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Lesson Plan for the week of November 13, 2023
Lesson Plan for the week of November 13, 2023
Monday, Finish presentations
Tuesday, Classroom presentation of the Morse v Fredrick case
Wednesday, Test over Morse v Fredrick
Thursday, we begin to learn about the electoral process
Friday, Career and College Day
Lesson Plan for Nov 6-10
Lesson plan for the week of Nov 6-10
This week we will lean about the United States Judicial system.
Monday C13 L1 Students will answer review question 3 and provide an example of how they see one of the historic judicial systems influencing our system.
Tuesday C13 L2 Students will answer review questions 1,5, and 6
Wednesday C13 L3 Students will be assigned Morse v. Frederick and will review and express in their own words the opinion, dissent, and concurrent opinions of the U.S. Supreme court.
Thursday C13 L4 Students will list the Members of the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Justice of the Peace for their precinct. Students will explain how each level is chosen and the term of office if any.
Friday make up and turn in day
Review will be Monday the 13th with test on the 14th
Lesson plan for the week of Oct. 23
Lesson plan for the week of October 23-27
This week we will finish our work on Presidential leadership. The final assignment will be a presentation to the class which will begin on Wednesday.
Monday and Tuesday Project work
Wednesday through Friday classroom presentations.
Below you will find the entire assignment Days 1-3 are daily grades.
Day 1
You are to select or be assigned a President of the United States. ________________________________
Provide a brief Biography of the President including personal background, areas of experience, past political successes, and failures, and explain how they became president campaign opponents’ election results etc.
When did they serve?
What do you see as the major challenges this president faced in office include at least 4
Day 2
Using the president, you have been assigned explain in detail how that president fulfilled his role as one of the following.
Head of State
Chief Executive
To answer this, you will need to use the 5 basic journalism questions Who, What, Where, When, why, and How
Go into detail about the event what led up to it what was the Using the President, you have been assigned or selected explain in detail how that president fulfilled his United States interest in it and what was the outcome of it. How did this action impact future events?
Day 3
Using the President, you have been assigned or selected explain in detail how that president fulfilled his role as one of the following.
Chief Diplomat
Commander in Chief
To answer this, you will need to use the 5 basic journalism questions Who, What, Where, When, why, and How
Go into detail about the event what led up to it what was the United States interest in it and what was the outcome of it. How did this action impact future events?
Final assignment
This assignment will be the test grade for this unit.
Based on all the information you have learned about your President prepare and deliver a lesson to you class about the President. Topics to include follow.
1. A brief biography about the President.
2. Explanation of how they became president the events and elections that brought him to the office.
3. Explain the United States at the time of your Presidents tenure in office include domestic, foreign relations, economic, and social realities of the time.
4. Based on what you learned explain how your President fulfilled 3 of the Presidential roles we have listed.
5. Summarize what you see as the successes and failures of your President during his time in office.
6. Provide a work cited page to validate your work.
You may choose the method of delivery of your lesson some suggestions include, google slides, power point, lecture with handouts.
You will have 2 days to work on this order of presentations will be random.
Rubric
Student covered each point 1-6 up to 11.7 points each.
Student was prepared to present when called upon 20 points.
Subjective quality points 10 points
Lesson plan for October 16-20
Lesson plan for the week of October 16 to 20
Chapter 9 The Executive Branch
Monday no classes.
Tuesday Finish A million miles away
Wednesday lesson 1 Presidential power
Thursday lesson 2 The president as head of State and Chief Executive
Friday lesson 3 The president as Commander in Chief and Chief Diplomat
We should have a review next Monday and test on Tuesday.
If you miss a class read the lesson and do the first 5 questions of the lesson review or come, see me at 730 to get you caught up.
Lesson Plan for the weeks of 9 October to 20 October
9th Monday Planning and catch-up day.
10th Tuesday Review for Chapter 4 and 5 Test
11th Wednesday Chapter 4 and 5 Test
12th Thursday Start Chapter 9 the Executive branch.
13th Friday Chapter 9 Selecting a President
16th -18th Monday- Wednesday Chapter 9 Roles of the President
19th -20th Thursday Friday we will take a close look at a few Presidents and the major challenges they had during their administrations Presidents will be chosen by each class at random.
Lesson plan for Aug 15- Sept 1
U.S. Government First Nine Weeks Lesson Plan 2023-2024
Week of August 14. Introductions, Chapter 1 foundations of Government the students will learn the purpose and origins of government, types of governments, and the role of government in society.
Weeks of August 21 and 28 Chapter 1 test. Chapter 2 Origins of American, Government the students will learn the types of government formed during the colonial period, the factors leading to American independence, the design of the Articles of Confederation and the role of political philosophers in the formation of the American Republic. Students are to write a 1-to-2-page essay explaining the design of the Articles of Confederation and how it was influenced by the political philosophy of the time. (Students will be expected to include the influence of at least one political philosopher from a list provided.)
U.S. Government first 9 weeks plan.
