Another Week in Government Heaven!

Here's the scoop:

Monday: Gold Day: Go over precedents of Powell vs. Alabama and Betts vs. Brady. Then read background on Gideon vs. Wainwright.

Tuesday: Red Day: HAND IN PAPERS!! HAND IN PAPERS!!! HAND IN PAPERS!!! Red Two will do background on Gideon v. Wainwright after discussion of precedents. Red Four will do Background AND precedents.

Wednesday: Gold Day: HAND IN PAPERS!! HAND IN PAPERS!!! Begin group study for mock trial simulation of Gideon v. Wainwright. Select positions: Attorney, Justice, Chief Justice, Bailiff, Janitor, journalist.

Thursday: Red Day: Current Events. See below for who has it. Same as Wednesday. Red Four: I will be gone for Scholar's Bowl in Wichita. You will be given instructions on how to select your position. Also you'll be given a website where you can listen to the oral arguments. More on you later. Vocabulary Quiz.

Friday: Gold Day: Current Events. Finish Group work on preparation for. Vocabulary Quiz.


Current Event assignments: Gold Two: Critter Long, Jon Cain, Adam Chancellor
Gold Three: Cale Moore, Brooke Crismas, Amanda Leighton
Red Two: Bryson Green, Aaron Frost, Vanessa Walker
Red Four: Ross King, Michael Turner, Ashley Coble.


Yo Mama Joke of the Day:

Yo Mama's so dumb, she tripped over the cordless phone!

January 23-27

Another great week is ahead of us!

Monday- Tuesday (1/23-1/24) RED-GOLD: Finish Granting Cert. Finish Notes over C18 S3. Handout worksheet on 6th Amendment. (Tuesday watch Alito Judiciary Vote if able)

Wednesday (1-25): RED: Quiz C18 S3. Handout readings over Gideon v. Wainwright. Assign roles for Mock Supreme Court Hearing. Begin Research. "Stare Decisis"

Thursday (1-26) GOLD: Quiz C18 S3. Handout readings over Gideon v. Wainwright. Assign roles for Mock Supreme Court Hearing. Begin Research for Mock Trial. "Stare Decisis" Current Events.

Friday (1-27) Red: Current Events. Vocabulary review game "Bingo."
Continue Research for Mock Trial.

Current Event Assignments for this week:

Gold Two: Chris Long, Jon Cain, Jacob Cain
Gold Three: Gary Holt, Zane Kellogg, Courtney Kitch
Red Two: Robbie Newcomb, Nikki McMahon, Amanda Sanders
Red Four: Gabby Moss, Eric Koons, Matt Napier

REMEMBER- PRESIDENTIAL RESEARCH PAPER ROUGH DRAFTS ARE DUE to DR. SNYDER on Thursday and Friday, then final papers due to me on Tuesday/Wednesday (1/31 and 2/1).


Joke of the Week:

How do you keep a moron in suspense?

CE Assignments

These people have Current Events for the next few days:

Thursday: Thomas Passwater, Ryan Chancellor, Dalton Morris, James Webb, Corbin Stanley

Monday 1/23: Daniel Clugston, Christine Longan, Patrick Leighton, Sam Saiz, Danielle Thompson McKenzie Hatfield

Wednesday 1/25: Michael McCormick, Tien Ho, Zach Crain, Vanessa Hart Kaylee Sandberg Addie Overman

Friday: 1/27: Emily Curry, Amanda Leighton, Jared Lloyd, Thomas Passwater, Ryan Chancellor

Current Events AND Government

Review the following articles (CE Class on your own paper, Govt. Class on your Blog.)

Golden Globes
Execution
Drought
KU Loses again (haha)


Finally (for Current Events class only): Find and provide links to 3 different articles involving execution and capital punishment and summarize those in no less than a four sentence paragraph each.

1/16 through 1/20 - Government Class

Okay campers!

Monday 1/16 Gold Day: Watch footage of Alito hearings. Political Cartoon. Begin Chapter 18 Section 3 Notes. How Well do you know your Supreme Court? Kentucky Fetus Case Worksheet.

Tuesday and Wednesday: 1/17-18: Review Kentucky Fetus Case worksheets and How Well Do You Know Your Supreme Court WS. Chapter 18 Section 3 Mini-Quiz over Marbury v. Madison. Finish C18 S3 Notes. Begin "Granting Cert." Exercise.

Thursday and Friday: 1/19-20. Current Events. Chapter 18 Section 3 Full Quiz. Finish "Granting Cert" exercise. Political Cartoon Reflection. Handout Gideon v. Wainwright case summaries.

Current Event Assignments:
Red Two: Bill Monson, Zach Norris, Aaron Frost.
Red Four: Vanessa Hart, Matt Napier, Jeremy Daniels.
Gold Two: Travis Griffit, Danielle Thompson, Zach Garner.
Gold Three: Cody Murdock, RJ Rossman, Gary Holt.

Remember, Presidential Research Papers are Due 1/31 for Red Day and 2/1 for Gold Day. Any late papers are automatically graded at 59%. No exceptions, excuses, or allowances will be made.

Joke of the day: (and timely, eh?)

When is a school paper not a school paper?
When it's turned into the teacher.

1/16 through 1/20 - Government Class

Okay campers!

Monday 1/16 Gold Day: Watch footage of Alito hearings. Political Cartoon. Begin Chapter 18 Section 3 Notes. How Well do you know your Supreme Court? Kentucky Fetus Case Worksheet.

Tuesday and Wednesday: 1/17-18: Review Kentucky Fetus Case worksheets and How Well Do You Know Your Supreme Court WS. Chapter 18 Section 3 Mini-Quiz over Marbury v. Madison. Finish C18 S3 Notes. Begin "Granting Cert." Exercise.

