Political Spectrum Continued Warm-Up: Draw the political spectrum on a piece of paper and work together with the class to place each political party from yesterday where it belongs on the spectrum. ____________________________________________|__________________________________________
Political Typology Quiz: Now that you have a better idea of what the political spectrum looks like and how it works, you are going to take a quiz to find out where you fall on the political spectrum, based on your values and beliefs in our government. When you're finished with the quiz, fill out the worksheet provided.
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Political Spectrum Activity and Notes After taking notes on the political spectrum, we are going to practice identifying parties on the spectrum. You'll need your notebook and a pencil. Target: Describe the relationship between the political parties and the political spectrum. Success Criteria:
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Warm-Up:
#15 - Supreme Court question Target: determine how the outcomes of Supreme Court cases maintained or changed society in the United States
#16 - Creators of Change Question
Target: Identify the circumstances in which individuals and groups created change or defended tradition
Review for Unit 5 Benchmark Tomorrow!
Supreme Court cases
Landmark Supreme Court Case Project A landmark Supreme Court case marks a decision that was made in a first-of-its-kind case. Any case that is brought up in any court in America similar to the landmark case follow the Supreme Court's ruling. You and your table group will be given a landmark case from our predictions yesterday. They will mostly be based on your interest in the case, going by your rankings on the back of your prediction papers. You'll create a poster that displays the actual outcome of the case, as well as other important facts about the case. Target: Examine the outcome of major Supreme Court cases Success Criteria:
Your poster should include:
You will need to make a rough draft of your poster before being given the final draft paper. Final drafts will be due Monday at the end of class. Each group gets one computer to use for research. The textbook also has great one-page write-ups of most of the cases.
Predictions for Supreme Court Cases After I read the paragraph to you on the powerpoint, make a prediction about which side of the case won when the trial reached the Supreme Court. Think about which rights were being upheld/denied, which laws were in conflict with the Constitution, and your background knowledge to make your prediction. Then, write a brief explanation about why you believe that side won the case.
Unit 5 DBQ - Nonviolent vs. Militant Strategies Success Criteria:
Context: Activists throughout history have struggled with the question of whether or not to use nonviolent strategies or militant (or violent) strategies to enact change. When movements take place to change policies or laws, people are challenged by this question: Should protesters be completely nonviolent and use civil disobedience or use lower levels of force to make their point and get results? Analyze the documents and decide which types of strategies are most effective to making change. Prompt: Should protesters use nonviolent strategies or use more militant strategies to make their point and get results?
Amendment Madness For the first five minutes, make predictions on your own bracket for which amendment will be added to the Constitution. Write the number of the winner in each matchup on the lines, leaving room for the actual winner. Share your prediction with your table mates before we get started. This tournament is between both Peetz Civics classes. Two winners will be announced; one that Period 4 decides and one that Period 5 decides. The two groups will get a treat on Monday.
When the tournament is done, answer the three questions on the back of your brackets.
New Amendment Project Today, with your table partners, you will draft a new amendment to the Constitution. This amendment needs to solve a problem that is happening in America, because that's what amendments do. Ms. Peetz's Example: 28th Amendment: Section 1: No person incarcerated under the law, convicted by a crime by a judge or a jury of their peers, shall be ordered to work as an involuntary servant without pay. Section 2: The payment shall reflect state minimum wage laws, and their payment shall not be less than half of the state's minimum wage. The work the prisoners will complete for pay will be on a voluntary basis. This will not include work that needs to be done around the prison, but additional work that is for outside institutions. Section 3: The payment received by the prisoners shall be paid in credit, to either be used within the prison at the prison store, or can be sent to family members on a pre-approved roster outside of the prison. Your Amendment Should:
Your group can complete research to get a problem, but the rest of the questions should be answered through group discussion. You will have 30 minutes to complete this. Tomorrow, we will have a March Madness tournament to see whose amendment will be added to the Constitution. |