12/12/20 - 12/13/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: How many states border the Pacific Ocean?

Circle: What is your favorite holiday tradition with your family?

Where Would I Live Paragraph: You will be working on a paragraph where you will be arguing where you would want to live in the United States based on the six maps we evaluated in class. 

12/10/20 - 12/11/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: Which of the seven continents has the highest population?

Circle: What is your favorite memory involving snow?

Map Analysis: You will be finishing your region maps in your groups today.

Map Questions: You will be working together in groups to answer the questions about each map. After completing each map, we will be talking about the answers as a class. 

Week of 11/30/20 - 12/4/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: Which state has the highest percentage of forest cover? Which of the 50 states was last to become a state?

Circle: Are you someone who likes or dislikes surprises? Why? What was one thing that was served at Thanksgiving that you hate to eat?

Map Analysis: Students will be working together in groups to create Region maps for the United States.

Exit Ticket: Which region that you've created do you most want to live in?

Thursday 11/19 & Friday 11/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: What two countries have the longest border in the world?

Circle:  Who is a character from a movie or tv show that you would want to hang out with?

Movement & Region Questions: Students will be talking about the answers that they gave for the movement and region questions.

My Town Project: Students will be starting their My Town Projects in class today.

Monday 11/16 & Tuesday 11/17

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: What is the name of the world's largest and hottest desert? 

Circle: Which app on your phone do you use the most?

Five Themes Geography: We will be starting to go over the five themes of geography today in class. The five themes are Location, Place, Movement, Human/Environment Interaction, and Region.

Students will be working in groups to read about and understand one specific theme.

https://www.csustan.edu/sites/default/files/TeacherEd/FacultyStaff/betts/Handouts/PDFs/Five%20Themes%20of%20Geography.pdf

Region: We will be talking about the theme Region. Students will be brainstorming different regions for the state of Maine.

Movement: We will be talking about the theme Movement. Students will be brainstorming what is imported into and exported out of the state of Maine. 

Human/Environment Interaction: We will be talking about the theme HEI. Students will be brainstorming a list of ways that we adapt to and change our environment.

Exit Ticket: Students will need to create a video showing an example of humans adapting to their environment.

Week of 11/9/20 - 11/13/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: English is the most spoken language in the world, what is the second most spoken? What is the biggest ocean in the world?

Circle: If you could only have one meal for a week, what meal would you choose? What's the longest you've ever been away from home?

Five Big Things: What are your five favorite activities to do?

Five Themes Geography: We will be starting to go over the five themes of geography today in class. The five themes are Location, Place, Movement, Human/Environment Interaction, and Region.

Location: We will be talking about the theme Location. Students will be coming up with their own examples by describing something local using absolute and relative location.

Place: We will be talking about the theme Place. Students will be trying to describe Maine using the theme Place. Students will then be trying to make a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph about whether they love or hate living in Maine based on Maine's characteristics. 

Movement: We will be talking about the theme Movement. Students will be brainstorming what is imported into and exported out of the state of Maine. 

Exit Ticket: Using examples from outside of Maine, try to create examples for each of the themes we have gone over so far.

On Zoom

Pod B: Students will be looking for an article about the election and answering a few questions.

Week of 11/2/20 - 11/6/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will be able to evaluate a source for bias, and come to conclusions about a situation based on multiple sources.

QOD: Which president was the last one to not be re-elected? How many electoral votes does it take to win the United States presidential election?

Circle: What is your least favorite household chore? If you could choose to do anything for the day, what would it be?

Color Coding: Students will be learning about, and practicing color coding an example paragraph on Google Classroom. 

Lunchroom Fight Paragraphs: Students will be putting their lunchroom fight writing into complete paragraphs, and then color coding it. Students will then be looking at each others color coded paragraphs and doing peer editing.

On Zoom

Pod B: Students will be writing their Lunchroom Fight Paragraph.

Pod A: Students will be looking for an article about the election and answering a few questions.

Week of 10/26/20 - 10/30/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will be able to evaluate a source for bias, and come to conclusions about a situation based on multiple sources.

QOD: Which of the 50 states has the highest population? What town in Maine was once known as the "lumber capital of the world?"

Circle: What is your biggest pet peeve? What is your favorite family vacation?

