Today in History: USSR expelled from the League of Nations - (1939)

 

Quote: "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Marx 

 

Today in History: First successful fusion reaction achieved. - (2022)

 

Quote: "My fake plants died because I didn't pretend to water them." - Mitch Hedberg 

 

Objective: Pass the Final Exam

 

1) Finals: Per 1 & 4 Tuesday

                Per 3 & 5 Wednesday

                Per 2 & 6 Thursday

Today in History: The transistor is invented. - (1947)

 

Quote: "Syllables govern the world." - George Bernard Shaw 

 

Objective: Prepare for Final

 

1) Review and prepare for final exam.

Today in History Lech Walesa elected president of Poland. - (1990)

 

Quote: "I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments." - Lech Walesa (Union Leader/President of Poland) 

 

Objective: Understand the process, duties and responsibilities of being a citizen.

 

1) Prepare for Final Exam - Review

2) Test on Wednesday per. 3.

 

Today in History: U.S. declares war on Japan. - (1941)

 

Quote: "We have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a dread resolve." - Admiral Yamamoto (Japanese CinC)

 

Objective: Understand the process, duties and responsibilities of being a citizen.

 

1) Continue Film 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

2) Work on film question handout

3) Late work due today.

Today in History: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. - (1941)

 

Quote: "Air Raid, Pearl Harbor.  This is no drill!" - Admiral Kimmel (Commander Naval Force, Hawaii)

 

Objective: Understand the process, duties and responsibilities of being a citizen.

 

1) Film - "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." 

2) Handout - Film questions.

3) Late work is due on Thursday.

Today in History: Roosevelt sends peace message to Emperor Hirohito. - (1941)

 

Quote: "When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd U.S. President)

 

Objective: Understand the process, duties and responsibilities of being a citizen.

 

1) Practice Final Test

          a) Review and collect work

2) Finish Chapter 7 review work in Schoology.

 

Today in History: Flight 19 disappears in the Bermuda Triangle. - (1945)

 

Quote: "There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship." - Clive Cussler (author)

 

Objective: Understand the process, duties and responsibilities of being a citizen.

 

1) Finish questions on Topic 7 in Schoology.

Today in History: Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France. - (1804)

 

Quote: "I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne." -  Napoleon Bonaparte 

 

Objective: Understand the process, duties and responsibilities of being a citizen.

 

1) Review Topic 7.5

2) Answer ten questions from reading (as complete sentences)

 

 

Today in History: The Soviet Union invades Finland. - (1939)

 

Quote: "History shows that there are no invincible armies." - Joseph Stalin 

 

Objective: Understand the process, duties and responsibilities of being a citizen.

 

1) Discussion - Analysis of Rights and Duties

          a) Native born/Naturalized citizens

          b) Permanent Residents

          c) Undocumented Residents

2) Define the Naturalization Process.

3) Read Topic 7.4 of Text

Today in History: Richard E. Byrd flies over the South Pole. - (1929)

 

Quote: "There is nothing impossible to him who shall try." - Alexander the Great 

 

Objective: Understand the process, duties and responsibilities of being a citizen.

 

1) Look up 5 community organizations - Identify who they are, what they do and how they help.  Use two key terms in your descriptions.

2) Collect work.

3) Read text topic 7.3.

Today in History: FDR attends Tehran Conference  - (1943)

 

Quote: "Diplomacy is the art of finding a win-win solution to international problems." - Anon. 

 

Objective: Understand the process, duties and responsibilities of  being a citizen.

 

1) Introduction

2) Read Topic 7.1-7.2 (p. 117-121) of Text

3) Review Key Terms

Today in History: Jonestown Suicide. - (1978)

 

Quote: "To me death is not a fearful thing.  It's living that's cursed." - Jim Jones (cult leader)

 

Objective: Discuss how political parties and interest groups influence our political decisions.

 

1) Do COVID testing on Sunday before return to school on 28 November.

2) Continue reading Topic. 8.3

Today in History: The Suez Canal opens. - (1869)

 

Quote: "Better a Suez Canal than a Root Canal." - The Unknown Comic 

 

Objective: Discuss how political parties and interest Groups influence our political decisions.

 

1) Political Parties and Interest Groups vs Public Opinion

2) Read Topic 8.3

 

Today in History: Operation Paperclip brings German rocket scientists to the U.S.. - (1945)

 

Quote: "I have learned to use the work impossible with the greatest caution." - Werner von Braun (German rocket scientist)

 

Objective: Discuss how political parties and interest groups influence our political decisions.

