UNIT 1 Civics: Foundations of Government: Each day is marked with the assignment given on that
day, if not specified the assignment is due the next class day.
Chapter 1
8/20: None
8/21: Finish Who Represents You, CAP Topic due 8/28
8/22 Day 1: Ch 1 Sect 1 & Notes, quiz tomorrow
8/25 Day 2: Ch 1 Sect 2
8/26 Day 3: Ch 1 Sect 3, CAP topic due tomorrow
8/27 Day 4: finish study guide, ch 1 test tomorrow
8/28 Day 5: ch 1 test today, ch 2 sect 1 1 & ch 2 pre-reading vocab activity
Chapter 2
9/2: CAP WORK DAY, conducting own poll and analysis for HW (due 9/9)
9/3 Day 1: Read Handout F and Handout G and complete Handout H
9/4 Day 2: Read ch 2 sec 2, quiz tomorrow
9/5 Day 3: finish the political cartoon sheet
9/8 Day 4: read ch 2 sec 4 & 5 and complete “Creating the Constitution” handout. Poll due tomorrow
9/9 Day 5: Complete Study Guide and prepare for exam tomorrow
9/10: Washington and review
9/11 Day 6: ch 2 test today read ch 3 sec 1 and complete “The Constitution” handout
Chapter 3
9/12 Day 1: 2 handouts: Read and take notes on Marbury v Madison and answer all questions
9/15 Day 2: read chapter 3 sect 2
9/16 Day 3: read ch 3 sec 3 and take notes
9/17 Day 4: find article on Constitution
9/18 Day 5: Review
9/19 Day 6: study guide and test tomorrow
9/22 Day 7: Ch 3 test today, ch 4 sec 1 and complete handout “federalism divided”
Chapter 4
9/23 Day 1: ch 4 sec 2 and complete graphic organizer
9/24 Day 2: ch 4 sec 3 and take notes
9/25 Day 3: finish State wksts and review
9/26 Day 3: review ch 4 sec 2 & 3
9/29 Day 4: Work Day CAP HW: proposal (due 10/10), study guide and test tomorrow
9/30 Day 5: Ch 4 test today, work on proposal if done or start reading ch 10 section 1 and take notes
UNIT 2 Civics: Legislative Branch
10/1 Day 1: read ch 10 section 2 and do wkst
10/2 Day 2: read ch 10 section 3 and take notes
10/3 Day 3: read pg. 354-55 about how a bill becomes a law and page 333 on who’s in our Congress
10/6 Day 4: Read chapter 10 section 4 and define/understand delegate, trustee, partisan, and politico
10/7 Day 5: quiz on how a bill becomes a law
10/8 Day 6: Read paragraph on Special Interest Groups on p.254 and Chapter 9 Section 3 on Interest
Groups at Work
10/9 Day 7: Current event on a Congressmen acting in the role of a politico, delegate, trustee, or
partisan OR find a current day example of a Special Interest Group or Lobbyist attempting to push issues
in Congress
10/10 Day 8: Work on Bill
10/13 Day 9: Work on Bill
10/14 Day 10: Read ch 11 section 1 and 2 on expressed powers and look at chart on page 313 of implied
powers
10/15: Day 11: review
10/16: Day 12: Study Guide, test tomorrow!
10/17: Day 13: Legislative Unit test
UNIT 3 Civics: Executive Branch
10/20 Day 1: Read “A Day in the Life…” and “Presidential Responsibilities” – do the questions
Remember your CAP Proposal is DUE TOMORROW (10/10)
10/21 Day 2: Read Chpt 14 Sec 2
10/22 Day 3: Current Event: article assignment is due tomorrow
10/23 Day 4: Chpt 14 Sec 4 worksheet p98
10/24 Day 5: Finish State of the Union Activity
10/27 Day 6: Opinion Paragraph on the Budget/Government Spending
10/28 Day 7: Quiz tomorrow on the duties/responsibilities of the cabinet departments
10/29 Day 8: Work on Project
10/30 Day 9: Work on Project
10/31 Day 10: Work on Project
11/03 Day 11: Work on Project, bring headphones and book tmrw
11/04 Day 12: Read page 381 “Securing the Nomination” to the end of the section
11/05 Day 13: Election Administration in PA Worksheet
11/06 Day 14: Presidential Paper due tmrw!! Bring headphones
11/07 Day 15: prepare for presidential party, ch 18 section 1 for wednesday
11/11: Day 16: Presidential PARTY!!, write the reflection paper and Chapter 18 Section 1 with handout
UNIT 4 Civics: Judicial Branch
11/12: Day 1: Read chapter 18 section 3 and do the reading comprehension wkst (Bring book tmrw)
11/13 Day 2: Read 546-548 and takes notes, bring book
11/14 Day 3: read chapter 19 section 3 and do reading comprehension wkst, KWL (one question or topic
you know/would like the speaker to talk about tomorrow)
11/17: Day 4: start KWL, current event on judicial branch (a judge using precedent, judicial
restraint, or judicial activism) due day 8
11/18 Day 5: Guest Speaker, finish KWL
11/19 Day 6: review, current event due in two days
11/20 Day 7: finish essay prompt, current event due tomorrow
11/21 Day 8: study for test, study guide, bring book tmrw
11/24 Day 9: test, work on CAP letter
11/25 CAP work day letter, due 12/3
UNIT 5 Civics: State and Local Unit
12/3 Day 1: Letter due. Read Chapter 25 Section 1 – Answer “What are two ways that local govts might
affect your day-to-day life? Describe two examples.
12/4 Day 2: Research and start group Citizenship Project
12/5 Day 3: Citizenship Project
12/8 Day 4: Citizenship Project Due TOMORROW
12/9 Day 5: Current Event on State and Local
12/10: None
12/11: CAP work day on presentation, Read Chapter 17 Section 1
UNIT 7 Civics: International Relations
12/12 Day 1: Foreign Policy Goals Homework sheet
12/15 Day 2: Finish handout for homework – there will be an evaluation tomorrow on this handout
12/16 Day 3: Finish Future Foreign Policy Paper
12/17 Day 4: Finish Foreign Assistance Worksheet
12/18 Day 5: Read the rest of Chpt 17 Sec 4 for a quiz
12/19 Day 6: Current Event on International Relations due 12/23
12/22 Day 7: Pick one IGO and one NGO and write a short (2-4 paragraph) comparison/contrast essay on
their purposes and functions.
12/23 Day 8: Finish Final Foreign Policy Assessment
1/5 final Cap work day on presentations
1/6
1/7
CAP Presentations
1/8: presentations
1/9: presentations
1/12: makeups
1/13: end of second marking period