Claim, Evidence, Warrant: Today we will be learning about what claim, evidence, warrant writing is. We will then be practicing with a few examples. Here is the link to get us started.   https://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/mwollaeger/cdw.htm

Practice: Students will be practicing writing a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph using the reading below.

Lunchroom Fight Writing: This will be our introduction to claim, evidence, warrant writing. Students will be working to create a claim, evidence, warrant paragraphing arguing what they think happened, and what they think the punishment should be. 

On Zoom

Pod B: Students will be finishing the Evidence Context chart for the lunchroom fight. 

Pod A: Students will be writing their Lunchroom Fight Paragraph.

Week of 10/19/20 - 10/23/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will be able to evaluate a source for bias, and come to conclusions about a situation based on multiple sources.

QOD: Two countries have over a billion people in them, name them both. What American was known as "the father of his country?"

Circle: If you had to get a tattoo, what would it be of? If you sang karaoke in front of the whole school, what song would you choose?

Lunchroom Fight: Students will be looking over the lunchroom fight scenario, and will be reading the different witness statements. 

Lunchroom Fight Evidence: After reading the witness statements, students will be evaluating each witness. Students will try to identify what biases each witness might have, and will ultimately have to rank how reliable they think each witness is.

Lunchroom Fight Writing: This will be our introduction to claim, evidence, warrant writing. Students will be working to create a claim, evidence, warrant paragraphing arguing what they think happened, and what they think the punishment should be. 

Zoom:

Pod B: Students will be working on their bias videos. All information for these videos are on Google Classroom.

Pod A: Students will be finishing the Evidence Context chart for the lunchroom fight. 

Week of 10/13/20 - 10/16/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will be informed on the major political issues in our country and where the candidates stand on those issues. 

QOD: On what day of the year does America vote for president. 

Circle: What's your favorite season and why?

Political Issues: Students will be doing some research on the major political issues surrounding this election. We will be making a master list of some of the major issues as a class. 

Discussion & Questions: Students will get to talk in groups about which issues are most important to them and why. They will then get a chance to ask any questions that they have about the issues.

Issues and Candidates: Students will be completing an assignment on Google Classroom where they will talk about which issues are most important to them, where they stand on that issue, and which candidate aligns closer with their belief.

Week of 10/5/20 - 10/9/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: What is the longest river in the United States? Who are the two vice president candidates from the major political parties? 

Circle: What do you think is the best age to be? If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Intro: We will be going over what point of view and bias are as well as how they relate to each other. We will be having a class discussion to start things off. 

Bias: Students will be reading a sheet about bias and how to spot it. We will then have a discussion about what was read. 

Identifying: Students will be presented with a series of scenarios and will be trying to determine if there is bias in each one. If there is bias, students will be asked to identify exactly what was biased. 

Virtual/Remote:

Pod B:

Evaluating a Primary Source: Finish this assignment if you have not already done so.

Maine Maps: Finish your special purpose map that you started creating last class.

Daily Exit Ticket

Pod A:

Source Bias: Students will be picking an article of their choosing to evaluate for bias.

Bias Example: Students will be creating a short video as an example of bias. 

Daily Exit Ticket

Thursday 9/24/20 - Tuesday 9/29/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: What are the three main branches of the United States government?

Circle: Who is your favorite artist to listen to?

Maps: Here are examples of the three main types of maps we will be working with this year. I will be explaining what these types of maps are, and why we use them. Students will then be exploring these maps and trying to figure out what information they can get from them. 

Physical

Google Earth

Political

Specialty

We will be talking about historical maps as well and talking about what we can understand by looking at these maps.

Parts of a Map: We will be having an in class conversation about the different parts of a map. What makes a good map? What makes a bad map?

Create a Map: Students will be doing their best to create a population or snowfall map of Maine. Snowfall legend will be 0-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150+. Population will be 0-25, 25-100, 100-250, 250+.

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are looking forward to about this year? What is one thing you are concerned about? 

Virtual/Remote:

Pod B:

Evaluating a Primary Source: Finish this assignment if you have not already done so.

News Source Evaluation: There is an assignment posted on Google Classroom titled "News Source Evaluation." Your job is to complete this assignment during this class period. All instructions for this assignment will be on Google Classroom.

