April 9 - 13

Monday:

1. Journal – What changes do you think need to be made to the Constitution?
2. DIGI Questions
3. Amending the Constitution
4. Chap 3-3/3-4
5. Chap 4-3/4-4
6. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1. Test
2. Notebooks Due

Wednesday:

1. Journal – Are your freedoms restricted too much by the government?  Why or why not?
2. DIGI
3. Notes – Citizenship and Equal Justice
4. Live Free or Die (Stossel 2012)
5. Immigration (Stossel 2012)
6. Guided Reading 14-1/14-3
7. Guided reading 14-4/14-5
8. DIGI

Thursday:

1. Journal – Does the Government make it too easy to become an American citizen?  Why or why not?
2. Notes – Constitutional Freedoms
3. Free Speech (Stossel 2012)+
4. Cartoon/Guided Reading 13-1/13-3
5. Did I Get It Questions

Friday:
First Amendment Station Activity

March 26-30

Monday:
Money Project Due - Last Day of Econ

Tuesday:

1. Finish Strong Video
2. Journal – Why do you think there are Governments?
3. Discussion on how government is different/same as Economics
4. Notes on Government Basics
5. Worksheet on Chapter 1
6. Vocabulary Worksheet
7. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal – Some people say the United States is a “country made up of 50 countries”.  Why would they say that?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Review
4. Notes on the Constitution
5. We The People
6. Constitution Scavenger Hunt
7. Chap 3-2/Cartoon
8. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal – How did England’s “Constitution” affect our own?
2. Important Documents Timeline Project

Friday:

1. DIGI Review
2. Discuss Important Documents
3. Finish Time line Projects
4. Origins of the American Government
5. Chap 2 Work