Thursday, January 29, 2009

test topics for semester 1

§27-28 Tues/weds senior projects
§29 Work on essay or review for mult choice test
  1. constitution
  2. presidency
  3. civil liberties
  4. civil rights

§30 Mult Choice Test
§Feb. 2 Essay Due
§Finals Day by period: Debates in front of Supreme Court

essay outline

§OUTLINE:
1.Intro
2.Information/circumstances of the case
3.Precedent cases; info and decisions
4.Argument for A
5.Argument for B (your side!)
6.Conclusion: Why should your side win this case? Review the real supreme court ruling; What did the justices say?; how did they vote and why? Do you agree or disagree with them? Why? How does their decision affect students and schools?

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Weds, thurs, fri---Quiz on Friday!

§Wednesday: Search and Seizure Issues 589, answer 1-4; find decision and summarize in your own words.
§607 Civil Rights and School Integration; read, define: rectify; answer 1-3
§Define: a. de jure segregation and b. de facto segregation

HW: read 609-612; answer 1,3,4 and complete p.619 1-3

Thurs: read 613-17 on Citizenship
618 Assessment: 1-7

Short quiz friday; key terms
§civil liberties,
§civil rights,
§bill of rights,
§separation of church and state,
§libel, slander, symbolic speech, obscenity,
§assemble,
§due process,
§probable cause,
§miranda rule,
§capital punishment,
§segregation, de jure segregations, de facto segregation,
§affirmative action

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Tues HW and schedule for W-Fri

§Monday p. 559
§Tues 523 --answer questions and list pro and con arguments,
HW: 584; read; answer questions

§Wednesday: 589, 607, (read 609-612) and complete p.619; 613-17 on Citizenship
618 Assessment: 1-7
Short quiz friday; key terms
§civil liberties,
§civil rights,
§bill of rights,
§separation of church and state,
§libel, slander, symbolic speech, obscenity,
§assemble,
§due process,
§probable cause,
§miranda rule,
§capital punishment,
§segregation, de jure segregations, de facto segregation,
§affirmative action

Monday, January 12, 2009

Supreme Court Case TINKER v. DES MOINES

§Monday: 559 summarize; answer 1-3
§Read, Answer Questions, present the
Pros and cons fairly, then present your Argument (for your beliefs)

***I WILL BE CHECKING YOUR HOLIDAY HW tomorrow---Chapter 11, sec. 2, assessment etc.