U.S. Government First Nine Weeks Lesson Plan 2023-2024
Week of August 14. Introductions, Chapter 1 foundations of Government the students will learn the purpose and origins of government, types of governments, and the role of government in society.
Weeks of August 21 and 28 Chapter 1 test. Chapter 2 Origins of American, Government the students will learn the types of government formed during the colonial period, the factors leading to American independence, the design of the Articles of Confederation and the role of political philosophers in the formation of the American Republic. Students are to write a 1-to-2-page essay explaining the design of the Articles of Confederation and how it was influenced by the political philosophy of the time. (Students will be expected to include the influence of at least one political philosopher from a list provided.)
Week of September 4. Turn in essays (Test Grade). Discuss the failure of Articles of Confederation. Movie A More Perfect Union.
Week of September 11. 911 Remembrance Flight 93. Discussion over the War on Terror and its impact on national and international politics.
Weeks of September 18, and 25. Chapter 3 and 4 the Constitution the Bill of Rights and federalism, the students will understand the reason for the creation of the United States Constitution its articles and the concept of federalism. There will be a written test over both chapter 3 and 4.
Week of October 2. Chapter 5 The structure of Congress, students will learn the makeup, roles, and responsibility of the United States House and Senate, and the roles of congressional committees.
Week of October 9. Review and test over the Congress. Chapter 9 the Presidency, students will learn the role of the President of the United States, including Commander in Chief, Chief Diplomat, and political party leader. The test over this section will be a written review of a recent Presidential decision. This review should detail the issue, parties involved, decisions he could have made, the decision that was made, and the student’s expectation of how this decision will affect the nation, the state, world, and the student personally. (This report will be on the second nine weeks grading period)
U.S. Government Syllabus
Revised Fall 2023
U.S. Government Fall Semester 2023-24
In United States Government, the focus is on the principles and beliefs upon which the United States was founded and, on the structure, functions, and powers of government at the national, state, and local levels. This course is the culmination of the civic and governmental content and concepts studied from kindergarten through required secondary courses. Students learn major political ideas and forms of government in history. A significant focus of the course is on the U.S. Constitution, its underlying principles and ideas, and the form of government it created. Students analyze major concepts of republicanism, federalism, checks and balances, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights and compare the U.S. system of government with other political systems. Students identify the role of government in the U.S. free enterprise system and examine the strategic importance of places to the United States. Students analyze the impact of individuals, political parties, interest groups, and the media on the American political system, evaluate the importance of voluntary individual participation in a constitutional republic, and analyze the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Students examine the relationship between governmental policies and the culture of the United States. Students identify examples of government policies that encourage scientific research and use critical-thinking skills to create a product on a contemporary government issue.
Instructor: Clifford L Barnes Jr.
Office: White Oak High School Rm 155
E-Mail: [email protected]
Conference Hours: M-F 7:55-8:40 Make an appointment, and we can meet by phone or face-to-face.
Email Policy: Instructors and students should use White Oak school email for email correspondence.
Course Rationale
To support the teaching of the essential knowledge and skills, the use of a variety of rich primary and secondary source material such as the complete text of the U.S. Constitution, selected Federalist Papers, landmark cases of the U.S. Supreme Court (such as those studied in Grade 8 and U.S. History Since 1877), biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, speeches, letters, and periodicals that feature analyses of political issues and events is encouraged.
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS:
REQUIRED:
Textbook United State Government issued by White Oak High School
Chrome Book Issued by White Oak High School
Paper, Pencils, Pens provided by the student.
EVALUATION:
Test grades will account for 60% of your 9 weeks grade. Tests include written tests as well as research papers, and other written assignments.
Daily grades will account for 40% of your 9 weeks grade. Daily grades can include quizzes, short written or oral assignments, puzzles, worksheets and other short assignments including weekly classroom input via story telling assignments.
(1) Test average x .60
(2) Quiz average x .40
Grade scale: A=90-100, B=80-89, C=70-79, D=60-69, F=59 and below.
CLASSROOM POLICIES
1. School Rules are class rules.
2. No Headphones, Cell Phones, Smartwatches etc. – Only when appropriate for classroom activities. And allowed by the instructor.
3. Class Time – Class time is for class work while I understand football and physics are important, they have their own time.
4. No sleeping in class if you are tired stand up.
5 Your work is your responsibility if you miss work get with me to make it up.
6. Blog page– The student will be responsible for checking the Government Blog page and Skyward, where all information about assignments, changes to assignments, course proceedings, and grades will be posted for students to access individually.
7. If a student is absent when a test or quiz is given, or an assignment is due the student with have 1 week to make the work up the quiz or test may be a variation of the one given to the rest of the class to maintain course integrity.
8. Missing Class –In the case of missing a class period, students are responsible for obtaining information they missed during that session and will be held accountable for all assignments.
Disclaimer:
As instructor, I reserve the right to amend and/or modify this syllabus as necessary to promote the best education possible within prevailing conditions affecting this course.
