Voting and Successful Campaigns

Last Night's Debate Location

Goal: Take weekly quiz, cover last night's Democratic debate, and host a socratic seminar on what
makes a good campaign

Agenda: 
Journal
Weekly Quiz
Debate Coverage
Socratic Seminar

1. Journal 
Will you be setting any resolutions for the new year? Why or why not?

2. Finish Voting Presentations
Yesterday we heard from Joshua, Erick, Nathyn, and Demetrius about why we should vote, how to vote, and what we vote on. Today we're going to hear from everyone else!

3. Weekly Quiz 

• Click here to take the Week 7 quiz. 
• This week's quiz format is more casual than the usual quiz (but will still be awarded credit like a normal quiz).

4. Debate Coverage 

• Last night, the Democrats had their December debate right in Los Angeles, California.
• There were only 7 of them on stage and it lasted three hours, so they discussed a lot. 
• We will watch some highlights from the night.

5. Catchy Campaign Slogans 
Here are some famous campaigns throughout history that people remember. What makes them memorable?

• 2016: Make America Great Again 
• 2016: I'm With Her 
• 2008: Yes We Can 
• 2004: Leave No Child Behind 
• 1992: Putting People First 
• 1976: A Leader, for a Change
• 1928: A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage
• 1864: Don't Swap Horses in the Middle of the Stream
• 1840: Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

6. Socratic Discussion
Socratic Discussion Questions:

• What makes a campaign effective? 
• What is your favorite campaign slogan and why? 
• Why do you think candidates choose catchy slogans?

Reminders: 
If you need something to keep you busy over break, please check out a book from the classroom library and let me know what you think. Sometimes the holidays can be stressful and I understand how you're feeling! Having a book on hand gives you something constructive to do.

See you next YEAR! 

Present Voting Projects

Last Night's House Vote Results

Goal: Learn about last night's impeachment vote and present voting projects

Agenda: 
Journal
Historic House Vote
Voting Project Presentations
Analyzing a Campaign
Catch Up

1. Journal 
Why should people care about voting?

2. Impeachment Highlights
The Historic House vote happened last night. How did things turn out?

3. Voting Project Presentations

• Today, you will be presenting your voting projects to the class.
• As a reminder, here are the elements you MUST include: 
• Why we should vote
• How we can vote
• Basic information about what people are voting on
• choosing a party
• types of elected officials
• information on the history of voting in the US
• different propositions on the ballot
• You can use a number of different resources for this: 
• Canva (a site to make fliers) 
• Piktochart (if you like the infographic you made last week) 
• Brochure template (to create a brochure/pamhlet) 
• Hand-drawn poster (I have supplies for you) 
• Hand-drawn brochure
• Here are some websites you might find helpful: 
• Elections and Voter Information (this should be your main starting point)
• Online Voter Registration Application
• Cal Voter Guide
• What's on the CA Ballot in 2020

4. Analyzing a Campaign
Here are some famous campaigns throughout history that people remember. What makes them memorable?

• 2016: Make America Great Again 
• 2016: I'm With Her 
• 2008: Yes We Can 
• 2004: Leave No Child Behind 
• 1992: Putting People First 
• 1976: A Leader, for a Change
• 1928: A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage
• 1864: Don't Swap Horses in the Middle of the Stream
• 1840: Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

Things You Should Have Finished: 

• Formative Reading on the Separation of Powers
• Question on Impeachment in Google Classroom
• Retake previous quizzes: 
• Retake Week 1 Quiz
• Retake Week 2 Quiz
• Retake Week 3 Quiz 
• Retake Week 4 Quiz 
• Retake Week 5 Quiz 
• Retake Week 6 Quiz

Reminders: 
The Democratic Debate is happening tonight! You can find different media outlets covering it on Youtube. It's going to be hosted right here in California at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Voting Project Work Time

Goal: Review yesterday's article "Rights and Responsibilities of a US Citizen" and discuss voting

Agenda: 
Journal
Impeachment Coverage
Voting Pamphlet Work Time
Catch Up

1. Journal 
Will you vote when you turn 18?

2. Impeachment Highlights

• Live Impeachment Proceedings Today
• The vote is happening tonight! 
• This morning, Trump sent Pelosi a six page letter you can read here if you're interested.
• Here's a list of who's supporting and who's opposing the impeachment in the House.

