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Monday May 17: Current Events Tuesday May 18: Exam return, Create lists of 13 Wednesday 19th - Friday 21st: Final Project of 2010 for course

Tuesday 4.27: // Shouting Fire // Wednesday 4.28: Judicial Branch Folders Thursday 4.29: L/N Article III media type="custom" key="5994713" Friday 4.30: Civil and Criminal Jury activity **
 * Monday 4.26: // Shouting Fire //

Monday 4.19: The Federal Bureaucracy, reading/WS Tuesday 4.20: L/N complete "The Secret Service" Wednesday 4.21: L/N "Presidential Powers --- Pardons" Thursday 4.22: Article II Quiz, Catch Up Day Friday 4.23: Article III Intro, Landmark Cases activity

Monday, April 12: Presidential Folders, Readings & Questions Tuesday, April 13: AV & Study Guide "Cheney's Law" Wednesday, April 14: Complete Folders Friday, April 16:** ** L/N "The Secret Service" **
 * Thursday, April 15: Running for President - ELECTIONS game

Monday, March 29: Article One Lecture / Notes Tuesday, March 30: AIR FORCE ONE (Video) Wednesday, March 31: Lab 106 - 8 Roles of the President Thursday, April 1: Lab 109 - Complete **8 Roles of the President, and the DEATH AND TAXES activity**

Monday, March 22: Article II Crossword Puzzle
 * Tuesday March 23**: AV & 25 Facts: Inside the Obama White House
 * Wednesday, March 24**: Exam Return, L/N The Executive Branch #1
 * Thursday, March 25**: Lab 109/Ibooks: Obama's Staff activity
 * Friday, March 26**: Catch up day, END OF Q3

Monday, March 8: Article One Reading & WS Tuesday, March 9: L/N 'Bill to Law' Wednesday, March 10: Ibooks, Gerrymandering activity Thursday, March 11: Unit Wrap Up Friday, March 12: Article I Exam

Monday, March 1: Chapter 10/11 Reading & Crossword Tuesday, March 2: Complete **Frontline:** **Sick Around The World,** Current event reading - (Quiz Thursday) Wednesday, March 3:L/N Congressional Terms Thursday, March 4: Health Care Reform - Quiz Friday, March 5: Congressional "Who's Who " Activity

Mon, Feb 22: Unit wrap up & review Tues, Feb 23: Unit II Exam Wed, Feb 24: L/N - Article I Introduction Thurs, Feb 25: The Role of Congress (Ibooks) Fri, Feb 26 : View program **Frontline:** **Sick Around The World (program is linked) ** and fill out attached study guide

Tuesday, Feb 16 : Complete 'Thinkers' assignment, THINKERS ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION, Articles of Confederation assignment Wednesday, Feb 17 : Share 'Thinkers' quotes Thursday, Feb 18 : The Documents reading & notes Friday, Feb 19 : AV & Study Guide - The Declaration of Independence

Mon, Feb 8: "6 Principals of Government" activity [|6 Principles.doc] Tues, Feb 9: L/N - "The Pre-Founding Fathers" of American Government Wed, Feb 10 : Return Unit One Exams, reading & question packet distributed, complete L/N Thur, Feb 11 : Turn in reading & questions, current events video Fri, Feb 12 : "They said what?" Examination of Quotes of the "thinkers" THINKERS ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

Monday, Feb 1 : 'Recognizing Bias in the Print Media' activity, please see Mr. Litecky if absent on this day [|Recognizing Political Bias in the PrintMedia.doc] Tuesday, Feb 2: Hour 4 Current Events, Hour 7 Political Cartoon Assignment Wednesday, Feb 3 : 'Newspaper creation' assignment, if absent complete by Friday's class [|Political Bias – Creating a Newspaper Layout2010.ppt] Thursday, Feb 4: L/N, Unit Wrap, Propaganda/Bias on TV - here are the Videos from class on 2/4 Friday, Feb 5 : Political Cartoon Assignment due - post under your name on the class wiki, FOLLOW DIRECTIONS ON THE LINK! **//Unit One Evaluation//**

Monday, January 25 : Complete all "wiki work," boot camps & **TWO** of the three pol. spect. quizzes. All assignments are due to be completed & posted by 10 AM Tuesday morning for credit. Tuesday, January 26: L/N - The Political Spectrum, [|Liberal vs. Conservative vs. Libertarian vs. Socialist]YouTube clip, r ecognizing L & C, 22 Questions [|Identify the political view.doc] Wednesday, January 27 : Complete L/N & 22 Questions Thursday, January 28 : Political Parties & Platforms Friday, January 29 : Political Cartoon Assignment (Hr 7 - [|John Stossel's Politically Incorrect Guide to Politics])

Tuesday, Jan 19 : Course intro, Citizenship Quiz Wednesday, Jan 20: Activity, //The Role of Citizen & Government//

Thursday, Jan 21st: Today in class you will work on becoming familiar with the many functions of this webpage by completing a Wiki Boot Camp. Below is a copy of the worksheet that students will complete in class. [|USG_Wiki_BC.pdf] Friday, Jan 22 : Lab 109 work day. 1) Take the following online quizzes that will give you an idea of where you fall on the political spectrum. On your assignment posting page, create a link under your name titled "First name / last initial_where am I on the Political Spectrum?" Record what you found out after taking the different quizzes. [|Political Spectrum #1][|Political Compass][|Political Spectrum #2]

2) Complete 'Boot Camp.' Some people need to take a moment to read the directions from the Wiki Boot Camp link. Look at your link and compare it to this sample link - the information will be different but your format should be the same.