Homeroom Article: Rep. Tim Ryan drops out of Democratic race for President - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Learning Target: I can explain what a qui pro quo is and why it might be important in the impeachment and removal process as defined in the U.S. Constitution.
Standard(s): SSCG9 Explain the impeachment and removal process and its use for federal officials as defined in the U.S. Constitution.
Warm Up: Political Cartoon: I guess he's not as "woke" as we thought he was
Opening: The students will write a discussion posts about a hypothetical quid pro quo situation.
Discussion Post: quid pro quo
Work Session: The students will check to make sure that their group has invested 100% of their money in the stock market game. Then the students will watch a series of videos to update themselves on developments in news stories we have already begun learning about.
Stock Market Game - Has your group invested all of their money?
Video: Presidential Candidate of the Day: Tim Ryan
Video: Presidential Candidate of the Yesterday: Joe Sestak
Video: Presidential Candidate of the Wednesday: Tulsi Gabbard
Video: Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's general election - CNN October 21 2019
Video: Mick Mulvaney admits quid pro quo with Ukraine - ABC News October 18 2019
Video: Hillary Clinton calls Tulsi Gabbard a favorite of the Russians - CBS Evening News October 18 2019
Video: Bernie Sanders picks up endorsement from Ocasio-Cortez - CNN October 20 2019
Early Finishers:
Closing: The teacher will lead the students in a classroom discussion about the value of endorsements in elections.
If someone who you thought highly of told you who they were going to vote for in the next election, would that influence your vote?