Pod A:

Evaluating a Primary Source: Finish this assignment if you have not already done so.

Maine Maps: Finish your special purpose map that you started creating last class.

Tuesday 9/22/20 & Wednesday 9/23/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: Which of the 50 states has the least amount of people?

Circle: What's the farthest you've ever been away from Oxford Hills?

Student Interviews: Students will be interviewing a partner and reporting out their partners answers to the following questions.

-What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most?

-As of now, what do you think you want to do when you grow up?

-What is your favorite holiday?

-Do you consider yourself to be an introvert or an extrovert?

Evaluating Primary Sources: Students will be working individually, as well as in groups, to work on evaluating a primary source. 

Maps: We will be talking about the different types of maps.

Physical

Political

Specialty

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are looking forward to about this year? What is one thing you are concerned about? 

Friday 9/18/20 & Monday 9/21/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: In 1963, who delivered the famous "I have a dream" speech?

Circle: How many years have you lived in the school district for? If you're not from here, where did you come from?

Classroom Rules: Students will be creating posters to be hung up around the room with our classroom rules. 

-Show up to class with all needed materials..

-Be respectful of other people's opinions.

-Always raise your hand to talk..

-Listen to others when they are speaking..

-Clean up after yourself, don't leave trash laying around.

-Respect all classroom materials.

-Ask questions when you don't understand something.

-Always do the best you can..

-Respect other people's property..

-Show up to class on time..

-Always use appropriate school language.

-Speak loudly and clearly when talking to the class.

-Speak quietly when having a group conversation..

-Use hand sanitizer when you enter the classroom..

-Make sure to keep 6ft distance between yourself and other people..

Kahoot: Students will be playing a Kahoot to test their knowledge of what a primary and secondary source is. 

Evaluating Primary Sources: Students will be working individually, as well as in groups, to work on evaluating a primary source. 

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are looking forward to about this year? What is one thing you are concerned about? 

Monday 9/14 - Thursday 9/17

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills.

QOD: How many states start with the letter A?

Circle: What is your favorite show to watch on TV?

Five Things: Individually, students will be making a list of their five least favorite foods. They will then be sharing out in groups and as a class. 

Classroom Rules: Students will be working together in small groups to come up with a list of classroom rules and expectations. We will then be making a master list as a class. 

Primary & Secondary Sources: Students will be learning about the differences between primary and secondary sources. Students will be practicing their skills by looking at different scenarios and trying to figure out which ones are primary and which ones are secondary sources. 

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are looking forward to about this year? What is one thing you are concerned about? 

Virtual: Students who are online this period will be filling out a get to know you survey on Google Classroom.

 

Friday March 13, 2020 & Monday March 16, 2020

Learning Target: Students will be able to build a classroom learning community. Students will be able to locate all 50 states. Students will be able to identify all of the different landscapes and landmarks in the United States.

Circle: What is your go to meal to make at home?

50 States Test: Students will be taking the summative 50 states test.

Planning a Vacation: Students will be assigned a state of their choosing. After choosing a state, students will be working individually to plan a trip that that state. The rubric for this assignment is on the assignment on Google Classroom.

Wednesday March 11, 2020 & Thursday March 12, 2020

Learning Target: Students will be able to build a classroom learning community. Students will be able to locate all 50 states. Students will be able to identify all of the different landscapes and landmarks in the United States.

Circle: What's one cool place you've found so far for your vacation? What is your favorite store to shop at?

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

Planning a Vacation: Students will be assigned a state of their choosing. After choosing a state, students will be working individually to plan a trip that that state. The rubric for this assignment is on the assignment on Google Classroom.

Monday March 9, 2020 & Tuesday March 10, 2020

Learning Target: Students will be able to build a classroom learning community. Students will be able to locate all 50 states. Students will be able to identify all of the different landscapes and landmarks in the United States.

Circle: Are you a person that's always hot or always cold? What do you want your first car to be?

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

Planning a Vacation: Students will be assigned a state of their choosing. After choosing a state, students will be working individually to plan a trip that that state. The rubric for this assignment is on the assignment on Google Classroom.

Thursday March 5, 2020 & Friday March 6, 2020

Learning Target: Students will be able to build a classroom learning community. Students will be able to locate all 50 states. Students will be able to identify all of the different landscapes and landmarks in the United States.

