Monthly Archives: November 2017
11/30 Voting Rights test Tuesday
Your sequence thinking map of the voting timeline must be completed by Friday. Remember, the top portion has the significant act (example could be only white men over 21 with land or a business can vote), and the box(es) below … Continue reading
11/28. Values grades
We are quickly approaching the end of the semester, and I will be evaluating your evidence of Aloha, Kuleana, and Ho’omau. When I conference with you, we will review first quarter’s formative grade, and discuss any goals that we may … Continue reading
11/21 Three branches of government test on Tuesday
This test will require you to remember and apply what you have learned from the jobs of the President, and the system of checks and balances. Here are some sample questions that you can think about, and we will discuss … Continue reading
11/20 Homework
Tonight students are to complete their reading of the three branches of the government, and complete a tree map, as a graphic organizer of their learning. The selection of a political party was due today and was assigned on Friday. … Continue reading
11/17 Political party choice due Monday
Students read the websites of the Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian parties, then made bubble maps of the identifying characteristics of each party. The websites can be reached in links provided in the 11/16 blog. Using this information, students … Continue reading
11/16 Test on Friday
Today we had a Socratic discussion, using our text about the jobs of the President. The two questions we considered were 1) Which are the two most important jobs of the President, and explain your reasoning why, and 2) What … Continue reading
11/16 Political party websites
https://www.democrats.org/party-platform https://www.gop.com/platform/ http://www.gp.org https://www.lp.org/issues/
11/13 Human Rights Deadline and Rubric
Students received the human rights template to put in their 30 human rights advocacy in their email today. All students in class opened it up, renamed it and saved it onto their desktop. They had time in class today … Continue reading
11/7 Newsela due this Friday
Students have been assigned the latest Newsela reading on teens running for Governor. Please read the directions carefully. The Write is due this Friday.
11/3 Schools of thought test on Monday 11/6
Students should bring their completed note cards, with the identifying characteristics of the four schools of thought. You may use these cards during the test, so recheck your notes against my blog notes. Make sure your notes are accurate and … Continue reading