Amendment Assignment

You will be assigned one of the first 10 amendments in class on Thursday.  Be prepared to share which guaranteed right(s) are associated with your amendment along with a specific event (court case) in which that right was challenged or defined (6th amendment right to counsel in Gideon v. Wainwright)

Monday November 17th (political cartoon and executive orders)

Have an answer for the (3) tasks from Thursday's assignment (artists' bias, two perspectives, and analysis or evidence from the text supporting that perspective)

Trade papers with a partner

Partners: underline what you understand to be the bias.  Circle the (2) perspectives. Underline the examples the writer uses to analyze the author's bias/perspective.

Hand the paper  back to your partner

Executive orders

Read about executive orders on page 253 (under Tools of Influence)

What is an executive order?  Under what authority does the president claim this ability?
Why do orders upset Congress?

Listen to the following NPR broadcast: Immigrants wait to see how Obama will act

Write a brief summary about the broadcast including what Obama may or may not do and who would be affected directly.

Monday 11/10

Finish your research of a civil society group.  (work hard to find legislation your organization has supported/ fought against (i.e. the NRA blocking gun control measures))

Read and take notes on Chapter 1 section 4 (economic theories) for Wednesday.

Chapter1-section3

Read and take notes on pages 18-24

Due in class on Friday

Chapter 1 section 1

Read and take notes on Chapter 1-1 (4-11)

We will discuss those pages on Tuesday and have a quiz on Thursday.