Wednesday, 6/2

Periods 0-4:
1. QUIZ: 20 multiple choice questions on Chapters 13 and 14
2. Concluding Exercise on Obama's Cabinet and YOUR Reps (HANDOUT): due TH/Fri

To research Obama's Cabinet click here

Contact Info for US Congress click here

Contact Info for CA State Reps click here

Period 4:
TEST on Monetary Policy

Thursday, 5/27

Period 0:
1. 60 Minutes Clip on Campaign 2008
2. Chapter 14 Questions
--> Study for 20 question Quiz on Chapter 13 & 14 on WEDNESDAY

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Gay Penguins
2. Reviewing Chapter 13
3. Chapter 14 Questions (HANDOUT)
4. 60 Minutes Clip on Campaign 2008
--> Study for 20 question Quiz on Chapter 13 & 14 on WEDNESDAY

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Ron Paul
2. Video Review: Paul Solmon
3. Review Sheet on Macro (HANDOUT)

Wed, 5/26

Period 0:
1. 1. 7-Minute Reading: Gay Penguins
2. Video Clips on Roles of Presidency
3. Reviewing Chapter 13

Periods 1 & 3:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Gay Penguins
2. Reviewing Chapter 13
3. Chapter 14 Questions (HANDOUT)
4. 60 Minutes Clip on Campaign 2008
--> Study for 20 Question Quiz on Chapters 13 & 14 on WEDNESDAY

Tuesday, 5/25

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Same-Sex Marriage: Evolving Politics, Enduring Fundamentals
2. 60-Minute Clip: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
3. Voting on Don't Ask Don't Tell (75% for changing the policy)
4. Analyzing the Roles of the Presidency: matching the 8 roles of the presidency with these video clips:

Obama with Calderon: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/19/obama_to_mexican_president_we_are_defined_not_by_our_borders.html

Obama getting wings: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/13/woman_to_obama_youre_a_hottie_with_a_smokin_little_body.html

Obama on Karzai: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/12/obama_tensions_between_us_and_afghanistan_are_simply_overstated.html

Obama on Elena Kagan: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/10/obama_kagan_is_one_of_the_nations_foremost_legal_minds.html

Obama on Los Suns and AZ Law: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/05/obama_calls_phoenix_suns_los_suns_at_cinco_de_mayo_event.html

Obama on Jay Leno: http://showhype.com/video/president_barack_obama_on_jay_leno_show_full_24/

Obama at White House Correspondance Dinner: http://www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt-Lake-City-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m5d2-Video-President-Obama-and-Jay-Leno-crack-jokes-at-the-2010-White-House-correspondence-dinner

Obama throws out first pitch at Nationals game: http://www.the700level.com/2010/04/video-barack-obama-throws-out-first-pitch-at-philliesnationals-opening-day-2010.html


Michelle Obama with Second Graders: http://blog.sojo.net/2010/05/20/a-second-graders-challenge-to-michelle-obama-on-immigration/

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Greenspan article w/5 questions (HANDOUT):
-Why was he known as an economic sage?
-What mistake did he admit to?
-What mistake regarding housing do some accuse him of?
-What is a speculative bubble?
-Why is this article a mind blower and what lesson does it teach us about the economy?
2. Paul Solmon Videos: Reviewing Monetary Policy
3. Finishing Monetary Policy Review Sheets
4. TEST on Thursday!!!!!!

Monday, May 24

**Be sure to check SchoolLoop for the attendance policy for the last 20 days of your high school career!!!

Period 0:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Same-Sex Marriage: Evolving Politics, Enduring Fundamentals
2. 60-Minute Clip: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
3. Voting on Don't Ask Don't Tell (75% for changing the policy)

Period 1 & 3:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Same-Sex Marriage: Evolving Politics, Enduring Fundamentals
2. 60-Minute Clip: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
3. Voting on Don't Ask Don't Tell (75% for changing the policy)
4. Analyzing the Roles of the Presidency: matching the 8 roles of the presidency with these video clips:

Obama with Calderon: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/19/obama_to_mexican_president_we_are_defined_not_by_our_borders.html

Obama getting wings: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/13/woman_to_obama_youre_a_hottie_with_a_smokin_little_body.html

Obama on Karzai: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/12/obama_tensions_between_us_and_afghanistan_are_simply_overstated.html

Obama on Elena Kagan: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/10/obama_kagan_is_one_of_the_nations_foremost_legal_minds.html

Obama on Los Suns and AZ Law: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/05/obama_calls_phoenix_suns_los_suns_at_cinco_de_mayo_event.html

Obama on Jay Leno: http://showhype.com/video/president_barack_obama_on_jay_leno_show_full_24/

Obama at White House Correspondance Dinner: http://www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt-Lake-City-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m5d2-Video-President-Obama-and-Jay-Leno-crack-jokes-at-the-2010-White-House-correspondence-dinner

Obama throws out first pitch at Nationals game: http://www.the700level.com/2010/04/video-barack-obama-throws-out-first-pitch-at-philliesnationals-opening-day-2010.html


Michelle Obama with Second Graders: http://blog.sojo.net/2010/05/20/a-second-graders-challenge-to-michelle-obama-on-immigration/

Friday, May 21

Period 0:
1. Go over TEST together
2. Complete Chapter 13 Questions (#1-29 on half-sheet HANDOUT)

Periods 1 & 3:
1. Finish Congress Test
2. Go over TEST together
3. Complete Chapter 13 Questions (#1-29 on half-sheet HANDOUT)

Thursday, May 20

Period 0:
1. Finish Congress Test
2. Work on Chapter 13 Questions (#1-29 on half-sheet HANDOUT)

Period 2:
1. Finish Congress Test
2. Go over TEST together
3. Complete Chapter 13 Questions (#1-29 on half-sheet HANDOUT)

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Shall we tax the yoga studios?
2. Notes on Monetary Policy
3. Monetary Policy Review Sheet (HANDOUT)

Tuesday, 5/18

KNOTT'S BERRY FARM!!!!!

