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Civics Assignments

Instructor
Ms. Shannan Lee
Term
Fall 2012
Department
Social Sciences
Location
Room 128
Code
1
Description
Students in grade twelve pursue a deeper understanding of the institutions of American government. They compare systems of government in the world today and analyze the history and changing interpretations of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the current state of the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of government. An emphasis is placed on analyzing the relationship among federal, state, and local governments, with particular attention paid to important historical documents such as the Federalist Papers. These standards represent the culmination of civic literacy as students prepare to vote, participate in community activities, and assume the responsibilities of citizenship.

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Community Service Extra Credit
Please read ALL directions before you complete your service and you MUST get approval from me BEFORE you complete your volunteer work. No schools or churches. It must be a NON-PROFIT organization. Go to volunteermatch.org.

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LECTURE NOTES Forms of Government.jpg

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Packet Unit 1: Principles and Origins of Government
1. Textbooks Scavenger Hunt
2. Budget Voc. Matrix
3. Forms of Government Lecture
4. Concepts of Democracy
5. Democracy in Quotes
6. Gallery Walk: Philosophers
Total = 24 points

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Extra Credit Current Event = 10 points

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Benchmark Review
Unit 5: The Judicial Branch
Unit 6: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Unit 7: Political Behavior

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Unit 7 Political Behavior
1. Worksheet: Political Behavior (8)
2. Budget Voc. Matrix
3. Lecture Political Parties (Cornell Notes)

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Packet Unit 6 ch. 20
1. ch. 20 worksheet (8)
2. Lecture: Cornell Notes: ch. 20.1Due Process
3. Supreme Court Cases Gallery Walk
TOTAL = 16 points

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Packet Unit 6: ch. 19
1. Budget Voc. Matrix
2. Worksheet ch. 19
3. Lecture: Ch. 19.1 Unalienable Rights
4. Political Cartoon Analysis
5. Unit 5 Test Corrections
6. The Bill of Rights
7. Freedom of Religion Court Cases
8. Lecture Freedom of Religion
9. Symbolic Speech

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Unit 5: The Judicial Branch
Test = Monday, Dec. 3

1. Unit 5 Worksheet
2. Budget Voc. Matrix
3. Film Q's The Judicial Branch
4. Lecture: the U.S. Court System
5. Analyzing Court Materials

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Unit 5 Judicial Branch
  1. Unit 5 Worksheet
  2. Budget Vocabulary Matrix
  3. Film Questions: The Judicial Branch
  4. Lecture: The U.S. Court System Cornell Notes
  5. The U.S. Court System

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Packet Unit 4: The Executive Branch
1. Worksheet: Executive Branch (8)
2. Budget Voc. Matrix
3. The Presidency/Roles of the President
4. Lecture/Reforms: Electoral College
5. Election Scavenger Hunt
6. Powers of the Presidency
7. Presidential Learning Centers
8: Paragraph - Executive Branch
TOTAL = 36 points

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Packet Unit 3 Legislative Branch
1. Budget Vocabulary Matrix
2. Chapter 10 Congress
3. Lecture Legislative Branch (Cornell Notes Chapter 10.1)
4. ch. 11 worksheet/Enumerated Powers
5. Cornell Notes: Powers of Congress. ch. 10.2
6. Test Corrections Unit 2
7. Congressional Scavenger Hunt/Organization of Congress
8. Congressional Committee - Lecture & Activity
9. Congressional Committees Research Assignment
10 How a Bill Becomes a Law Lecture Notes
TOTAL 40 Points

TEST = Friday, October 26th

*Current Event = 10 points

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Packet Unit 2 The Constitution & Federalism
1. Budget Vocabulary Matrix
2. Unit 2: The Constitution/Federalism (8)
3. Principles of the Constitution/Preamble
4. Constitutional Law 1 Matrix
5. Test Corrections Unit 1
6. Election Magazine Reading Q’s
7. Constitutional Law 2 Matrix
8. Lecture: Federalist Papers
9. paragraph: Federalist Papers
10. The Need for an Independent Judiciary
11. The Federal System/Division of Powers
12. Paragraph: The Three Branches of Government
TOTAL = 44 points

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Unit 1: Origins of American Government
1. Textbook Scavenger Hunt
2. Budget Vocabulary Matrix
3. Lecture: Forms of Government/ Concepts of Democracy
4. Graphic Organizer - Forms of Gov't.
5. Concepts of Democracy
6. Democracy in Quotes
7. Gallery Walk - Enlightenment Philosophers
8. Lecture Classical Republicanism
9. World’s Smallest Political Quiz
10. Anticipation Guide: Republican Government /Public Good v Individual Rights
11. Lecture: Classical Liberalism

TOTAL 40 Points