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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights


Review with the Bill of Rights Terms Slides. (Thurs - Friday)

Annotate and make notes on the rights guaranteed for each amendment. (Friday - Monday)

Use the Bill of Rights summaries to correctly match to the corresponding amendment, then check your annotation to ensure you have not left out any rights and freedoms. (Monday)

Review the slides and determine if there is a violation of rights.  Identify the amendment and the words that guarantee the right or freedom. Here is the slideshow with the answer. (Tuesday)

HW - What Rights do you Value?

What rights are violated in this narrative? (Wed)

HW - Practice identifying rights and applying them to scenarios.




Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Presidential Elections & the Electoral College

Presidential Elections & the Electoral College

Elections in the U.S. are peaceful transfers of power.
Listen to a poll worker on his recollection about people's observations about elections and voting.

Popular Vote vs. Electoral College


Polls are opinion surveys conducted by companies and candidates leading toward an election.  These results focus a candidate on which states they need to focus on to reach 270 electoral votes.  

Create a path to victory for each candidate.  Follow the directions to complete the plan, answer the questions, and write a news analysis. Click to complete the assignment.



Bonus Assignments:

(1) Create a map to the 2012 Presidency for each candidate.

Use this link to create the maps.

(2) Develop a video or audio news report based on the news analysis you wrote.  Name the file with your last and first name_period_assign title.

- Upload to your google docs account and share with me, email.
-On ipod, iphone upload to icloud, create a stream, and share with me.

Or upload below