Wrap up Unit II Begin Unit III

Handed back Multiple Choice Exam

• revision days; Monday & Tuesday 730-830 AM
• See me to schedule a different time

One Note Check Monday 1st Block 

• See me with technology problems!

Handed out Chapter 4 Core

• Read Chapter 4
• Complete Homework
• Due Wed. 

Began Bill of Rights Notes

• We only got through the first 3 Amendments & began the 4th of the BILL OF RIGHTS NOTES  
• We will complete this Monday

Current Supreme Court &

Took very basic notes on the Current Supreme Court Prezi

Read Marbury v Madison reading provided in class & answered questions

Jotted down basic notes from this presentation to provide information about Marbury and to preview the format of a future project
Last night on CNN

Fed. Court notes

Handed back Chap 7 quizzes
Overview of this week (check out calendar on the website!)

Federal Courts Notes

Chapt 7 stuff

Presentations

Tomorrow: 

• Chapter 7 Core Assignment Due
• Chapter 7 Lowi Quiz 
• Executive Branch Current Events Due

I have a Plan

I have a Plan--Bureaucracy presentations tomorrow.

Ha.

Friday the Obama administration declared that national banks could take money from legal marijuana companies instead of being subject to money laundering laws. Grassley was....upset. Here is an example of his twitter prowess:

  

Bureaucracy Workday

Today we are going to the library to work on our Bureaucracy Project.
Presentations are going to be next Wed. & Thurs

Current Event stuff:
Council of Economic Advisers article about Minimum Wage increase.
Behind the scenes of a dramatic Debt vote
Rand Paul sues Obama over NSA
Pres election of 2016 news begins.... reports of Hilary's "revenge list"
Obamacare--Not a Jobs killer, but a Work killer

Notes & Project intro

Turned in Chap 6 Core
Took Executive Branch Quiz
Notes: Bureaucracy

• Here are the notes 
• Here is the Video

Bureaucracy Project introduction

Discussion

Discussed: 
Legislative Lanahan
Current Events

President Wrap-up

Finish: Presidential Powers Notes

Quiz: Legislative Lowi

For each of the following in your Lanahan Text:

1. Read
2. Answer specific question
3. Apply to Obama's Presidency with 2 pieces of SPECIFIC evidence

#31 – Richard Neustadt - Presidential Power and the Modern President (pages 199 to 204)

Why is persuasive power essential for successful presidential leadership?  Has President Obama’s gift for public speaking been an effective asset in achieving his policy agenda?

#33 – Thomas Cronin & Michael Genovese -The Paradoxes of the American Presidency (pages 212 to 222)

Which of the nine paradoxes of the American Presidency appears to have the most profound impact upon the executive office? Why?

#34 – Craig Rimmerman -The Rise of the Plebiscitary Presidency (pages 223 to 231)

What is Rimmerman's main argument against how citizens view the presidency?

#35 – Kenneth Mayer -With the Stroke of a Pen (pages 231 to 239)

What impact does Mayer claim executive orders have? 

VP & Presidential Powers

Finish: Defining Presidents Notes

• Continued this from yesterday

How the VP Works Mark UP

• Markup activity: Use common sense to combine some of the super-short paragraphs in the reading.  For each paragraph you should: 
1. Underline most important phrases
2. Circle important people/vocab terms
3. 3-4 word summary in left margin
4. One question or comment on right margin

Presidential Powers Notes

• Presidential Power Notes link

Monday: Chapter 5 Lowi "Quiz"
Monday: Legislative Current Event due
Chapter 6 Core Due date has been changed to Wed. 

Begin Executive Branch

Constitution Search Sheet

• Complete Executive Branch Constitution Search Sheet 

Defining the Presidency Notes

• Take notes over the Defining the Presidency Notes

Reminders:
OneNote Check tomorrow (Friday)
Legislative Quiz Monday
Legislative Current Event Due Monday

Snow Day Assignment

Sorry, but you'll have some things to do today.

1--Finish up your Committees Activity posted on yesterday's blog Post.  We will NOT have time in class to complete this

2--Watch and take notes over THIS VIDEO about Congressional Powers

3--Begin Reading Chapter 6 of Lowi (218-266). Core Assignment that I have printed for you here in class will be Due next Tuesday Suggested reading for today: 218-239.

4--Then make sure ALL other work on the OneNote is complete from this unit.  Trust me you'll want to do this now instead of later.

Legislative Lanahan & Committees

Legislative Lanahan Discussion 

• Here is the OneNote with Discussion notes on it to review or if you missed this

Committees

• Jigsaw with partners to complete the following activity on your OneNote under Constitutional Structure (I'd match the Leadership positions and the committees if I were doing this): 

1. Split up the Standing Committees of the House & Senate
2. For each answer the following:
• Who is the current Chair
• What does is that particular committee do

Republican Response to SOTU Address Rep.  Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-Wash.

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Notes: How a Bill Becomes a Law

• Take THESE NOTES on your own piece of paper
• EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS THAT A WORKSHEET IS PROVIDED IT IS NOT. Its an old video.

To Library:  How a REAL Bill Becomes a Law

• Use this URL above to do the following activities either on your OneNote:
  1.   Create a flowchart that shows the path the Affordable Healthcare Act took to become a Law... including its constitutional review by the Supreme Court
  2.    Find a quote from each of the following, showing their opinion about the Affordable Healthcare Act:
  a.    Each of the Senate leadership (6)
  b.    Each of the House Leadership (5)
  c.    Our delegates (3 of them...)
  3.    How was the path different or the same for the Affordable Healthcare Act compared to:
  a.    “I’m Just a Bill”
  b.    Our “How a Bill Becomes A Law” Notes

HERE IS MY EXAMPLE ONENOTE

Items to be completed for tomorrow:

1. Gerrymandering Game Answers
2. Lanahan Readings
3. Constitution Search sheet
4. Structure of Congress Activity