Circle: What is one thing you didn't know at the beginning of this 50 states unit that you know now? What is the most important lesson you've learned in your life to this point?

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

Regional Research: Students will be working in groups to research one of the five major regions in the United States. The five regions are the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, & Northwest. For their region, students will be trying to find the following:
-What states are part of this region? (Note some states may vary depending on the source)
-What major cities are in this region? Which state are they in?
-What major natural landmarks are in this region? National parks?
-What is the climate and weather like there?
-What foods are only eaten or come from that region?
-What words and phrases are special to that region?
-What are three fun things to do/places to go in that region?
-What is one really nice hotel you could stay at in that region?
-You should include some images to go along with your presentation. These can be of anything you've talked about from above.

Presentations: Students will be presenting the information they found on their region as a group.

Planning a Vacation: Students will be assigned a state of their choosing. After choosing a state, students will be working individually to plan a trip that that state. The rubric for this assignment is on the assignment on Google Classroom.

Tuesday March 3, 2020 & Wednesday March 4, 2020

Learning Target: Students will be able to build a classroom learning community. Students will be able to locate all 50 states. Students will be able to identify all of the different landscapes and landmarks in the United States.

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

50 States Practice Test: Students will be taking a 50 states practice test to see the progress they have made since the beginning of the unit.

Regional Research: Students will be working in groups to research one of the five major regions in the United States. The five regions are the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, & Northwest. For their region, students will be trying to find the following:
-What states are part of this region? (Note some states may vary depending on the source)
-What major cities are in this region? Which state are they in?
-What major natural landmarks are in this region? National parks?
-What is the climate and weather like there?
-What foods are only eaten or come from that region?
-What words and phrases are special to that region?
-What are three fun things to do/places to go in that region?
-What is one really nice hotel you could stay at in that region?
-You should include some images to go along with your presentation. These can be of anything you've talked about from above.

On Thursday you will be presenting your region to the class, so your goal as a group today should be to get your presentation done and ready to go!

Friday February 28, 2020 & March 2, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography.

Circle: What type of food is your favorite? What is one thing you are looking forward to for this weekend?

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

United States Regions: Students will be working together in groups to create a regions map for the United States. Students can use the internet as a resource, as well as these maps.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Pysa4YfnE5F0SyMaJlzGOgB28BFsez6iiujPrZpsdg/edit?usp=sharing

Presentations: Students will be presenting their maps to other groups.

Regional Research: Students will be working in groups to research one of the five major regions in the United States. The five regions are the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, & Northwest. For their region, students will be trying to find the following:
-What states are part of this region? (Note some states may vary depending on the source)
-What major cities are in this region? Which state are they in?
-What major natural landmarks are in this region? National parks?
-What is the climate and weather like there?
-What foods are only eaten or come from that region?
-What words and phrases are special to that region?
-What are three fun things to do/places to go in that region?
-What is one really nice hotel you could stay at in that region?
-You should include some images to go along with your presentation. These can be of anything you've talked about from above.

Wednesday February 26, 2020 & Thursday February 27, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography.

Circle: What is the number one place that's on your bucket list? What type of food is your favorite?

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

United States Regions: Students will be working together in groups to create a regions map for the United States. Students can use the internet as a resource, as well as these maps.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Pysa4YfnE5F0SyMaJlzGOgB28BFsez6iiujPrZpsdg/edit?usp=sharing

Presentations: Students will be presenting their maps to other groups.

Regional Research: Students will be working in groups to research on of the five major regions in the United States. The five regions are the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, & Northwest. For their region, students will be trying to find the following:
-What states are part of this region? (Note some states may vary depending on the source)
-What major cities are in this region? Which state are they in?
-What major natural landmarks are in this region? National parks?
-What is the climate and weather like there?
-What foods are only eaten or come from that region?
-What words and phrases are special to that region?
-What are three fun things to do/places to go in that region?
-What is one really nice hotel you could stay at in that region?
-You should include some images to go along with your presentation. These can be of anything you've talked about from above.

Monday February 24, 2020 & Tuesday February 25, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography.

Circle: What is a strategy you use to help get rid of anxiety or anger?

