HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! ENJOY! See you the 12th!!

Directions for Supreme Court Case Report for Winter Break

1.Background story: 5 W’s; pictures; headlines; controversy
2.Arguments for and against; Constitutional issues;
3.What is your position? Who do you agree with and why?
4.Opinions of the judges; the Decision or Ruling
5.Result: How did this decision affect the federal law?
6.How does it affect people today? Families, groups,
Individuals?

These can be six separate paragraphs with titles
MSN
Supreme court and ________.
Findlaw.com

Your Civil Liberties....freedoms and limits. Always a time for passionate debate!

HW: Read pp. 532-536 Essential Questions: Are your rights unlimited or is it necessary for society and govement to limit them? What are the limits on freedom of speech? Freedom of religion? Freedom to own a gun?

Define the political dictionary words as you read. Answer Assessment 1-4 What is the 14th amendment and why is it so important?

TAKE THE POLL TO THE RIGHT BELOW SLIDE SHOW!! THX.

New Schedule for Presidential Projects

1.12/8 Monday –power point due; bring on flashdrive 250 POINTS
and required activities...see directions

2.12/9 Tuesday --Paper Due 100 POINTS
3.12/10 Wednesday: EXTRA CREDIT 25-100 POSSIBLE POINTS

§yousing.net: IT’S A WRAP PRESIDENTS PARtY

You should have viewed 15 film chapters by now!!

Continue with film viewing; note taking


Presidential Slide Presentation Due Fri: Make the connections between the background, the concerns, and the decisions. Each slide should include images and your own text; description and analysis.
For Slide 8-11--Create a hypothesis about why this president was successful or not!

SLIDES:
1.Childhood/family -- what shaped his life? Parents? Wealth? Health?
2.young adult//Early career/personal life/marriage
3.How/why did he win campaign for election
4.CHALLENGES: Significant problems at domestic issue
5.CHALLENGES presidential politics
6.CHALLENGES foreign issues
7.Slide 8-11 the crisis or event: Create a hypothesis about why this president was successful or not!
8. pre; chapter video; post
9. Legacy; descriptive, analytic, evaluative