1. August 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday No School21
No School 22 23
Personal Description
Introductions
Class Expectations
HOMEWORK – Syllabus, Matrix Slips, Read Chapter 1 25
Reflective Writing – Is Government Necessary?
Lecture – Origins of Government
Debate Preparation – Purposes of Government
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 2 26
Debate – Purposes of Government
Lecture – Influences on the Development of American Democracy 1

2. August / September 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday28
Page 11, #1-5
Lecture – Influential Documents for American Democracy
1.2 GRA
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 2 29
1.3 GRA
Page 30, #1-4
2.1 GRA 30
Rights Attitude Inventory
Lecture – Influential Political Philosophers
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 3 31
Current Events Presentations
Page 47, #1-4
Reflective Writing – Protecting Rights
2.3 GRA 1
Lecture – Constitution 2

3. September 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday No School4
No School 5
3.4 GRA
Case Study – Wall Between Church and State
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 4 6
Late Start Day
Bill of Rights Quiz
Case Study – 2nd Amendment & Current Events 7
Current Events Presentations
Case Study – Lessons From Charlottesville: Setting Expectations for Trust, Tolerance, and Civil Discourse
4.1 GRA 8
Lecture – National and States’ Powers
Video – Law & Order SVU
Reflective Writing - SVU 3

4. September 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 9/11 Analysis
Lecture – Developing Federalism
Reflective Writing – Government Power 12
Unit 1 Test
Page 130, #1-5
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 5 13
Current Events Presentations
Congress Chart
Lecture – House of Representatives
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 6 14
Case Study – Shaw v Reno
Legislative Branch Crossword
Lecture – How a Bill Becomes a Law
7.1 GRA
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 7 15
6.1 GRA
Lecture – Congressional Powers 4 4

5. September 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 18
Lecture – How a Bill Becomes a Law
Political Cartoon Analysis – Congress
Lecture – Congressional Committees 19
Test Review
Unit 2 Test
Page 219, #1-5
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 8 20
Reflective Writing – Presidential Qualities
Lecture – Roles of the Prez
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 9 21
No School 22
Current Events Presentations
Lecture – All About the Prez
Case Study – Electoral College 5 5 5

6. September 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday25
Political Cartoon Analysis – 2016 Electoral College
Page 226, #1-5
Reflective Writing – Article II 26
Lecture – Presidential Leadership
Dave 27
Current Events Presentations
Lecture – Executive Agencies and Departments 28
Late Start
Case Study – Hatch Act
Lecture – Federal Bureaucracy 29
Test Review
Unit 3 Test
11.1 Guided Reading Activity
Page 317, #1-5
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 11 6 6 6

7. October 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 12.1 GRA
Lecture – Powers of the Federal Courts
Page 326, #1-5
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 12 3
Lecture – Supreme Court
Case Study – Roe v Wade 4
Current Events Presentations
Reflective Writing – Crime & Punishment
Lecture – Crime & Punishment 5
Reflective Writing – Law & Justice
Lecture – When You Turn 18 6
Unit 4 Test
Page 457, #1-4
16.1 GRA
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 16

8. October 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday9
Lecture – Political Parties
Group Work – Third Parties
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 17 10
Reflective Writing – Political Parties
Lecture – Nominating Process
17.1 GRA 11
Lecture – Voting
Case Study – Mike Rowe on Voting
Reflective Writing – Voter Turnout
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 18 12
Current Events Presentations
1965 Alabama Literacy Test
Lecture – Public Opinion 13
Group Work – Public Opinion
18.3 GRA
18.4 GRA
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 19

9. October 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday16
Lecture – Mass Media
19.1 GRA
Case Study – Saturday Night Live 2016 Campaign
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 19 17
Case Study – Fake News
Lecture – Influence of the Mass Media
Page 541, #1-5 18
Late Start
Unit 5 Test
HOMEWORK – Read Chapter 22 19
22.1 Guided Reading Activity
Lecture – Foreign Policy
22.2 GRA 20
Current Events Presentations
Group Work – Threat Assessment
22.3 GRA
22.4 GRA

10. October 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday27
Lecture – Humanitarian Intervention
Photograph Analysis – Vulture Stalking a Child by Kevin Carter 28
Case Study – Military Tribunals
Case Study – Racial Profiling 29
Guest Speaker – Kenny Golub 30
Case Study – American Foreign Policy With North Korea
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Test Review
Unit 6 Test