Post date: Jan 21, 2014 2:04:50 AM
Watch the news any chance you get! Lots going on in politics at National and Local levels. The State of the Union will be next week and will be a perfect merge of the branches of Congress and the President.
MONDAY 1/20--Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school
TUESDAY 1/21--DDOG, Review for Chapter 10 Test, Turn in Ch 10 work! Test second part of class. Writing prompt on how to handle juveniles who have committed violent crimes. Begin current issue-Juvenile Justice.
WEDNESDAY 1/22-- DDOG, Finish Juvenile Justice with writing. Chapter 12 Worksheets work day.
THURSDAY 1/23--DDOG, CNN student news, Go over Chapter 12, Section 1 and 2--I'm Just A Bill
FRIDAY 1/24--DDOG, Computer Lab, writing letter to Congress
Note...due to change in schedules the test for Ch 10 takes place on 1/22 with us alos finishing Juvenile Justice at that time. All other plans will continue even if there is a reduced day.
Daily Dose of Government Writing Prompts
TUESDAY 1/21--If you had the opportunity to go to the 2014 Winter Olympics on Sochi would you go? Explain why or why not?
WEDNESDAY 1/22--If you could have dinner with any political leader who would it be and where would you eat?
THURSDAY 1/23--What issue or area of the US government budget should receive the most money? Look up the Cabinet positions and departments in your book for guidance and help on this question.
FRIDAY 1/24--CURRENT EVENT