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Civil Liberties II Notes

Civil Liberties Notes

Friday, December 4, 2009

H.W- Civil Liberties- Section 3 Questions

Homework 11/24- Summary Frame

H.W- Summary frame- American political culture can best be described as _____________ because (explain). An example of this is _________________________. What I most agree about American political culture is __________________________________ because (explain). An example of this is ______________________________. What I least agree with about American Political Culture is _________________________ because (explain). In conclusion, American political culture is _________________________.

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Notes- Political Culture

Friday, November 20, 2009

Do Now: Spend 5 minutes to review notecards and prepare for quiz.
Lesson/Activity- Power Grab Activity (a review of key terms) (20mins)
Quiz- Political Culture
H.W- Read pgs. 97-102, Civil Liberties, and answer attached questions

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Do Now: Complete a Graphic Organizer on the Progressives vs. The Orthodoxies (10mins)
Activity- “Agree, Disagree, I Don’t Know”- A series of debates designed to see if students are more orthodox or progressive in their views. It will also assess if students are currently part of the culture war. (25mins)
Lesson- Write a paragraph about what you heave earned about your political culture and analyze how did your attitudes develop.
H.W- Make notecards of the following terms: political culture, civic duty, culture war, political tolerance, political efficacy, internal efficacy, external efficacy, orthodox, progressive, class consciousness, civic competence; Study for review activity and Political Culture Quiz

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Do Now: List and explain the 5 aspects of American political culture (6mins)
Activity- ActivInspire Avtivity on The 5 Aspects of American Political Culture
Lesson: Notes and Discussion on Political Culture (Political Efficacy and Political Tolerance)
H.W- Students will complete a Main Ideas and Summarizing Graphic Organizer on American Political Culture

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Presentations cont'd- Students will continue on their presentations of American political culture, while completing their worksheets from the presentations.

H.W- “Americans know their country has a lot of faults, but even the most critical Americans believe that the US only need to change certain policies, not its system of government”- Do you personally agree or disagree with this statement? Write a 5 paragraph essay explaining why. Make sure to have a proper introduction as well as a thesis statement, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Students will be divided into 5 groups and will be assigned an element concerning American political culture. The groups are, The 5 Elements of Political Culture, The Economic System, Comparative Politics, Sources of Political Culture, Culture War, Mistrust of Government. (1 Group will do both 5 Elements of Political Culture and Mistrust of American Government). Based on assigned section, students are to complete a worksheet that dissects their assigned section of American Political Culture. At the end of 25 minutes, each group will present their section to the class while the remaining students will complete their worksheet from the students’ presentations. All students are expected to have the worksheet complete at the end of the presentations. (Presentations may take two days for students to present and for us to discuss- Monday & Tuesday)

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H.W- Complete the Political Culture Competencies Worksheet