 

1) Political Parties

2) Finish reading p. 135-141 (Topic 8.1 & 8.2)

 

Today in History: Craig Breedlove sets a new land speed record. - (1965)

 

Quote: "Great deeds are usually wrought at great risk." - Herodotus (Greek Philosopher)

 

Objective: Discuss how political parties and interest groups influence our political decisions.

 

1) Review Political Parties/Special Interest Groups.

2) Discuss Similarities and Differences of each.

3) Review and discuss reading Topic 8.1 & 8.2.

 

Today in History: Herman Melville publishes Moby Dick. - (1851)

 

Quote: "Call me, Ishmael." - Herman Melville (author)

 

Objective: Discuss how political parties and interest groups influence our political decisions.  

 

1) Political Parties, Interest Groups and Public Policy

2) Read text p. 135-141.  (Topic 8.1 and 8.2)

 

Veteran's Day Holiday - No Classes.

Today in History: U. S. Marine Corps is created. - (1775) (Happy Birthday - Semper Fi)

 

Quote: "Pain is weakness leaving the body." - Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller, USMC

 

Objective: Understand the relationship between National and State government under Federalism.

 

1) Federalism Chapter Test

2) Civil Duties and Responsibilities

 

Today in History: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall. - (1989)

 

Quote: "Ich bin ein Berliner." - John F. Kennedy (35th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Understand the relationships between National and State government under Federalism.

 

1) Kinds and evolution of Federalism

2) Read text Topic 6.2-6.5

3) Test on Thursday 

Today in History: Adolf Hitler launches his Beer Hall Putsch. - (1923)

 

Quote: " Great liars are also great magicians." - Adolf Hitler (Nazi dictator of Germany)

 

Objective: Understand the relationship between National and State government under Federalsim.

 

1) Federalism - Test

2) Review Topic 6.4-6.5

Today in History: The Tacoma Narrows bridge collapses. - (1940)

 

Quote: "Science is about knowing.  Engineering is about doing." - Henry Petroski - American Engineer 

 

Objective: Understand the relationship between National and State government under Federalism.

 

1) Review key terms p. 97

2) Discuss Express powers, Concurrent Powers and Reserved Powers.

3) Test coming up soon.

Today in History: Iranian hostage crisis begins. - (1979)

 

Quote: "We will fight hostage taking like we fight terrorism." - Ali Abdullah Saleh (First President of Yemen)

 

Objective: Understand the relationship between National and State government under Federalism.

 

1) Review key terms p. 97.

2) Discuss Express powers, Concurrent powers, and Reserved powers.

3) Read text p. 97-99 (Topic 6.1 & 6.2)

Today in History: Soviet Union sends a dog into space. - (1957)

 

Quote: "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." - Mark Twain (author)

 

Objective: Understand the relationship between National and State government under Federalism.

 

1) Continue key terms and discussion of Express, Concurrent and Reserved powers.

2) Finish reading Topic 6.3.

 

Today in History: I.S.S. Freedom receives its first crew. - (2000)

 

Quote: "The wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions." - Zhuangzi (Chinese philosopher)

 

Objective: Understand the relationship between National and State Governments under Federalism.

 

1) Review Key Terms p. 97 of text.

2) Discuss Express Powers, Concurrent Powers and Reserved Powers. (Chart p. 99)

3) Read Text Topic 6.3

Today in History: U.S. tests its first hydrogen bomb (thermonuclear weapon) - (1952)

 

Quote: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." - Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer (physicist) 

 

Objective: Explain the relationship between the national/state/local governments in a Federal System.

 

1) Federalism - How is power shared between the National and State governments.

2) Text - Topic 6.1 & 6.2 - Read and Review

Today in History: Martin Luther posts the 95 theses. - (1517)

 

Quote: "On Halloween parents send kids out looking like me." - Rodney Dangerfield. (Comedian)

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Civil Liberties and Rights review

2) Test part 2 ????

Today in History: German navy mutinies' - (1918)

 

Quote: "People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before and election." - Otto Von Bismarck (German Prime Minister)

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Test Topic 5.1-5.5 of textbook

2) Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Recap

Today in History: The Cuban Missile Crisis eases. - (1962)

 

Quote: "Men must know their limitations." - Clint Eastwood (actor) 

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Finish work on Topic 5.3

2) Compare and evaluate responses on study sheets.

 

Today in History: King George III issues the Proclamation of Rebellion. - (1775)

 

Quote: "A traitor is everyone who does not agree with me." - King George III of England

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Continue with work on Topic 5.3 from Tuesday.

