1. Take this poll.
2. Read this article on Politifact. It fact checks Trump's speech. 3. A new information leak came out on Jeff Sessions, our Attorney General, last night. Figure out what's going on! Here is a CNN link, but you may google "Jeff Sessions" to find loads of stuff. 4. Take the voting literacy test I printed out. We'll grade them tomorrow after the test.
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Hi! I'm out with Skills today. You'll have a test on Friday for everything we've covered since the last test.
Do the following things, please: 1. Answer questions 1 - 10 below. Use the internet to find these answers, not your book. 2. When finished, read through chapter 11 and do the vocab in your notebooks. 3. Take this quiz. It deals with candidates for president from the 2016 election, so it isn't terribly important, but it might give you an idea of which political party you lean toward based on your own answers. Some of you will be surprised; some of you won't. 4. Make sure you finished your political candidate assignment and have completed any missing work. Remember, I'll take missing work for a while, but points will be deducted proportional to how late it is. 5. Read around on ncpedia. Click some of those links and read a few articles. Do some self guided study on our state's government, or whatever you want to learn about NC! Questions: 1. What percentage of total votes must a presidential candidate receive in order to get funding for their party from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund next election? What was the dollar limit for publicly funded candidates in 2016? Hint: check here. Note that you have the option to fund this with your taxes whenever you file. 2. What are the age and other requirements to be a member of the NC House of Representatives and senate? 3. Where is the NC Supreme Court located at? How many judges serve there? 4. How many senators serve in the NC General Assembly? How many representatives? 5. Which district are we in for the NC House of Representatives? NC Senate? National representative to Congress? 6. Who is our governor? What are the requirements to be the governor of NC? 7. Who is our Lt. Governor? What powers and responsibilities does the Lt. Governor of NC have? 8. Which ten members of the NC Executive branch are elected? What are eight of them collectively labeled as? This link will be helpful for questions 8 and 9. 9. What determines if a case will be tried in state superior court rather than district court? 10. What types of cases are tried in district court? How does the trial in district court differ from superior court? What types of cases can magistrates deal with alone? For at least 10 points of extra credit on test #3, write a one page paper reviewing Trump's immigration executive order for constitutionality. Think about the principle of judicial review. Is it constitutional or not? Why or why not?
Here is the text of the order. - Write the following on one side of a piece of construction paper
Staple your papers together and turn them into your class' box. This is due on Wednesday at the start of class. Research and briefly explain the views (platform) of the following political parties:
1. Democrats 2. Republicans 3. Libertarians 4. Green 5. Pick one! When you are finished, explain which one best fits your views and why. Turn it in when finished. Answer Questions 1 - 10 below. After that, read and write down vocabulary from Chapter 7 pages 208 to 230. Do the gerrymandering puzzle next. Afterwards you may work on the extra credit assignment for test #2. Make sure you use your time to wisely!
Questions: 1. A bill starts in the senate. Describe the process it goes through in order to become a law. 2. What is a pocket veto? How does it work? 3. What is gerrymandering? What event enables the redrawing of districts? How often can this happen? 4. Write down who and what roles are in the first five positions of the presidential chain of succession. 5. Make up an example of an ex post facto law. Why are these not allowed? 6. What clause gives congress its implied powers? Why is this important? 7. Who are the party whips for the house and what do they do? 8. What options do congress have if the president vetoes a bill? 9. When are our two senators up for reelection? 10. What is impeachment? Explain how the process works from its origination to removing a president from office. Do the gerrymandering puzzle! Complete the following assignment for extra credit on test #2.
Add five new amendments to the constitution. Write down the details and "text" of each, and then include a paragraph explaining why you think they should be added. 1. Explain the purpose of a grand jury.
2. What happens to the money one pays in bail if they show up to court? What happens if they don't show up? Why does the court system do this? 3. Explain affirmative action. Why did this program start? 4. Summarize the goals of the fourteenth amendment. 5. Explain Eminent Domain. Why does the government have this right? If you'd like to make some extra credit back on test #1, do the following assignment. I'm thinking of how many points it'll give back, but it will at least be one letter grade.
Write a two page long story (it can be real or fake) of a day when you exercised at least five different rights listed in the bill of rights. Underline and label each right you practice in the story. |
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