Monday, 10/24/16 / Tuesday, 10/25/16 / Wednesday, 10/26/16 / Thursday, 10/27/16 / Friday, 10/28/16
5:5: Party Organization
  1. Please place HW in tray.
  2. “Today we will be learning how the major parties have a decentralized structure, except during elections.”
  3. In your POD, discuss why this is the case. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Be prepared to share out.
  1. Silent Sustained Reading: pp. 137-139.CLOSE quiet reading within POD (7 mins).
  2. With White Board (WB), each POD, lists one item from SSR. Be ready to explain why you made the selection.
  3. In your PODS, discuss 1 element of Party Organization you find confusing.
  4. Think-Pair-Share with a partner to try and come up with a reasonable answer to what is causing the confusion or table it for me to try and help you understand. Be prepared to share out.
Homework: (1) Complete Practice Test for Chapter 5; (2) Dispatch 5 is due 25 terms). (3) You will have a short exam on Chapter 5 tomorrow. / Practice Test Review & Test Day
  1. Handout: Scantrons as you walk into class.
  2. Practice Test Chapter 5: Any questions on Qs 1-5? 6-11? 12-17? 17-22? (18 min)
  3. Any questions on anything that we covered in Chapter 5? (10 min)
  4. Handout: “Chapter 5 Exam.” Good Luck! (30 min)
  5. Please place Dispatch 5 in the tray. Please make sure you have 25 terms.
Homework: Read 6:1, Section 1: pp. 146-150. Please read the section and then answer Qs 1, 3, and 5 on p. 150. / 6:1: The Right to Vote
1. “Today we will be learning why a Democratic government can only succeed if its citizens are willing to vote.
  1. You Tube Teacher: “The Right to Vote” (4:30)
  • In your POD, “Share within your own POD, 2 useful items of information mentioned in video” (5 min). I will selectively have you share out on this one.
  1. Quickwrite: “Do you believe anyone over the age of 18 in the U.S. should NOT have the right to vote?” Please explain your answer using ½ sheet of paper.
  2. Handout:“The Expansion of Voting Rights Lesson.” Answer this short 5-Q survey. Poll your POD. What Qs were the toughest? Why? Be prepared to share out on WBs.
  3. Any Qs for Mr. K?
Homework: Read 6:2: pp. 152-157. Answer Qs 56 on p. 157. / 6:2: Voter Qualifications
  1. Please place HW in tray. Thank you.
  2. “Today, we will learn about how the 15th Amendment cleared the way for voting whatever your race. Halleluiah!”
  3. You Tube Teacher: “Voters and Voting Behavior (10:31).
  4. Handout: “Voting Rights: Key Constitutional Amendments.” In your POD, by 2s, Think-Pair-Share. Think: About the content of the Handout. What do you know about these Amendments? Any sound familiar? Pair: Interact with one partner in your POD, over the content under review. Share: With the entire POD, students are to share what they remember about the Voting Amendments, what do they think are the most important? Why? On a ½ sheet, draft responses to these Qs.
  5. Homework: Read: Chapter 6, Section 3: pp. 159-163. Answer Qs 5-6, please.
/ 6:3: Suffrage and Civil Rights.
  1. Please place HW in tray.
  2. “Today we will discuss why voting is so important in a democratic government.”
  3. You Tube Teacher: “Civil Rights Movement: Voting Rights Act of 1965” (10:04 – a little longer but excellent!)
  4. In your POD, discuss the film. What is its main premise? Do you agree? Find evidence in your text that supports the main premise of the film. (10 min).
  5. Handout: “Percentage of Registered Voters in Black Voting-Age Populations in the South.” Answer the 3 Qs for Homework
  6. Summarize: How courageous do you think it was for Lyndon Johnson to sign this bill? Was it effective? Whole Room discussion.
Homework: Read: 6:4: pp. 164-172. Answer Qs 1-4; and Qs from today’s HO. Both due on Monday, 10/31.