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.)