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DIGITAL AGENDA
CLASS CALENDAR
Work Ethic & Expectations
Read/Understand
Silent reading and quiet questioning, apply all the reading strategies that you have been taught. If you do not understand what you have read, stop, reread, and define words until you understand. If you need help, "Ask 3 then me." Write/Make Do and submit quality work, use evidence to support your claims, explain your reasoning, and follow all the directions. If you need help, "Ask 3 then me." Listen/Speak During discussions, always use the language of history. If you are unsure how to do this, use the words on the word wall at the front of the classroom, the sentence starters provided, and/or your notes in your composition notebook. If you need help, "Ask 3 then me." |
Theme #6: GOVERNMENT AND POWER
Learning Stations & Lesson Links:
DIGITAL PARALLEL TIMELINE, Project:old PResidents Discuss current events, ProjectUnit description:Questions: What are some characteristics of a president? How does the President of the United States use their powers to check and balance the powers of the other Branches of Government? Can a president abuse their powers? What happens when a president abuses their power?
Purpose: The purpose of this unit is to study how the government is organized, how it gets and maintains its power, and how people participate in the government to ensure that those elected and appointed to run the government do not abuse their powers. Objectives: Scholars will.. listen to their peers and participate in academic discussions, assess their achievement by using instructional and analytical rubrics, use the Close Reading strategy to analyze a variety of texts, identify claims, evidence, and reasoning in a variety of texts, write using the CERS formate for argument/persuasive writing, write explanatory essays and responses, as well as evaluate current events using your historical background knowledge and logic. CLASSROOM RESOURCES:
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