Welcome back in 2009!!
Announcements:
There will be a dance this Friday, January 9th in the Middle School commons from 7-9 pm. Entry is $2.00.
ALSO: Leading up to and at the dance there will be a shoe collection box for new and used shoe donations. The Student Council voted to participate with Soles for Souls, a non-profit that will send the collected shoes to areas of real need around the world. Proceeds from the dance will be used to ship the shoes to the world-wide shipping center in Nevada. You may recognize Soles for Souls from the Skinny Skis collection site.
Next week, our second 8th grade History standard will be given - The Constitution Test. This will be either on Wed. Jan. 14 or Thurs. Jan. 15th.
Agenda: (Bill of Rights Quiz on Wed. Jan. 7th)
Monday, 5th
1. Students review 3 Branches of Government with opening matching activity.
2. Amendment Scenarios - Groups of 3, students compete to identify related amendments for provided scenarios.
3. Students begin- Bill of Rights Foldables.
HW: Finish Bill of Rights Foldables if not completed in class
Tuesday, 6th
1. Presidential Read Aloud!
2. Small Groups draft and act-out skits, while other teams compete to identify related parts of the Bill of Rights.
3. Matamoscas Game: The Constitution.
HW: Study for quiz using foldable or graphic guide
Wednesday, 7th
1. Quiz: Bill of Rights - Students identify what they consider to be the most important rights, link them with amendments, and explain why their selections.
2. Finish Skits if needed
3. Brown v. Board of Education - Students examine the details of this landmark Supreme Court case and discuss how life would be different without desegregation.
Thursday, 8th
1. Read Aloud! One student's experience with desegregation of public schools.
2. Jigsaw: Students are assigned one of 5 historic Supreme Court cases, identify details and effects of the rulings, and share them with other groups. (Case topics range from rights of the accused to freedom of speech in public schools).
Friday, 9th
1. Smartboard warm-up games
2. Students create their OWN amendments to the US Constitution and convince their peers to adopt them, using a scale version of prescribed constitutional amendment procedure.