Thursday and Friday: 1/19-20. Current Events. Chapter 18 Section 3 Full Quiz. Finish "Granting Cert" exercise. Political Cartoon Reflection. Handout Gideon v. Wainwright case summaries.

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Red Two: Bill Monson, Zach Norris, Aaron Frost.
Red Four: Vanessa Hart, Matt Napier, Jeremy Daniels.
Gold Two: Travis Griffit, Danielle Thompson, Zach Garner.
Gold Three: Cody Murdock, RJ Rossman, Gary Holt.

Remember, Presidential Research Papers are Due 1/31 for Red Day and 2/1 for Gold Day. Any late papers are automatically graded at 59%. No exceptions, excuses, or allowances will be made.

Joke of the day: (and timely, eh?)

When is a school paper not a school paper?
When it's turned into the teacher.

Current Event Look Up 1/13

Find the following articles and write summaries on each of them:

Donner Party

Fred Savage

Execution

Alito's confirmation

Columbus Government Class

Current Events Assignment 1/11/06

Read the following articles and give a summary of each in NO LESS THAN FOUR SENTENCES.

Alito

Americans Split
Hunting Grizzlies

January 10-14, 2006

Let's Roll!

Monday, 1/10/06 (red): C18 S2 Quiz. Discuss C18 S2 Judicial Independence assignment. C18 S3 notes. 24 minute film over Supreme Court. "Justice Worthiness" assignment. 9 lucky students selected to do Supreme Court Justice Biographies.

Tuesday: Same as Monday. (gold)

Wednesday: Supreme Court Justice Quiz: (red) Names AND political leaning. Granting cert exercise. "How well do you know your Supreme Court?" worksheet. 9 presentations over the justices.

Thursday: Same as Wednesday. Plus Current events: This week: Gold two: Clifton, Erica, Richard. Gold three: Brooke, Michael Henson, Michael McCormick.

Friday: C18 S3 Quiz. Current Events: Red Two: (Justin, Bill, Kayleigh). Red Four: (Melody, Britany, Jaime.) Begin groundwork on Gideon v. Wainwright mock trial.

Remember! Presidential Papers due on 1/31 (red) and 2/1 (gold)!!!!!







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Current Events Assignment 1.5.06

Today we are going to take a look at what life is like in Iraq. Your group is responsible for creating a 10 minute presentation on a certain aspect of life in Iraq. Everyone in your group must participate in some way, and you are accountable for your contributions.

Here are the aspects of life that you may choose from:

Religion
Sports
Education
The arts

Whichever group wins gets first choice.

The presentation should include a photo essay or Powerpoint, or a demonstration of the events, clips from art shows, etc.

These are due on Monday. I will explain more in class.

Instructions for President Research Paper

Instructions for President Research Paper

First, pick a president. Each class will draw for numbers, and the lowest number gets to pick first.

Once you have selected a President, begin reading about his term in office. You must select his most important, defining moment/action as President.

This assignment is two-fold:

1. Write a three page research paper over your President’s Most Defining Moment. This paper must be:
a. Typed
b. Double Spaced
c. 12 point print
d. Must have 3 sources
i. One Encylopedia (online or print)
ii. One book source
iii. One Internet
e. Must have bibliography (MLA)
f. Must have at least 3 note cards.
g. Must have an outline
h. Must have Cover-page.
i. Must have rough draft.

All of this follows MLA format.

Dr. Snyder will be grading everything but the final paper itself. I will be grading the final paper AND the PowerPoint.

Your paper should discuss the historical causes for your President’s Defining Moment, what caused him to make the decisions he did, and the impact of that decision.

The PowerPoint must be minimum of 10 slides and should tell the story of your President’s Most Defining Moment. You will present your PowerPoint to the class in a short presentation about your moment.

This assignment is due on Jan 31 for red day, February 1 for Gold Day. Not everyone will be able to present that day obviously, but you will have to show me that you have it ready to present anyway. Whoever picked their president first will have to present first. I will keep a record of the order.

Late papers/presentations are automatically graded at 59% of their normal score.

Welcome Back!

I hope you all come back to school rested, reinvigorated, relaxed, and several other "R" words that escape my mind. We're going to jump quite a bit forward in the book, all the way to Chapter 18, which is a study of the Federal Court System. Appropriately enough, this chapter is called, "The Federal Court System." Who knew!

The reason we're skipping ahead is because we are going to start a series of in-depth discussions of the Bill of Rights and the struggles that we've overcome to gain and keep these rights. In doing so, we will be studying several Supreme Court Cases of major importance. Since the Supreme Court is the highest Federal Court in all the land, what a better place to start is there than Chapter 18?

Once we finish Chapter 18 and test over it, we will be skipping all around the book as we touch on several controversial issues (capital punishment, gun control, and...dare I say it....Abortion.) Use of the internet will become VITAL if you are to pass this course.

The new grade breakdown is as follows:

Portfolio: 5%
President Powerpoint and Paper: 5%
Quizzes: 15%
Internet/Blog topics: 10%
Tests: 10%
Participation: 10%
Homework: 10%
Senior Project: 25%
Final: 10%

Here is the schedule for the first week, plus big dates in the future:

Tuesday 1/3 and Wednesday 1/4: Begin Chapter 18 Section 1. Assignment: Learn the Supreme Court Justices. Here is a link to where you can find them. Please note that William Rehnquist recently passed away, and John Roberts took his place as Chief Justice.

Justices

Thursday 1/4 and Friday 1/5: Chapter 18 Section 1 Quiz. Notes over Chapter 18 Section 2. Current Events.

The due date for learning the Supreme Court Justices is Wednesday January 11 for Red Day and Thursday January 12 for Gold Day.

If you have any questions, email me at cfletcher@usd493.com.