- Welcome
- Create a new blog post.
- Name it 21) October 12, 2018.
- Quarter Ends October 19
- Showcase--Election Guide
- Tuesday, October 23, 4:00-8:00
- I Love History Club Meeting Next Week
- Friday at Lunch
- Angel Island
- Sacramento
- Daily Write--Pew Center for the People and the Press Political Typology Survey
- Where do you fit?
- How accurate is your label? Why?
- How did you like the questions in general? How could they have been better?
- Were there any answers you would like to change? If so, why? If not, why not?
- Were there any particular questions that were hard to answer with the choices they gave? Which ones were they? Why were they hard?
- Daily Write--I Side With
- Who do you side with? Why?
- Do you agree or disagree with the survey? Why?
- How did this survey compare to the other survey?
- Did you like these questions better or worse than the other survey? Why?
- How did these issues compare to the major issues we have covered so far?
- How did you end up on your ideology? Why?
- Do you agree or disagree with your ideology? Why?
- How did you rate on the themes? Why?
- Did the themes make sense? If so, do they help? If not, why not?
- Review Quiz?
- Freakonomics?
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance?
- Daily Closing
- What did you learn?
- How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
- How does it or will it affect you?
- How can you use it?
- READING GUIDE
Friday, October 12, 2018
21) October 12, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
20) October 10, 2018
- Welcome
- Create a new blog post.
- Name it 20) October 10, 2018.
- Quarter Ends October 19
- Showcase--Election Guide
- Tuesday, October 23, 4:00-8:00
- FAFSA Workshop
- Wednesday, October 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 in Room 303
- Daily Write--Major Issues
- Choose one major issue and update the stances of the main political parties.
- Build your webpage and include each of the following:
- Add an image that illustrates the issue in the header.
- Link to "official party" position on each issue. Create a one paragraph summary of the official position.
- Image/graph that illustrates how Americans in general view each issue. Cite the source with a credit under the image.
- On your blog, please write the following:
- Your analysis of how and why the two parties differ on the issue.
- Your perspective on the issue and why.
- Daily Write--Evaluating Websites and Discovering Fake News
- What is currency and how do you find it?
- What is relevancy and how do you judge it?
- What is authority and how do you determine it?
- What is quality and how do you judge it?
- How do these different standards add up to credibility?
- Was the first website credible? Why or why not?
- How about the second website, how was it better than the first site?
- Field Trips
- Angel Island
- Sacramento
- I Love History Club
- $10 by Friday
- Meeting on Friday
- Officers?
- Freakonomics?
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance?
- Daily Closing
- What did you learn?
- How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
- How does it or will it affect you?
- How can you use it?
- READING GUIDE
Monday, October 8, 2018
19) October 8, 2018
- Welcome
- Create a new blog post.
- Name it 19) October 8, 2018.
- Showcase--Election Guide
- Tuesday, October 23, 4:00-8:00
- FAFSA Workshop
- Wednesday, October 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 in Room 303
- Friday's Daily Closing
- What did you learn?
- How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
- How does it or will it affect you?
- How can you use it?
- McClintock vs. Morse?
- Daily Write--Register to Vote
- Register to vote or pre-register to vote if you're not 18.
- Please screenshot your approval screen and insert into today's blog post.
- If you're already registered, take a picture of the card you got last week and insert it into today's blog post or use this link to check your registration.
- Daily Write--Major Issues
- Choose one major issue and update the stances of the main political parties.
- Build your webpage and include each of the following:
- Link to "official party" position on each issue.
- Image/graph that illustrates how Americans in general view each issue.
- On your blog, please write the following:
- Your analysis of how and why the two parties differ on the issue.
- Your perspective on the issue and why.
- Field Trips
- Washington/NYC
- Who?
- Angel Island
- Sacramento
- I Love History Club
- $10 by Friday
- Meeting on Friday
- Officers?
- Freakonomics?
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance?
- Daily Closing
- What did you learn?
- How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
- How does it or will it affect you?