2) Work on assignment in class

3) Review work with fellow students.

 

Today in History: The Battle off Samar (David vs. Goliath) - (1944)

 

Quote: "My God!  They're shooting at us in technicolor!" - Unknown American Sailor  (USS White Plains CVE-66)

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Continue work with Text, Topic 5.3)

 

 

Today in History: Battle of Leyte Gulf (Largest naval battle in history) - (1944)

 

Quote: "Where is Task Force 34?  The world wonders." - Admiral C. W. Nimitz (CINCPACFLT)

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the constitution.

 

1) Finish and review section 5.2 of reading.

2) Answer the questions on the assigned Google document.

Today in History: Battle of Trafalgar - (1805)

 

Quote: "England expects that every man will do his duty." - Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Kahoots

2) Discuss Reading 5.1 and 5.2

 

Today in History: President Kennedy plans a blockade of Cuba. - (1962)

 

Quote: "The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow." - H. G. Welles (Author)

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Discuss film: A More or Less Perfect Union

2) Finish reading p. 79-83 (Topic 5.1 and 5.2)

 

Today in History: "Americans defeat British at Yorktown - (1781)

 

Quote: "Victory belongs to the most persevering." - Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of France)

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Video - A More or Less Perfect Union

 

Today in History: U.S. takes possession of Alaska (1867) and Puerto Rico (1898)

 

Quote: "Territory is but the body of a nation.  The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life." - James A. Garfield (20th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Read p. 79-83 (Topic 5.1 and 5.2)

2) Define Bill of Rights and Civil Liberties

3) Work on Key Terms p. 79

Today in History: Americans win at the Battle of Saratoga - (1777)

 

Quote: "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light." - George Washington 

 

Objective: Explain how our rights are defined and protected under the Constitution.

 

1) Review Friday Test

2) Major Court Decisions - Discuss and Review effects.

Today in History: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier. - (1947)

 

Quote: "If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off." - Chuck Yeager 

 

Objective: Examine the U.S. Constitution

 

1) Test - Topic 4 The Constitution 

Today in History: Congress creates the Continental Navy. - (1775)

 

Quote: "Lost time is never found again." - Benjamin Franklin (philosophe)

 

Objective: Examine the U.S. Constitution

 

1) Review the intent behind the Constitution - Define its purpose

2) Text p. 59-77 (Topic 4.1-4.5)

3) Handout - Dred Scott vs. Sandford

Today in History: Columbus reaches the new world. - (1492)

 

Quote: "The world is round so that friendship may encircle it." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 

 

1) PSAT

Today in History: Apollo 7 is launched. - (1968)

 

Quote: "To err is human, to forgive, divine." - Alexander Pope (poet)

 

Objective: Examine the U.S.  Constitution

 

1) Continue work from Monday

Today in History: Vice President Agnew resigns. - (1973)

 

Quote: "I apologize for lying to you.  I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort." - Spiro T. Agnew (Vice President)

 

Objective: Examine the U.S. Constitution

 

1) Continue reviewing the Articles of the Constitution and the Amendments.

2) Topic 4.3-4.5

Today in History: Kennedy and Nixon debate - (1960)

 

Quote: "The ignorance of one voter in a democracy imperils the security of all." - John F. Kennedy (35th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Same

 

1) Continue review of Constitution's Articles

Today in History: Egyptian president is assassinated. - (1981)

 

Quote: "The only way to look thin is to hang out with fat people." - Rodney Dangerfield (Comedian)

 

Objective: Same

 

1) Constitution Articles and Processes

No Classes

Today in History: Sputnik is launched - (1957)

 

Quote: "I love mankind; it's people I can't stand." - Charles M. Schultz (cartoonist)

 

Objective: Evaluate the fragility of democracy.

 

1) The U.S. Constitution

2) Review key terms

Today in History: Germany reunites after 45 years. - (1991)

 

Quote: "Believe that you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt (26th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Evaluate the fragile nature of Democracy

 

1)  Relax - No Class Today.

Today in History: First nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, is commissioned. - (1954).

 

Quote: "Good ideas are not adopted automatically.  They must be driven into practice with courageous patience." - Admiral Hyman Rickover (Father of the nuclear navy)

 

Objective: Evaluate the fragile nature of Democracy.

 

1) Review and Discuss the PBS Frontline Democracy: Lies, Politics and Democracy

2) Work on writing assignment.

