Lesson Plans for Week of February 23 - March 3

Monday (Feb 23) Amendments of the Constitution	Activities  CNN Student News Students will review the Chapter 6 Test. Students will understand key terms/events for Chapter 7	Homework: No homework
Tuesday (Feb 24) Our Enduring Constitution	Activities * CNN Student News *Chapter 7 Section 1 Power Point with Video Clips and Notes	Homework: No homework
Wednesday (Feb 25) Struggle for Equality and Suffrage	Activities *Students will watch The Children’s March to understand events surrounding the struggle for equality in America	Homework: No homework
Thursday (Feb 26) Struggle for Equality and Suffrage	Activities * CNN Student News *Chapter 7 Section 2 Power Point with Video Clips and Notes Iron Jawed Angel Clips	Homework: No homework Chapter 7 Test Tuesday, March 3
Friday (Feb 27) Struggle for Equality and Suffrage	Activities * CNN Student News *Chapter 7 Section 2 Interactive Reading Guide	Homework: *Finish Reading Guide *Chapter 7 Test will be next Tuesday
Monday (March 2) Enduring Constitution Review	Activities * CNN Student News Students will review Chapter 7	Homework: Students will have a test tomorrow!
Tuesday (March 3) Enduring Constitution Assessment	Activities Chapter 7 Test	Homework: No homework

Lesson Plans for Week of February 16-February 20

Monday Students will understand some of the difficulties that a refugee must face.	Activities * Students will read refugee stories from Bosnia and other countries around the world then share their story with the class.		Homework: Test Thursday this week.
Tuesday Field Trip to Madison!
Wednesday Review Day!		Activities *CNN Student News Students will play the review game to prepare for their test over Chapter 6	Homework: Study for Test tomorrow!
Thursday Summative Assessment over the Bill of Rights		Activities Chapter 6 Test	Homework: No homework
Friday Amendments of the Constitution	Activities  CNN Student News Chapter 7 Section 1 Reading Guide/Power Notes		Homework: Finish Reading Guide
Monday Amendments of the Constitution	Activities  CNN Student News Students will review the Chapter 6 Test. Students will review key terms/events for Chapter 7		Homework: No homework

Lesson Plans the week of February 6 - February 13

Monday Court Cases involving the Bill of Rights	Activities *CNN News *Review worksheet from Friday *Discuss Tinker Case and Socialist Party v Village of Skokie		Homework: No homework
Tuesday Court Cases involving the Bill of Rights continued.		Activities *CNN News *Discuss Court Cases involving the Bill of Rights	Homework: No homework
Wednesday & Thursday Students will learn about Bosnia’s struggle for independence and how lit led to the Bosnian War and Ethnic Cleansing.		Activities *CNN Student News *In Preparation for our trip to the Overture and the play we will see, students will watch a power point with video links and pictures to understand the Bosnian War.	Homework: No homework
Friday Students will understand some of the difficulties that a refugee must endure.	Activities *CNN News *Students will read refugee stories from Bosnia and other countries around the world.		Homework: No homework

Lesson Plans Week of February 2 - February 6 2015

Monday Chapter 5 REVIEW	Activities *CNN News *Vocabulary *Review for Test			Homework: Study for test tomorrow
Tuesday Chapter 5 Test - The Constitution
Wednesday Students will understand the lives the Founding Fathers had and how they came to be rebels against the existing government.		Activities Chapter 5 – Culminating Video Founding Father’s Rebel With A Cause Students will have a video guide.	Homework: No homework
Thursday Chapter 6 – Introduction to The Bill of Rights	Activities *CNN News *Review Chapter 5 Test Chapter 6 Sec1 Power Point			Homework: No homework
Friday Landmark Court Cases involving the Bill of Rights	Activities *CNN News *Chapter 6 Sec 2 – Landmark Court Cases			Homework: No homework
Monday How to interpret the Bill of Rights	Activities *CNN News Chapter 6 Sec 3 Power Notes			Homework: No homework

January 19th - January 30th - Lesson Plans for Civics

Monday No School for Students - Teacher Workshop Day
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 Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?	Activities: *CNN News *Notes:  Federalists and Anti-Federalists Notes and Graphic Organizer ***Explain Political Cartoon Assignment that will start Friday.  It will be handed out Friday.		Homework: No homework
Thursday Struggle for Ratification	Activities: *CNN News *Interactive Reading Guide Ch 5 Section 2		Homework: Complete in class worksheet will be used on a quiz next Wednesday.
Friday & Monday Political Cartoon Colonial, Constitutional and Current *Substitute	Activities *CNN News *Students will create political cartoons by taking a famous phrase/theme from the colonial experience and applying it to a current event.		Homework: Students will have two days to work on project in class – Friday and Monday.  Project is due Tuesday, January 27 Student Samples from 2014
Tuesday Students will interpret Political Cartoons	Activities *CNN News *Students will share their political cartoons connecting an important phrase or theme from the colonial period to a current event.		Homework: No homework.
Wednesday 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
Thursday Chapter 5 REVIEW Study for TEST!
Friday Chapter 5 EXAM No homework

Lesson Plans week of January 12 - January 16

Monday Finish discussion and review over the Path to Nationhood	Activities CNN News CNN News *Students will watch a power point on this section and complete notes. POWER POINT *Formative Assessment:  Snowball Question Activity	Homework No homework TEST FRIDAY!
Tuesday Students will practice using the Key Terms from the chapter.	Activities CNN News *Ms. Harper will read John Paul George and Ben. Students will complete vocabulary terms for the Chapter. *Formative Assessment:  Snowball Question Activity	Homework Finish Vocab – Due Thursday
Wednesday Review for Chapter 4 Test	CNN News Review for Chapter 4 Test	Homework Study for TEST!
Thursday Chapter 4 Test
Friday Go Over Chapter 4 Test and Clean Out for End of Semester! Last day of 2nd Quarter!

Welcome Back! Below are our Civics' Lesson Plans for Jan 5 - Jan 9

Monday - Jan 5 The Colonial Experience Objective:   Students will explore the origins of “consent of the people”	Activities CNN News *Students will analyze a political cartoon and answer questions.  *Students will review and discuss a power point on Chapter 4 Section 1 *Complete a guide.	Homework No homework Section 1 Quiz tomorrow
Tuesday - Jan 6 Create a Quiz over Section 1 Origins of our government	Activities CNN News *Students will create a quiz over Section 1. The quiz will be: 10 questions total (4 vocab, 5 multiple choice 1 student choice) Answers on back.	Homework Finish Quiz!
Wednesday & Thursday Jan 7 - 8 Roots of American Government & Moving Toward Nationhood Objective:   Explain the clash of views that brought the colonists into open conflict with England.	Activities CNN News *Students will watch a power point on this section and complete notes. POWER POINT *Formative Assessment:  Snowball Question Activity	Homework No homework
Friday Jan 9 Explore Key Terms and Ideas of Colonial Experience	Activities CNN News Students will read Chapter 4 and complete vocabulary.  Students must read and then come ask for vocabulary activity.	Homework Finish vocabulary