Identifying Party Placement w/ Justification

4. Homework: NONE

Lesson Plans- Thursday, October 23

Today's Activities:

World History:

1. Due: "Renaissance Individual" Project

2. Activity: C15 Part I Test Review

3. NOTE: C15 Part I Test- FRIDAY

American Government:

1. Due: C4S3 SRQ 1-6

2. Activity: Discussion: Full Faith and Credit/ Privileges and Immunities Clause

3. Activity: TEST REVIEW- C4- TEST IS FRIDAY

4. HOMEWORK: Complete TEST REVIEW- TEST IS TOMORROW

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. Activity: Political Party Research and Placement- Party Ideology

3. Homework: Complete Above Activity

Lesson Plans- Wednesday, October 22

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: NONE

2. Activity: Continue Work on "Renaissance Individual" Project

3. NOTE: C15 Test Part I- FRIDAY

4. Homework: Complete Project

American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. Activity: Article IV- Constitutional Interpretation

3. Activity: C4S3 SRQ 1-6

4. Homework: Complete C4S3 SRQ 1-6

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: Political Socialization Reading w/ Questions

2. Activity: Political Socialization and You

3. Homework: NONE

Lesson Plans- Tuesday, October 21

Today's Activities:

World History:

1. Due: NONE

2. Activity: Research and Work Day- Renaissance Project

3. Homework: Continue work on Renaissance Project

4. NOTE: C15 TEST PART A ON FRIDAY!!!!

American Government:

1. Due: Hurricane Katrina and Federalism

2. Activity: Discussion- Federalism and the Hurricane Katrina Failure

3. Activity: Socratic Circle- Federalism- Good or Bad

4. Homework: NONE

5. NOTE: C4 TEST FRIDAY!!!

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: Political Ideology "Quiz"

2. Activity: Political Ideology Quiz- What does it mean?

3. Activity: Political Spectrum Lecture

4. Homework: Political Socialization Reading Assignment with Questions

Lesson Plans- Monday, October 20

Today's Activities:

World History:

1. Due: Renaissance Map Activity

2. A-Set: Renaissance Thinkers Questions

3. Activity: Introduce Renaissance Figure Project

4. Activity: Renaissance Figure Textbook Research

5. Homework: NONE

American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Chalkboard Questions- Cooperative Federalism

3. Activity: Federalism and Hurricane Katrina

4. Time Article- "System Failure" w/ Questions

5. Homework: Complete "System Failure" Reading and Questions

Dual Credit American Government

1. Due: Ideology Quiz

2. Activity: Political Ideology Quiz- What does it mean?

3. Activity: Liberals v. Conservatives- What do they believe?

4. Homework: Complete "Liberals v. Conservatives" Activity

REMINDER: PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING OF THIS WEEK!

Lesson Plans- Friday, October 17

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: "The Prince" Activity

2. A-Set: Renaissance Chalkboard Questions

3. Activity: Italian Renaissance Lecture

4. Homework: Renaissance Map Activity

American Government:

1. Due: Implied Powers Activity

2. A-Set: Legal or Not

3. Discussion: Implied Powers- Connections to the Constitution

4. Lecture: Cooperative Federalism

5. Assessment: Lecture Assessment Questions

Dual Credit American Government

1. Due: C9- Reading Assignment #1- Political Parties

2. A-Set: Legal or Not

3. Activity: Lecture- History, Development, and Functions of Political Parties

Lesson Plans- Thursday, October 16

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: The Courtier- Reading and Questions

2. A-Set: Chalkboard Questions- Renaissance Thinking

3. Activity: Lecture- Renaissance and Humanism in Europe (Thinkers, Artists, Etc...)

4. Activity: Machiavelli- "Advice for Leaders" Activity

5. Homework: C15S1 SRQ Pg. 443

American Government:

1. Due: McCulloch v. Maryland "You Make The Call" Activity

2. A-Set: McCulloch v. Maryland- Background Review

3. Activity: McCulloch v. Maryland- Decision Writing Activity

4. Activity: Implied Powers- Connections to the Constitution

5. Homework: Complete "Implied Powers- Connections to the Constitution"

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: Pro v. Con- Miranda v. Arizona Decision

2. A-Set: Legal or Not

3. Activity: "Fallout From Miranda"- Political Cartoon Activity

4. Homework: C9 Reading Assignment #1 255-263 (Define Political Parties, ID Functions of Political Parties; Timeline- History of the U.S. Party System)

Lesson Plans- Wednesday, October 15

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: C15 Vocab Assignment- The Renaissance

2. A-Set: Monty Python- "Bring Out Your Dead"- The Black Death

3. Activity: Lecture- Renaissance Ideas

4. Homework: Renaissance Reading- The Courtier- with questions- due Thursday

American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Chalkboard Assessment- The Powers of Government (Federalism)

3. Activity: Constitutional Source of Implied Powers- McCulloch v. Maryland Case Background Reading and Discussion

4. Activity: You Make the Call- Deciding McCulloch v. Maryland

5. Homework: Complete "You Make the Call" Activity

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: Miranda v. Arizona Background Questions

