Close and Critical Reading: "Ten Most Important Things You Should Know About the Senate" 🔟

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the different structures, powers, and functions of each house of Congress

⏰ What We Did

• Read "Ten Most Important Things You Should Know About the Senate" while completing a close and critical read, highlighting prompted text

⚙️ Resources

• Ten Most Important Things You Should Know About the Senate (Text)
• Ten Most Important Things You Should Know About the Senate (Prompts)

"Ten Most Important Things You Should Know About the House of Representatives" 🔟

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the different structures, powers, and functions of each house of Congress

⏰ What We Did

• Read "Ten Most Important Things You Should Know About the U.S. House of Representatives" while completing a guided reading

⚙️ Resources

• Ten Most Important Things You Should Know About the House of Representatives (Text)
• Ten Most Important Things You Should Know About the House of Representatives (Questions)

Structure of Congress 🏛

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the different structures, powers, and functions of each house of Congress

⏰ What We Did

• Finished discussing the structure of Congress
• Used notes on the Structure of Congress to complete a graphic organizer on the structure of both houses of Congress

⚙️ Resources

• Graphic Organizer: Structure of Congress

Structure of Congress 🏛

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the different structures, powers, and functions of each house of Congress

⏰ What We Did

• Began Unit 2: Interactions Among Branches of Government with an overview of the Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings
• Examined the separation of powers, as well as the checks & balances, of the federal government
• Discussed and took notes on the structure of Congress

⚙️ Resources

• Checks and Balances of the Federal Government
• 2.1: Structure of Congress

Records Day — No School 📂

Clintondale High School is closed for Records Day. The Second Semester will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Semester Assessment — Units 4 and 5 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Units 4 and 5 in United States Government and Politics

⏰ What We Did

• Completed the Semester Assessment, covering Units 4 and 5

Cold Weather Advisory — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to extreme cold. Classes will resume on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at 7:35 A.M.

Cold Weather Advisory — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to extreme cold. Classes will resume on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at 7:35 A.M.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day — No School 🇺🇸

Clintondale High School is closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 21, 2024, at 7:35 A.M.

Units 4 and 5 Review ♻️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review key concepts raised in Units 4 and 5

⏰ What We Did

• Continued preparing for next week's semester exam

Units 4 and 5 Review ♻️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review key concepts raised in Units 4 and 5

⏰ What We Did

• Individually prepared for next week's semester exam, covering Units 4 and 5, using an online study guide

⚙️ Resources

• Unit 4 — American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
• Unit 5 — Political Participation

FRQ 3: SCOTUS Comparison 3️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Prepare for next week's semester exam, covering Units 4 and 5

⏰ What We Did

• Explained the rubric for answering FRQ 3 and engaged in a practice free-response Supreme Court comparison question

⚙️ Resources

• FRQ #3: SCOTUS Comparison
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) Case Summary

FRQ 2: Quantitative Analysis 2️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Prepare for next week's semester exam, covering Units 4 and 5

⏰ What We Did

• Explained the rubric for answering FRQ 2 and engaged in a practice free-response concept application question

⚙️ Resources

• FRQ #2: Quantitative Analysis

FRQ 1: Concept Application 1️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Prepare for next week's semester exam, covering Units 4 and 5

⏰ What We Did

• Explained the rubric for answering FRQ 1 and engaged in a practice free-response concept application question

⚙️ Resources

• FRQ #1: Concept Application

The Changing Media and Politics 📱

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how increasingly diverse choices of media and communication outlets influence political institutions and behavior

⏰ What We Did

• Identified the means by which the media influences political participation, the biases that different media organizations use to present the same information, how the media may affect American democracy, and the ways to consume media responsibly

⚙️ Resources

• 11 The Changing Media and Politics

The Media and Politics 📰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the media's role as a linkage institution

⏰ What We Did

• Examined what information the media presents and the means by which media is shared in the modern world
• Weighed the pros and cons of the media's use of polls to create "horse races" in political campaigns

⚙️ Resources

• 10 The Media and Politics

Campaign Finance 💰

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the organization, finance, and strategies of national political campaigns affect the election process

⏰ What We Did

• Briefly introduced the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (a.k.a., McCain-Feingold Act)
• Added Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) to Supreme Court graphic organizer
• Weighed the effectiveness of campaign finance when compared with the loopholes the legislation created

⚙️ Resources

• 9 Campaign Finance
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Case Summary

Campaign Finance 💰Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) 🏛

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the organization, finance, and strategies of national political campaigns affect the election process

⏰ What We Did

• Brief overview of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain-Feingold)
• Added Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) to the GoPo Landmark Supreme Court cases graphic organizer
• Weighed the effectiveness of campaign finance when compared with the loopholes the legislation created

⚙️ Resources

• 9 Campaign Finance
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Case Summary

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Day 3 🎞

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the structures, powers, and functions of both houses of Congress affect the policy-making process

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Day 2 🎞

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the structures, powers, and functions of both houses of Congress affect the policy-making process

⏰ What We Did

• Continued a viewing guide while watching Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)