3. Voting Project Work Time

• Yesterday, you started working to develop fliers or pamphlets that outline reasons to vote and the steps involved in preparing to vote. 
• Here are the elements you MUST include: 
• Why we should vote
• How we can vote
• Basic information about what people are voting on
• choosing a party
• types of elected officials
• information on the history of voting in the US
• different propositions on the ballot
• You can use a number of different resources for this: 
• Canva (a site to make fliers) 
• Piktochart (if you like the infographic you made last week) 
• Brochure template (to create a brochure/pamhlet) 
• Hand-drawn poster (I have supplies for you) 
• Hand-drawn brochure
• Here are some websites you might find helpful: 
• Elections and Voter Information (this should be your main starting point)
• Online Voter Registration Application
• Cal Voter Guide
• What's on the CA Ballot in 2020

Things You Should Have Finished: 

• Formative Reading on the Separation of Powers
• Question on Impeachment in Google Classroom
• Retake previous quizzes: 
• Retake Week 1 Quiz
• Retake Week 2 Quiz
• Retake Week 3 Quiz 
• Retake Week 4 Quiz 
• Retake Week 5 Quiz 
• Retake Week 6 Quiz

Reminders: 
Have a great day!

Introducing Your Voting Project

Goal: Review yesterday's article "Rights and Responsibilities of a US Citizen" and discuss voting

Agenda: 
Journal
Impeachment Coverage
Sharing Infographics
Rights and Responsibilities Article
Who Votes?
Voting Pamphlets

1. Journal 
Do you see voting as a right or a responsibility? Why?

2. Impeachment Highlights

• Instead of CNN 10, we're going to watch a CBS news special report on impeachment coverage that explains what's going to happen this week. 
• For your information, CBS news has a reputation for being factual, yet slightly left-leaning when it comes to bias in their media coverage.
• If you're interested, there are live updates being posted here throughout each day of impeachment proceedings.

3. Sharing Infographics
You all made amazing creations of your infographics. Today I would like to share them as we make notes on the three subjects:

4. Rights and Responsibilities of a US Citizen 

• Yesterday you read an article called "Rights and Responsibilities of a US Citizen." 
• We need to fill in this chart in our journal to organize the ideas presented in the article.

5. Who Votes?
We're going to have a voting simulation that illustrates who votes and we're going to question why people don't vote.

6. Voting Projects

• This week, you are going to work in your tables to develop fliers or pamphlets that outline reasons to vote and the steps involved in preparing to vote. 
• Here are the elements you MUST include: 
• Why vote
• How to vote
• Basic information about what people are voting on
• choosing a party
• types of elected officials
• information on the history of voting in the US
• different propositions on the ballot
• You can use a number of different resources for this: 
• Canva (a site to make fliers) 
• Piktochart (if you like the infographic you made last week) 
• Brochure template (to create a brochure/pamhlet) 
• Hand-drawn poster (I have supplies for you) 
• Hand-drawn brochure
• Here are some websites you might find helpful: 
• Elections and Voter Information (this should be your main starting point)
• Online Voter Registration Application
• Cal Voter Guide
• What's on the CA Ballot in 2020

Things You Should Have Finished: 

• Formative Reading on the Separation of Powers
• Question on Impeachment in Google Classroom
• Retake previous quizzes: 
• Retake Week 1 Quiz
• Retake Week 2 Quiz
• Retake Week 3 Quiz 
• Retake Week 4 Quiz 
• Retake Week 5 Quiz 
• Retake Week 6 Quiz

Reminders: 
Have a great day!

Citizenship Test and Formative Reading

Sorry I had to be out today - welcome Ms. Natheos! 

Goal: Take citizenship test and finish Formative reading

Agenda: 
Journal
Rights and Responsibilities Article
Citizenship Test
Formative Reading
Catch Up

1. Journal 
Is there any valid way to "test" for citizenship? Explain your reasoning.

2. Rights and Responsibilities of a US Citizen 

• There is an article Ms. Natheos will give you called "Rights and Responsibilities of a US Citizen."
• There are 7 rights and 9 responsibilities mentioned in the article. 
• List all of them in a table in your journal that looks like this:

3. Citizenship Test

• The Citizenship test has been around since 1986 but last revised in 2008.
• I'm going to give you a copy of a SAMPLE of test questions (not all 100), and try to answer as best as you can.
• This is not for a grade, but we are going to discuss it tomorrow so I want accurate results.
• Do not work with each other! Just do your best!
• >>Click here to take the citizenship test. <<

4. Formative Reading 

• Last week I gave you a reading on Formative to answer 14 questions about regarding the Checks and Balances and Three Branches of Government. 
• Those questions are going into Powerschool today, so you should be finished with that reading.

