FOCUS ON VOCABULARY!
Have students create flash cards & store them in class
Have students keep notebooks in class
Email parents after each test.
Collect notebooks the day before a test, grade them in class while Mr.
Smith runs a review session.

Welcome to
with
Mrs Schoene
C103
nd

Agenda
1. Index Cards
1/6 13
Journal :
2. Seating Chart
1. Expression ?’s
3. Class Syllabus
1. Anatomy of a journal
4. Pictorial Descriptions
(HC)
5. Finish your HC
6. Get your syllabus signed & school supplies
OBJ: Students will identify the purpose of this class

1 thing that describes you
1 thing that is unique about you
Pictures only!
Lots of color!
1 thing that describes you
NAME HERE What did you do over winter break?
If you could have 1 wish what would it be?
If you were a fruit what would you be?

Name:
Age:
Grade:
Couns.:
1. What extra-curricular activities are you involved in?
2. What’s the one thing you are most proud of?
3. Set one goal for your self this semester.
4. What would you like to learn in this class?

TEXT in your answers on the ACTIVExpressions
Name: Grade:
Counselor : Birthdate:
1. Parent/Guardian Name
2. Parent Guardian e-mail
3. Parent Guardian Phone number
4. Your e-mail

OBJ: Students will
Begin to explore the
Vocabulary of American government
AGENDA
Collect hw - Expectations Sheet/ HC
•
Notes: Notebook 101
(back cover)
•
Government Pre-
Assessment EOC, (AE)
•
Vocabulary W.S.mini test next class (pg 3)
• begin Notes: Economic
Styles of government (pg
4)
•
Homework : study for
Vocabulary Mini test
1/8 14 pg 2

1/ 10 16
OBJ: Students will
Develop philosophy of
Power
AGENDA
Collect hw - Expectations Sheet, number notebook
•
Notes: Economic Styles of government (pg 4)
•
HW: Begin Government
Types Chart (pg 5)
• begin to study for test next week.
•
FYI BRING YOUR INDEX
CARDS TO THE NEXT CLASS pg 4
(AE) -Wait for
Schoene’s instructions)

AGENDA
OBJ: Students will
Develop philosophy of
1/ 21 23
Power
Collect hw – Syllabus Sheet
•
Government Types Chart & Walk about. (pg 5)
•
Begin Notes: Types of
Democracy (pg 7)
•
Organize Notebook
•
STUDY FOR UNIT 1
TEST NEXT Week
1/29
•
Notebooks due next class
& bring flash cards pg 6
Why do we have government?
NOTES: page 6.

AGENDA
OBJ: Students will
Develop philosophy of
Power
Collect hw – Syllabus Sheet
•
Notes: Types of
Democracy (pg 7)
•
Organize Notebook
•
Notebook check today!
•
Work on Flash cards
•
STUDY FOR UNIT 1
TEST NEXT CLASS
1/ 27 pg 8
What type of government system is the best? Why do you believe that?

AGENDA
Explain notebook collection sheet
•Notes: how to do a cover page
(pg 9)
•Unit 1 TEST!!!!! & Reflection
•Cover Page for Unit 2-Ch. 3/4
(pg
11 on top of notes) on yellow
•Vocab for Unit 2
{FEDERALISM side only} ( pg
10)(quiz next week)
1/27 29 Pg 10
STUDY!!!!!!

DO NOT ADD THIS TO YOUR NOTEBOOK!
1/31/14
AGENDA
 PROGRESS REPORT
EVALUATION
 WORK ON MISSING
ASSIGNMENTS OR TEST! (45
MIN)
• COMPLETE
• Cover Page for Unit 2-Ch. 3/4
(pg 11) on yellow
• Vocab for Unit 2 {FEDERALISM side only} ( pg 10)(quiz next week)
• DOCUMENTS TO THE REVOLUTION
CHART-( Use the textbook index to find these)
WARM-UP
CALENDAR REVIEW
1/31- REVIEW DAY
2/2-AML UNIT 2
2/3 vocabulary quiz & Unit 2
2/6- unit 2
2/7- unit 2
2/10- UNIT 2 MINI TEST! & notebook due!

