-HONORS CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT!-
THEME OF WEEK - PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT (CONT) - CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOCRACY / SEPARATION OF POWERS AND CHECKS AND BALANCES
WEEK 7 - FUNDAMENTALS OF DEMOCRACY / CHARACTERISTICS OF FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT
10/10 - 10/14
Sixth Week of School! This week we will be starting our next unit for Civics and Government - Principles of Government!
Weekly Theme - Students will be given their next new notebooks entitled Principles of Government for the next unit. They will begin to complete lessons for the unit as well covering content pertainingn to fundamentals of government, characteristics of a state and origins and evolution of government!
HOMEWORK: WARM-UP AND CURRENT EVENT PACKET DUE: TUESDAY (ODD) / WEDNESDAY (EVEN)! / CREATE YOUR OWN COUNTRY MINI-PROJECT DUE: TUESDAY (ODD) / WEDNESDAY (EVEN)!
-CHARACTERISTICS OF A DEMOCRACY-
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OBJECTIVE:
SWBAT identify, describe, explain key characteritics of functional democracies by viewing a video and taking guided notes.
SWBAT simulate democratic states by partaking in a voting activity.
SWBAT decpiher key vocab terms to their corresponding definitions/pictures by completing a vocab. activity.
METHOD:
Warm-Up/Question of the Day!
Video/Discussion - Forms of Government - Students will view video and discuss its contents.
Notes - Characteristics of a Democracy - Students will take gudied lecture notes.
Chart - Democratic or Non-Democratic.
Democracy in Action Activity - Students will complete class activity on Democracy in Action.
Vocab. Inquiry Challenge - Students will match vocab. / key terms with
HOMEWORK: FINISH VOCAB. INQUIRY CHALLENGE / FINISH ANY/ALL INQUIRY DRAWINGS WITHIN NOTEBOOK!
-STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT / CHECKS AND BALANCES-
TR/F
OBJECTIVE:
SWBAT identify, describe, explain key characteristics of American Government by taking guided lecture notes and viewing a video and answering questions.
SWBAT recall key content and key concepts by taking a quiz.
METHOD:
Warm-Up/Question of the Day!
Notes - Constitution and Structure of Government
Video/Questions - Checks and Balances - Crash Course Government and Politics
Worksheet - Checks and Balances Scenarios - Students will complete chart on checks and balances at work in government.
QUIZ - Students will take Quiz on first half of Principles of Government unti.
HOMEWORK: COMPLETE CURRENT EVENT WITHIN WARM-UP PACKET DUE: WEEK AFTER!
-OVER THE WEEKEND!-
F/SAT/SUN
HOMEWORK: COMPLETE CURRENT EVENT WITHIN WARM-UP PACKET DUE: WEEK AFTER!
RESOURCES!
