Thursday 1/29 (Final Day)

First and foremost be sure that all work is complete and turned in!

Choose a partner, but choose wisely!

Go to the following website <citizenship test>

Take the test, to pass this "final" you can miss no more than 3 questions, GOOD LUCK

Volunteer Service Experience

By now you should have 16 hours of community experience completed including four (4) or more hours with a political campaign.

Write about your experience(s). In five (5) paragraphs describe what it is you did and for whom.  If you feel your organization is one that this school should support, argue that it is deserving of a donation.  If there are reasons why you feel the organization can improve services, products, or treatment of volunteers and recipients then discuss that as well.

Staple your Summary to your "Volunteer Hours Record" sheet.

Bend City Council

Read the section on "Mayor-Council Form" of local government on page 666.  Compare and contrast what you read with the description on the Bend City Council Website

Turn to page 669 in your books and create a list of services local governments provide beginning with education… (8 total)

Develop 3 questions for the city councilor guest speaker based on the services you listed above.  For example:

     Zoning: Read the following article Vacation Rentals What are various bend residents concerned with and how are they asking the council to respond?

State of the Union (Tonight)

You can watch the Address here: PBS @ 6 Pm.  This and other sites will have the speech archived and available for replay if you are unable to watch it live.

Take notes:

College tuition:
Taxation of inheritance:
Immigration:
ISOL (Iraq war)
Keystone pipline
Emissions standards (related to energy security)
Economy and jobs
National deficit/ debt

Be prepared to discuss in class what was said in the speech on Wednesday

Court case assignment

Working in pairs or alone:

Choose a court case from the list in class (SIGN UP PARTNER ON CLASS LIST)

Prepare a 5 minute presentation for the class using your iPad.

Include the following:
     Title of Court Case
     Constitutional Issue (amendment protection argued in the case)
     Brief history of events leading up to the case
          Including: names, places, dates, fact pattern of events surrounding arrest or violation.  You need to make the circumstances clear
     Courts decision - (score( unanimous, 8-1, 7-2, etc)) majority opinion.  Was it a violation of rights or not? why?
     Quiz - something to test your audience. A hypothetical in which the class decides as the court would

Your presentation may be on notability or powerpoint, prezi, etc.  Needs to move, be engaging (not just a few slides with notes. (images of people, documents, places, are all relevant)

Due next Wednesday 1/21

The Supreme Court

In groups of 2-3 complete the following tasks: (320-326)

What is meant by"supreme"?

Define jurisdiction:

What is the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?
     (list all the various types of cases they may decide to review-be specific)

How many justices?  why?

Who are the current Justices? Chief Justice?

What is their pay? (you will need to look this up online)  Is this fair?

Has any justice been removed?

Outline (bullet) the duties of the justices

Who are law clerks and what is their job?  Could the court function without them? why?

What role do the following play in appointing justices?
President, Senate, ABA, Interest groups, current justices?
(consider dividing up the sections and share at the end)

Monday 1/12

Friday you received the name of your President.  If you were unable to finish filling out your application in class it was homework for today.  We will hear from many of you on your President and discuss some of the major similarities.