1. Define and apply vocabulary
2. Develop a plan for research
3. Work in groups to develop common goals
4. Develop writing skills
5. Develop and implement study plans
6. Process and respond to various assessment tools

1. Students will identify the elected federal officials they would be able to vote for (President, Senate, House)
2. Students will identify the elected state officials they would be able to vote for (Governor, 1 state Senator, 3 Delegates)
3. Students will identify the elected county officials they would be able to vote for (County Executive, County Council members)
4. Students will identify the elected local officials they would be able to vote for (Mayor, city or town council)

Instructional Objectives -

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9/5, P2 - Introduction to Government;
Objective - Discover purpose and goals for the course
Objective - Develop understanding of  Assessment and Grading standards
Lecture/ Discussion - Federal state and local government
Activity - Worksheet for office holdes

9/6, P4 - Offices and office holders
Objective - SWU federal, state, county and local offices by identifying office holders
Activity - Worksheets
Activity - Introduce Sarah Leonard
Homework - Complete worksheets

9/7, - No class

9/8, P7 - Offices and office holders, confusing government issues
Objective - SWBAT describe offices and office holder
Objective - SW understand how the president is elected
Lecture/ Discussion -  How electoral votes are calculated
Discussion - Purposes, duties and limits on each culture
Homework - Identify an issue and determine level of government and person who would address the issue


9/11, P1 - 9/11 and Foreign Policy
Objective - SWU the levels of government involved in disasters
Warm up - Issues and levels of government
Activity - Discuss similarities and differences in government responses to 9/11 and Hurricane Harvey/ Irma
Question - Do you have your text yet??
Homework - One paragraph, what would you do if you lived in an apaertment, either by yourself or with roommates, and the city/ state governent recommended you evacuate? (10 participation points)

9/12,  P2 - Objective - SWBAT define the 5 duties of a Government
Warm Up - Review homework
Activity - List the four characteristics of the state (pg. 22 and 23)
Activity - Define the 5 duties of the government
Question - Which of the 5 duties are beinbg carried out in a disaster?
Homework - Define the Social Contract theory of government

9/13,  P4 - Objective - SWU the unitary, confederation and federal states of government
Warm Up - Review homework question
Lecture/ discussion - Ch. 1 Sec. 2, Define unitary/ parliamentary systems, confederation, and federal governments
Homework - Ch. 1 Sec. 2

9/14, No class

9/15, P7 - Objective - SWBAT define the characteristics of democracy in the USA
Warm Up - Develop chart in your notebooks of the branches and levels of American government
Lecture/ Discussion - Principles of American democracy
Activity - How court cases affect the princples of democracy
Homework - Complete chart, Ch. 1 Sec. 3
9/18, P1 - Objective - SW partcipate in Constitutional Government workshop
Warm Up - Intro to Socrative, question
Activity - Paraphrase answers to prompts and responses on pg. 62
Activity - Review questions pg. 64, verbal with partner
Homework - Review Ch. 1

9/19, P2 - Ch. 1 Assessment
Activity - Ch. 1 open book assessment

9/20, P4 - Objective - SW develop an overview of the philosophy behind the origins of the American government
Warm Up - Prior knowledge: Bicameral, Magna Carta, Petition of Right (re: taxes)
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 2 Sec. 1
Activity - defference between "proprietary" and "royal" colonies
Homework - Ch. 2 Sec. 1

9/21 - No class

9/22 - Ring Day

9/25, P1 - Objective - SW Understand the chain of events that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence
Warm Up - Review the Declaration
Lecture/ Discussio - Ch. 2 Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 2 Sec. 2

9/26, P2 - Objective - SW develop resons for the failure of the Articles of Confederation
Warm Up - Review state constitutions, pg. 89
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 2 Sec. 3
Activity - Issues under the articles
Homework - Ch. 2 Sec. 3

