Tuesday May 23rd, 2017

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

U.S. History

Tuesday-5/23/17:

  • Bell Work-) What are the statements contained in the primary source trying to show? 2.) What conclusions can you draw about the general feelings related to the accuracy of the Warren Commission’s findings? 3.) What is your opinion of the fact that there were multiple errors and omissions found by the National Academy of Sciences? How could this issue lead to speculation that there is more to the story than the government is telling the American people?
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Activity-Key Legislation to Create the Great Society-T2T Activity
    • with a timeline of 10 Key Great Society Programs
  • Study Guide-Chapter 20-The New Frontier and The Great Society
  • Daily Objective-
    • Content Objective:
      • SWD evaluation of the key pieces of legislation involved in creating LBJ’s Great Society programs by evaluating a primary source and breaking down the n text to create a timeline
      • SWD evaluation of the materials covered in JFK’s Great Frontier and LBJ’s Great Society through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
    • Language Objective:
      • Students will read, annotate and discuss the key pieces of legislation involved in creating LBJ’s Great Society programs by annotating a primary source using talk to the text strategy and creating a time line in student led groups
      • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in JFK’s Great Frontier and LBJ’s Great Society by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials: Activity-Key Legislation to Create the Great Society-T2T Activity with a timeline of 10 Key Great Society Programs and Study Guide-Chapter 20-The New Frontier and The Great Society

 

Activity-Key Legislation to Create the Great Society-T2T Activity with a timeline of 10 Key Great Society Programs 

Key Legislation to Create the Great Society-Article with Time Line Set Up

 

Study Guide-Chapter 20-The New Frontier and The Great Society

Chapter 20-Learning Target-Study Guide

The New Frontier and the Great Society

The Americans-Chapter 20-Section 1

The Americans-Chapter 20-Section 2

The Americans-Chapter 20-Section 3

 

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Government

Tuesday-5/23/17:

  • Bell Work-) According to this passage, what can you identify is Benjamin Franklin’s view on Bicameralism? 2.) What are some of the motives behind the reasons many states adopted unicameralism? 3.) Judge the value of Benjamin Franklin’s comment that a bicameral legislature is akin to “putting one horse before a cart and another behind it, both pulling opposite directions.” What was he trying to imply about the effectiveness of a bicameral legislature?
  • Attendance-While Class is Doing Bell Work
  • Article-Implied Powers of Congress: A Constitutional Controversy (April 14th, 2014)
    • SSR One Pager
  • Study Guide-Chapter 9-Interest Groups, Chapter 10-Congress and Chapter 11-The Power of Congress
  • Daily Objective-
    • Content Objective:
      • SWD analysis of the implied powers held by the United States government by examining a primary source and responding to an inquiry review sheet
      • SWD evaluation of the materials covering the roles of interest groups in politics, the roles and the functions of Congress along with the specific powers outlined within the Constitutional concepts of Expressed Powers, Implied Powers and Inherent Powers along with Congresses’ ability to taxing various ways through summarizing key information in a structured study guide
    • Language Objective:
      • Students will read and respond to an article pertaining to the implied powers held by the United States government by examining a primary source then filling our an SSR “One Pager”
      • Students will read, and write the key terms and important concepts covered in Chapter 6 and 7 by completing a structured inquiry based study guide

 

Supplemental Materials: Article-Implied Powers of Congress: A Constitutional Controversy (April 14th, 2014) w/SSR One Pager and Study Guide-Chapter 9-Interest Groups, Chapter 10-Congress and Chapter 11-The Power of Congress

 

Article-Implied Powers of Congress: A Constitutional Controversy (April 14th, 2014) w/SSR One Pager

Implied Powers of Congress-A Constitutional Controversy-SSR Article

Implied Powers of Congress-One Pager-Chapter 11-Section 3

SSR-Meta-Cognitive Log-Template

 

Study Guide-Chapter 9-Interest Groups, Chapter 10-Congress and Chapter 11-The Power of Congress

Chapter 9 10 and 11-Learning Target-Study Guide

Interest Groups-2016

Chapter 10-Congress-2016

Chapter 11-The Powers of Congress-2017

Chapter 9-10 and 11-Definitions

 

 

 

 

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