5. Finished with everything else? 

• Check Powerschool and see if there is anything you can make revisions on or any assignments you have missing. 
• You also had a question to answer on impeachment in Google Classroom last week. Finish that.
• If you are trying to RETAKE a Friday quiz you missed, I have changed all the entry codes to retake so you can get on there and fix your scores. 
• Retake Week 1 Quiz
• Retake Week 2 Quiz
• Retake Week 3 Quiz 
• Retake Week 4 Quiz 
• Retake Week 5 Quiz 
• Retake Week 6 Quiz

Reminders: 
Have a great day!

I'll be back tomorrow - get ready to discuss the citizenship test and voting rights. 

Share Infographics and Take Weekly Quiz

Goal: Share our infographics, take weekly quiz, and respond to a question on impeachment

Agenda: 
Journal
CNN 10
Weekly Quiz
Impeachment Response
Prepare for Infographic Sharing

1. Journal 
Do you have any plans for the weekend?

2. CNN 10 
Today's news will include the answer to one of the quiz questions. It's also the last show of 2019!!! 

3. Weekly Quiz 
Click HERE to take the weekly quiz.

Here are some of the infographics your classmates have completed so far:

4. Finish the Formative Reading 
Many of you have still not finished the reading in Formative. Make that your goal by the end of the period.

5. Impeachment Response 

• There is a short answer question waiting for you in Google Classroom. 
• You should approach it like an essay question, using academic vocabulary and professional language.

6. Prepare to Share Infographics Next Week

• Set up a clean page in your journal with three columns like this to prepare for next week's sharing: 

Reminders: 
Have a great weekend!

Finish Infographics and Prepare Presentations

Goal: Finish your infographics!

Agenda: 
Journal
CNN 10
Finish Infographics
Formative Reading on Impeachment

1. Journal 
What do you think about the impeachment process?

2. CNN 10

Let's check out today's news.

3. Finish Your Infographics

• Today is the LAST DAY of class time for infographics.
• IMPEACHMENT:
• Piktochart
• NYT Podcast and Trasncript: Impeachment Questions from a 3rd Grader
• CNN Article: Live Updates on the Impeachment Inquiry
• AP Article: House Democrats to Unveil 2 Impeachment Articles 
• Fox News Article: Democrats Unveil 2 Impeachment Articles as White House Slams Effort
• PBS: House Democrats Reveal 2 Articles of Impeachment
• PBS Collection: A Guide to the Impeachment
• BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT:
• Piktochart
• Quizziz Article Review: Branches of Government (code: 428584)
• NYT Upfront: Checks and Balances
• USA.gov: Three Branches of Government
• Sample Branches of Government Infographic
• History.com article: Three Branches of Government
• PBS Separation of Powers
• POLITICAL PARTIES: 
• Piktochart
• PBS: Political Parties 
• Brittanica: List of ALL political parties for all countries
• USHistory.org Explanation of Political Parties
• CAVotes.org on Political Parties
• NYT: List of all people running for President in 2020 by party
• Easy Voter Guide: How to Choose a Political Party

Be ready to share your infographics with the class tomorrow! 

4. Download and Share
Download your infographic as a .png to your desktop, and UPLOAD YOUR WORK TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM so I can print it for you.

5. GoFormative Reading

• There is a text uploaded in Formative that you have already seen, but you need to read and answer the questions embedded. 
• This will be scored for comprehension. 
• Click here to access the reading and sign in with Google to proceed.

Reminders: 
Listen to the news and see if any new developments happen in the impeachment process. 

Continuing with our Infographics

Goal: Create a shareable infographic that can teach about impeachment, political parties, or the three branches of government

Agenda: 
Journal
CNN 10
Infographics

1. Journal 
How is the progress on your infographic?

2. CNN 10

Let's check out today's news.

3. Finish Your Infographics

• Yesterday you began creating an infographic using a tool called Piktochart. 
• You are creating an infographic based one one of the following: impeachment, branches of government, or political parties.
• Infographics = information and graphics
• Your job will be to create an infographic we can display in class that explains the three branches of government AND the impeachment process. 
• Here are some resources you can use for doing your chart on IMPEACHMENT:
• Piktochart
• NYT Podcast and Trasncript: Impeachment Questions from a 3rd Grader
• CNN Article: Live Updates on the Impeachment Inquiry
• AP Article: House Democrats to Unveil 2 Impeachment Articles 
• Fox News Article: Democrats Unveil 2 Impeachment Articles as White House Slams Effort
• PBS: House Democrats Reveal 2 Articles of Impeachment
• PBS Collection: A Guide to the Impeachment
• Here are some resources you can use for doing your chart on BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT:
• Piktochart
• Quizziz Article Review: Branches of Government (code: 428584)
• NYT Upfront: Checks and Balances
• USA.gov: Three Branches of Government
• Sample Branches of Government Infographic
• History.com article: Three Branches of Government
• PBS Separation of Powers
• Here are some resources you can use for doing your infographic on POLITICAL PARTIES: 
• Piktochart
• PBS: Political Parties 
• Brittanica: List of ALL political parties for all countries
• USHistory.org Explanation of Political Parties
• CAVotes.org on Political Parties
• NYT: List of all people running for President in 2020 by party
• Easy Voter Guide: How to Choose a Political Party