9/27, P4 - Objective - SW analyze events in the failure of the Articles and the opening of the Constitutional convention
Warm Up - Socrative, what was Shay's rebellion
Activity - Target of Opportunity, Primaries fostate and federal offices. Based on Alabama Republican primary 9/26
Lecture/ Discussion - Closed and open primaries, runoffs
Lecture/ Discussion - Reasons for failure of Articles, who was for and against the idea of a Constitution
Homework - Review Federalist Papers,  Anti-Federalist Papers, Other Documents

9/28, No class

9/29, P7 - SWBAT apply a timeline to the assembly of the Constitutional Convention
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 2 Sec. 4
Activity - Virginia and New Jersey plans
Homework - Ch. 2 Sec. 4



10/2, P1 - Objective - SWBAT define the first four articles of the Constitution
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - First four Articles of the Constitution
Homework - Review articles I - IV

10/3, P2 - Objective - SWBAT define the Bill of Rights and other Amendments
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 2 Sec. 5
Activity - Article 1 Sec. 8
Activity - The Bill of Rights
Homework - Ch. 2 Sec. 5

10/4, P4 - Objective - SWU the relationship between individual rights and the COnstitution
Warm Up - Schenk vs. The US, pg. 131
Activity - Group work, Pg. 134
Homework - Reviewing Ideas and Terms pg. 138

10/5, No class

10/6 - Teacher's In Service


10/9, P1 - Objective - Begin Constitution Outline
Activity - Constitution Outline

10/10, Complete Coonstitution Outline
Activity - Constitution Outline

10/11 - PSAT

10/12 - Objective - Complete outline and review sections of Ch. 3
Lecture/Discussion - Chap. 3 Sec. 1 and 2
Homework - Ch. 3 Sec. 1 and 2,

10/13 - No class


10/16, P1 - Objective - Ch. 2 review
Activity -  Ch. 2 and 3 Review
Homework - Complete review

10/17, P7 - Objective - Write essay and chart with comments
Activity - Write essay and develop chart at end of Ch. 2 and 3 Review

10/18, P4 - Test
Activity - Ch. 2/3 test

10/19, P2 - Objective - SW begin work on Bill of Rights project
Activity - Introduction to MUN/ Parli Pro
Activity - Develop a Constitutional Amendment Day 1
2 Essays due
Homework - Development along Guide

10/20, No class


10/23, P7 - Objective - Continue Bill of Rights Project
Activity - Develop a Constitutional Amendment
Guide - Proposed Amendments

10/24, No class

10/25, P4 - Objective - Continue Bill of Rights Project
Activity - Form working groups to write amendments

10/26, P1 - Objective - Continue Bill of Rights Project
Activity - Refine amendments,  Proposed Amendments

10/27, P2 - Objective - Complete Bill of Rights Project
Activity - Explain IB grading
Activity - Finalize Amendments
Activity - Begin presenting amendments
Homework - Refine amendments


10/30, No school

10/31, P7 - Objective - Present amendments according to Schedule
Activity - Follow committee protocol
Homework - Refine amendments

11/1, P4 - Objective - Present amendments
Activity - Conclude presenting amendments
Activity - Explain assessment, distribute essay assignments
Homework - Prepare for test

11/2 - No class

11/3 - Assessment
Activity - Assessment

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11/6, P1 - Objective - SWU the concept of Federalism and how it applies to the government of the US
Warm Up - Discuss what we know about Federalism
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 4 Sec. 1
Homework - Ch. 4 Sec. 1

11/7, P7 - Objective - SWU the application of federalism to today's issues
Warm Up - Go over Amendment vote
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 4 Sec. 3
Activity - Groups, pgs 237 to  243
Homework - Ch. 4 Sec. 3; Federalism and Hurricane Katrina 235 - 236

11/8, P4 - Objective - SW chart House committees
Warm Up _ Elections 2017
Activity - Develop chart of committees