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

50 States Competition: Students will be competing at the board to find different states.

United States Regions: Students will be working together in groups to create a regions map for the United States. Students can use the internet as a resource, as well as these maps.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Pysa4YfnE5F0SyMaJlzGOgB28BFsez6iiujPrZpsdg/edit?usp=sharing

50 States Trivia: We will be playing a 50 States trivia game as a class.

Tuesday February 11, 2020 & Wednesday February 12, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography.

Circle: What part of the United States do you know the least geography? When you were little, what is one thing you always used to beg your parents for at the grocery store?

50 States Pre Quiz

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

50 States Competition: Students will be competing at the board to find different states.

Make-up Work Time: Students will be working to complete assignments they have not yet completed. Students who have no missing assignments will study for the 50 states test.

50 States Trivia: We will be playing a 50 States trivia game as a class.

Wednesday February 5, 2020 & Thursday February 6, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know United States geography.

Circle: What is one movie you could watch over and over again and not get board?

Student Peer Evaluations: Students will be completing student peer evaluations for the current issues project.

50 States Pre Quiz

50 States Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

50 States Competition: Students will be competing at the board to find different states.

Monday February 3, 2020 & Tuesday February 4, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know the basic core beliefs of the two major American political parties. Students will be able to make informed decisions about major American political issues.

Circle: What fictional place would you most like to go? What is your favorite smell?

Current Issue Website: Students will be working together in groups to create a website for a current issue of their choice.

Iran CNN Article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/31/us/iranian-students-deported/index.html

Tuesday January 28, 2020 & Wednesday January 29, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know the basic core beliefs of the two major American political parties. Students will be able to make informed decisions about major American political issues.

Circle: What is one thing you are looking forward to about being an adult?

Current Issue Website: Students will be working together in groups to create a website for a current issue of their choice.

Friday January 24, 2020 & Monday January 27, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know the basic core beliefs of the two major American political parties. Students will be able to make informed decisions about major American political issues.

Circle: Would you rather give up your freedoms but be totally safe, or lose your safety but be totally free? 

Stats: 
-About 10 million unauthorized workers in America today.
-California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Illinois make up 58% of undocumented workers.
- 3 million refugees have come to America since 1980. Since 2010, about 50,000 per year.
- Between 300,000 and 500,000 American veterans are unemployed today.

Why are they leaving?: We will be splitting the class into two teams. Each teams job is to find out why people want to leave their country. The two main places that are debated are Mexico and Syria.

Mexico/Central America: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/09/23/immigration-issues-migrants-mexico-central-america-caravans-smuggling/2026215001/

Syria: https://www.worldvision.org/refugees-news-stories/syrian-refugee-crisis-facts

https://borgenproject.org/facts-about-the-syrian-civil-war/

Should we let them in?: The two teams from the previous activity will be split in half for this activity. The goal will be to find where each party stands on immigration from these two places. You should find out where each party generally stands and WHY. You should also try to find some quotes from people that believe that way. You should find specific stories that each side leans on to further their argument.

"Death Train" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSwwO00qeB0

Classroom Reflection: What are some Pro's and Con's to letting undocumented workers from Mexico into our country? What are some Pro's and Con's to letting Syrian Refugees into our country. Is coming to this country a positive thing for these people? Is letting these people into our country a positive thing for America? After answering these questions, give your final thoughts. Give your opinion on what America should do about immigration, what you think we should allow and what you think we shouldn't. Make sure to back up your opinion!

Wednesday January 22, & Thursday January 23, 2020

Learning Target: Students will know the basic core beliefs of the two major American political parties. Students will be able to make informed decisions about major American political issues.

Circle: Say you believe the death penalty is a good thing, what actions do you think should warrant the potential for death row (other than murder)? Would you rather never be able to eat hot food again or never be able to take a hot shower again?

World Issues Project: Students will have 20 minutes to work on their World Issues Projects.

Types of Murder: 
- 1st Degree: Murder that is premeditated.
- 2nd Degree: Murder that is not premeditated.
- Felony Murder: Killing someone while in the act of a felony, everyone involved is accused.
- Voluntary Manslaughter: The intent to harm, accidentally killing.
- Involuntary Manslaughter: Being reckless, but with no intent to harm someone.
- Justifiable Homicide: Killing someone in self defense of yourself or other people.

