American GovernmentSCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR 1

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Week One
Find seat, be familiar with seat, discussion about the importance of your seat
Introduction to class, Grade information, Rubrics, information for projects, gien to
students! "are and organi#ation for students$ notebooks, notebook personali#ed with
"rest! %earn te&tmarking 'Waiting for the World to "hange, e&ercise( and then take
that skill read)te&tmark, the article, the, *+ew Racism,, with partner! -ou will also
learn about different .leels$ of /uestions how to prepare for the ne&t class)0ocratic
0eminar 1 create deeper leel /uestions as a homework e&ercise for the ne&t class
Out the 2oor 3ctiity, .Whiparound$ 4 "ornell +otes5!!!
6ellwork7 .2on$t know much about 8istory 'or in this case, 3merican Goernment,(
e&ercise! 0ocratic 0eminar on the, *+ew Racism,, including ealuating each other$s
participation! 9hen you will take the same article and create a "ornell +ote for the
article! 9ogether with your partner, you will create higher 4 leel /uestions for your
"ornell +otes, utili#ing "osta$s -ou will be gien a :re19est for this class
6ellwork7 "omplete, .2on$t know ;uch 3bout 8istory$ e&ercise! -ou will be receiing
your 0tudent 8andbook! We will discuss the information assigned to our class with a
poetry e&ercise '"offee 8ouse!(
Week 9wo
6ellwork, begin the, *"elebrate 8istory,, specifically -O<R history, e&ercise with the
map in the back of the room! -ou will be gien the Rubric for creating a "oncept
2iagram and we will discuss how to do this, then we will create a "oncept 2iagrams
for both7 Goernment and the 0tate, in "hapter =, 0ection, with a .>igsaw e&ercise!
9hese 9hinking ;aps will help you to understand both what the concept of a
Goernment is 'and is not?( as well as what a 0tate is 'and is not( We also will reiew
how to create a "ornell +ote, and then create a "ornell +ote as we e&plore what
different types of goernments are '"hapter =, 0ection @!(
6ellwork7 "ontinue)conclude, *"elebrate 8istory,, e&ercise! 9he class will be diided
into two hales and groups will be creating storyboard's( to help e&plain the material
in "hapter @@, 0ection =! One of the storyboards will e&plain what the, *3ncient
Foundations, of what the ;odern 0tate of Goernments are and one will coer the,
*Rise of the 0oereign 0tate, of goernments! 3fterward, the class will hae time to
take the information from the book and the storyboards and create "ornell +otes
coering both concepts! -ou will be gien worksheets for the information from "hapter
@@, 0ection @, how reolutions, world1wide came from ideals like the Anlightened
Ideals! %astly, you will get information for the :hilosophical "hars7 Fascism s!
"ommunism
6ellwork7 0eat5 Final 3nswer! +otebook "heck! :hilosophical "hairs 4 Fascism !
"ommunism 8omework 4 2ouble 6ubble comparing similarities and differences
between Great 6ritain and ;e&ico '"hapter @@, 0ection B!(

Week 9hree
We will start with a worksheet regarding some important documents regarding
goernment in Angland, then you and your partner will create a map for each of O+A
of the =C colonies, each pair drawing the colony and the information regarding what
type of colony it was! -ou will post this and we will take a few moments to, .Gallery
Walk$! We then will rearrange the map)drawings to group like)similar colonies!!!
