Wednesday, January 25, 2017

American government test Tuesday 1/31

The format is the usual (multiple choice and free response writing prompt).  Study questions are here.
Guide to the Constitution answer key is here.  Finally, here are the documents from class groupwork on Friday (today) that I recommend everyone review.
C block, here are your presentations from class:

Checks and balances
Electoral college
The legislative process
Congressional committees
Amendments 11-27
Voter turnout




Monday, January 23, 2017

to be done in class - please open only when directed

Please read the following two articles (which can be found here and here) and make three or more thoughtful, relevant, well-explained Constitutional connections.  Write a paragraph-long response explaining the connections and bring it to our next class in hard copy.

The pair/small group assignment is here.

Friday, January 20, 2017

due Monday 1/23 (C block) or Tuesday 1/24 (A block)

Use www.oyez.org to look up the decisions from the court cases you read about in class.

Friday, January 6, 2017