Weekly Assignments
LAST Week of School
Debate project
http://www.procon.org/
http://debates.juggle.com/
http://idebate.org/view/top_100_debates
Week of April 25
M: Obama Imperial Presidency editorial due
Week of April 18:
M: Read Imperial Presidency readings -- see assignment
T: Imperial Presidency debate -- see assignment
Th: Test Presidency and Bureaucracy
F: get Constitution Test material; discuss AP exam; intro Judicial Branch
Week of April 11:
M: completed AP multiple choice exam due
T: Know your Presidents quiz
Week of April 4 (return from Spring break)
M: begin Executive Branch
T
W: Socratic Seminar "Obama Revealed"
F: 50 vocab Executive Branch/ Bureaucracy
Week of 3/21
M: Judge Garland confirmation hearing
Week of 3/14
Th 40 vocabulary on Congress Due / Congress quiz
Last day for test corrections
Th/ F Media Center Beginners Guide to Supreme Court nominations
Week of 3/7
M
T: Federalist 51
W Socratic Seminar - "The Case for Congress" Link to Vox slides on Congress
Th (early release) Quiz
F: Gerrymandering Link to Illinois map amendment effort
Week of 2/29
T: Editorial due Assignment How to write an editorial
W: Socratic Seminar - More than Money
Th
F: TEST Ch 8 - 12
Week of 2/22:
M: Presentations day in classroom
T: Forum Discussion in the Media Center classroom
W
Th: Mass Media
F: Interest Groups
Week of 2/15:
T:
W: 40 Vocab due from Chapters 9 and 10 Chapter Guides (Political Participation and Political Parties)
Th - F Media Center 2016 Forum Assignment Check out the websites on the internet page.
Week of 2/8:
M: meet in Media Center. Pew assignment. Take Pew Political Typology Quiz
T: Pew presentations
W: Socratic Seminar - The Return of the Radical Right
Th: 20 Public Opinion vocab due/ Quiz
Week of 2/1
M: Ch 2 vocab cards due; Read Crystal Ball's "Iowa At Last Article" for background/ Start Ch 4 Political Culture
T: Political Culture, begin Federalism, Ch 3
W:Federalism, read article, Democratic Laboratories (not Socratic)
Th: 40 Ch 3 and 4 vocab due Lecture notes on federalism
F: TEST Ch 1, 2, 3 and 4 Focus on Ch 2 and 3
Week of 1/25
M: Ch 1 Vocab cards due AND Quiz Ch 1
T:
W: visitor Doug Johnson DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder
Th
F: Socratic Seminar -- Federalist #10
Week of 1/18:
M: MLK Day
T: welcome, book, syllabus
W: intro to the Big XII
Th: notes
F: Socratic Seminar -- American Political Tradition
Debate project
http://www.procon.org/
http://debates.juggle.com/
http://idebate.org/view/top_100_debates
Week of April 25
M: Obama Imperial Presidency editorial due
Week of April 18:
M: Read Imperial Presidency readings -- see assignment
T: Imperial Presidency debate -- see assignment
Th: Test Presidency and Bureaucracy
F: get Constitution Test material; discuss AP exam; intro Judicial Branch
Week of April 11:
M: completed AP multiple choice exam due
T: Know your Presidents quiz
Week of April 4 (return from Spring break)
M: begin Executive Branch
T
W: Socratic Seminar "Obama Revealed"
F: 50 vocab Executive Branch/ Bureaucracy
Week of 3/21
M: Judge Garland confirmation hearing
Week of 3/14
Th 40 vocabulary on Congress Due / Congress quiz
Last day for test corrections
Th/ F Media Center Beginners Guide to Supreme Court nominations
Week of 3/7
M
T: Federalist 51
W Socratic Seminar - "The Case for Congress" Link to Vox slides on Congress
Th (early release) Quiz
F: Gerrymandering Link to Illinois map amendment effort
Week of 2/29
T: Editorial due Assignment How to write an editorial
W: Socratic Seminar - More than Money
Th
F: TEST Ch 8 - 12
Week of 2/22:
M: Presentations day in classroom
T: Forum Discussion in the Media Center classroom
W
Th: Mass Media
F: Interest Groups
Week of 2/15:
T:
W: 40 Vocab due from Chapters 9 and 10 Chapter Guides (Political Participation and Political Parties)
Th - F Media Center 2016 Forum Assignment Check out the websites on the internet page.
Week of 2/8:
M: meet in Media Center. Pew assignment. Take Pew Political Typology Quiz
T: Pew presentations
W: Socratic Seminar - The Return of the Radical Right
Th: 20 Public Opinion vocab due/ Quiz
Week of 2/1
M: Ch 2 vocab cards due; Read Crystal Ball's "Iowa At Last Article" for background/ Start Ch 4 Political Culture
T: Political Culture, begin Federalism, Ch 3
W:Federalism, read article, Democratic Laboratories (not Socratic)
Th: 40 Ch 3 and 4 vocab due Lecture notes on federalism
F: TEST Ch 1, 2, 3 and 4 Focus on Ch 2 and 3
Week of 1/25
M: Ch 1 Vocab cards due AND Quiz Ch 1
T:
W: visitor Doug Johnson DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder
Th
F: Socratic Seminar -- Federalist #10
Week of 1/18:
M: MLK Day
T: welcome, book, syllabus
W: intro to the Big XII
Th: notes
F: Socratic Seminar -- American Political Tradition