No Class Today for U.S. Government

Today in History: The Battle of Yorktown begins. - (1781)

 

Quote: "To be prepared is half the victory." - Miguel de Cervantes (author: Don Quixote) 

 

Objective: Evaluate the nature of democracy as an institution.

 

1) Video - PBS Frontline

2) Review and discuss presentation

3) Written response and evaluation.

Today in History: Tripartite Pact signed by Italy, Germany and Japan. - (1940)

 

Quote: "Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless." - Adolf Hitler 

 

Objective: Examine the origins of American democracy.

 

1) Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu and Rousseau.

2) Review section 3.1 and 3.2

3) 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments and the Civil Rights Act of 1965

Today in History: Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation - (1862)

 

Quote: "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." - Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. President) 

 

Objective: Examine the origins of American democracy.

 

1) Review and discuss p. 37 Key Terms - Review reading section 3.1 and 3.2

2) Important thinkers in the growth of democracy.

Today in History: The monarchy is abolished in France. - (1791)

 

Quote: "I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne." - Napoleon Bonaparte 

 

Objective: Examine the origins of American democracy.

 

1) Finish ISMs

2) Magna Carta video

3) Principles of democracy given by the Magna Carta

     a) Rule of Law

     b) Due Process of Law

4) Review Key Terms p. 37.

 

 

Today in History: Magellan sets sail from Spain. - (1519)

 

Quote: "I am not a member of any organized political party.  I am a Democrat." - Will Rogers (Humorist)

 

Objective: Same as Monday

 

1) Students present ISMs power point (4 slides)

2) Study Key Terms p. 37.  

Today in History: President Garfield dies two months after being shot. - (1881)

 

Quote: "The president is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think." - James A. Garfield (20th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Examine the Origins of American Democracy

 

1) Preview next session

2) ISMs - Create a "ism"

 

Today in History: Mexican Revolution begins - (1810)

 

Quote: "When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right." - Victor Hugo (French author)

 

Objective: Examine and compare different government types.

 

1) Quiz - Section 2.3-2.5 of text.

2) Review p. 33 summary.

3) Read p. 34 & 35 - Freedom advances.

Today in History: President McKinley dies from assassin's bullet. - (1901)

 

Quote: "Now look!  That damned cowboy is President of the United States." - Senator Mark Hanna 

 

Objective: Examine and compare different government types.

 

1) Review worksheet 2.3 from yesterday.

2) Read text p. 28-33 (Topic 2.4 & 2.5) in class.

3) Do topic exercises in Schoology (Topic 2.4 & 2.5)

Today in History: Italy invades Egypt. - (1940)

 

Quote: "When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are against you." - Elon Musk

 

Objective: Examine and compare different Government types.

 

1) Review topic 2.3 (Read p. 22-27)

2) Activity 3 on worksheet (Schoology)

Today in History: Lascaux cave paintings discovered in France - (1940)

 

Quote: "Keep your face towards sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman (poet)

 

Objective: Examine and compare different government types.

 

1) Review key terms p. 22-26.

2) Work on on objective 2.3

Today in History: President Ford pardons former President Nixon. - (1974)

 

Quote: "I am a Ford, not a Lincoln." - Gerald R. Ford (38th president)

 

Objective: Compare different government forms throughout history.

 

1) Round Robin reading: Text p. 18-22 (Topic 2.2)

2) Review high-lighted terms.  Write definitions and take notes.

 

 

Today in History: First submarine attack in history. - (1776)

 

Quote: "I've been to the Titanic in a yellow submarine and the North Pole in a Russian nuclear icebreaker." - Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)

 

Objective: Examine the key concepts within the topic.

 

1) Finish the key terms work from yesterday (p. 17) - Collect work

2) Unit 2 preview - 5 pts.

3) Read text p. 17-19.  

Today in History: Los Angeles Unified School District is hit with a cyber attack. - (2022)

 

Quote: "Open the pod-bay doors HAL."  "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that." - Arthur C. Clark (2001: A Space Odyssey)

 

Objective: Understand key concepts within the topic.

 

1) Review key terms p. 17.

     a) Write definition

     b) Name a country that you know uses this system today.

     c) What are the advantages and disadvantages of such systems (One each.)

2) Finish tomorrow

 

Today in History: Paris is liberated. (1944)

 

Quote: "No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris." - Orville Wright 

 

Objective: Investigate the use of power.

 

1) Share out and collect Activity 2-4 of Handout.

2) Review Structure of U.S. Government - Quiz tomorrow.

3) Read text p. 9-13 (Topic 1.5) 

4) Do Activity 5 worksheet - Political Games.