Thursday US Government 4/28

A) Completed discussion of US Budget - finished biggest sources of revenue for federal gov't
B) Read article on US Budget from Tim Penny. Wrote a short response on his purpose
C) Reviewed for Unit test on Monday

No School Tomorrow. Monday test on Congress

Mr. Thompson

Wednesday US Government 4/27

A) Taxes! Listed and discussed the 5 biggest sources of revenue for the Federal government.
B) Can you answer "why being 19.2 trillion in debt is bad yet"?  It is one of your short answer questions on Monday.

Mr. Thompson

Tuesday US Government 4/26

A) Spending. Listed and discussed the 5 biggest tickets in the US Budget. Defined and identified mandatory vs discretionary spending.
B) Passed out review sheet for test on Monday of Congress

Start prepping as the days until the end are winding down,
Mr. Thompson

Monday US Government 4/25

A) Collect Budget Assignment
B) Begin discussion of US Budget
      We are in debt, discussion of who we owe this money to
Tomorrow we will look at spending and Wednesday focus is on revenue (Taxes)

Unit Test right now looks like Monday of next week

Mr. Thompson

Friday US Government 4/22

A) Quiz on How A Bill Becomes Law
B) Brief intro and prep on the Federal Budget
C) Work on Budget Assignment (Due Monday) and Budget vocabulary.

Mr. Thompson

Thursday US Government 4/21

A) Pass back Political Ideology Quiz and discuss results
B) Collect Senator Assignment from yesterday
C) Complete discussion of How a Bill Becomes Law
     10 Question Quiz tomorrow
D) Visit House of Reps website and discuss how we have access to what Congress is working on
E) Time to work on Budget assignment that was passed out on Tuesday. Assignment due on Monday       Apr. 25th

Mr. Thompson

Wednesday US Government 4/20

A) Took quiz on Congressional Vocabulary
B) Computer lab to work on Senator assignment. Assignment due Thursday

Mr. Thompson