Honors Government

Have completed the “Guarantees” only section of the chart on Amendments 1-10 and 14.

Case work

Brainstorming for 2nd Q. researched essay (E.C. option only open for papers handed in on time)

Continue working on Constitution Independent Study Packet

Honors Government

Visual aids on the amendments are due.

Amendment Quiz on Amendments 11-27.

Brainstorming topic sheet due Wednesday.

Honors Government

Political Cartoon Analysis due (postponed from Monday due to Quiz)

Amendment procedure and Amendment 11-27 packet due beginning of the period.  Be sure to write down detailed information about those amendments.  There will be an activity completed in class and all you will have to use on the activity is those notes you took.

****U.S. Constitution Exam will be November 10th.  Independent Study Prep packet will be collected for a grade on the day of the exam.

Honors Government

Get started on the federalism notes.  The quiz next week is very difficult and you want to give yourself every opportunity to do well on it with great notes.

Continue working on the Constitution Study Guide.  The Constitution Exam will likely be in two weeks.  Remember, the study guide will be graded and not just a holistic grade for handing it in.

Honors Government

Newsweek assignment due–absence last Friday does not earn you extra time–you will have had Tuesday and Thursday of this week to stop in and pick up what you missed last Friday.  Pre-arranged absences last Friday did not earn you an extra week to turn your essay in–point deductions for being late started when the essay was not handed in on Friday and have continued each day this week. Newsweek assignment will be included in First Quarter grade.

Last 9 essay presentations will be given.  No opportunity will exist to do these at another time.

Group One and Group 2 should come prepared to share information on their assigned sections of the Independent Study Constitution Exam Study Guide.

***The quarter ends on Friday, October 16 and grades will be finalized by Monday–not on Monday.

Honor Government

Final essays are due from those who are presenting on either of the Friday presentation dates.

Those who have to do their presentations today may turn their final essays in on Friday, October 9.

Remember, it will be impossible to reschedule presentations so don’t be absent on your scheduled presentation day.

Honors Government

Use your textbook as well as the two provided handout packets to complete the entire 3 page assignment (the one with the Venn Diagram on page #1).  That assignment is worth over 50 points.

Remember, essays are due next Wednesday!!!!!

After Katie M. completes her current event–remember to do the required reaction paragraph at the end of this set of current events notes.  You can respond to just one, to a theme that grew out of the current events, to several that seem to be linked. etc.  At the end of your reaction paragraph, write down your choice for best catchy title.  Have this done for Monday–you will be turning in the notes, reaction paragraph, and vote on Monday for a grade.  If you missed any of the current events presentations, be sure to get photocopies of someone else’s notes to insert into yours.

Honors Government

Complete your assigned work on the two scenarios dealing with problems presented to the Articles of Confederation Congress.

Start doing research for your essay topic.

Six of you have current event presentations to prepare for.

Looking ahead, there will be a quiz on the Articles of Confederation on Friday.

Honors Government

Read Chapter 2, Sec. 3 and the handout you received in class.

Come to class with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd topic choices from the Topic Summary sheets.

Forgue, Geyer, Griparis, Grutzius, Halaska, and Hallihan have current event presentations.  Bring a back-up article just in case someone else presents on yours before you get a chance to.

Honors Government

You have your 2nd political cartoon analysis due.

You also need to have completed the brainstorming sheet (the one with the columns on it).

Group 4 will present in class, we will watch a portion of “1776″ and you will receive information about what to expect on Tuesday’s exam.