Thursday, June 25, 2020, U.S. Government: Day 8

First hour Google Meet 
Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT understand

• the historic and ongoing debate over the scope of presidential power.
• the nature and extent of the executive power of the President.
• the President's diplomatic and military powers.
• the President's legislative and judicial powers.
• the functions of the executive agencies and the role of the cabinet.
• the need for and growth of the federal bureaucracy.
• the organization and functions of the executive departments and the independent agencies.
• the development of federal civil service.
• How the Federal Government raises money.
• Borrowing as a source of government revenue
• How the Federal Government spends money and the complex process o9f preparing the federal budget.

Warm Up 10 minutes: p. 376 #1-2 What Does It Take To Be a Great President?
Current Event Watch 15 minutes: Using the Chart on p. 383. Scan news reports from last week, looking for references to organizations shown on the chart. Highlight or check each organization that is referred to in a news report.
Key Terms 15 minutes: Define and Significance

1. bureaucracy p.381
2. bureaucrat p. 381
3. administration p. 382
4. independent agencies p. 388
5. quasi-legislative p. 391
6. quasi-judicial p. 391
7. spoils system p. 395
8. patronage p. 396
9. registers p. 398

Reading 5 minutes: p. 404-405 Financing the Federal Government

Discussion 10 minutes: p. 415 #1-3 Should the Government Subsidize Private School Education? 

Independent Work

Presentation 25 minutes: Read Section and complete presentation: The Power to Tax p. 405-407, Current Federal Taxes p. 407-411, Taxing for Non-revenue Purposes p. 411, Nontax Revenues p. 412, Borrowing p. 412-413, The Public Debt p. 413-414, Federal Spending p. 416-418, The Federal Budget p. 418-419.

1. Summarize section on a slide.
2. Provide a picture on each slide
3. On the last slide describe what you learned.

Assessment 20 minutes: Ch. 17 Foreign Policy and National Defense Review p. 456-457 Main Ideas #1-17 

Analysis 20 minutes: Find as many federal budgets from 2010-2019. After looking at these charts, identify all areas the Federal Government spends money, where it is spent the most and least, are there things you would change?
Key Terms 20 minutes: Define and Significance p. 424-455

1. Isolationism
2. foreign policy
3. ambassador
4. passport
5. visa
6. diplomatic immunity
7. draft
8. collective security
9. deterrence
10. containment
11. foreign aid
12. UN Security Council

Second Hour Google Meet 
Time Line 20 minutes: p. 440-446 Using a time line, identify ten different events in the last 170 years, describe what they are and give the philosophy/ or foreign policy the United States was trying to carryout in each event.
Unit Test 25 minutes: U.S. Government Summer Midterm