UPDATED!!! Note Changes in schedule! Chapter 6 Test has been moved to Tuesday, January 26

Monday Chapter 6  1st Amendment Gehl was suspended from 5 games for a tweet about the WIAA. Was it a violation of her 1st amendment rights?	Activities CNN News *Quack - quick movie on the 1st Amendment rights. *Discussion over Heibert Athlete's Tweet Related to Freedom of Speech "USA Today, Wisconsin Athlete Suspended for Tweet" *Independent Work time on Power Notes	Homework: Finish Power Notes Section 3 CHAPTER 6 TEST NEXT WEDNESDAY! CHAPTER 6 TEST MOVED TO JANUARY 26 - DUE TO NEED TO REVIEW SECTION 1 BASED ON LOW QUIZ SCORES.
Tuesday The 1st 10 Amendments	Activities *CNN News *All 10 Bill of Rights PP	Homework: No Homework
Wednesday Adding Bill of Rights	Activities *CNN News *Review Power Notes Quiz over Ch 6 Sections 1	Homework: No Homework
Thursday Bill of Rights Quiz	Activities *CNN News * Quiz over Sections 2 & 3	Homework: Finish Power Notes
Friday Chapter 6 Landmark Cases Project	CHANGE IN PLANS! With the field trip for Language Arts on Friday, we will not be having class in Civics.   Friday's activity will take place on Monday.	Homework: Project will be due Wednesday January 27

Lesson Plans for December 14 through December 22

Monday Types of Economies	Activities CNN News Ch 13 Sec 1 & 2 Open Note Quiz Ch13 Sec 3 Reading Guide DUE	Homework: No Homework
Tuesday	Activities: CNN News Students will watch a PP on Consumerism w/video clips Marketing Vocabulary Assigned – Due Friday Ch14 Vocabulary Assigned	Homework: Complete Vocab (Due Friday)
Wednesday Consumerism and  Inequality	Activities CNN News Students will review a PP on Affluenza and watch video clips on advertising and marketing for teens. Read Chapter 14 Sec 1 & 2	Homework: Finish Vocabulary (Due Friday) Read Chapter 14 Sec 1 & 2
Thursday Labor Unions Good Bad Ugly	Activities: CNN Ch 14 Sec 3 Labor Unions PP	Homework: No Homework (Due Friday)
Friday Formative Assessments over Ch 14	Activities CNN News Study Guide Handed Out Vocab Due! Quiz over Ch 14 Sec 1, 2, 3 Open Note	Homework: Test Next Tuesday!!!
Monday Review Day	Activities CNN News Students will review material for Chapter 13 & 14 for Assessment tomorrow.	Homework: Test Tomorrow!
Tuesday Summative Assessment for Economics Unit	Activities Unit Assessment for Economics	Homework: Enjoy Break!!!

Week of December 7 - December 11

Monday & Tuesday What is Economics? What How & Who Important Questions in an EconomyWhat will be produced? How will it be produced? Who will get what has been produced	Activities CNN News Students will review slides from Ch13 Economy on the What How and Who of an Economy.  Students will then work in groups on the *What How & Who  Island Activity Create & Present	Homework: No homework
Wednesday Three Main Types of Economies	Activities: CNN News Ch13 PP continued.3 Types of Economies	Homework: No Homework
Wednesday How do supply and demand affect the Market Price?	Activities CNN News *Chapter 13 Section 3 Reading Guide	Homework: Finish Reading Guide
Thursday Economics Formative	Activities: CNN News Ch13 Sec 1-3 Quiz	Homework: No homework.
FridaySupply and Demand Video	Activities CNN News Students will watch a vide on Supply and Demand w/media focus worksheet	Homework: No homework

My apologies...this week got away from me and I didn't get my plans uploaded. I will try harder next week to keep everyone informed. Thanks for your understanding.

Lesson Plans for November 16 - 24

CIVICS’ CLASS

Lesson Plans week of November 16-25

Monday Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?	Activities *CNN News * Finish Taking Liberties *Pass back Essays *Notes:  Federalists and Anti-Federalists Notes and Graphic Organizer	Homework: Ch5 Sec 1 & 2 Quiz Tomorrow! This is a makeup quiz for Sec1.
Tuesday Review and formative assessments for Section 1&2	Activities *CNN News *Quiz over Section 1 and 2 20 qtns *Chapter 5 Vocabulary Terms	Homework: Finish Vocabulary Test next Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday The Constitution	Activities *CNN News *Power Point on the parts of the Constitution. Click Here: for Constitution Power Point Students will take notes and create a chart of the organization of the constitution. *Constitution Rap	Homework: Test next Tuesday! No Homework.
Friday Review Day	Activities Students will have an Open Book/Note Quiz over Chapter 5 Section 3 – The Constitution Chapter 5 Review handed out!	Homework: Test Next Tuesday!
Monday Review Day	Activities *CNN News *Review for Test	Homework: Study for test tomorrow
Tuesday Chapter 5 Test - The Constitution
Wednesday	Activities CNN Current Events Quiz/students can use journal	Homework:Practice Gratitude on your 4 day weekend!!!!

Lesson Plans Week of November 9 - November 13

IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES ON TUESDAY, PLEASE NOTE:  I have to leave at 5:15 - sorry for any inconvenience!  Please call or email if you want to schedule a different time to meet or come on Thursday as I will be able to stay the entire evening on Thursday.  Thanks for your understanding, Ms. Harper

Monday Founding Fathers:  Rebels with a Cause	Activities: *CNN News *Rebels with a Cause DVD (finish last 10) Work on Essays Due Tomorrow!		Homework: No homework.
Tuesday Creating the Constitution / (Power Point)		Activities: *The students will watch a power point on this section and complete a handout.		Homework: No homework
Wednesday Struggle for Ratification		Activities: *CNN News *Interactive Reading Guide Ch 5 Section 2		Homework: Complete in class worksheet to use on quiz.
Thursday Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?		Activities *CNN News *Notes:  Federalists and Anti-Federalists Notes and Graphic Organizer *Open Note:  Quiz over Section 1&2		Homework: No homework
Friday Founding Fathers: Taking Liberties		Activities Taking Liberties DVD w/Guide		Homework: No homework
Monday The Constitution		Activities *CNN News *Power Point on the parts of the Constitution. Students will take notes and create a chart of the organization of the constitution.		Homework: No homework

Civics' Lesson Plans for November 2 - November 6

Tuesday, November 3 Understanding connections with Political Cartoon and Current Events	Activities CNN News Political Cartoon Project	Homework No Homework
Wednesday, November 4 Understanding connections with Political Cartoon and Current Events	Activities CNN News Students will present their Political Cartoon Project	Homework No Homework
Thursday, November 5 Students will discover various elements of our Founding Father’s characteristics that led them to rebel against England and create a nation.	Activities CNN News Founding Fathers - Rebels with a Cause Video and Essay Assignment	Homework Finish Essay (due Tuesday)
Friday, November 6 8th Grade Career Day Field Trip
Wisconsin Teaching Standards - Social Studies C.8.1 Identify and explain democracy's basic principles, including individual rights, responsibility for the common good, equal opportunity, equal protection of the laws, freedom of speech, justice, and majority rule with protection for minority rights