Civics Update for March 19-23

***Current Events (Grading Periods 5, Current Events #3) is due Monday for the second half of the alphabet.
***Chapter 10 Test on Tuesday - Essay/Extended Response questions that were in the Study Guide are not applicable to this chapter.
***On Monday in class, please pick up a paper called "Three Branches Self Evaluation" and turn it in by Wednesday. 

Monday:

  • Turn in Check writing activity from Friday
  • Total Recall Question
  • Essential Question Quiz.  Here are the possible questions; you will be answering two questions:
    • EQ 10-1:  What is the difference between civil liberties and civil rights?
    • EQ 10-2:  What is selective incorporation?
    • EQ 10-3:  What is the free exercise clause?
    • EQ 10-4:  Why do public officials have fewer protections from defamation?
    • EQ 10-5:  Why are there less Fourth Amendment protections for students?
    • EQ 10-6:  Through which amendments did the Supreme Court construct the right to privacy?
    • EQ 10-7:  What are three alternatives to civil trials?
    • EQ 10-8:  What are Ex Post Facto laws?
    • EQ 10-9:  How does a bench trial differ from a jury trial?
  • Prepare chapter packet for Tuesday


Tuesday:

  • Total Recall Question
  • Turn in chapter packet
  • Take chapter 10 test
  • Complete chapter 11 vocabulary
  • Read pages 320 to 324 for Wednesday


Wednesday:
  • Total Recall Question
  • Students receive chapter 11 study guide
  • Introduce chapter 11 – Civil Rights – How have people been discriminated on race, national origin, sex, religion, or other factors (discriminate between prejudice and discrimination) 
  • EQ 11-1 Notes What are civil rights, and how have civil rights in the U.S. changed over time?
  • Students read pages 325 to 327

Thursday:

  • Total Recall Question
  • Chapter 8 and 10 Vocabulary quiz
  • Students complete notes 11-2:  What is meant by equal protection of the law?


Friday:

  • Total Recall Questions turn in
  • Review Bill of Rights Activity
  • Read pages 328-332 for Monday

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