Here is a sample screenshot of my own infographic in progress: 

Be ready to share you infographics with the class tomorrow! 

Reminders: 
Listen to the news and see if any new developments happen in the impeachment process. 

Impeachment Infographic

Goal: Create a shareable infographic that can teach about impeachment and the three branches of government

Agenda: 
Journal
CNN 10
Review of Yesterday
Create an Infographic

1. Journal 
What is an infographic? If you don't know, what do you think it is?

2. CNN 10

Today's news is back to global reports (including an interesting piece of news on Russian sports teams).

3. What happened yesterday? 

• Yesterday you read a new article about the three branches of government you can find in Google Classroom. 
• The first part of today's class will be dedicated to this and completing the "Making Connections" chart on paper.

4. Take a Quiz

This isn't like other quizzes we've taken in this class. Go to joinmyquiz.com and wait until I give you the entry code. 

5. Later TODAY: Creating an Infographic

• I am going to show you a tool called Piktochart. 
• We are going to create an infographic. 
• Infographics = information and graphics
• Your job will be to create an infographic we can display in class that explains the three branches of government AND the impeachment process. 
• Here are some resources you can use for doing your chart on IMPEACHMENT:
• Piktochart
• NYT Podcast and Trasncript: Impeachment Questions from a 3rd Grader
• CNN Article: Live Updates on the Impeachment Inquiry
• AP Article: House Democrats to Unveil 2 Impeachment Articles 
• Fox News Article: Democrats Unveil 2 Impeachment Articles as White House Slams Effort
• PBS: House Democrats Reveal 2 Articles of Impeachment
• PBS Collection: A Guide to the Impeachment
• Here are some resources you can use for doing your chart on BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT:
• Piktochart
• Quizziz Article Review: Branches of Government (code: 428584)
• NYT Upfront: Checks and Balances
• USA.gov: Three Branches of Government
• Sample Branches of Government Infographic
• History.com article: Three Branches of Government
• PBS Separation of Powers
• Here are some resources you can use for doing your infographic on POLITICAL PARTIES: 
• Piktochart
• PBS: Political Parties 
• Brittanica: List of ALL political parties for all countries
• USHistory.org Explanation of Political Parties
• CAVotes.org on Political Parties
• NYT: List of all people running for President in 2020 by party
• Easy Voter Guide: How to Choose a Political Party

Here is a sample screenshot of my own infographic in progress: 

Reminders: 
Listen to the news and see if any new developments happen in the impeachment process. 

Impeachment and Separation of Powers

Goal: Compare three branches of government to impeachment proceedings article

Agenda: 
Journal
CNN 10
Impeachment Review
Checks and Balances
Quizziz

1. Journal 
Check in: How do you think you’re doing in government so far? Explain.

2. CNN 10

Today's CNN 10 remembers the attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago.

3. Impeachment Review 
On Friday, you read an article on impeachment and began to map the basics of what's happening right now in the House of Representatives. Today we're going to review what you put in those boxes.

4. Checks and Balances

• I have another article for you to read today on Checks and Balances. 
• You can find the article in Google Classroom in the Class Readings section and it's called "NYT Upfront: Checks and Balances"
• Ultimately, we are going to compare the two articles to determine whether the process of impeachment the House of Representatives is undertaking adheres to the idea of checks and balances.

5. Quizziz: 

• Today we are going to take a QUIZ on the separation of powers, checks and balances, and the impeachment inquiry.
• Go to joinmyquiz.com and get ready for me to give you the class game code.

Reminders: 
You are a genius at something even if you don't know it yet. I'm proud of you! 

Quiz and Impeachment Proceedings

The article you'll be reading today
(originally published in Upfront Magazine)

Goal: Take our week 5 quiz and learn about the House impeachment proceedings

Agenda: 
Journal
Week 5 Quiz
Impeachment Article

1. Journal 
Should convicted felons be able to have the right to vote?

2. Quiz 

• Week 5 Quiz can be found HERE. 
• No talking with each other. 
• You can use your journal for support.

