10/31/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Explain the revolving door policy
-PPT: Money and Politics & Interest groups influence elections
-HW: (171)175-180 & outline

10/30/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Name a minimum of two characteristics of Interest Groups
-PPT: Lobbyists & Money and Politics
-Reading quiz
-HW: 169-174 + outline

10/29/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are the types of interest groups? & Complete KW Chart on Interest Groups. What do you know. What you want to know.
-PPT: Characteristics + Power of Interest Groups
-Exit Ticket-Complete L-What you have learned
-HW: 165-169 + Outline

10/28/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Pick up the reading and begin reading and annotating the article on factions. Compose a two sentence summary on the article
-KWL Chart
-PPT: Types of interests groups
-HW: 159-165 + outline

10/27/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: How did you study for the Exam? Create a plan for how you will study for the next summative assessment
-Grade FRQ
-Go over MC
-Complete Self Assessment
-Pass out Chapter 6 Outline
-HW: 157-159 + outline, Finish Self-assessment

10/24/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Clear everything off your desk except for a pencil
-Unit 2 Multiple Choice Exam
-HW: Enjoy your weekend =)

10/23/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Clear everything off your desk except for a utensil
-Unit 2 Exam FRQ's
-HW: STUDY

10/22/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why do people vote the way they do?
-Review: Jeopardy Game
-HW: STUDY! FRQ tomorrow

10/21/14

Today's agenda
-BR: Whats the problem with people not voting?
-PPT: Why people vote the way they do, campaigns
-Finish partner frq 5 quiz
-HW: Vocab chart on chapter 8

10/20/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: When is voter turnout the highest and lowest?
-PPT: Who votes, Mobilization of votes, problems with non-voting
-Practice FRQ 5 (partner)
-HW: 231-236 + outline

10/17/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why is voter registration viewed as a "catch 22"
-PPT: Turnout
-Analyze low voter turnout data
-HW: 226-231 + outline

10/16/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Consensus vs. Polarization
-PPT: Participation-voting
-HW: read pages 222-226 + outline

10/15/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Select one of the following terms and define it: random sample, margin of error, salience, intensity, and latency
-Collect socialization project
-Gallup/Polling activity
-Public Opinion on guns reading
-HW: Finish reading

10/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What is public opinion? How do we know what the public opinion is towards an issue?
-PPT: Finish PPT on Public opinion
-Polling activity
-HW: Socialization Project due Wednesday

10/9/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Define Political Socialization. What are major agents of socialization?
-PPT: Public Opinion
-Go over quiz
Polling Activity
-HW: 217-222 + outline
(reminder socialization project due Monday)

10/8/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Prolife vs. Pro choice on Abortion (L component of KWL)
-Collect Federalist Questions and Propaganda Poster/Rewrite 
-PPT: Forming Public Opinion
-Pass out chapter 8 outline
-Political Socialization Project
-HW: Read 213-217 + outline. Socialization Project due Monday

10/7/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Pick up KWL Chart as you walk in and begin the K component: what do you know about the liberal and conservative ideology towards abortion

-KW Chart-think, pair, and share activity

-PPT: Roe vs. Wade

-Rewrite and Propaganda poster on Roe vs. Wade

-Exit Ticket: L component: what have you learned about the liberal and conservative ideology towards abortion

-HW: Reminder federalist questions due Wednesday!

10/6/14

-BR: What are factions?
-Finish Reciprocal Reading Strategy
-Preview tomorrows activity on abortion
-HW: Finish Federalist questions (due Wednesday)

10/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: On a separate sheet of paper please state if you are pro-life or pro-choice regarding abortion
-Change seats
-Begin reciprocal reading on federalist 51
-HW: None

10/2/14

Today's Agenda
-Sub plans:

-FRQ formative on chapter 4
-HW: None

10/1/14

Today's Agenda
-Auditorium 1st and 2nd: Brad Schneider