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
Thursday, May 19, 2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
B) Introduced Cabinet
Time to work on intro questions about Cabinet and to identify purpose of each Cabinet department
Mr. Thompson
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