States w/ & w/o Death Penalty: https://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=001172

Currently on Death Row: We will be looking at a list of people currently on death row and what they did to get there. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/federal-death-row-prisoners

Criteria: Here is the list of each states criteria for eligibility to be on death row. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/crimes-punishable-death-penalty

Case Against: 
-Less than 2% of known murderers end up on death row.
-People who may have been innocent: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executed-possibly-innocent
-Lester Bower: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/lester-bower-execution-texas-118993
- Botched Killings: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/some-examples-post-furman-botched-executions

Case For: 
- It's cheaper to put someone on death row than life in prison. 30-60 thousand dollars per year. Lethal injection is about 16,500 dollars.
- Say the punishment should match the crime.
- Crime deterrent.

Friday January 17, 2020 & Tuesday January 21, 2020

Circle: Would you rather only be able to eat other people's left overs or only be able to eat burnt food?

Virginia Guns: We will be talking about the gun protests going on in Virginia. We will be talking about the sheriff that's vowed to deputize residents. Here is an article talking about the latest news: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/citing-threats-virginia-bans-weapons-gun-rights-rally-n1116646

Abortion: The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy.

14th Amendment: What does the 14th amendment say about abortion?

Roe v Wade: In 1973 the Supreme Court ruled abortion was legal according to the 14th amendment. 

Recent Laws: We will be watching this short video talking about the new abortion law signed into law in Alabama.

Recent Laws: We will be looking at this article put out by CNN that breaks down current abortion laws in America.

Map: https://www.businessinsider.com/latest-point-in-pregnancy-you-can-get-abortion-in-50-states-2019-5

Arguments: We will be looking at the arguments made by both sides for why abortions or should not be legal. https://abortion.procon.org/

Against Abortion:
-Christians believe the Bible strictly says abortion is wrong.
-Unborn Victims of Violence Act (also relates to 14th amendment)
-14th amendment should not have been used for Roe v Wade
-Life begins at conception

For Abortion:
-Women should have the right to choose what goes on with their bodies.
-Roe v Wade shows that abortion should be legal.
-Personhood does not start until fetus is "viable."

Potential Reasons for Abortion:
-Threat to mothers health
-Incest
-Rape
-Too young
-Not enough money
-Just don't want a kid

Reflection: You will be writing a reflection on Google Classroom.

Wednesday January 15, 2020

Circle: What is one name you really like that you would want to name a kid someday? Of the tech classes you looked at yesterday, which one did you think was the most interesting?

Iran Video: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-protests-crowds-tehran-refuse-walk-u-s-israeli-flags-n1114371

Intro Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_zomb7Liqg

Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svs-nHtlNg

Gun Related Deaths Data: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/16/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

Solutions: We will be having a class discussion on what sort of solutions we think would help. Would a gun buyback help?

Monday January 13, 2020 & Tuesday January 14, 2020

Circle: What is your favorite restaurant you've ever been to?

Conservative vs Liberal: You will take 5-7 minutes to write down in your groups everything you know about conservatives and liberals. These could be stereotypes, these could be core beliefs, and these could be which way they tend to swing on issues. We will then be making a list up on the board.
Here is a great infographic that shows some basic differences. https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/left-vs-right-us/

Right vs Left Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_k_k-bHigM

Right vs Left Chart: https://www.diffen.com/difference/Democrat_vs_Republican

Quiz: You will be taking this quiz to see how liberal or how conservative you are right now. At the end of the unit, you will be taking this quiz again to see if you have changed at all.
https://brainfall.com/quizzes/how-conservative-liberal-are-you/


Congressional Districts: We will be talking about how congressional districts work, how the electoral college works, and the physical landscape of our two main parties in America. Do you think we should do create a new system to replace the electoral college?https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/30/presenting-the-least-misleading-map-of-the-2016-election/

Issues We Want to Study: You will be working together in your groups to put a list together of current issues in American Politics that you want to study during this unit. We will then be making a list on the board. Here is a good website to use to find current political issues in America. https://www.isidewith.com/polls

Reflection: On a piece of paper you are going to reflect on why you think you believe what you believe. Do your parents tell you what to think? Do you do a lot of research into issues and make opinions for yourself? Where did your opinions on these matters come from?