Tuesday 11-24-15

Link to the History of Thanksgiving

Friday 11-13-15

We will continue to discuss political parties today.

Link to VoteMatch Quiz

Link to Politics for Dummies: Left & Right Video

Link to Mind Control in American Politics Video

Thursday 11-12-15

I will be out of class today attending a workshop.  Your assignments are as follows:

First you will be given an opportunity to complete the test from Tuesday.

Then you are to get a book and read Chapter 9 about Political Parties and complete the following:

Link to assignment for today.

Thursday 11-05-15

Studying American Legal Systems

Link to Role Play Activity

Wednesday 11-5-15

Today we are continuing our study of the Judicial Branch and the legal systems.

We will complete our discussion of the landmark Supreme Court Cases that we have been studying.

Mapp v. Ohio (Josh)
Baker v. Carr (Gavin)
Engel v. Vitale (Andrew)
Tinker v. Des Moines School District (Aleah)
Roe v. Wade (Gabby)
Texas v. Johnson (Brooke)
Cruzan v. Director of Missouri Dept of Health (Hannah)
Veronica School District v. Acton (Lauren)

Link to Writing Activity

Then we will move to Chapter 15 and discuss Legal Rights and Responsibilities

What are the Sources of our laws?

What are the different Types of Laws?

We will do a Roll Play Activity to understand laws.