April 8-12

Monday:   [Note that today's class is for Unit 2 and will not be on Tomorrow's Unit 1 Test]

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. Aliens and Rights WS
7. DIGI

Tuesday:

1. Test - Unit 1
2. Notebooks Due

Wednesday:

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. First Amendment Cartoons
5. Did I Get It Questions

Thursday:

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/Clinton Cartoon
7. DIGI Questions

Friday:
First Amendment Station Activity

March 25 - 29

Monday:

1. Play 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. Enlightenment Theories/Philosophical Influences WS
6. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1. Journal – Some people say the United States is a “country made up of 50 countries”.  Why would they say that?
2. Important Documents Timeline Project

Wednesday:

1. DIGI Review
2. Discuss Important Documents
3. Finish Time line Projects
4. Road to the Constitution Primary Sources WS
5. Chap 2 Work

Thursday:

1. Journal – How did England’s “Constitution” affect our own?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on the Constitution
4. We The People
5. Constitution Scavenger Hunt
6. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Journal – What changes do you think need to be made to the Constitution?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Questions
4. Amending the Constitution
5. Vocab Review/Political Cartoon
6. DIGI Questions

Welome to Honors Government

Spring 2019 Honors Government has begun.

All of the class resources can be found via the links on the right.