Week 8: Oct. 5-9, 2k20

Ms. Jordan’s Students:
Ms. Jordan's Zoom - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 880 938 770

Mr. Barry's Students: Social Studies with Mr. B!
Link: Zoom Link - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 920 2495 7857

Articles of Confederation Flicks 

The Articles of Confederation were the first government of the United States written in 1777

Day 1

In Class:  Google form due - Donkeys vs. Elephants!

-What were the Articles of Confederation?

-How were they a good central/federal government?

-How were they a horrible central/federal government?

-What were the Virginia and New Jersey plans at the Constitutional convention?

-What was the compromise between the two plans?

-Let's begin reading Article II of the Constitution which explains the details of the Executive Branch

--Qualifications to be POTUS

HW:  Write out what you think should be the qualifications to be the President of the United States.  Explain your details.  Due by Day 2

Day 2

In Class:  Continue reading Article II of the Constitution

-Powers of the POTUS

-How is a president impeached?

-Who's who of the 2k20 Election  -- Using the website here, fill out the Who's Who of the election

HW:  Vice Presidential debate HW assignment -- Click Me!  Due Oct. 12 by 8 am ALL classes!

Day 3

In Class: Go over the Who's Who of the Election

-What are the issues?

-What issues are important to you?

-How do the issues determine what political party you affiliate yourself with?

HW:  Vice Presidential debate HW assignment -- Click Me!  Due Oct. 12 by 8 am ALL classes!

Week 7: Sept. 28 -Oct 2, 2k20

Ms. Jordan’s Students: 

Ms. Jordan's Zoom - Click Me!

Meeting ID: 880 938 770

Mr. Barry's Students: Social Studies with Mr. B!
Link: Zoom Link - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 920 2495 7857

Monday, Sept. 28 - No School - Yom Kippur

Tuesday, Sept. 29 - 10 AM Late Start - Yom Kippur

Day 1

In Class:  Election Unit 2k20 - Election Unit Doc I -  Going over types of government in Guided Notes

-Autocracy

-Monarchy

-Dictatorship

-Democracy

-Representative Democracy

-Direct Democracy

-Oligarchy

-Theocracy

-Anarchy 

-What type of government works best? Why?

HW:  None!

Day 2

In Class:  Pages 2-3 of the Guided Notes on government! -- Who are these Thomas Hobbes and John Locke guys and what were their ideas?

-Natural Rights

-State of Nature

-Social Contract

HW:  None!

Day 3

In Class:  The foundations of American government -- Articles of Confederation - Introduction to the US Constitution's Article II which creates the Executive Branch

HW:  Democrat or Republican? Answer the following Google Form Q's with your parents this weekend.  It should only take you ten minutes.  Enjoy! 

Articles of Confederation Flick

Articles of Confederation and GEORGIA flick!

Week 6: Sept. 21-25, 2k20

Ms. Jordan’s Students: Ms. Jordan's Zoom - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 880 938 770

Mr. Barry's Students: Social Studies with Mr. B!
Link: Zoom Link - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 920 2495 7857

Day 1
In Class: Continue with Geography Unit

-Emigration or Immigration? -- (Click Me!) Chapter reading and answering the Q's in the Guided Notes then going over them in class

-Oil: The resource of all resources these days.  Read the chapter and answer the questions in your guided notes then going over them in class

Day 2

In Class:  Finish any discussion about Oil and dive into our next BIG unit:  Election 2k20 Doc -- Guided Notes

-What is government?

-Can people live without a government?

-What is the best form of government?

-Why does government exist?

-What role does government play in society?

-Can a government become too big or fail its people?

-How does a government do its best for all citizens?

Day 3

In Class: Election 2k20 Doc -- Guided Notes

-What are the different types of government?

-Basic vocab:  autocracy, monarchy, theocracy, democracy, representative democracy, direct democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy, junta, anarchy, state of nature, social contract, tabula rasa, natural rights...

Week 5 - Sept. 14-18, 2k20

Ms. Jordan’s Students: Ms. Jordan's Zoom - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 880 938 770

Mr. Barry's Students : Social Studies with Mr. B!
Link: Zoom Link - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 920 2495 7857

Day 1
In Class:  Continue with Geography Unit and fill out the Guided Notes packet as we go!  This Guided Notes packet is a HW grade due at the end of the unit.

-Consumption -- Food consumption

-GDP -- What is Gross Domestic Product?

-How would a nation have a larger GDP than other nations?

-Food consumption

HW:  None!

Day 2
In Class:  Continue with Geography Unit and fill out the Guided Notes packet as we go!  This Guided Notes packet is a HW grade due at the end of the unit.

-Food and Energy Consumption in the world!

-Farming!  Yay!  Farming!

HW:  None!

Day 3

In Class: Farming continued...Food Maps that Explain America -- Possible the Water Cycle!

HW:  None!