Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Tuesday December 10, 2019 & Wednesday December 11, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know the roots and main characteristics of the most common types of government.

Circle: If you and a couple of friends could do anything you wanted for a day, what would you do?

Model Government Project: You will be working on the Model Government project in class today. The project is due before Christmas break.

Friday, December 6, 2019

Friday December 6, 2019 & Monday December 9, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know the roots and main characteristics of the most common types of government.

Circle: If you had to sing karaoke in front of the school, what song would you pick?

Government Overview: We will be doing a recap of the types of government we have been talking about.

Citizens: We will be talking about who can be a citizen, what rights citizens have, and what responsibilities citizens have in America today. https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/educators/naturalization-information

Taxes: We will be talking about who pays taxes and what forms of taxes we have in America. https://www.policygenius.com/taxes/types-of-taxes/

Military: We will be talking about what roles military's play in the world today.

America an Oligarchy?: Students will be doing their own research to figure out whether America is a Democracy or an Oligarchy. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/sep/26/america-oligarchy-dominated-billionaires-big-money-series

Exit Ticket: Which type of government do you think is most effective and why?


Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Wednesday December 4, 2019 & Thursday December 5, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know the roots and main characteristics of the most common types of government.

Circle: If you had to get a tattoo, where would it go and what would it be of?

Types of Government: We will be going over Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy, and Tyranny in class today. We will be talking about the defining characteristics of each.

Newsela Article

Pro's & Con's: Students will be working to create a list of pro's and con's for each type of government.

Governments Today: We will be researching what present day countries have each type of government.

Is America an Oligarchy: We will be reading this article in class today https://bulletin.represent.us/u-s-oligarchy-explain-research/ and having a discussion.

Exit Ticket: Which type of government do you think is most effective and why?

Monday, December 2, 2019

Monday December 2, 2019 & Tuesday December 3, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know the roots and main characteristics of the most common types of government.

Circle: What is one highlight from your Thanksgiving break? Would you rather have a job you absolutely hate, but retire at age 40, or have a job you love but not retire until 65.

Nile River Papers: I will be passing back the Nile River Mini Q Essay's and students will have an opportunity to ask questions and to revise their papers.

Types of Government: We will be going over Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy, and Tyranny in class today. We will be talking about the defining characteristics of each.

Is America an Oligarchy: We will be reading this article in class today https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/is-america-an-oligarchy and having a discussion.

Exit Ticket: Which type of government do you think is most effective and why?