Discuss cover pages, notebooks,
Unit Test and retakes
2/3
PG. 12
Agenda:
•Greece, Rome, or
Home Challenge(pg 12)
•Notes: Theories that we stole. (pg13)
•HW: Finish Timeline chart.
•Study for Vocab Mini!
• Mini Test next
Wednesday
Where do you think
America got it’s ideas from?
OBJ: Students will
Consider the influences on our government.

EXTRA CREDIT : TOWN HALL MEETING
The Hazelwood School District is hosting a Town Hall meeting for current
High School and Eighth Grade Students on February 5 th at 6:00 pm. This is a great opportunity for High School and Eighth Grade students from the district to help shape the high school education they will receive. Students will have a chance to participate in activities and have their voice heard, creating a personal attachment and possible change to education they will receive in high school.
We would love for your child to participate in this meeting. The event will be held on February 5 th at 6:00 pm in the commons at Hazelwood
Central High School. Please reply to the following email address if you have any questions or to let us know your child will be able to participate! rwaltersam@hazelwoodschools.org
.

AGENDA
•
Review Documents
Timeline to the
Constitution(pg 15)
• write a thank you card to the person or event who you believe most influenced our current lives. (pg 14)
•
Notes: What went wrong with the Articles? (pg 16-
17)
•
HW: Venn diagram research.
2/4-6 pg 14
OBJ: Students will
Understand the perspective
From which our for fathers got ideas
For the united states.

DOCUMENTS TO THE REVOLUTION ( PG 15 )
Event Date Explanation How it influenced
American Government
Magna Carta
Mayflower
Compact
Virginia House of
Burgesses
Declaration of
Independence
Articles of
Confederation

Based on the information you collected, you are to write a thank you letter to the person who you believe most influenced our lives today. Include the following:
• introduction
• explanation of who they are
•
3 points that support why you chose them
• a closing

Agenda:
Vocab quiz
• Venn Diagram: The
2 Plans(pg 19)
• Summary frame (pg 18)
• Notes: The
Convention
Compromises Chart
(pg 20)
• Make 5 flashcards
for the quiz over Ch
3.
OBJ: Students will
Prepare to evaluate their knowledge of
Creation of American Government

THE COMPARING THE PLANS *REQUIREMENTS*
Create a Venn diagram comparing the New
Jersey and Virginia Plans for the Constitution
Include:
 Venn Diagram Title & individual Titles
 At least 5 corresponding differences
 At least 3 similarities
 1 picture for each section(3 total)
 Color, color, color!!!! Did I mention you should use color?
After you finish the Venn Diagram, Independently
Complete the Summary Frame

Compare-Contrast Summary Frame
_______________ and ________________ are alike and are different in several ways. First, they are alike because __________________ but they are different ________________________.
Secondly, ______________ is ______________ while ______________ is _________________.
Finally, ______________ and ______________ are alike because ________________________.
But they are different because_______________
_____________________________________.

CONSTITUTIONAL
COMPROMISES
Side 1 Side 2 Compromise
The Great
Compromise
Three-fifths
Compromise
Presidential
Election
Compromise

AGENDA: review HW flash cards, finish comparison notes
2/7
• Notes: Federalist
V Anti-Federalist.
Where do you stand?(pg 21-23)
•
E.C. opportunity Federalist 51 &
10
• Review for quiz
FYI: QUIZ & notebooks due NEXT
Class

Agenda: 2/10 Pg 24
•Ch 3 quiz
•Complete Constitutional
If you were a colonist in the 1700’s would
Outline(pg 24) you have signed the
•Begin Notes: The Declaration of preamble & the principles Independence, Why of the constitution (pg 25-
27) or Why Not?
•HW: Unit 3b Vocabulary
(The Federalism  )

Agenda:
•Notes: the principles of the constitution (pg 27)
•REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS:
•Find an article to connect the principles of the constitution to modern times. (pg 26)
•Review for TEST Next
TUESDAY!.
• HW: Begin to STUDY!!! For
2/19

OBJ: Students will
2/21
AGENDA
•
Notes: How to change the Constitution (pg
29)
•
Notebook and
Flashcard assignments
•
Create flashcards for
TEST
•
STUDY FOR UNIT 2
TEST NEXT CLASS.
pg 28
What is the most important principal from our last lecture?