Monday, May 17

Periods 0-3
1. 7-Minute Reading: Sex Crime Parolees Rousted in Anaheim (HANDOUT)
-->Creative Thinking/Problem Solving: How can national, state and/or local government solve this problem?
2. Congress TEST: Open book, open notes, open mind
-->Turn in packet with the following at the end of class:
1. 7-Minute Reading Response
2. Congress TEST
3. Chapter 11 Worksheet (half sheet from last week)
4. Chapter 12 Worksheet (full sheet from last week)

Period 4
1. TEST!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, May 14

Period 0
1. Chapter 12 Questions (HANDOUT)
2. 3-Minute Video Clip: I'm Just a Bill on Capitol Hill (School House Rock)
3. Flow Chart: From a Bill to a Law (HANDOUT)

Periods 1 & 3
1. 7-Minute Reading: Times Square Bomber and Miranda Rights (HANDOUT)
2. Go over Review Quiz on Chapter 10 & 11
3. Chapter 12 Questions (HANDOUT)
4. 3-Minute Video Clip: I'm Just a Bill on Capitol Hill (School House Rock)
5. Flow Chart: From a Bill to a Law (HANDOUT)

Wednesday, 5/15

Period 0:
1. Video: The Case Against Elena Kagan
2. 7-Minute Reading: Robert Byrd breaks records in the Senate
3. Start Chapter 11 Questions (HANDOUT)

Periods 1 & 3:
1. Video: The Case Against Elena Kagan
2. 7-Minute Reading: Robert Byrd breaks records in the Senate
3. Finishing Notes on Chapter 10: The non-Legislative actions of Congress (get notes from a friend)
4. Chapter 11 Questions (HANDOUT)
5. Start Multiple Choice Review Quiz (HANDOUT)

Monday, May 10

Periods 0-3:
1. 7-Minute Reading: $$$$ and Financial Regulation
2. Reviewing Chapter 10
3. Identifying Your Congressman and District: Click on this
--> Find your 9-Digit Zip Code here
4. Chapter 11 Questions (HANDOUT)

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute: What's up with the Vanity Tax?
2. Go Over Obama Tax Questions
3. Continue Tax Notes

Friday, May 7

Period 0:
1. Political Cartoons and CA's ineffective texting law (HANDOUT): briefly describe the political cartoons and label them each "conservative" or "liberal." Then, after reading the texting article, briefly propose a texting law that would decrease texting while driving in CA.
2. pp.286-287, #1-23, 25


Periods 1 & 3:
1. Political Cartoons and CA's ineffective texting law (HANDOUT): briefly describe the political cartoons and label them each "conservative" or "liberal." Then, after reading the texting article, briefly propose a texting law that would decrease texting while driving in CA.
2. pp.286-287, #1-23, 25
3. Read p.274 and complete #1-3
4. Read p.285 and complete #1-3

Thursday, May 6

Period 0:
1. Finish Lecture Notes on Congress (on Chapter 10)
2. Answer Questions (a-m) at the end of the lecture notes from pp.279-284

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: An Arizona Cop's Viewpoint (Handout)
Answer these questions from the reading:
-How does this issue exemplify federalism?
-Why did the AZ legislature enact this now?
-What do you think
2. Video Clip: Interview with Congressman Luis Gutierrez
3. Lecture Notes on Congress (on Chapter 10)
4. Answer Questions (a-m) at the end of the lecture notes from pp.279-284

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Obama's Taxes (HANDOUT)
2. Paul Solman on the difference between "deficit" and "debt"
3. Continue with Notes on Fiscal Policy and Taxes
4. Concluding Assignment (due Monday): Obama's Tax Policy (get Handout and questions)

Tuesday, 5/4

Period 2:
Deputy Wayne!!!!

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Krugman on Obama's Stimulus Plan
2. Fiscal Policy Continued
3. National Debt Websites: here and here and here

Monday, May 3rd

Periods 0-3:
1. TEST!!!!! (Chapter 12)
2. Post-Test Assignment (due the next class period): Read Chapter 18, sections 1 & 2 and complete section reviews for 18.1 (#1-5) and 18.2 (#1-4).

Period 4:
1. Political Cartoons/Texting (Handout)
2. Reviewing Obama's Stimulus Plan
3. Fiscal Policy Continued (Note Packet)

Friday, April 30

Period 0:
Deputy Wayne!!!!

Periods 1 & 3:
1. 7-Minute Reading: South Park Threat No Joke
2. Chapter 20 Assessment Review (p.590, #1-25)
3. Video: Bill Moyers interviews Jerry Miller, the 200th person convicted of a crime but later released with DNA evidence