April 30 - May 4

Monday:

1. Journal – Do the benefits of being President make it worthwhile?
2. Opener – Name the Presidents
3. Notes – The President
4. What if the Electoral College is Tied? (CGP Grey)
5. Worksheet – Guided Reading 8.1 and 8.2
6. Worksheet – Vocabulary and Source Reading
7. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1. Journal - Are the Constitutional requirements for being President strict enough?  Why or why not?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – The Cabinet
4. Worksheet – Guided Reading 8.3 and 8.4
5. Worksheet – Skill Reinforcement/Summary of Chap 8
6. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal – How important is the cabinet to the President?  Why?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Presidential Powers
4. Stossel Video on the President Running the Country
5. Worksheet – Guided Reading 9.2 and 9.3
6. Worksheet – Presidential Leadership
7. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal - Which of the President’s roles is most important?  Why?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Review
4. Notes – Judicial Branch
5. Amendment Test Review
6. Guided Reading 11-3/Chap 11 Summary
7. Vocab/Speech Chap. 11
8. DIGI

Friday:

1. Journal – Does the appeals process in our judicial system allow too many chances to win a case?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Supreme Court
4. Worksheet Guided Reading 12.2 & 12.3
5. Worksheet Supreme Court Decision Making
6. DIGI Questions

April 23-27

Monday:

1. Journal – What qualities do you want in a Congressman?
2. Notes – Congress
3. Gerrymandering Explained (CGP Grey)
4. Worksheet Vocab and Section 5-1
5. Worksheet Chap 5 Cartoon/Ch. 6 Vocab
6. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1. Journal – Are the qualifications for being a member of Congress tough enough?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – House and Senate
4. I’m Just a Bill
5. Worksheets: Guided Reading 5-2 & 5-3/Democracy in Action Word Search
6. Guided Reading 5.4 and 5.5
7. Organization of Congress Worksheet
8. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Vocab Quiz
2. Redistricting Game

Thursday:

1. Journal – Which branch of Congress is better? Why?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Congressional Powers
4. Guided Reading 6.1 and 6.2
5. Chapter 6 Summary/Reteaching

Friday:

1. Test on Unit 3
2. Notebooks Due

April 16 - 20

Monday:

1. Journal – How far do you think “Freedom of Speech” should go?  Should we be allowed to say anything?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Political Parties
4. Primary Elections Explained (CGP Grey)
5. Stossel Video on “Vote or Die” (Stossel 2010)
6. Political Parties Work
7. Worksheet: Cartoon/Clinton Biography
8. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

8. Journal - What benefit is there to officially joining a political party?
9. Voting Literacy Test
10. DIGI Review
11. Notes – Elections
12. How the Electoral College Works (CGP Grey)
13. Trouble With the Electoral College (CGP Grey)
14. Stossel Video on “Campaign Finance” (Stossel 2010)
15. Election Commercials
16. Worksheet on Elections and Voting
17. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal - How will you decide who to vote for?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Review
4. Notes on Interest Groups
5. Trade Restrictions and Crony Capitalism (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
6. CGP Grey videos on Electoral College
7. Worksheets on Chapter 18
8. Semester Project Instructions
9. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal - What interest group(s) would you be a member of? Why?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Mass Media and the Government
4. Chapter 19 Guided Reading
5. Review Crossword
6. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Test on Unit 2
2. Notebooks Due