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    May 16 Online Activity
     
     
    Fix The Budget Link to website
     
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    ***SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENT (2/07/18)***
     
    Finish the Activity we started at the end of class yesterday to relate the terms to the Survivor Activity

     

     
     
     
     
     
    Videos and Other Materials Needed for the Unit 4 Test
     
    PART 1 - How The News Has Changed
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    PART 2 - Fact Checking Campaign Ads
     
     
     
     
     
     
    PART 3 - The Use of Children in Ads
     
     
     
     
     
     
    PART 4 - Political Cartoons
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    DAILY LESSONS
     
    UNIT 6 - Basic Economic Concepts - Part 2
     
    Day 1 - November 30, 2015
    1. Go over unit 5 Test
    2. What is economics?
    3. Economic Goals
    4. Economic Systems
    5. Three Basic Economic Questions
     
    Day 2 - December 1, 2015
    1. Three Basic Economic Questions (continued)
    2. Mixed Economies
    3. Roles of the Individuals and Businesses
    4. Roles of the Government
     
    H/W - Finish Note Outline (last three roles of the government)
     
     
    DAY 3 - December 2, 2015
    1. Roles of the Government
    2. Article Analysis on the Roles of Government
    3. Partner activity - Article Summary about Roles of Government
     
    DAY 4 - December 3, 2015
    1. Finish Article Summary presentations
    2. Review material from unit to this point
    3. Forms of Business Organizations
     
    DAY 5 - December 4, 2015
    1. Finish Forms of Business Organization
    2. Famous companies that started out as partnerships
    3. How would you form your company?
     
    DAY 6 - December 7, 2015
    1. ONQ - Forms of Business Organization
    2. Corporations Obtaining Funding
    3. How can individuals use the money they don't spend?
     
    DAY 7 - December 8, 2015
    1. Why is Savings Important for Economic Growth
    2. Part 1 - Financial Adviser Simulation
    H/W Finish Columns 1-4 for homework
     
    DAY 8 - December 9, 2015
    1. Part 2 - Financial Adviser Simulation
    2. Demand, Quantity Demanded, Demand Schedules and Demand Curves
     
    Day 9 - December 10, 2015
    1. Review Demand, Quantity Demanded, Demand Schedules and Demand Curves
    2. Changes in QD vs. Changes in Demand
     
    Day 10 - December 11, 2015
    1. Demand in the Headlines
    2. Review Demand, QD and changes in both
     
    Day 11 - December 14, 2015
    1. Review Demand, QD and changes in both
    2. Supply, QUantity Supplied, Supply Schedules and Supply Curves
    3. Changes in QS vs. Changes in Supply
     
    DAY 12 - December 15, 2015
    1. Supply in the Headlines
    2. Equilibrium Shortages and Surpluses
     
    DAY 13 - December 16, 2015
    1. Review Equilibrium, Shortages and Surpluses
    2. Changes in Equilibrium
     
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    Unit 5 - Basic Economic Concepts- Part 1
     
    Day 1 - November 12, 2015
    1. Finish Core Writing Instruction
    2. How is economics involved in out lives
     
    Day 2 - November 13, 2015
    1. What is Economics
    2. Scarcity and the Factors of Production
     
    Day 3 - November 16, 2015
    1. The Factors of Production and building a house
     
    Day 4 - November 17, 2015
    1. Friday Night Lights - Trade Off Activity
    2. Trade-Offs and Opportunity Costs
    3. Review Activity
     
    NOVEMBER 18, 2015 - ROUGH DRAFT PEER EDITING DAY
     
    Day 5 - November 19, 2015
    1. Review Scarcity, Factors of Production, Trade-Offs, Opportunity Costs
    2. Capitalism, Competition and Incentives
     
     
     
     
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    November 5 - 11, 2015 -Core Assessment Work
     
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    UNIT 4 - Media and Public Opinion
     
    Day 1 - October 26, 2015
    1. Go over Unit 3 Test
    2. Review of the Course to this point
    3. Political Socialization
     
    Day 2 - October 27, 2015
    1. How has the media changed over the years?
    2. How does the media show bias?
    3. How can we tell who is and who isn't telling us the truth in the media?
     
    Day 3 - October 28, 2015
    1. Fact checking political ads
     
    Day 4 - October 29, 2015
    1. The use of children in political ads
     
    Day 5 - October 30, 2015
    1. Political Cartoons
     
    Day 6 - 8 - November 2-4, 2015
    Unit 4 Assessment
     
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    UNIT 3 - The Influencing of Politics
     
    Day 1 - October 9, 2015
    1. Current Event Presentations
    2. Go over Unit 2 Test
    3. Discuss and take notes on the full political spectrum
    4. Complete a political spectrum survey to determine individual positions
     
    Day 2 - October 12, 2015
    1. Discuss political spectrum survey
    2. Students will line up by numbers from their survey
    3. Conservatives vs. Liberals - Put the right statement on the right side
    4. Determine the stances of Democrats and Republicans from 2012 Party Platforms
     
    Day 3 - October 13, 2015
    1. Review the political spectrum
    2. Quiz on political spectrum
    3. Students create a political party and party platform
     
    DAY 4 - October 14 (Block 4) & 15 (Block 1), 2015
    1. Finish creating political parties and platforms
    2. Share party platforms with class to determine position on the spectrum
     
