| Handouts and assignments you may have missed ... or lost ... or eaten ... Begin Unit 1 Notebook and start list of questions you want answered about government - 9/1 Complete "How does the government affect an 8th grader" using this somewhat cheesy site from PBS 9/1 Complete "Analyzing the DOI - Preactivity" using this super cool DOI site - and check out the links on the bottom! 9/2 Read "Arty's Story" DOC PDF and complete reading guide - follow directions! Convention Preparation - complete one of the tasks for Thursday (Influencing, Reading, or Vocab) Convention Preparation - complete second task for Friday (Influencing, Reading, or Vocab) and work on Facebook - profile, respond to the first forum question Convention Preparation - complete third task for Monday (Influencing, Reading, or Vocab) and continue with Facebook - interact with the other delegates! ALL Convention Convention Preparation completed for Tuesday - profile (printed out and on Facebook), Blabberize intro, discussion forum For Wednesday - continue with your interaction on the Convention Facebook, read 8-2 in Creating America using this reading guide, and try out Which Founder Are You? (for fun) Final time with your delagate and Facebook - check over all requirements, last forum question, activity evaluation - by Friday Want more on the Convention - check out this great collection of podcasts on the History of the Constitutional Convention Work on NHD topic! Bring NHD binder to class on Thursday Complete "The Ratification Conflict" for Friday - 8-3 and handout " A Miracle in Philadelphia" DOC PDF review activity due Monday TEST - Creating the Consitution - Tuesday, September 21 NHD Topic Selection Sheet (be complete) and Contract due September 22 GET A PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD SOON!!!!!! The Structure of the Constitution DOC PDF - due Wednesday, September 22 - use this Voice Thread The Preamble and The Seven Basic Principles (front) - due Friday - use Schoollhouse Rock Want to review Federaism? Check out Federal Powers Man, States' Rights Man, and Concurrent Powers Woman! Article I DOC PDF due Monday - use Creating America, Hennessey, and this awesome online Constitution Article II DOC PDF due Tuesday - use Creating America, Hennessey, and this awesome online Constitution Article III DOC PDF due Wednesday - use Creating America, Hennessey, and this awesome online Constitution Want to try some Presidential Trivia Extra Credit? Check out some great stuff about our federal government How does a bill become a law? Check out this short reading and Schoolhose Rock Constitution Review I - DOC PDF - alone or with a partner for Monday Applying the Bill of Rights - due Tuesday Work on your Consitutional Scrapbook for your period 1 2 3 4 6 Want to do some government review? Complete "The Bill of Rights in School" DOC PDF for Wednesday The Bill of Rights toon - complete for Friday The Role of the Citizen DOC PDF - due Friday Complete Checks and Balances and the Amendment Process (use this voicethread for the Amendment Process) for Tuesday Bar Exam - Thursday, Rocktober 14 BAR EXAM ONLINE EXTRA HELP - 9:00-9:30 Wednesday Night Unit 1 notebook - need a TOC? - due Rocktober 15 Want to try some MORE Presidential Trivia Extra Credit?
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