Thursday, November 12, 2015

Black Day

APGOPO
Big ideas...granting cert discussion and in-class activity...HW = Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier - due next class.

Government & Law
Big ideas...granting cert discussion and in-class activity...HW = Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier - due next class.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Orange Day

Government & Law
Big ideas...meet the justices discussion...14th Amendment & incorporation discussion...HW = Bethel v Fraser case brief - due next class.

Geography
 Big ideas...note-check quiz (must be made up)...discussion of Russia human-interaction geography...short film on Chernobyl incident...HW = Chernobyl reading and questions - due next class!

US History
Big ideas...discussions of the steps toward the Civil War...HW = Points 2 Ponder using a reading about the reasons the North decided to engage in the war - due next class.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Black Day

APGOPO
Big ideas...article review activity (if time)...meet the justices discussion...14th Amendment & incorporation discussion...HW = Bethel v Fraser case brief - due next class.

Government & Law
Big ideas...meet the justices discussion...14th Amendment & incorporation discussion...HW = Bethel v Fraser case brief - due next class.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Black Day

APGOPO
Big ideas...case brief discussion...Chapter 12 FRQ activity...SCOTUS group article review activity - be prepared to present next class.

Government & Law
Case brief discussion...in-class presidential candidate activity...no written HW.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Orange Day

Government & Law
Big ideas...intro to the federal judiciary...SCOTUS overview...case briefing overview...HW = brief Tinker v Des Moines - due next class.

Geography
Big ideas...notes on rivers and resources of Russia...HW = "Skillbuilder Map" and Review Boxes Sheet - both due next class.

US History
Big ideas..."Pressure on the Orange Wedge" activity (must be made up)...notes on events leading to the Civil War...HW = Guided Reading 1-4  due next class.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Black Day

APGOPO
Big ideas...intro to the federal judiciary...SCOTUS overview...case briefing overview...HW = finish reading chapter 12 & brief Tinker v Des Moines - due next class.

Government & Law
Big ideas...intro to the federal judiciary...SCOTUS overview...case briefing overview...HW = brief Tinker v Des Moines - due next class.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Orange Day

Government & Law
Big ideas...How well do you know the Supreme Court activity...discussion of the organization of the federal court system...HW = Supreme Court Webquest - due next class.

Geography
Big ideas...finished the notes on regions and landforms of Russia...began a Russia web quest - go here to begin answering the questions: https://sites.google.com/site/russiawebquest1/

US History
Big ideas...finished the notes on the Revolution...as an intro to the Civil War we watched the beginning of Ken Burns documentary...no written HW.