AGENDA
2/25 Pg. 30
• Unit 2 TEST!!!
• Work on and turn in
Notebooks!
•Complete Cover Page for Ch 11/12 ( pg 31) on Pink
•HW: Complete Vocab
(PG 30) quiz next
Wednesday
OBJ: Students will
Assess their knowledge of the
Roots of the Constitution

AGENDA
Discuss Cover Page for ch
11/12(pg 31) & most missed questions
•Article I Data
Gathering
•Jigsaw answers
(pg 33)
HW: Leaders of congress worksheet, using Ch 11(11.3 pgs
208-211) (pg 32)
2/27 pg 32
Complete this statement:
The Parliament is to
England, as
___________ is to the
United States
YOU NEED
YOUR BOOK!!!
Objective:
If you do not have
Students will be able to explain your book, GO

LEGISLATIVE JIGSAW
nd
st

Vocab quiz
•
Review: Leaders of
Congress Guided Notes
(pg 32)
•
Guided notes: How a bill becomes a law (pg 35)
•
HW: Powers of Congress spoke diagram(pg 34)
•
FYI Article I QUIZ
FRIDAY!
!
•
Notebook & flashcards due Friday !
3-3 Pg 34
Who is this?
YOU NEED
YOUR BOOK!!!
If you do not have your book, GO
GET IT !

Using the information from Ch 11(starting on pg 213), Draw the spoke diagram below in your notebook. Fill in each circle with a key power of Congress.
From each of those key powers, add at least two more spokes with an explanation and example about that power of Congress.
ENACTING
LAWS
DECLARING WAR
Key powers of
Congress
LEVYING
TAXES/
APPROPRIATIONS
CHECKS ON
THE OTHER
BRACHES OF
GOVERNMENT

•Ch 13 W.S.
(pg 37)
•Turn in notebook & work on flashcards!
Enforce the steps involved in
Creating a Law in the U.S.
If you could pass any new law, or change an old one, what would it be and
why?

•Article I QUIZ!!!!!
•Notebooks & flash cards due today!
•Cover Page for Ch on color 13/14(pg 39)
•Article II: Data
Gathering sheet(pg 41)
•BONUS- answer the ?’s from your Ch 11/12 cover page pg 38
STUDY!!!!!!

Agenda:
Discuss most missed questions, cover pages *ANNOUNCE NEW EOC DATE*
3/11 Page 40
• Review Article II data sheet (pg 39) KWL:
•Read & Highlight: How we chose the President -Electoral
College explained! (pg 42-
43)
•
HW: Roles of the
President, spoke diagram(pg 41)
•FYI Unit II test next WEEK. & bring
Objective: your text book to class every day.
Discover the vocabulary of
The executive branch

Using the information from Ch 13(starting on pg 250), Draw the spoke diagram below in your notebook. Fill in each circle with a Role of the President.
From each of those key roles, add at least two more spokes with an explanation and example about that role of the President.
Chief Executive
Chief Policy maker Chief of State
Roles of the
U.S.
President
Chief Diplomat Commander in
Chief

Chief
Executive
Explain/Give Examples
Chief Policy
Maker
Explain/Give Examples
Chief of State
Explain/Give Examples
Chief
Diplomat
Explain/Give Examples
Commander in
Chief
–
Explain/Give Examples
Chief manager of the economy
Explain/Give Examples
Chief
Citizen
Explain/Give Examples

Agenda:
• Review the President’s roles &
Executive branch hand out(pg
44)
•Complete & discuss the Bureaucracy Chart
Ch 13.5 (pg 45 )
•HW: Article III data gathering sheet (pg
46)
•FYI Unit 3 test NEXT
Week, Notebooks are due!
YOU NEED
YOUR BOOK!!!
If you do not have your book, GO
GET IT !