6ellwork7 +otebook "heck! "hapter @, 0ection @? Introducing the Anlightened
:hilosophers 'silent read(? 2eclaration of Independence e&ercise, including
te&tmarking and jigsaw
"hapter @, 0ection C7 9hinking map coering the difficulties of the time during the
3rticles of "onfederation 4 leading to the creation of the "onstitution
Week Four
"hapter @, 0ection B7 Worksheets)thinking maps 4 9he Dirginia :lan and the +ew
>ersey :lan 'Denn 2iagram?( and the "onstitutional "ompromise! 9hen we will be
diided up into E different groups, to research both from the book and the ;edia
"enter, the si& different main principles of the "onstitution! -ou will also be gien a
grading Rubric and I will discuss)demonstrate what you will hae to do and what each
member of your group will hae to do to prepare to present and teach your concept to
the rest of the class! -ou will create a "oncept 2iagram for your .concept$! We then
will return to class and you and your group members will be .teach$ your concept to
the rest of the class as they create their "oncept 2iagram from what you proide
We will conclude teaching the .lessons$ from the "onstitution! -ou and your partner
should be making additions to your bubble map with information as it is presented
-ou and your partner will create an, .3mendment$ poster, then the class will hae the
opportunity to, .gallery walk$ and iew the posters and will hae the opportunity to
gie feedback on your poster! 8omework is to create "ornell +otes that will include all
of the 6ill of Rights
Week Fie
6ellwork7 .Once <pon 3 9ime$ 'reiew of 6ill of Rights!( F<IG 4 "hapters =, @@, @, C
9hen Introduction and time to begin research and prepare for your +ewsroom
:resentation
Federalism '"hapter B, 0ection=( through completing a "oncept 2iagram, 98A+,
creating a "oncept 2iagram for the :rocess of 0tatehood, and a crossword pu##le for
Federalism and Grants '"hapter B, 0ection @(
6ellwork7 .Once <pon 3 9ime$ 'Reiew of 0tatehood)Federalism!( Return to ;edia
"enter for continued research, preparation for the +ewsroom :resentation
Week 0i&
6ellwork7 +otebook "heck! "hapter B, 0ection C, Interstate Relations, creation of a
"ornell +ote! 498A+1 0tudents will take the %ouisiana %iteracy 9est and discuss the
purpose for this test 8and out reading materials for our ne&t class '0uffrage(
Instructions will be gien, then students will hae time to read, te&tmark, etc
2iscussion)/uestions about reading information gien to students for upcoming
0ocratic 0eminar 1 then 1 "reating either a 0toryboard 'H 0tages of 0uffrage,( or a
:oster 'Doter Fualifications( with a partner, then utili#ing 3"3:0 to create
notes)information for you from all of the posters! We will conclude with a, *Gallery
Walk, to proide feedback to each of the artist on their creation's(
2iscussion)/uestions about reading information for upcoming 0ocratic 0eminar, time
for students to continue work on +ewsroom :resentation
Week 0een
"reating "ornell +otes for Doter Fualifications '"hapter E, 0ection @!( 4 then 4 last
opportunities for students to work together to prepare for +ewsroom :roject in class
0ocratic 0eminar, the Doting Issue! 4 then 4 Worksheets for finding and recording
information about Doter 6eharior's(
6egin +ewsroom :roject :resentations
Week Aight
"omplete +ewsroom :resentations 4 then 1 F<IG '"hapters B and E!( 0tudents will also
hae their notebook)binders ready for final presentation)grading
"ompleting Worksheets on the influences on public opinion '"hapter I, 0ection =!(
"reating a "oncept 2iagram on how to measure public opinion's( '"hapter I, 0ection
@,( 4then 4 gie students their .assignments$ for their .teaching$ assignment '"hapter
I, 0ection C!( 0tudents will hae time to create their "ornell +otes for their
assignment
0tudents will hae time to complete their, 0toryboard to accompany their "ornell
+otes for their teaching assignment on ;ass ;edia inolement in politics
Week +ine
0tudents will hae time to present and teach other students in the class, what their
assigned .task$ was from "hapter I, 0ection C 'the Roles of ;ass ;edia!( 3fter
presentations are complete, students will hae time to create their own "ornell +otes
from presentations and 0toryboards, and utili#e each other as e&perts to help in their
completion of their +otes
Reiew for upcoming J weeks testing and opportunity to complete missed projects
Week +ine K
testing for =
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J weeks grading period