Small Test on Thursday - study notes for Amendments 8 - 10

Due on Thursday - HW and study for Test
1. Summarize Amendments 9 and 10 in five summary points each amendment
2. Use this handout to review and complete the homework for Amendments 8 - 10 HERE

3. Study for the test on Amendments 1 - 10, the Bill of Rights using these RESOURCES HERE in the activities section of the page

4. The Test will be about:

• Bill of Rights
• Some well known examples
• You will be asked to create two different scenarios that illustrate a problem in the Bill of Rights

Week of 042715

Monday - in class:

1. Take out your Amendments Explained handout
2. Get Chromebook - one person per table gets Chromebooks for each person at table
3. Get a textbook and turn to the Amendments text (p 487) - or you can use an online CONSTITUTION HERE
4. Today you will be working with all of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights 
5. Since we have not worked with Amendments 7 - 10 that much yet, read the Text and Explained parts before you begin today's activities.

Activities:

1. Warm up with this game (10 minutes max) Help Restore the Bill of Rights

2. Watch this review of the Amendments HERE

3. Review the Bill of Rights with these games:

• Bill of Rights- US Courts HERE
• Factmonster
• Matching Quiz - this game uses the standard short hand explanations for each Amendment
• A High School Bill of Rights Quiz - a bit more difficult - can you pass?

Homework - due Tuesday

1. Study for a simple Bill of Rights quiz on Tuesday

2. Use these online flashcards HERE - click the LEARN button to begin

Week of 042015 - UPDATED

Due - Date

0420 -
Class Notes - Most Amendments are powers denied Congress

0421 - ASN: Amendment student scenarios (collected 0423)
1. Resources:
Use a text of the Bill of Rights Amendments
Use this handout - Bill of Rights... Explained to understand each Amendment clearly

2. Read your Assigned Amendment text and the explained handout from the list below.
Using the Bill of Rights (1791) Plus Due Process Explained handout:

3. READ the Following Amendment and the Explained NUMBERED Point under that Amendment

Find your name on this LIST HERE

4. WRITE: Create THREE short written scenarios that illustrate your assigned point for your assigned Amendment


UPDATE:
0423 - 
1. Find a summary of a Supreme Court case related to your assigned Amendment Summary point.
2. In Google, type in various key words related to your summary point.
3. Summarize the case as follows on notebook paper (3 - 5 points per question below):

• basics of case
• the Constitutional Rights question raised
• the findings of the court

4. In Class - Scavenger hunt of examples

0424 - 

1. Find a 1 - 3 minute video that clearly illustrates the issues raised by your summary point.

2. Share the link and a brief summary on THIS SURVEY HERE

Week of 040615

HW Due - Date:
(See below for in class activities)

040715 - each person works on the slide show this week for HW
040915 -
1. Read two of the following articles

• http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/03/04/senate-fails-override-obamas-veto-keystone-xl-pipeline-bill/24391437/ the recent veto of the Keystone Pipeline Bill:
• http://news.yahoo.com/barack-obama-loretta-lynch-u-s--attorney-general-congress-senate-131109200.html pace of Senate confirmation of a nominee for Attorney General

2. Then read the Constitution with the link above at us constitution.net - focus on Article 2, Section 2, second paragraph.

2. Write a summary of the article as follows:
Using these cases, answer these 3 questions. Include information from each article and the two passages from the Constitution to explain your answers in 3 - 4 sentences.

• 1. Do you think that the President should have vetoed the Keystone Pipeline bill. Do you think he should have this power? Why did the Republicans try to overturn his veto in Congress?
• 2. Why do you think the Senate is failing to confirm this nominee for Attorney General? Do they have to move swiftly to confirm her? What do some Republicans think about the nominee.
• 3. Do you think that the Constitution works the way it was intended to work given these two examples? What are the positives about our system, and the negative to our system of getting governmbusiness done?

041015 - Constitutional Article presentations due

In class
040615 -
Students were assigned Articles and sections of the Constitution text in groups.
See Student the list here

• Student groups read the text of the assigned articles and sections.
• Student groups must create a slide show in shared Google Presentation with the following parameters:
• SLIDE SHOW suggested outline HERE
• each slide needs a picture and text (no more than 50 words)
• 5 or more main points, each presented in one or more sides
• two examples or events that illustrate a main point from the Article or Section
• include the URL and title of the event on the ending Notes slide
• find a video that illustrates a key point or example (total of 6 minutes of video)
• Due by end of class on Thursday (We have computers 
• Present in class on Friday.

Sub Plans Thursday.

Hi folks...
1. Work assigned in class will be collected on Friday.
2. All work assigned this week is due on Friday.
3. Quiz on Powers denied Congress on Friday.