Assignment from Last Friday

If you were gone last Friday you missed writing a response to the following prompt on the Electoral College. You should have read your text on this section and hopefully written some notes and talked with some classmates. You may use any or all of those resources and then using the 9 key words or phrases below, answer the prompt. I will need this by class time on Thursday as I will be passing the rest of the class' papers back on that day in preparation for what we will be doing on Friday

How do we choose our President and Vice President?

  Number of Electoral Votes-Total
  Number of Electoral Votes-per State
   Popular votes
  Electoral Votes
  Majority
  Plurality
  All
  President
  Vice-President

Tuesday US Government 5/10

A) Answered questions about the vocabulary from Executive Branch. Quiz tomorrow on vocab.
B) Reviewed the President's hats/roles. Defined them and shared examples of President Obama's actions while president.

Mr. Thompson

Friday US Government 5/6

A) Quick discussion of Electoral College and questions from students
B) Partner discussion of key concepts.
C) Write on the Electoral College...how we chose our president and vice president?
D) Reminder: Have your "hats of the president" done for Tuesday
                       Vocab quiz (open notes) on Wednesday.

Mr. Thompson

Thursday US Government 5/5

Oops sorry I forgot to post Thursday.

A) Looked at some graphics of our past presidents and how we have approved of them
B) Assignment on the "Hats of the President"
    Define the 8 roles and provide 2 contemporary examples for each of the 8 roles
C) Continue to work on prep for the Electoral College
D) Continue to work on vocabulary for Executive Unit

Mr. Thompson

Wednesday US Government 5/4

A) Shared the president's website with you @ whitehouse.gov We looked at the president's daily schedule (which you have access to), the executive orders he has issued along with all of the bills he has either signed into law or has vetoed. These people are our public elected officials and we should have access to the information about the decisions they are making that may impact our daily lives.

B) Shared the Plum Book with you. This is a listing of about 8000 mainly presidential-appointed positions that, as president, I have to make sure a good qualified person is fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of the position.

C) Read Chapter 8 Section 2 on Electing our President for Friday. You may write down any notes you may want for class that day and/or any questions you may have as well. Friday we will write in class "How are the US President and Vice President chosen?"

D) Read the first sentence of Article 2 and discussed the significance of it.

E) Skimmed the entire Article 2 and compiled a list of all Formal/Expressed/ Enumerated powers of the President.

Thanks,
Mr. Thompson

Tuesday US Government 5/3

A) Shared some data from Congress Test
B) Introduced Executive Branch
       4 parts of the Executive and Chart of facts from President and VP

Mr. Thompson

Monday US Government 5/2

A) Take test on Congress
B) Complete the following for tomorrow:
    1.  Executive Branch- Identify the 4 components of the Executive Branch.

  Eg. Legislative = Congress = House and Senate

     2.  Make a chart and answer the following for both.

President   /       Vice President

A. Formal Qualifications (3)

B. Length of term

C. Term limits

D. Succession (who takes over if they leave office

      before end of term)

E. How are they chosen?

F. Area each represents?

    3.   Bonus…next presidential election (month, day, and year)

C) Pick up list of vocabulary for the unit. We will have a vocab quiz next week some time. Date to be determined later this week.

Mr. Thompson