Public Opinion and Demographic Statistics 📊

Today is Halloween 🎃

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the elements of a scientific poll
• Explain the quality and credibility of claims based on public opinion data

⏰ What We Did

• Determined what public opinion polling can reveal about societal characteristics

⚙️ Resources

• 6 Public Opinion and Demographic Statistics

Public Opinion: Measuring Data 📈

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the elements of a scientific poll

⏰ What We Did

• Summarized the basic elements of scientifc polling and how they developed

⚙️ Resources

• 5 Public Opinion: Measuring Data

Socratic Seminar 🗣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how cultural factors influence political attitudes and socialization

⏰ What We Did

• Conducted a Socratic seminar on the article Trump Has Changed How Teens View the News (Lorenz, T., The Atlantic, 29 August 2018.)

Changes in Ideology and the Influence of Political Events 🧠

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how cultural factors influence political attitudes and socialization

⏰ What We Did

• Examined how the political ideologies of past generations have been impacted by historic events from the 1930s to today

⚙️ Resources

• 4 Changes in Ideology and the Influence of Political Events

📖 Homework

• Read "Trump Has Changed How Teens View the News" (Lorenz, T., 2018) before class tomorrow

Political Socialization 🤔

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how cultural factors influence political attitudes and socialization

⏰ What We Did

• Examined how individuals in several demographic groups typically develop their sense of politically socialization

⚙️ Resources

• 3 Political Socialization

Where Do You Fall on the Political Spectrum? 💻

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the relationship between core beliefs of U.S. citizens and attitudes about the role of government

⏰ What We Did

• Briefly examined the general stances of the two major political parties on contemporary issues
• Completed two brief personal political inventories

⚙️ Resources

• Political Typology Quiz (Pew Research Center)
• Political Compass Test (Email your certificate to carpentc(at)clintondaleschools(dot)net)

American Attitudes About Government and Politics 💭

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the relationship between core beliefs of U.S. citizens and attitudes about the role of government

⏰ What We Did

• Introduced the Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings of Unit 4: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
• Began the focus on political beliefs by presenting a generalized overview of the platforms of the two major American political parties

⚙️ Resources

• 1 American Attitudes About Government and Politics

PSAT/NMSQT Testing ⚫️

⏰ What We Did

• 11th Grade students were taking the PSAT/NMSQT

Unit 1 Personal Progress Check: FRQs ✏️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy

⏰ What We Did

• Completed the FRQ portion of the Unit 1 Assessment, due to the fire drill conducted during Friday's Personal Progress Check 1

Unit 1 Personal Progress Check: FRQs ✏️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy

⏰ What We Did

• Complete the FRQ portion of the Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 1 Personal Progress Check: MCQs ⚫️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy

⏰ What We Did

• Complete the MCQ portion of the Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 1 Big Ideas Review ♻️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review concepts of Unit 1, Foundations of American Democracy

⏰ What We Did

• Finished developing Argument FRQ on the government's role in public education
• Reviewed the Big Ideas of Unit 1 in preparation for tomorrow's MCQ portion and Thursday's FRQ portion of the Unit 1 Personal Progress Check

⚙️ Resources

• Unit 1 Big Idea Review

Federalism and Policy Making: Education 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the distribution of powers among three federal branches and between national and state government impacts policy making
• Explain the ongoing impact of political negotiation and compromise at the Constitutional Convention on the development of the constitutional system

⏰ What We Did

• Examined how federalism influences education and the actions taken by the federal government to affect the policies pertaining to public education

⚙️ Resources

• 14 Federalism and Policy Making: Education
• Argumentative FRQ Carousel
• Scoring Rubric for Free-Response Questions

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) 💰United States v. Lopez (1995) 🔫

Today is Columbus Day 🌎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the appropriate balance of power between national and state governments has been interpreted differently over time

⏰ What We Did

• Reviewed McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), identifying the constitutional issue and the landmark decision rendered by the Supreme Court
• Reviewed United States v. Lopez (1995), identifying the facts, constitutional questions, decision, and reasoning of the Supreme Court

Class to Gymnasium 🏀

Today's class was led by a guest teacher 🏫

⏰ What We Did

• The class went to the CHS gymnasium with the guest teacher

The Federalism Debate: Commerce Clause 🎅🏼United States v. Lopez (1995) 🔫

Half-Day Due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 🐲

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the appropriate balance of power between national and state governments has been interpreted differently over time

⏰ What We Did

• Reviewed the facts, constitutional questions, decision, and reasoning behind McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
• Investigated the Constitution's commerce clause
• Examined United States v. Lopez (1995), identifying the facts, constitutional questions, decision, and reasoning of the Supreme Court

⚙️ Resources

• 13 The Federalism Debate: Commerce Clause
• United States v. Lopez Case Summary

The Federalism Debate: Necessary and Proper Clause 🎅🏼McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) 💰

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the appropriate balance of power between national and state governments has been interpreted differently over time

⏰ What We Did

• Discussed the debate between strict and liberal interpretations of federalism
• Investigated the Constitution's "necessary and proper" clause
• Examined McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), identifying the constitutional issue and the landmark decision rendered by the Supreme Court

⚙️ Resources

• 12 The Federalism Debate: Necessary and Proper Clause
• 15 Required Supreme Court Cases Graphic Organizer
• McCulloch v. Maryland Case Summary

Relationship Between the States and Federal Government; Federalism in Action 🍰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how societal needs affect the constitutional allocation of power between the national and state governments

⏰ What We Did

• Discussed the constitutional framework of federalism and the division of powers between the federal and state governments, as well as the competing forms of federalism and how cooperative federalism has benefited both levels of government in contemporary history

⚙️ Resources

• 11 Relationship Between the States and Federal Government; Federalism in Action

Presidential Impeachment Presentation 🗣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the implications of separation of powers and checks and balances for the U.S. political system

⏰ What We Did

• Groups presented the most serious accusations passed by the House for their assigned presidential impeachment and debated whether they met the constitutional standard of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors"

Professional Development Day 🟢

Clintondale High School is closed today for students, while teachers are engaging in professional development. Classes will resume at 7:35 A.M. on Monday, October 7, 2024.
 

Presidential Impeachment Group Work 🏗

Today is Mean Girls Day 💁🏼‍♀️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the implications of separation of powers and checks and balances for the U.S. political system

⏰ What We Did

• Groups created posters on their assigned presidential impeachment from yesterday to present to the class on Monday

Principles of American Government: Impeachment and Senate Investigations 🕵️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the implications of separation of powers and checks and balances for the U.S. political system

⏰ What We Did

• Used the impeachment process and the investigative powers of the Senate to provide specific examples of checks and balances
• Scrutinized historic presidential articles of impeachment in groups to determine whether the accusations met the constitutional standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors"

⚙️ Resources

• 10 Principles of American Government: Impeachment and Senate Investigations
• Articles of Impeachment Against President Andrew Johnson (1868)
• Articles of Impeachment Against President Richard Nixon (1974)
• Articles of Impeachment Against President Bill Clinton (1998)
• Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump (2019)
• Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump (2021)

Principles of American Government: Checks & Balances, Separation of Powers, Federalist No. 51 🔋

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the constitutional principles of separation of powers and checks and balances
• Explain the implications of separation of powers and checks and balances for the U.S. political system

⏰ What We Did

• Compared separation of powers with checks and balances
• Examined the perspective, claims, and evidence of Federalist No. 51 in advocating for checks and balances and the separation of powers as crucial elements within the new government

⚙️ Resources

• 9 Principles of American Government: Checks and Balances, Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances (and Separation of Powers)