2. A-Set: Miranda v. Arizona Chalkboard Questions

3. Activity: Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court Decision with Analysis

4. Homework: Miranda and the Exclusionary Rule- Controversy over the Decision

Lesson Plans- Tuesday, October 14

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: Test Review- Chapter 6

2. Test: Chapter 6

3. Activity: World History Book- Chapter 15- Renaissance Vocabulary

4. Homework: Complete Vocabulary

American Government:

1. Due: Federal Powers Constitutional Classification Activity

2. Activity: Discussion- Federalism and Division of Powers

3. Activity: Essay- Contrasting State and National Powers- Evaluation.

4. Homework: NONE

American Government and Politics:

1. Due: Mapp v. Ohio- Decision (Exclusionary Rule)

2. Activity: Discussion- Mapp v. Ohio- Evaluation of the Exclusionary Rule

3. Activity: Miranda v. Arizona- Rights of the Accused (Case Background)

Lesson Plans- Monday, October 13

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: Regional Boundaries Map Activity

2. Activity: TEST REVIEW- CHAPTER 6

3. NOTE: TEST TOMORROW

American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Federalism

3. Activity: Lecture- Powers of Government

4. Homework: Complete Federalism Classification Activity

Dual Credit Government and Politics

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Introductory Scenarios- Probable Cause

3. Activity: Mapp v. Ohio- Background of S.C. Case

4. Homework: Mapp v. Ohio SC Decision

Lesson Plans- Friday, October 10

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: Vocab for Chapter 6

2. Activity: Regional Mapping and Creation

3. Homework: Complete Activity for Monday

4. NOTE: TEST WILL BE TUESDAY OCTOBER 14

American Government:

1. Due: Federalism Introductory Activity

2. Activity: Video with Discussion- The 27 Amendments- History and Importance

3. Homework: NONE

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: C4- Reading #2

2. Activity: 1st and 4th Amendment Scenarios

3. Assessment: 1st and 4th Amendment CFU Activity

4. Homework: Complete "Trial Rights and Rights of the Accused" Reading from Text

Lesson Plans- Thursday, October 9

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

American Government:

1. Activity: Diving Powers of Government- PART II

2. Essay Writing: Complete Essays #1 and #2

3. NOTE: ALL ACTIVITIES FROM WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ARE DUE AT THE END OF THE HOUR.

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Activity: Complete Case Studies on the 4th Amendment

2. Essay Writing: Complete Essay's on the 1st and 4th Amendment

3. Reading Assignment: 108- 119- I.D. Trial Rights and Rights of the Accused

Lesson Plans- Wednesday, October 8

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Primary Cities Activity

American Government:

1. Due: Test Review

2. Test- C3 The Constitution

3. Activity: C4- Federalism- Dividing Powers of Government- Handout w/ Reading

4. Reminder: BOOKS DUE THURSDAY

Dual Credit American Government and Politics:

1. Due: Texas v. Johnson

2. Lecture: 4th Amendment

3. Activity: 4th Amendment "Tests" Reading and Case Studies

Lesson Plans- Monday, October 6

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: C6 Vocabulary 4-Squares

2. A-Set: Political Cartoon- Capitalism v. Communism

3. Activity: Lecture- Capitalism v. Communism

4. Homework: Readings- Living with Capitalism/ Living with Communism

American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Amendment Chalkboard Questions

3. Activity: Lecture- Informal Amendment

4. Activity: Continue work on Children's Book Project

5. NOTE: TEST IS WEDNESDAY

Dual Credit American Government and Politics

1. Due: C4 Reading Assignment #1- 1st Amendment Chart

2. Activity- Discussion- The First Amendment- Protected v. Unprotected

3. Activity: Lecture- "3 Tests of the First Amendment"

4. Activity: Video- Texas v. Johnson

5. Homework: SC Decision- Texas v. Johnson

Lesson Plans- Thursday, October 2

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: Population Stage Activity

2. A-Set: Chalkboard Questions

3. Activity: TEST REVIEW- CHAPTER 5

4. Homework: STUDY FOR TEST ON FRIDAY

American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Chalkboard Questions- Amendment Process

3. Activity: Reading- Anti-Democratic Problems with the Amendment Process

4. Discussion: Fixing the System

5. Activity: Time to Work on "Children's Book"

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: Part 3- Federalism and Conflict Current Event Activity

2. A-Set: Conflict and Federalism Questions

3. Activity: C3 TEST REVIEW

4. Homework: C3 TEST TOMORROW- STUDY

Lesson Plans- Wednesday, October 1

Today's Activities:

World Geography:

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Borat- Cultural Divergence and Growth

3. Lecture: Stages of Population Growth

4. Activity: Population Stage Role Play

5. Homework: Complete Population Stage Role Play

American Government:

1. Due: NONE

2. A-Set: Chalkboard Questions- The Amendment Process

3. Activity: Introduce "27 Amendments Children's Book Project"

4. Activity: Work Time- Children's Book

Dual Credit American Government:

1. Due: Federalism and Conflict- Current Event (1st 2)

2. A-Set: Federalism Chalkboard Questions

3. Discussion: Conflict and Federalism- The U.S. Today

4. Activity: Federalism and Conflict- Part III