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Unit II Forum - Explaining Federalism (2.4)

9/28/2016

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Today's Warm-Up Question: How did the Framer's experiences as being part of the British Empire possibly influence their thinking in the formation of the United States Constitution? Explain your answer by making a connection to one of the Six Big Ideas of the Constitution. 

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the divisions of power in the federal system by reading an article and watching an informational video and answering critical thinking questions.
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Unit II Forum - The Six Big Ideas in the Constitution (2.3)

9/26/2016

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Today's Warm-Up Question: Summarize your response to the thought question in the Six Big Ideas Reflection Homework.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the applications of the Six Big Ideas in the Constitution by examining the document and completing a table of examples and engaging in a discussion about them. 
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Unit II Forum - Introducing the Six Big Ideas (2.2)

9/21/2016

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Today's Warm-Up Question: Theorize why the Constitution's framers might have intentionally left some parts of the Constitution vague, or left them out completely. 
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Today's Learning Objective:
Students will learn about the six big ideas of the United States Constitution by taking notes about them, which they will then participate in a guided class discussion about.
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Unit II Forum - Constitution Day (2.1)

9/19/2016

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Today's Warm-Up Question: ​Look up the fascinating facts about the constitution put out by Constitution Facts and find one fact that surprised you. Copy and paste the fact into your response and explain why it surprised you so much.

Today's Learning Objective: As an introduction to some of the basic principles of the United States Constitution students will engage in a number of factual based challenges. 

*Note - Constitution Day is actually September 17th
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Unit I Forum - American Identity (1.6)

9/12/2016

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Today's Warm-Up Question: ​After reading the article about the 11 American Identities do you agree or disagree with the authors theory about the distinctions and reasoning? Use specific examples from the text, or your own personal experience, to support your answer.

Today's Learning Objectives: Students will learn about the regional national identities that are present in the United States by reading an article and engaging in a Socratic style discussion. 

Students will learn about the Core American values by reading a summary of them and answer critical thinking questions about them.

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Unit I Forum - National Structure (1.5)

9/7/2016

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Today's Warm-Up Question: ​Given the ideas of the formation of the Constitution is it surprising that the founding fathers put a system into place that allowed for a free market economy? Explain your reasoning.

Today's Learning Objectives: Students will learn about the underlying principles of the American Governmental System by doing a vocabulary assignment/discussion about the core structures of the legal and economic systems.

Students will learn about the regional national identities that are present in the United States by reading an article and engaging in a Socratic style discussion. 
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    US Government Class Forum

    Welcome to the Forum! Here is where you will be answering your daily warm-up questions. Please do not enter your last name for privacy reasons, and you may use a nickname if you would like (Just make sure Mr. Tredinnick is aware of the nickname you are using). Write out thoughtful responses to the forums on the days they are assigned. If you miss a day please take it upon yourself to complete the Forum you missed. Each Forum has the targeted Learning Objective(s) there so you can see what the focus of the day's class will be.

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