1. Focus Question: Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition Successful?
Unit: The New Nation
MYP Unit Question: What makes an effective leader?
Focus Question: Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition Successful?
Focus Activity:
Take out last night’s HW (pg. 9)
Blast from the Past
Homework:
1. None! Check Portal for missing HW
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
 Good Day 
Reminders:
1. Make up any missing HW!

2. Wednesday: Give the name of each region of the 13 colonies AND its nickname

4. Homework: Reminders: Unit: The New Nation Focus Activity:
MYP Unit Question: What makes an effective leader?
Focus Question: How will I do my best on tomorrow’s test?
Focus Activity:
Blast from the Past
Homework:
1. Check Portal for missing work
Thursday, February 14th, 2019
Happy Valentine’s Day! 
Reminders:
Make up HW now while it’s early in the quarter!

5. Thursday: Describe one action taken by the Sons of Liberty

6. Jefferson reduced the size of the army and navy, stopping the production of ships.
Jefferson believed in LAISSEZ-FAIRE : the belief that the government should leave the economy alone as much as possible (“HANDS-OFF!”).
Jefferson made the national government smaller and less powerful by reducing the size of government departments and cutting the federal budget.

7. CONGRATULATIONS. You have been elected the new Mayor of Commack
CONGRATULATIONS! You have been elected the new Mayor of Commack! Before leaving office, the old mayor gave jobs to several of his political friends but the official paperwork has not made it to the personnel office yet.   A. Should you… 1) Honor the jobs promised by the old mayor to his friends, or, 2) Cancel the jobs since they aren’t “officially” in the system yet?   B. What are the possible negatives to denying these people their jobs? What are the possible positives to allowing them to take these jobs?    C. Would it make a difference if these people had been against you in the election for mayor?

9. _____________________ appointed ______________________ as a judge the night before he left office. The next day, ______________________ took over as president. He ordered ______________________ not to deliver the papers to allow _______________________ to become a judge.
John Adams
William Marbury
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Marbury

10. _______________________ sued ________________________ to get his job
_______________________ sued ________________________ to get his job. The case reached the ___________________________. Chief Justice ________________________ ruled that he could not decide the case because the _______________________ of 1789 was ________________________.
Marbury
Madison
Supreme Court
John Marshall
Judiciary Act
unconstitutional

11. By making this decision, the Supreme Court used the power of ________________________ for the first time. This is the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether a law is ________________________. This is the main job of the Supreme Court today.
JUDICIAL REVIEW
CONSTITUTIONAL

12. William Marbury
John Marshall

13. Exit Card
Why is Judicial Review an important power for the Supreme Court to have?