Agenda:
•Criminal V Civil Notes
(pg 47)
•Notes: Article III (pg
48)
•Review Article III
W.S.(pg 46)
•HW: REVIEW FOR
TEST!!!
•Notebook & Flashcards due next class & Test next class!
Start 4 th quarter RIGHT!
3/18
Pg 46
Explore the many jobs of

AGENDA
•Unit 3 TEST
After the test work on this
•Unit 4 cover page;
Political Parties! (pg 51)
•USA TEST prep
•Unit 4 vocabulary (pg 50)
Quiz next week.
3/20 Pg 50
Objective:
Demonstrate knowledge of the U.S. Constitution
You have 10 min to study!

JR ACT
4/1
No class…. E.c for seniors

Agenda:
Review test, notebooks, coverpage
Notes: Political
Spectrum (pg 53)
HW: vocabulary(PG 55)
Unit 4 quiz April 9 th
4/3 Pg 52
Which political party do you identify with and why?
Objective: Begin to evaluate our political belief system

I AM Pro
Choice
I am Pro Life
I believe the government needs to regulate the environment
Tax cuts hurt our society, as a whole
I believe the government should stay out of environmental regulations
Tax cuts promote a healthy economy
I am in favor of a strong
Military
The government supported health care is a good idea
I believe there should be less focus on military involvement
The government has no right to force us to have health care.
I believe the government should be very involved in the economy
I believe same sex marriage is a constitutional right
I believe the government should NOT be involved in the economy
Same sex marriage should be banned in
American
Civil rights need to monitored and regulated by the federal government
Civil rights are a state issue that the federal government should stay out of
I believe equality means a level playing field for everyone
I believe equality means the same opportunities for everyone
I believe the government need to help the less fortunate
I believe government assistance for the less fortunate is creating a society of entitled citizens

Agenda:
•EOC pre test 
•Check H.W
(vocabulary)
•Finish notes:
Political Parties
•Review for Quiz
NEXT Week!!!!!
4/4 Page 54
Objective:
Research the difference between a Democrat and a Republican

Agenda:
•Check H.W (vocabulary)
•Finish notes: Let’s run for president.(pg
56)
•Review Game??/work on flash cards
•Review for Quiz NEXT
CLASS!!!!!
•Notebooks will not be collected, Review cards WILL!
4/7 Page 54b
Objective:
Research the difference between a
Democrat and a Republican

IDEALOG.ORG REFLECTION
PG 44

POLITICAL SPECTRUM QUIZ
9-12
13-16
17-20
21-24
25-28
29-32
33-36
Ultra-Liberal
LIBERAL
Moderate Liberal
MODERATE
Moderate Conservative
CONSERVATIVE
Ultra Conservative

4/9
Agenda:
•TEST TODAY!!!!
•Cover Page for Ch 5
& 7 (pg 57)
•Unit 5(last one 
))))
•Vocabulary, page 1
(pg 56)
6 class until you take the EOC….
R U ready???
Objective: Evaluate your knowledge of,
Political Spectrum.

AGENDA
1.
Complete Citizen
Participation in
Democracy worksheet.
1.
Using your text book Pages
123-127.
2.
Turn this in by the end of the period
. (pg 59 when I return it to you)
2.
Organize your notebook using the Notebook check
#4.
1.
These will be due next week.
3.
Unit 5 test is April 23
4/11 Pg 58
List 3 things you want to learn about the
Amendments or
Civil Rights
5 class until you take the EOC….
R U ready???

AGENDA
Return Citizen Participation in Democracy W.S (attach to pg 59).
1.
Guided Notes: The
Amendments! (pg 61)
2.
Vocab quiz next class!!!
1.
STUDY!
4/15 Pg 60
List 3 things you want to learn about the
Amendments or
Civil Rights
4 class until you take the EOC….
R U ready???

AGENDAVOCAB QUIZ
1.
Finish Guided Notes:
Civil Rights
Movement! (pg 61)
2.
Compile and turn in
Notebooks .
3.
Review for Unit test next class!!!
4/17 Pg 62
List 3 things you
HAVE learned about the
Amendments or
Civil Rights
4.
Notebooks and review* will be due!
Happy easter 
3 class until you take the EOC….
R U ready???