    DAY 5 - October 15 (Block 4) & 16 (Block 1)
    1. Current Event Presentations
    2. Online Activity - www.isidewith.com - Which candidate do you line up with
    3. Start textbook activity "Political Parties"
     
    H/W - Finish "Political Parties" if not completed in class
     
    DAY 6 - October 19, 2015
    1. Go over students answers to "Political Parties" and discuss the topics included
    2. Students read "How to Mend What Divides Us Politically" and discuss the main ideas of the article
     
    H/W - Answer questions based on the information in the article read in class
     
    DAY 7 - October 20, 2015
    1. Discuss answers to questions completed for homework
    2. Read an article about the NRA to open the discussion of interest groups
    3. Discuss and take notes on interest groups
     
    DAY 8 - October 21, 2015
    1. Funding of Interest Groups
    2. Interest Groups and the Candidates - A Simulation - Part 1
     
    DAY 9 - October 22, 2015
    1. Interest Groups and the Candidates - A Simulation - Part 2
    2. Debriefing of simulation
    3. Start Unit 3 Study Guide
     
    H/W Complete Unit 3 Study Guide
     
     Day 10 - October 23, 2015
    1. Review for Unit 3 Test
    2. Take Unit 3 Test
     
     
     
     
     
    Unit 2 - The US Constitution

    Day 1 - September 15, 2015
    1. Sign up with TCI for online textbooks
    2. History leading up to the US Constitution

    Day 2 - September 16, 2015
    1. Finish "History"
    2. US Constitution Overview - Part 1
    3. Go over Unit 1 Test

    Day 3 - September 17, 2015
    1. Where is it in the US Constitution?

    H/W - Finish Constitution Scenarios if necessary

    DAY 4 - September 18, 2015
    1. Review Constitution scenarios
    2. Presentation of Current Events
    3. Amending the Constitution
    4. Describing the Amendments

    DAY 5 - September 21, 2015
    1. Bill of Rights Scavenger Hunt
    2. Most Important Amendment Paragraph

    H/W - Complete paragraph outline started in class

    DAY 6 - September 22, 2015
    1. Write rough drafts of essay
    2. Peer edit a classmate's essay
    3. Write the final draft of your essay
    4. Start Legislative Branch Intro Questions

    DAY 7 - September 23, 2015
    1. Legislative Branch Intro Questions completed
    2. Go over questions as a class

    DAY 8 - September 24, 2015
    1. Current Event Presentations 
    2. The Powers of Congress
    3. How a Bill becomes a Law

    DAY 9 - September 28, 2015
    1. Review of Part 1 of Unit 2

    DAY 10 - September 29, 2015
    1. President of the United States
        -Pay and Benefits, Qualifications, Roles, Powers
     
    DAY 11 - September 30, 2015
    1. Primary Election Process
    2. Produce Primary Candidate Posters
     
    DAY 12 - October 1, 2015
    1. Present Primary Candidate Posters
    2. The Electoral College
     
    DAY 13 - October 2, 2015
    1. The Judicial Branch
    2. 9 Supreme Court Cases that every teen should know
     
    DAY 14 - October 5, 2015
    1. Discuss the 9 Supreme Court cases very teen should know
    2. Other landmark Supreme Court Cases
    3. Federalism
     
    DAY 15 - October 6, 2015
    1. Federalism and the powers of the state and national governments
    2. Federalism, Judicial Review and the Little Rock Nine
     
    DAY 16 - October 7, 2015
    Test Review Day
    H/W - Study for Unit 2 Test
     
    DAY 17 - October 8, 2015
    Unit 2 Test
     

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    Intro Day - August 31, 2015
    Syllabus
    Acknowledgement - Sign and Return

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    Unit 1 - Government Concepts
    Day 1 - September 1, 2015
    1. What is Democracy?
    2. What is Capitalism?
    3. Why study AGES?
    4. Caricatures of the U.S.
    H/W - Get Academic Integrity Acknowledgement Signed
     
    Day 2 - September 2, 2015
    1. Caricatures - Finish and Present
    2. Survival - A Simulation - Discuss key terms
     
    Day 3 - September 3, 2015
    1. Survival - A Simulation
     
    H/W - Finish Simulation follow up questions if not finished in class
     
    DAY 4 - September 4, 2015
    1. Discuss students generated lists of the purposes of government
    2. Discuss the Preamble to the US Constitution to list the purposes from that document
    3. Students used the textbook to explain the purposes and give examples
    4. Compare Preamble purposes to the students generated list
    5. Begin "Purposes Skits and Posters" 
     
    DAY 5 - September 8, 2015
    1. Complete "Purposes Skits and Posters"
    2. Present "Purposes Skits and Posters"
    3. Begin discussion of the "Roots of Democracy"
     
    DAY 6 - September 9, 2015
    1. Finish defining Roots of Democracy
    2. Connect early groups, documents and thinkers to Roots of Democracy
     
    H/W - Connect Roots of Democracy to the Declaration of Independence
     
    DAY 7 - September 10, 2015
    1. Go over homework - Connect Roots of Democracy to Declaration of Independence
    2. Complete and go over Unit Test Study Guide
     
    DAY 8 - September 11, 2015
    1. Review for Test
    2. Unit 1 Test
    3. Assign first round of current events