Blog Archives

Unit III Forum - Presidential Approval (3.3)

10/31/2016

Guiding Thought Question: In your opinion is the current president a good or bad president? Explain your answer and also explain what makes a "good" president.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain the function of the different executive departments and be able to identify the executive department a particular law would be enforced by on their unit project.

0 Comments

Unit III - Issues in the Courts (3.2)

10/26/2016

0 Comments

Guiding Thought Question: Why is it helpful to have a unified law code that the entire country follows with a federal court system to oversee the system?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to describe the role the courts play in the federal and local governments and examine specific court cases that were influential in the formation of the country.

0 Comments

Unit III Forum - The Presidency (3.1)

10/24/2016

0 Comments

Today's Warm-Up Question: Based off what we have talked about why should this picture look different? Why?What is the artist trying to say with this picture?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the powers and responsibilities of the President by taking notes and answering fact based questions about it.

0 Comments

Unit II Forum - The Later Amendments

10/17/2016

0 Comments

Today's Warm-Up Question: Should the government be allowed to order companies, like apple, to allow access to personal cellphones for criminal investigations or not? Explain your answer.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about Amendments 11-27 by taking notes and answering questions about them on the coming unit test.

0 Comments

Unit II Forum - Unpacking the Bill of Rights (2.8)

10/12/2016

0 Comments

Today's Warm-Up Question: Do you believe it is alright to strip some groups of their rights, such as hate groups, in order to protect other citizen's freedom or morality? Explain your answer

Today's Learning Objective: Students will enhance their knowledge of the Bill of Rights by presenting their projects and taking notes on them.

0 Comments

Unit II Forum - The Bill of Rights (2.7)

10/10/2016

0 Comments

Today's Warm-Up Question: Should it be alright to change any of the rights contained in the bill of rights or are they so ingrained in American society that they should not be changed? Explain your answer using examples.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the Bill of Rights by completing a project and presenting about them.

0 Comments

Unit II Forum - Examining the Separation of Powers (2.6)

10/5/2016

0 Comments

Today's Warm-Up Question: Analyze the following quote and theorize what it means and how it connects to the ideas of an ideal government.
"People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people"
- Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the limitations on the government by taking notes and answering critical thinking questions about them.

0 Comments

Unit II Forum - Checks and Balances Project (2.5)

10/3/2016

0 Comments

Today's Warm-Up Question: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Explain your reasoning.

"The President is the most powerful person in the United States."

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to identify the different checks and balances that were placed on the three branches of government and be able to explain the checks in a presentation.

0 Comments

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.

US Government Class Forum

Archives

Categories