11/9 - No class

11/10, Report Card Meetings


11/13, P1 - SW begin study of the Legislative branch
Warm Up - Awards for Constitutional Simulaton
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 5 Sec. 1
Homework - Ch. 5 Sec. 1

11/14, P7 - Objective - SWU structure of House committees
Activity - Groups find information on each House committee
Homework - Revew conmmittees

11/15, P4 - Objective - SWU structure of Senate committees
Activity - Groups find information on seclected Senate committees
Activity - Groups will find corresponding House and Senate committees (there are dofferences!)
Homework - Review committees

11/16, P2 - Objective  - SWU vocabulary of Congress
Warm UP - Complete Senate committees
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 5 Sec. 1 and 2, focus on definitions
Homework - Review vocabulary

11/17, No class


11/20, P1 - Objective - SWU concepts of legislature
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 5 Sec. 2
Homework - Review for quiz

11/21 - Objective - Assess congressional vocabulary and concepts
Activity - Quiz

Thanksgiving!


11/27, GrP1 - Legislative Branch Test
Assessment - Legislative branch

11/28, RP2 - Objective - SWU how a bill goes through Congress
Warm Up - Prior knowledge, what are differences we already know about?
Lecture/ Discussion - Flow chart, how a bill goes through the House and Senate
Assignments - House or Senate?
Homework - Complete chart

11/29,  GldP4 - Objective SWU how a bill goes through Congress 2
Activity - Students will begin posters

11/30, PP - No class

12/1, WP7 - Objective - SWU how a bill goes through Congress 3
Activity - Students will complete posters

12/4, GrP1 - Objective - Finish posters

12/5, WP7 - Objective - SW prepare to role play a Congressional committee
Activity - Lobbying company writes legislation
Activity - Prepare to simulate a House committee

12/6, GldP4 - Objective - SW prepare an actual law
Activity - Schedule
Activity Write ideas for laws

12/7, PP - No class

12/8, RP2 - Objective - SWBAT describe how outside organizations formulate laws
Activity - Develop lobbying organizations
Activity - Outline topics for laws

12/11, GrP1 - Objective - SWBAT describe how laws are presented to legislators
Activity - Refine laws according to standard form

12/12, WP7 - Objective - SWBAT describe how laws are presented to legislators II
Warm Up - Finish forming laws
Lecture/ Discussion - Identify and define committees, House
Activity - Decide which House committees will consider the laws
Homework - Finish committee selection

12/13, GldP4 -Objective - SWBAT describe Senate committees
Warm Up - Look at House committees
Lecture/ Discussion - Identify and define committees, Senate
Activity - Crossreference House and Senate committees
Activity - Decide which Senate committees will consider laws
Homework - Prepare role playing

12/14, PP - No class

12/15, RP2 - Objective - SW develop legislation in mock committees
Activity - Committees develop legislation

12/18, GrP1 - Objective - SW describe and review Executive duties
Warm Up - Review Executive duties
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 6 Sec. 1
Homework - Ch. 6 Sec. 1

12/19, PP - No class

12/20, RP2 - Objective - SWBAT describe Executive Powers
Warm Up - Review and categorize duties
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 6  Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 6 Sec. 2

Christmas Break!!

1/4,  SNOW!

1/5, WP7 - Objective - SWBAT Executive Staff and Cabinet
Warm Up - Review Cabinet and Staff
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 6 Sec. 3
Homework - Answer reading guide questions

1/8, GrP1 - Objective - SWU Executive Bureaucracy: Agencies and departments
Warm Up - Drill on duties of departments, complete Sec. 3
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 7 Sec. 1 and 2
Activity - Chart Independent Agencies, Government Corporations
Homework - Answer reading guide questions

1/9 - RP2 - Objective - SWBAT describe how government is financed
Warm Up - Prior knowledge
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 7 Sec. 3
Homework - Answer reading guide questions

1/10 - GldP4 - Executive branch quiz
Activity - Executive branch quiz

1/11 - PP - No class

1/12 - WP7 - Exam review

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