Friday, January 31st

What we did:
1. Starter: 1) What is the 2nd Amendment and 2) Are you for or against Gun Control/Reform
2. Discussed Gun Control a lot
3. Watched some more Quack videos.

What to do now:
1. The Starter

Homework assigned or turned in:
None

Thursday, January 30th

What we did:
1. Starter: Name the 5 parts to the 1st Amendment.
2. Corrected and scored the Letter to Congress by classmates.
3. 4th and 6th Period did page 5 of the packet, so do that yourself.
4. Watched more Quack videos.
5. Packet not due Friday.

What to do now:
1. Do the Starter
2. Have a classmate correct your letter and score it with my rubric-get that from me.
3. Do page 5 if you are in 4th or 6th period.
4. Be sure  you have most of the packet done.

Homework assigned or turned in:
1. Turned in Senator Letter 50 pts
2. Have packet ready for tomorrow and come with questions.

Wednesday, January 29th

What we did:
1. Starter: Write about your experience writing to your Letter to Congress.
2. Turned in the Letters to Congress, but did not send them.  We will be emailing them later instead.
3. Wrote on a slip of paper their opinions on the State of the Union address and turned them in for credit.
4. Had a lot of discussion about topics in the speech and other issues.
5. Watched the rest of the 1st Quack video (the 1st Amendment)

What to do now:
1. Do the Starter
2. Turn in your Letter to Congress as soon as possible.
3. On a half sheet of paper and after watching some of the President's speech, write in 3-4 sentences your opinion and use examples/details.
4. Be sure to understand all of the 5 parts of the 1st Amendment.

Homework assigned or turned in:
1. Letter to Congress 50 Points
2. State of the Union Opinion 20 points.

Tuesday, January 28th

What we did:
1. Starter: Explain and give an example of Federalism.
2. Assigned Homework
3. Corrected pages 6 and 7 of Packet
4. Watched a video about the 1st Amendment.

What to do now:
1. Do the Starter
2. Using my key, correct pages 6 and 7 with a purple pen.
3. Watch 20 minutes at least of the State of the Union Address given Tuesday night.  You can look it up online if needed.
4. Letter to Congress is due tomorrow.

Homework assigned or turned in:

1. Be sure pages 8-10 in packet are done.
2. Write your final draft of your Letter to Congress
3. Watch 20 min. of the State of the Union Address.

Monday, January 27th

What we did:
1. No Starter
2. Corrected the test and turned them in
3. Letter to Congress is due Wed. and needs to be proofread by a parent.
4. 3rd Period did page 5
5. All periods were assigned pages 6-10.

What to do now:
1. Work on your letter to Congress and have it ready by Wed.  If you would like me to read it before hand I am willing.
2. If you are in 3rd period, do page 5 on your own.
3. Do pages 6-10, and on page 10, you can just write Fact or Opinion, you don't have to color it.

Homework assigned or turned in:

1. Letter to Congress Due Wed.
2. In Constitution Packet, do pages 6-10.

Friday, January 24th

What we did:
1. No Starter
2. Took the End of Term Test for 2nd Term!

What to do now:
COME ASAP TO TAKE THE TEST.  AFTER/BEFORE SCHOOL OR DURING PLUS. YOU HAVE A WEEK.

Homework assigned or turned in:
THE TEST.

Thursday, January 23rd

What we did:
1. Starter: Would you have signed the Constitution without a Bill of Rights?
2. Discussed rules, procedures and announced a competition with the U.S. Honors classes.  No missing assignments then we will have a "party" so DO YOUR ASSIGNMENTS!  Even if the assignment is late.
3. Turned in the Projects
4. Discussed some things for the test tomorrow.

What to do now:
1. Get a new pink Starter Packet from the binder and do the Starter
2. I hope you studied and are ready to take the test Friday!
3. Turn in your project with an Absent Slip or a Late Pass.

Homework assigned or turned in:

Wednesday, January 22nd

What we did:
1. No Starter, we were in the computer lab
2. Played U.S. Geography games at sheppardsoftware.com and I offer extra credit for getting 90% or higher on any game.  Just print it off and put it in the Late or Absent basket.
3. Began the assignment to write a letter to a Congressman of Utah.  The worksheet is in the binder.

What to do now:
1. Get the white "Study Guide" packet from the binder
2. Get the white "Letter to a Representative" paper out of the binder.  Let me know if you need help.

Homework assigned or turned in:
*Constitution Project Journal Due Tomorrow!  Thursday!
*End of 2nd Term Test is Friday!
*The Letter won't be due until next week, Wed. maybe.

Friday, January 17th

What we did:
1. No Starter
2. Took the Preamble Test
3. Corrected pages 1-4 of Packet

What to do if absent:
Come take the Preamble test ASAP!!!
Correct your pages of your packet before it's turned in next week.

