Thursday, May 19, 2016

Thursday US Government 5/19

A) Discussion of the relationship between President, Congress and the Federal Courts. Students were asked to come up with examples of how the president can influence Congress and vice versa and how the president can influence the federal courts and vice versa.
B) Review for test tomorrow on Executive Branch.

Mr. Thompson

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Wednesday US Government 5/18

A) Quick review of Cabinet and Executive Office of the President
B) Completed the bureaucracy with Regulatory Agencies, Gov't Corporations, and Independent Agencies

Reminder of Unit Test on Friday

Mr. Thompson

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Tuesday US Government 5/17

A) Took a short tour of some of the sites of Wash. DC
B) Met some of the key people and offices within the Executive Office of the President
C) Preview of tomorrow's content

Mr. Thompson

Monday, May 16, 2016

Monday US Government 5/16

A) Passed back
     Claim/Support/ Questions from discussion of the Electoral College last week.
     Congress test written questions on Mandatory v Discretionary and why debt is bad
     Exec Vocab quiz we took last week
B) Handed out review sheet for Test on the Executive Branch this Friday. Provided some insight into some of the questions/content and the written component of the test.
C) Discussion of the Cabinet including the 6 questions about the Cabinet and the mission or goal of each of the 15 Cabinet departments.
D) Went over the outline for class each of the days this week as we study the Bureaucracy.
     Monday - Cabinet
     Tuesday - Executive Office of the President
     Wednesday - Regulatory Commissions, Independent Agencies, and Government Corporations
     Thursday - Wrap up Executive Branch and review for test
     Friday - Test on Executive Branch

Last big test before finals so be ready for it,
Mr. Thompson

Friday, May 13, 2016

Friday US Government 5/13

A) Wrap up of yesterday's claim/support activity
B) In small group and then large group, we tried to answer the questions generated by students from previous day on Electoral College.
C) Briefly discussed where we are headed next week with the bureaucracy.

Mr. Thompson

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Thursday US Government 5/12

A) Collected Electoral College papers from students gone on Friday of last week
B) Passed back Congress tests and we went over opportunities for makeup
C) Did a claim, support, question activity on the Electoral College
D) Continued to work on Cabinet 6 questions and mission statements on the 15 departments

Mr. Thompson

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Wednesday US Government 5/11

A) Took Executive Vocab quiz
B) Introduced Cabinet
   Time to work on intro questions about Cabinet and to identify purpose of each Cabinet department

Mr. Thompson