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