- How can you use it?
- READING GUIDE
Friday, October 5, 2018
18) October 5, 2018
- Welcome
- Create a new blog post.
- Name it 18) October 5, 2018.
- Showcase--Election Guide
- Tuesday, October 23, 4:00-8:00
- FAFSA Workshop
- Wednesday, October 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 in Room 303
- Quiz Return
- Quiz
- Daily Write--Major Issues
- Choose one major issue and update the stances of the main political parties.
- Build your webpage and include each of the following:
- Link to "official party" position on each issue.
- Image/graph that illustrates how Americans in general view each issue.
- On your blog, please write the following:
- Your analysis of how and why the two parties differ on the issue.
- Your perspective on the issue and why.
- Field Trips
- Washington/NYC
- Who?
- Angel Island
- Sacramento
- I Love History Club
- $10 by Friday
- Meeting on Friday
- Officers?
- Freakonomics?
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance?
- Daily Closing
- What did you learn?
- How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
- How does it or will it affect you?
- How can you use it?
- READING GUIDE
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
17) October 3, 2018
- Welcome
- Create a new blog post.
- Name it 17) October 3, 2018.
- Showcase--Election Guide
- Tuesday, October 23, 4:00-8:00
- FAFSA Workshop
- Wednesday, October 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 in Room 303
- Daily Write--Kavanaugh Nomination
- Why is the FBI investigating the allegations against Judge Kavanaugh?
- Why did Senator Flake ask for an investigation?
- Why did Senator Harris say it was a failure?
- What was the letter read by Senator Durbin and why did he read it, and how was it received by Senator Grassley?
- Why did Senator Graham say "this has never been about the truth?"
- Why did Senator Klobuchar question the bravery of the committee?
- What happens now?
- How has President Trump reacted to the investigation and delay?
- Why does it seem that Senator Flake asked for the investigation?
- How is the election playing a role in all of this?
- How is President Trump dealing with the Senators?
- How does this all play a role in what we've been learning lately?
- Daily Write--Partisanship and the Supreme Court?
- Daily Write--Major Issues
- Choose one major issue and update the stances of the main political parties.
- Include each of the following:
- Link to "official party" position on each issue.
- Image that illustrates how Americans in general view each issue.
- Your analysis of how and why the two parties differ on the issue.
- Your perspective on the issue and why.
- Field Trips
- Washington/NYC
- Who?
- Angel Island
- Sacramento
- I Love History Club
- $10 by Friday
- Meeting on Friday
- Officers?
- Freakonomics?
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance?
- Daily Closing
- What did you learn?
- How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
- How does it or will it affect you?
- How can you use it?
- READING GUIDE
Friday, September 28, 2018
16) September 28, 2018
- Welcome
- Create a new blog post.
- Name it 16) September 28, 2018.
- Daily Write--COD 5/6 Warm Up
- In the following table enter ideas and examples for each theme for both chaptersThemeCh 5Ch 6ConstL&OCPiaRDCPMIMofPA
- COD 5/6 Quiz
- More Kavanaugh?
- Field Trips
- Washington/NYC
- Who?
- Angel Island
- Sacramento
- I Love History Club
- $10 by Friday
- Meeting on Friday
- Officers?
- Freakonomics?
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance?
- Daily Closing
- What did you learn?
- How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
- How does it or will it affect you?
- How can you use it?
- READING GUIDE
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
15) September 26, 2018
- Welcome
- Create a new blog post.
- Name it 15) September 26, 2018.
- Daily Write--Kavanaugh Nomination/Changing Attitudes
- Discussion?
- COD 4 Quiz?
- COD 1-4 Comparision/Discussion
- Field Trips
- Washington/NYC
- Who?
- Angel Island
- Sacramento
- I Love History Club
- $10 by Friday
- Meeting on Friday
- Officers?
- Freakonomics?
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance?
- Daily Closing
- What did you learn?
- How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
- How does it or will it affect you?
- How can you use it?
- READING GUIDE
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