3. Article

• After you finish the quiz, ask Ms. Natheos to give you the article on impeachment (pictured top right).
• You will finish reading the article and then map the text on the sheet attached.

Reminders: 

• Make sure you have read the article and completed the attached text map. 
• We will review this on Monday, so keep it tucked in your journal. 
• Have a great weekend!

Finish Presentations and Introduce Voting Rights

Goal: Learn about voting restrictions in the United States

Agenda: 

Journal
CNN 10
Expert Presentations
Charts
Voting Rights

1. Journal 

Is 18 a good voting age, or should that be raised or lowered? Explain your opinion.

2. CNN 10 

Today will be the last day of news that's on your quiz tomorrow; I will not be here to show CNN 10.

3. Group Presentations

We have two more groups who need to present today.

• First: LGBT community counterprotesters
• Second: Facial Recognition and AI technology

4. Finish Your Notes

• Make sure you get the main idea of the four articles down, and maybe make a few notes on your thoughts. 
• You can use this on tomorrow's quiz. 
• (Chart pictured on the top right of the blog post)

5. Voting Rights

We are going to talk about WHO has the right to vote in the US and why some people don't exercise their right to vote.

Next week we will continue talking about voting rights.

6. Impeachment Hearings Review

• Our class is going to be interrupted for a couple days to talk about impeachment. 
• Tomorrow you will be reading an article and answering questions about the impeachment proceedings against Trump.
• Today's big news is that the House of Representatives WILL be drafting impeachment articles against Trump.

Reminders:
I will not be here tomorrow, but you will still have a quiz and an article to read.

Expert Presentations

Media Bias Chart

Goal: Present on your first amendment article

Agenda: 

Journal
CNN 10
Expert Presentations
Audience Responsibilities
Current Events + The Bill of Rights

1. Journal 

What freedoms are covered under the first amendment?

2. CNN 10 

Let's catch up on today's news.

3. Group Presentations

Yesterday you were supposed to begin to create a presentation you will share with the class today. If you need a few minutes to fix it up, all presentations will take place at the end of the period today (with no exceptions).

4. Audience Responsibilities

• As groups present their work, take notes in your journal with a chart that looks like this: 

Reminders: 
Do something today your future self will thank you for! 

Becoming An Expert: Group Presentations

Goal: Become experts on a new text in our groups about one of the freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment

Agenda: 

Journal
CNN 10
Group Presentations
Notes

1. Journal 

What is the main idea of the article you began reading yesterday?

2. CNN 10 

Today's CNN 10 covers more on the impeachment investigation concerning the House of Representatives and Donald Trump.

3. Expert Group Presentation 

Today you will create a presentation you will share with the class tomorrow. The presentation must include: 

• Your group members' names 
• The title of your article
• The author of your article 
• At least one main idea presented in the article (in your own words) 
• A quote that shows the main idea presented in the article 
• Relevant photos to show the class
• An explanation about how the article relates to the First Amendment

There is a template you can access HERE to share with your group mates and me if you prefer not to work from scratch.

My email: cdaniel@sandi.net

Work on your presentation until it's perfection. We will be inviting guests to the classroom to watch your presentations.

Here are some screenshots of great work from last quarter:

 

Get ahead: 
Set up your journal like this in preparation for tomorrow's class:

Reminders:
This Friday you have a current event due.
(You will have time in class to write it on Friday, but start looking for events that interest you.)

Reading Something New

Goal: Become experts on a new text in our groups about one of the freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment

Agenda: 

Journal
CNN 10
Image Preview 

Survey the Text
New Reading
Show What You Know

1. Journal 

What is one thing you did over break that you are willing to share?

2. CNN 10 
We've missed news for about a week! Let's see what's going on globally.

3. Image Preview 

• There is an image taped to each of your tables.
• Your job is to QUESTION that image (silently).
• I will guide you through that investigation. 

4. Survey Your New Reading

• Each group is getting a new text on which they must become experts. 
• The text has to do with freedoms guaranteed under the 1st Amendment. 
• Your job is to survey the text (don't read it yet). 
• You should be working together with your group. I will guide you through the process like we did with our last text about Park 51.

5. Read The Text: 

• You are responsible for reading the text with your group. 
• You must become experts on this text. 
• Ultimately, you will be giving the class a presentation on the event and how it relates to the first amendment.

6. Current Event Preview

• At the end of this week, you will have a current event due. 
• The current event should relate to one of the first ten amendments (the Bill of Rights). 
• You will have time to write it in class on Friday, but start looking for events that interest you.

Reminders:
Have a great day!