Am Gov Lesson Plans 1st Quarter

                                          (Homework is due every Wednesday and in Yellow Bold)

Week #1
 Monday                  No School            Parent and Student Orientation

Tuesday                  No School           How do I find Mr. Cap's web page?

 Wednesday            No School

Thursday    8-14-08  Handout textbooks /  Go over Web page / Homework sheet.
                              Read  Chapter 1   Go to Mr. Cap's Am Gov web page
                              and save as favorite/  Cover book                                   
                                Teach   pages 4-7         A Blessed Nation

Friday                         Teach pages   8-14      The Miracle of America/ Am Symbols

Week #2
 Monday                     Give  Quiz   Ch  1 Pgs 4-14
                                               Watch Foreign Policy "Voice in Democracy" Persian Gulf War 10 min  video
                                    Teach  pgs   16-20    Foundations of Civil Government
                                                                      Watch 7 min video on Civil Liberities

Tuesday                      Teach  pgs   20-30    Forms of Government

Wednesday  8-20-08             Homework Assignment        Define Page 38    Pop Quiz  Forms of Government
                                   Teach   pgs   30-33    Communism and Tyranny  
                                    Watch Fall of Communism by Beatles # 20  Use Movie Sheet or
                                    Watch 10min video on Am Symbols: The Bald Eagle and the Great Seal.

Thursday                      Watch Social Injustice video # 64
                                   Social Injustice Lesson :SEE curriculum in Wk # 2 folder

Friday                         Finish chapter 2 today teach pages 34-37 Christians and Government
                                    Break up into groups, get topic, assign duties. 

The student will compare and contrast how governments are organized in terms of the number of people who have access to power (i.e., despotism, oligarchy, republic, and democracy), where power is located (i.e., unitary, federal, and confederal), and the relationship between the legislative and executive branches (i.e., presidential and parliamentary).

Week #3
 Monday                       Give Quiz over Chapter  2   Start filming group projects.

Tuesday                         Cancel homework and comtinue filming group projects.                                    

  Wednesday  8-27-08   Teach pgs   40-47      English Heritage Watch Democratic Voices
                                          in a Changing Society Voices in Democracy 27 min video. Watch first 5:43 min of Women's and Civli Rights movements then fast forward to (19:43) people's opinions about what people think is the most pressing problems in the USA till the end. Approximately 13 min
                                      
                                      Homework Assignment     Define # 1-3,10,11,12 ; Id's#2,7 page 54                        

Thursday                     Teach pgs   47-50 English Roots in America  English Heritage puzzle   

Friday                         Teach pgs   50-53    A Nation is Born  
                                    Finish Ch 3   Watch National Treasure movie use Movie Sheet 1  2

Week # 4                   
 Monday                    No School Labor Day

Tuesday                     Cancel quiz /   View group projects
                                   Give quiz over Chapter 3   Watch  Media and Campaigning 13min video .          
                                   Start Chapter 4   pgs  58-67     Roots of American Constitution

 Wednesday  9-3-08  Homework Assignment  Define # 2,4,5,8,9,13-15  p 74;  # 5 ID's p74
                                                                   Watch The Living Constitution 27min video

Thursday                    Teach   pgs  68-74   Main Features of the Constitution

Friday                         Finish Chapter 4   How to Amend the Constitution/ Amendment
                                                              Watch Voices in Democracy Constitution in Crisis 27 min video

Week #5                    
 Monday                    Give quiz over Chapter 4    
                                       Watch US Capital Building Symbols video 15 min   or
                                       Watch Congressional Elections Voices in Democracy 27 min video

Tuesday                    Teach   pgs   76-86         Structure of Congress     
                                   
 Wednesday   9-10-08  Homework Assignment  Define # 1,3-5,7,9,13,16,18,23,25 page 98
                                    Finish Structure of Congress, then start letter to Congressman 

Thursday                   Write a letter to your  Congressman.        

Friday                       Finish Chapter 5 1st 1/2  How a bill becomes Law
                                                            Watch The Legislative Branch 18 min video

Week #6
 Monday                   Watch Congress: Voices in Democracy , 27min video. Watch only first 15 min show the
                                7 questions on the movie sheet then show video have students write the answers to the
                                 questions on the back side of the quiz, then take the front side of the quiz.
                                  Give quiz over Chapter 5  1st 1/2 Add movie sheet to quiz
                                After Quiz start at the 21st minute and watch video about pork barrelling.

Tuesday                    Teach       pages  86-88          Congressional Procedures
                                                   

 Wednesday  9-17-08    Mr. Cap @ Gilcrease Assignment   All Id's and Matching on page 98
                                Teach   pgs   88-90                  Powers of Congress

Thursday           Watch video  The Congress Use Movie Viewing Sheet   or
                           Watch  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Use Viewing Sheet Part 1    Part 2

Friday                       Finish Chapter 5  2nd 1/2     
                              Teach pages pgs   90-97            Necessary and Proper Clause    
                                Watch Washington Monument 5min video

2. Examine political authority, its sources and functions, and the difference between authority and power without authority.

Week #7               
Monday                 Give quiz over lesson  Chapter 5  2nd 1/2  
                                         Watch 10 min 96' Presidential Elections Voices in Democracy video
                                
Tuesday                    Teach Chapter 6    pgs  100-109   The President and the Constitution  

Wednesday 9-24-08 Homework Assignment   Define # 2-4,8-10,15 Page 118
                                   Watch  The Congress use Movie Viewing Sheet           

Thursday                  Teach  pgs  101-109               Qualifications and Compensations

Friday                      Finish    The Presidents    Watch Assassinated Presidents 21 min video before quiz. 
                                                    Have students write down the  names of each president killed, who was the
                                                    trigger man and why on a seperate sheet of paper
                                  Watch The Presidency : Voices in Democracy 27 min video
                                

3. Distinguish between and explain the essential characteristics of limited and unlimited governments, and identify historical and contemporary examples of each.