1. { 一 Bell Ringer Get out a blank sheet of paper. Write your first and last name in the upper right hand corner. Title the paper “Standards for Civics page 1”. All bell ringers in this class from now until your end-of- course exam will be on papers titled Standards for Civics. They will be collected on the day of the exam for a major grade.

2. Every day, I will put a Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards benchmark code on the board along with what that benchmark code means. You will have to think back to when we covered that benchmark in class and write down some things we learned in class about the concept. Write the benchmark code and then use the underlined hints to write one definition or example from this concept. Write as many as you can, but one is the bare minimum. 二 Standards for Civics What if you can’t remember? Check your notes or ask someone nearby. Today’s Standard SS.7.C.1.1 Recognize how Enlightenment ideas including Montesquieu’s view of separation of powers and John Locke’s theories related to natural law and how Locke’s social contract influenced the Founding Fathers.

3. 二 Standards for Civics Today’s Standard SS.7.C.1.1 Recognize how Enlightenment ideas including Montesquieu’s view of separation of powers and John Locke’s theories related to natural law and how Locke’s social contract influenced the Founding Fathers. Would anyone like to share what they wrote? This paper is a major grade in the fourth nine weeks. If you don’t want to take any chances about losing it, pass it to the front of class. I will keep them on the front table.

4. { 三 50 States, 51 Capitals Get out another blank sheet of paper. Write your first and last name in the upper right hand corner. Title the paper “50 States, 51 Capitals”. Make paper columns: (fold the paper like a hot dog and then like a hot dog again) Number your paper like the example on the board.

5. 四 Information Hunting CapitalState Postal Abbreviation I will pass out one flash card to each person. You must write these three pieces of information on your paper in the correct region (West, Mid-West, Northeast, South). When you are done writing, come trade in your card. When all fifty cards have been given out, the information gathering game will begin.

6. 五 Information Gathering CapitalState Postal Abbreviation All flash cards must be turned in at this time. You have the next twenty minutes to gather these three pieces of information for ALL 50 states. You will have an open-notes oral quiz on this tomorrow. If we have time at the end of class, we will watch a short cartoon on the capitals of the United States of America.