Homework assigned or turned in:

Thursday, January 16th

What we did:
1. No Starter
2. Corrected and turned in Starters
3. Corrected and turned in Vocabulary
4. Worked on pages 3-4 in packet.

What to do now:
1. Correct and turn in your Starters, you should have 10.
2. Correct and turn in your Vocabulary.

Homework Turned In:
Vocabulary: 20 pts
Starters: 100 pts.

Homework Assigned:
Pages 3-4 in Packet

Wednesday, January 15th

What we did:
1. Starter: According to the Preamble, what are the purposes of the Constitution?
2. Corrected the Preamble Packet and called in scores.
3. Received 3 handouts, come see me if you want them, they wouldn't fit in the binder.
4. **Received the Constitution Packet and did pages 1 and 2

What to do now:
1. Do the Starter
2. Correct your Preamble Packet with my key and turn into the Absent Basket
3. Get the handouts from me at a good time.
4. **Get the white Constitution Packet from the blue binder and do pages 1-2 using the book pg 188-200.

Homework assigned or turned in:
1. Memorize the Preamble by Friday!
2. Turned in Preamble Packet 46pts.
3. Constitution Packet pgs 1 and 2

Tuesday, January 14th

What we did:
1. No Starter
2. Corrected and turned in the "More Perfect Union" worksheet
3. Corrected and turned in the blue "Convention" packet.
4. **Assigned new project called the "Constitution Journal Project" due the 23rd
5. **Received the Preamble Packet to finish as homework.

What to do now:
1. Correct the movie worksheet and your blue packet with my answer key and turn in to the wire basket.
2. **Get the gold Journal Project paper from the blue binder
3. **Get the white Preamble Packet from the blue binder.

Homework assigned or turned in:
*Preamble packet is due Wed.
*End of Term Test has been moved to the 24th
*Journal Project is due the 23rd
*Movie Wkst 20 pts.
*Convention Packet 23pt.

Monday, January 13th

What we did:
1. No Starter
2. Finished "A More Perfect Union" movie, along with the blue Convention Packet and the Movie Worksheet.

What to do now:
1. If  you have seen most of the movie, then find it on YouTube and watch it there to fill in your worksheet.

Homework assigned or turned in:

Friday, January 10th

What we did:
Watched "A More Perfect Union

What to do now:
Get the notes from someone in class 

Homework or assignments turned in:
None

Thursday, January 9th

What we did:
1. No Starter
2. Received a movie worksheet and started watching "A More Perfect Union"

What you need to do now:
Get a worksheet from the binder.

Homework assigned or turned in:

Wednesday, January 8th

What we did:
1. No Starter
2. Finished our Convention Simulation and completed the blue packet, or at least most of the last questions.

What to do now:
1. Get the voting answers from a classmate and finish questions 1, 2, and 4 of the reflection page.

Homework turned in or assigned:
1. None

Tuesday, Jan. 7th

What we did:
1. Starter: What are two documents that influenced our Constitution?
2. Role played the Constitutional Convention.

What you need to do now:
1. Do the Starter
2. Get a blue Packet from the binder and then in class I will give you a group and more instructions.

Homework assigned or turned in:
none

Monday, January 6th

What we did:
1. Starter: What are the next states to be added to the country?
2. Discussed some items on pages 148-155 in textbook
3. Did a "Silent Discussion" on the Articles of Confederation with a worksheet.

What to do now:
1. Do the Starter
2. Get a green "Articles of Confederation" worksheet and do the solution part.  For the "Partner's Thoughts" just leave blank for now.  Then just keep it-we did not turn it in yet.

Homework assigned or turned in:
none

Friday, January 3rd

What we did:

1. Starter: So the war is over . . . what happens next?

2. Turned in Booklets and The Crossing Packet.

3. Took the next "I Can" Quiz and turned it in.

4. Played "Blow the Roof Off"

5. Added words to our Vocabulary Sheet.

What to do if you were absent:

1. Do the Starter

2. Be sure to turn in your Booklet and the Crossing Packet

3. Get a blue "I CAN" Quiz from the binder, do it, and turn it in to me.

4. You do not have to do anything for the Blow the Roof Off.

Homework assigned or turned in:

1. Road to Revolution Booklet

2. The Crossing Packet

3. I CAN Quiz

4. Add these words to your green vocabulary sheet: Minutemen, Alliance, Common Sense, Loyalist/Tory

Thursday, January 2nd, 2014!

What we did:
1. Starter: What was your impression of the movie "The Crossing"
2. Finished the movie and the packet with it.  We corrected the packet in most classes and turned it in.
3. Discussed the Do's and Don'ts of essay writing for this class.
4. Watched a few minutes of Liberty Kids.

What you need to do now:
1. Do the Starter
2. Finish your packet and correct it in class with my key.  Then turn it in.
3. Get the "Do's and Don'ts" from a classmate.

Homework assigned or turned in:
**Booklets are due Friday
**The Crossing Packet was turned in.