Review notes – The Three Branches of Government. Which branch of Government has the power to declare war? Read and take notes 3-3 Amending the Constitution.

 Reading Quiz 4-1 National and State Powers.  Complete National and State and Concurrent Powers Venn Diagram, due Wednesday, 20 pts.

 3-3 Read and take notes textbook pgs 76-81, Amending the Constitution.  Review vocabulary terms for section 3-2.  Expressed Powers, Enumerated Powers, Elastic Clause, Federal Bureaucracy.

 Read and take notes 3-4, The Amendments, textbook pages  Define terms: prior restraint, probable cause, search warrant, arrest warrant, due process of law, eminent domain, lame duck and poll tax.  Pro/Con notes from video, To Keep and Bear Arms: Gun Control and the Second Amendment, 10 points.  The Constitution Test - Wednesday Feb. 18 th, 100 points.

 Continue reading and taking notes on section 3-4, The Amendments, pages  Define terms: prior restraint, probable cause, search warrant, arrest warrant, due process of law, eminent domain, lame duck and poll tax.  Read Amendment Book with small group.

 Continue reading and taking notes from text pages 83-90, 3-4, The Amendments.  Reading Circles  1-5  6-10    22-27

 Log into your lap top. Check number!!  Google Amendment Games. Play at least three amendment games.  Continue reading and notes on 3-4, The Amendments.

 Review 3-4 The Amendments.  Test Chapter 3: Thursday, February 19, 2009  Create a review game. Log in, click game folder on desk top, chose a game, create game, play game.  The 2 nd Amendment: What does it say? What does it mean? What are the arguments for and against gun rights for Americans?

 Chapter 3 Test: The Constitution Thursday, February 19, 2009  Place Constitution review sheet on front table.  Log into laptop and continue creation of review game.  Carefully, move to another classmates computer and play their review game.

 Complete PSSA Reading Assignment.  Discuss any last minute questions prior to the Constitution test.  Complete the chapter 3 test: The Constitution, 100 pts.

 Obama Through the Years – Slide Show.  Chapter 3 Test: The Constitution. Predict your score.  Spirit Reading – CNN Money article – Stimulus: How it may affect your wallet.

 Spirit Reading: Stimulus: How It May Affect Your Wallet.  Chapter 3 Test: The Constitution. Predict your score.  Coming Next: Chapter 4 – Federalism.

 4-1 R/N pages , The Federal System: National and State Powers.  Vocabulary: delegated powers, expressed powers, implied powers, elastic clause, inherent powers, reserved powers, supremacy clause, concurrent powers, enabling act.  Who has the POWER and what should they do with it??

 4-1 R/N pages , The Federal System: National and State Powers.  Who has the power and what should they do with it????  Explain how the powers of government are related.

 4-1 Reading Quiz, Tuesday, March 3 rd, 10 points.  Turn to textbook page 97, National, State and Concurrent Powers.  Create a Venn diagram with a title and section labels using pictures for each specific power,20 pts.

 4-1 R/N for reading quiz – Tuesday. Nation and State Powers.  Content Vocabulary: delegated powers, expressed powers, implied powers, elastic clause, inherent powers, reserved powers,, supremacy clause, concurrent powers, enabling act.  Complete Venn Diagram, page 97, due Wednesday, 20 pts.

 List the 3 Guarantees to the States  R/N 4-1, pages , National and State Powers.  Denied Powers – What are they and who do they protect?

Review National, State and Concurrent Powers. Share and discuss Division of Powers Charts. Does the chart have a title? Are all 3 sections labeled? Does the graphic/picture describe the power in a meaningful way? How does the chart reflect today’s division of government power? Do you feel the division of power reflects the Framers goal of “limited government power”?