2-2-09

Review notes – The Three Branches of Government.

Which branch of Government has the power to declare war?

Read and take notes 3-3 Amending the Constitution.

3-3-09

Reading Quiz 4-1 National and State Powers.

Complete National and State and Concurrent Powers Venn Diagram, due Wednesday, 20 pts.

2-3-09

3-3 Read and take notes textbook pgs 76-81, Amending the Constitution.

Review vocabulary terms for section 3-2.

Expressed Powers, Enumerated Powers, Elastic Clause, Federal Bureaucracy.

2-9-09

Read and take notes 3-4, The Amendments, textbook pages 83-90.

Define terms: prior restraint, probable cause, search warrant, arrest warrant, due process of law, eminent domain, lame duck and poll tax.

Pro/Con notes from video, To Keep and Bear Arms: Gun Control and the Second Amendment, 10 points.

The Constitution Test - Wednesday Feb. 18th , 100 points.

2-10-09

Continue reading and taking notes on section 3-4, The Amendments, pages 83-90.

Define terms: prior restraint, probable cause, search warrant, arrest warrant, due process of law, eminent domain, lame duck and poll tax.

Read Amendment Book with small group.

2-10-09

Continue reading and taking notes from text pages 83-90, 3-4, The Amendments.

Reading Circles 1-5 6-10 12-15 16-21 22-27

2-11-09

Log into your lap top. Check number!!

Google Amendment Games. Play at least three amendment games.

Continue reading and notes on 3-4, The Amendments.

2-16-09

Review 3-4 The Amendments.

Test Chapter 3: Thursday, February 19, 2009

Create a review game. Log in, click game folder on desk top, chose a game, create game, play game.

The 2nd Amendment: What does it say? What does it mean? What are the arguments for and against gun rights for Americans?

2-18-09

Chapter 3 Test: The Constitution Thursday, February 19, 2009

Place Constitution review sheet on front table.

Log into laptop and continue creation of review game.

Carefully, move to another classmates computer and play their review game.

2-19-20

Complete PSSA Reading Assignment.

Discuss any last minute questions prior to the Constitution test.

Complete the chapter 3 test: The Constitution, 100 pts.

2-20-09

Obama Through the Years – Slide Show.

Chapter 3 Test: The Constitution. Predict your score.

Spirit Reading – CNN Money article – Stimulus: How it may affect your wallet.

2-23-09

Spirit Reading: Stimulus: How It May Affect Your Wallet.

Chapter 3 Test: The Constitution. Predict your score.

Coming Next: Chapter 4 – Federalism.

2-25-09

4-1 R/N pages 94-102, The Federal System: National and State Powers.

Vocabulary: delegated powers, expressed powers, implied powers, elastic clause, inherent powers, reserved powers, supremacy clause, concurrent powers, enabling act.

Who has the POWER and what should they do with it??

2-26-09

4-1 R/N pages 94-102, The Federal System: National and State Powers.

Who has the power and what should they do with it????

Explain how the powers of government are related.

2-27-09

4-1 Reading Quiz, Tuesday, March 3rd, 10 points.

Turn to textbook page 97, National, State and Concurrent Powers.

Create a Venn diagram with a title and section labels using pictures for each specific power,20 pts.

3-2-09

4-1 R/N for reading quiz – Tuesday. Nation and State Powers.

Content Vocabulary: delegated powers, expressed powers, implied powers, elastic clause, inherent powers, reserved powers,, supremacy clause, concurrent powers, enabling act.

Complete Venn Diagram, page 97, due Wednesday, 20 pts.

3-4-09

List the 3 Guarantees to the States

R/N 4-1, pages 94-102, National and State Powers.

Denied Powers – What are they and who do they protect?

Republican Form of Government

Protection

Territorial Integrity

3-9-094-1 Review National , State and Concurrent Powers.

Share and discuss Division of Powers Charts.

Does the chart have a title?

Are all 3 sections labeled?

Does the graphic/picture describe the power in a meaningful way?

How does the chart reflect today’s division of government power?

Do you feel the division of power reflects the Framers goal of “limited government power”?