4/23
Agenda:
•TEST TODAY!!!!
•Review Card Sort!!!
•Begin EOC packetthis is a big grade!
•HW: Complete Page 1 of the EOC packet
2 class until you take the EOC….
R U ready???
Objective: Evaluate your knowledge of,

Agenda
•Review pages 2 & 3 from EOC packet
(due next class)
•Notecard shuffle
•REVIEW SESSION
INFORMATION:
•4/30: AML
Study session
•4/30: after school
•HW- STUDY!!!!!!
1 class until you take the EOC….
R U ready???
4/29 ,
Pg 65
(list at least 3)

Agenda:
•EOC DAY!!
•Review guides are due today!
•NO Homework!
•Bring your notebook & text book next class
Objective:
To ROCK the Mo E.O.C.
May 1 st
Good luck to everyone taking the EOC. I know you will each do your personal best and be successful!
I believe in you!

Agenda:
EOC reflection, & turn in your book
•Constitution
TEST
•Begin Movie project: (pg
67)
•Introduce project & vote
May 5 th
Pg 66
Complete
Semester
Evaluation. (wait for Schoene’s instructions)
Students will compare what they learned about the legislative branch to the movie

End of the semester questions
Complete & turn in to the tray.
1. What is the best part of this class and why?
2. What study technique helped you learn the best? And why?
3. What was the worst part of this class?Why?
4. What would you change about this class?
5. Grade this class, support your answer
6. Anything else you want to say...

Agenda:
•Constitution
TEST II
•Continue
Movie project:
•Legislative Tchart (pg 67)
•HW: Review for
Constitution
TEST Monday….
May 7th
Pg 68
Students will compare what they learned about the legislative branch to the movie

Agenda: t urn in your book
•Constitution
TEST
•Finish 1 st
Movie: Write
Comparison on pg 71
May 9 th
Pg 70
Critique the
Movie
(after we complete the movie)
Students will compare what they learned about the legislative branch to the movie

MAY 13 TH
Begin 2 nd movie from movie project
 List 15 comparisons between the movie and what you have learned about the executive branch (pg 73)
Students will compare what they learned about the executive branch to the movie

TH
Finish 2 nd movie from movie project
 List 15 comparisons between the movie and what you have learned about the executive branch (pg 73)
Finish 2 nd Movie:
Write Comparison on pg 71
Students will compare what they learned about the government to the movie

Agenda:
•Begin Missouri
Packet ( you only have 2 days to complete this!)
•Do not take your packet or booklet home, we will work on these next class
th
FYI: your final will be over the
Missouri Unit.

Agenda:
st

*MAY 23 TH *
Finish 3 rd movie from movie project
 List 15 comparisons between the movie and what you have learned about the executive branch
Watch Gideon's Trumpet to add to
Judicial T-chart.
Make sure you are prepared to type your paper on Thursday
Students will compare what they learned about the executive branch to the movie

Agenda:
Gideon’s trumpet
•HW Write a rough draft for your Movie
Comparison paper
FYI: your final will be over the
Missouri Unit.

Agenda:
th

FINALS
Fri./May 24 th -
st
& 2 nd period
Tues. /May 28 th 8 th period
*Wed./May 29 th -3 rd & 4 th period
*Thur./May 30 th - 5 th & 7 th period
Happy Summer!!!!

Agenda:
Review test, notebooks,
• Set 4 th quarter Grades
• Unit 4 vocab (pg 52) and cover page (pg 51)
•Notes: Political Spectrum
(pg 62)
•Vocab quiz next class
4/3 Pg 52
th
Objective: Begin to evaluate our political belief system

st

QUARTER GRADE EQUATION
Semester Goal – 3 rd quarter Grade
= X
92-88=4
Semester Goal+ X= th quarter to meet your goal
92+4=
96
*if your 2 nd Q grade is over 100
*if your 2 nd Q grade is more than 20 points higher than your 1 st Q grade