Monday & Wednesday, June 29 & July 1, 2020, U.S. Government

Please complete all work by Thursday, July 2, 2020

Ch. 24 Review p. 660-661 Matching #1-5, True or False #1-5, Word Relationships #1-4, Main Ideas #1-13
Ch. 25 Review p. 684-685 Matching #1-5, True or False #1-5, Word Relationships #1-5, Main Ideas #1-15
Study Guide

1. Roles of the President
2. electoral college
3. presidential primary
4. platform
5. executive order
6. executive agreement
7. federal budget
8. amnesty
9. bureaucracy
10. independent agencies
11. spoils system/ patronage
12. deficit/public debt/entitlement
13. Isolationism
14. foreign policy
15. ambassador
16. passport
17. visa
18. diplomatic immunity
19. draft
20. collective security
21. deterrence
22. containment
23. foreign aid
24. UN Security Council
25. jurisdiction(exclusive/concurrent/original/appellate)
26. plaintiff/ defendant
27. writ of certiorari
28. majority/dissenting opinion
29. Due Process/ Establishment/ Free Exercise Clause
30. libel/slander
31. Picketing/ espionage/ sabotage/treason/sedition
32. writ of habeas corpus
33. indictment
34. grand jury
35. double jeopardy
36. naturalization
37. segregation
38. affirmative action
39. denaturalization/ expatriation
40. refugee
41. deportation
42. initiative/ referendum/reform
43. pardon/commute/reprieve/parole
44. taxes (sales/regressive/income/progressive/property/estate)
45. laws (common/ civil/criminal)
46. Precedent
47. Appellate Jurisdiction

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

Tuesday, June 23, 2020, U.S. Government: Day 6

First hour google meet 
Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT understand

• the interrelated roles of the presidency.
• the process of presidential succession.
• the roles of primaries, caucuses, and conventions as parts of the nominating process.
• how the national conventions operate.
• the presidential campaign and the role of the electoral college.
• 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 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 the federal civil service.

Critical Thinking 10 minutes: Please describe the problems with the electoral college and why some people might say it is unfair?
Study Guide Review 20 minutes: Students review study guide with teacher.
Groups 10 minutes: Characteristics of who you would pick to help you run the country.
Reading 5 minutes: p.322 Should the President's Executive Privilege Be Absolute?
Lecture 20 minutes: The Executive Branch.

Independent Work

Assessment 35 minutes: Ch. 13 The Presidency Review p. 350-351 Matching #1-7, True or False #1-5, Word Relationships #1-4, Main Ideas #1-12
Research 20 minutes: Identify all the heads of the President's cabinets and what they do.
Activity 25 minutes: p. 370-372  Please describe what each of the following does in the executive office.

1. The Office of Management and Budget 
2. The National Security Council
3. National Homeland Security Council
4. Council of Economic Advisers,

Assessment 35 minutes: Ch. 14 The Presidency in Action Review p. 378-379 Matching #1-5, True or False #1-4, World Relationships #1-4, Main Ideas #1-15
Second hour google meet 
Lecture 15 minutes: Cabinet Members, and Executive Office.
Quiz 20 minutes: Students take Summer Government Quiz 

Biography on President 30 minutes: Students create a biography on a president of their choice

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives

Monday and Wednesday, June 22 & 24, 2020, United States Government: Day 5 & 7

All work is to be completed and turned in at the beginning of class on Thursday, June 25, 2020.

1. Ch. 22 Review: p. 602-603 Matching #1-5, True or False #1-5, Word Relationships #1-4, Main Ideas #1-16
2. Ch. 23 Review: p. 626-627 Matching #1-5, True or False #1-5, Word Relationships #1-5, Main Ideas #1-12
3. Study Guide: Define and describe each
1. Government
2. Public Policies
3. state
4. sovereign and popular sovereignty
5. federal government
6. democracy (direct and representative)
7. Limited Government
8. Representative Government
9. Article of the Confederation
10. bicameral
11. constitution
12. Federalist
13. Anti-Federalist
14. Connecticut and Three-Fifths Compromise
15. rule of law
16. separation of powers
17. checks and balances
18. judicial review
19. federalism
20. amendment
21. Bill of Rights
22. Matching powers (Expressed, Implied, Inherent, Reserved, Exclusive, and Concurrent)
23. political party
24. two-party system
25. consensus
26. electorate
27. suffrage
28. poll tax
29. gerrymandering
30. independents
31. Electoral College
32. Nomination
33. general election
34. caucus
35. primary
36. Mandate
37. public opinion
38. interest group
39. sound bite
40. mass media
41. lobbying
42. propaganda
43. grassroots
44. Congress
45. leadership in Congress p. 287
46. How a Bill becomes a law p.305
47. constituents
48. session/term
49. necessary and proper clause
50. Powers of Congress
51. Speaker of the House/ President of the Senate
52. party caucus
53. whip
54. filibuster
55. cloture
56. veto
57. bill
4. Test to be taken on Thursday during our first google meet hour