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Monday-11/11/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on your prior knowledge can you explain what is happening at the time this photo is taken? 2.) Show you level of understanding by explaining what the store owner meant when he wrote on the sign “Buy now and save money”? 3.) Do you agree with the actions taken in the 18th Amendment? Is prohibiting something that can be misused always the best method for fixing a problem?  
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Vocabulary Match-up Activity-Chapter 12-Politics of the Roaring Twenties  
• Presentation-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency
• Guided Notes-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering the major political changes that occurred in America during the 1920’s by manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD synthesis of the failures of the Harding administration during the 1920’s by compiling information on a student led guided outline
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to our unit covering the major political changes that occurred in America during the 1920’s through the use of a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the failures of the Harding administration during the 1920’s through identifying and listing key information in student led inquiry outlines

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency and Guided Notes-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency

 

Presentation-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency

 

Guided Notes-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency

 

Textbook PDF-Chapter 12-Section 2-The Harding Presidency

 

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Monday-11/11/19:

• Bell Work-1.) Based on the information contained in the primary source when was the 26th Amendment to the Constitution ratified? 2.) Imagine you were a reporter working for the Detroit Free Press and you were granted an interview with President Nixon. What are two or three questions that you would you ask the President regarding the ratification of the 26th Amendment? 3.) What is your opinion regarding the passage of the 26th Amendment? *Discuss whether you feel the voting age should have remained at twenty-one like in the late 1960’s or if you think the decision to lower the voting age to eighteen was the right decision.
• Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
• Video Clip-What Are Super PACs? (3:29 min)
• Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections
• SSR Article- How Small Money Can Matter Again in Politics-2018
  • w/One Pager Reflection Sheet
• Notes-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections
• Study Guide-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD analysis of the various sources of campaign funding and the issues raised by campaign spending by interacting in a short presentation and completing structured guided notes
  • SWD evaluation of the materials covering the role of voters and how the election process in America is organized through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and record information pertaining to the various sources of campaign funding and the issues raised by campaign spending through listening to a short lecture and creating student centered guided notes
  • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covering the role of voters and how the election process in America is organized by completing a structured inquiry-based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials: Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections, Notes-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections and Study Guide-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

Presentation-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections

 

Notes-Chapter 7-Section 3-Money and Elections

 

Textbook PDF-Chapter 7-The Electoral Process

 

Study Guide-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

Vocabulary-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

Power Points-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

Chapter 6-Power Points

 

Chapter 7-Power Points

 

Test Materials-Chapter 6 and Chapter 7-Learning Target 3 and 4 Resources  

 

Textbook PDF’s-Chapter 6-Voters and Voter Behavior and Chapter 7-The Election Process  

 

*Test will be this Wednesday November 13th, 2019