APGOV Week #12 (October 28-Nov 1)

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:

Monday, October 28 -  Discussion Day and Formative Assessment over Ch.14

Tuesday, October 29 - Ch.4 Note Check, Interesting Question, Multiple Choice Question Development

Wednesday, October 30 - SCOTUS Case I-pad Activity

Thursday, October 31 - Selective Incorporation Lecture - Gitlow v. NY

Friday, November 1 - 1st Amendment - R.S.P.A.P.
SCOTUS Case Lecture (asterisk denotes discussion planned in class):

Marbury v. Madison

Reynolds v. U.S. - polygamy

Texas v. Johnson - flag burning

Brown v. Board of Topeka - We will learn about this more next week.

Gitlow v. New York - speech - first incorporated case

NY Times v. Sullivan - press

Roe V. Wade - privacy rights abortion

Gideon v. Wainwright - rights of the accused informa pauperis

Brandenburg v. Ohio - speech

Lee v. Weisman - prayer at graduation

Miranda v. Arizona - rights of the accused

Plessy v. Ferguson - We will learn about this more next week.

Morse v. Frederick - student speech

Griswold v. Connecticut - privacy rights

Engle v. Vitale - school prayer

Lemon v. Kurtzman - establishment clause test

Westside v. Mergens - establishment clause and free exercise

*Tinker v. Des Moines - student speech

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe - establishment clause

*Safford Unified School District v. Redding - student search and seizure

Schenck v. United States - speech

Snyder vs. Phelps- assembly

Lawrence v. Texas - privacy

Mapp v Ohio - Watch Video

*New Jersey v. T.L.O. - student search and seizure

HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES:
Monday, October 28 - Notes over Ch.4 due on Tuesday, October 29th.
Wednesday, October 30 - Watch video on Mapp v Ohio
Friday, November 1 - Notes over Ch.5 due on Monday, November 4th. 

RESOURCES:
 Ch.4 PPT Ch.5 PPT
Hippocampus Videos  on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

APGOV Week #10 (October 21-25)

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:
Monday, October 21st-No School

Tuesday, October 22nd-Test Return, Discussion Groups, Interesting Question, Annotation Check, Multiple Choice Question

Wednesday, October 23rd-Federalist #78 - Court Flow Chart Discussion and Correction - Original vs. Appellate Jurisdiction

Thursday, October 24th-Chief Justice John Roberts On the Origin, Nature, and Importance of the Supreme Court

Friday, October 25th-Judicial Interpretation-Judicial Activism, Loose and Strict Construction - Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia DVD.

*Discussion Day and Formative Assessment over Ch.14 on Monday with Mr. Keller. 
*Ch.4 Notes over Civil Liberties due on Tuesday, October 29th.

Homework Activities:

Monday, October 21st-Annotations (notes) are due.  Students will compile interesting questions and discuss multiple choice questions

Tuesday, October 22nd-Complete the Court Graphic Organizer.  You may have a hard time finding answers in your book on the special courts.  The rest of the answers will be found in the book.  Once you fill in the blanks.  Take a look at the court documents and see if you can figure out which courts are being shown in those documents.

RESOURCES: 

Chief Justice John Roberts on the Origin, Nature and Importance of the Supreme Court
Judicial Interpretation: Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer

Hippocampus Videos on the Legislative Branch

Ch.14 PPT

  

APGOV Week#9 (October 14-18)

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:

Monday, October 14 - Unit #2 Essay Test
Tuesday, October 15 - Unit #2 Multiple Choice Test
Wednesday, October 16 - School Testing Day - Ch.14 Reading and Notes
Thursday, October 17 - Ch.14 Reading and Notes
Friday, October 18 - No School

RESOURCES:
Ch.14 PPT
Hippocampus Videos on the Judiciary

HOMEWORK:
Ch.14 Notes Due on Monday, Oct.21

APGOV WEEK #8 (October 7-11)

RESOURCES:
Ch.13 PPT
Hippocampus Videos on the Bureaucracy

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:
Monday, October 7 - Hurricane Melissa Simulation Day 1-Organization of the Bureaucracy and Research
Tuesday, October 8 - Hurricane Melissa Simulation Day 2-Research Day

Wednesday, October 9 - Hurricane Melissa Simulation Day 3-Cabinet Meeting: MEMOS are DUE!

Thursday, October 10 - Hurricane Melissa Simulation Day 4-Speech Preperation

Friday, October 11 - Presidential Speech - Discussion Day

*UNIT II Test Scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, October 14 and 15
Pt.1 - Essay on Monday, October 14
Pt.2 - M.C. on Tuesday, October 15

TERMS and ESSAYS will be handed out in class on Wednesday, October 9th.