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Extra credit Policy
Extra credit Policy
Overview: The assignments listed below are semester long opportunities for students to boost their grade. If your average is 97% or below, you are allowed to complete any of the task listed by the last date of the semester. Points are applied to your semester average; if you want it towards your quarter average.
Overview: The assignments listed below are semester long opportunities for students to boost their grade. If your average is 97% or below, you are allowed to complete any of the task listed by the last date of the semester. Points are applied to your semester average; if you want it towards your quarter average.
Expectations: Students are expected to do the following~
Expectations: Students are expected to do the following~
Review the task and select one
Tasks highlighted in yellow will go in the RR-EA category. The others will go in the SCA category.
Complete the assigned task
For any of the assignments that do not have a form, submit the assignment using this Google form. If it does not allow you to upload the assignment, please email me and your TA.
Students are allowed to do a maximum of four of the tasks listed below.
Financial Literacy Extra Credit
Financial Literacy Extra Credit
Students are expected to watch the three linked videos and complete the worksheets assigned on classroom. Students can preview the worksheets here.
Women's History Extra Credit
Women's History Extra Credit
Directions:
1-Watch the video from History.com
2-Watch the bell ringers
3-Complete worksheet linked here.
Being an ally to Asian Americans
Being an ally to Asian Americans
Please use this link to join the newsela class to read the article. Then fill out the organizer by:
1-Create a title of the handout
2-Summarize what you learned
3-Fill in the shapes (1-2 details)
Podcast and Data Analysis
Podcast and Data Analysis
Using the assigned document here, listen to the podcast and use your data analysis to support your responses.
Do i have the right?
Do i have the right?
This game is available for students to play throughout the semester. If you play you have to:
1-Take a screenshot of the final score/ outcome
2-Identify two things you learned
3-Write an open response to the following questions: "What would happen if one of the amendments disappeared? How would life in the United States be different?"
Court Quest
Court Quest
This iCivics game is a great tool to explore the American judicial system. Students will use this link to play the game and can earn 10 extra credit points by doing the following:
1-Take a screenshot of your score/ outcome
2-Identify two things you learned
3-What if any steps can be taken to reform the judicial system? How can lawmakers (Congress) hold the court to a higher standard?
SCOTUS Magazine Extra Credit
For 10 points of extra credit find a magazine cover image that connects to a supreme court case we have studied in this class (a good example is any magazine cover on roe v. wade) and explain
1. how the image/graphic used connects to the case
2. what this cover tells us about how society/America at the time viewed this case
3. how the legal impact of the ruling on this case connects (or doesn't) to the way people in America viewed this case
for further clarification there is a video on google classroom that walks you through everything verbally
Interest Group Email Extra Credit
1. Find an interest group and sign up for their emailing list
2. Once you receive an email from this interest group analyze the email you were sent: What words are they using to get your interest? What images are they using? What is their message? What are they trying to get you to do? Donate? Sign up for something? How do you feel about this email? Does it feel intrusive? Does it feel engaging? Do you want to learn more? How effective is this email? What does this tell you about interest groups?
3. you can unsubscribe from the emailing list when you are done with this assignment.
video directions: https://watch.screencastify.com/v/FTHPzN57W2zeC8ObstnK
RPReplay_Final1633094157.movFederalist Paper Extra Credit
1. Watch this video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRcHH585/
or if that link doesn't work you can watch it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xBHOuIpJ9uapnIRBcKr0OjHTiuxafEiw/view?usp=sharing
2. identify the article, section, and/or clause of the constitution this tiktok is referencing.
3. identify the federalist paper that is connected to this tiktok and give a one paragraph summary of it
4. using this tiktok as an example of a federalist paper idea explained for basic audiences, choose a different federalist paper and find a way to make it (and its concepts) accessible to audiences who have never read it. This does not need to be done in tiktok form.
5. Write a paragraph about the federalist paper you chose
directions explained in video form: https://watch.screencastify.com/v/r0AVohYQ1ZpO7lNA7PBH
Views of the legacy of the United States
Views of the legacy of the United States
Directions/ Expectations:
1-Watch the linked video ( Warning: there are a few instances of profanity)
2-Complete the graphic organizer answering the following prompt: Can Americans still be patriotic while learning all of the specific details about American History? You will need to make a copy of the organizer.
3-Use the Google form link at the top to submit your completed assignment.
OPERATION LONE STAR
Directions/Expectations
Watch the linked video, read the linked articles and take notes on a Google doc. Re-watch it if necessary.
On the same document, answer these questions:
Write out the constitutional principle associated with Texas National Guard troops, and US Border patrol agents being stationed at the border.
Evaluate the extent to which Operation Lone Star may benefit Governor Abbott's reelection campaign.
Paraphrase, and put into your own words the reasoning behind the unconstitutionality ruling being made after the arrest of the migrant person at the border.
Use the Google form link at the top to submit your completed assignment.
Disney & Third Party Politics
page one of the data analysis.pdfData analysis practice
Data analysis practice
Using the linked data graphic, fill out the handout.
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