12/16 Today in American Government we began talking about "Campaigns and Elections." We talked about "Candidate Nominations." Students are to complete WB pg. 47 about becoming a candidate. It is technically due on the day we come back after Christmas, but they should be able to finish it by tomorrow. 12/15 Today in American Government students took an open book test over Ch. 8. 12/14 Today in American Government we reviewed Chapter 8. Workbook pg. 45-46 was due today. Tomorrow students will have an open book test on Ch. 8. 12/9 Today in American Government we talked about Party Organization. For tomorrow students need to read 180-184. For Monday students need to complete WB pg 45-46. 12/8 Today in American Government we talked about Third Parties. For tomorrow students need to read pg. 177-180. 12/7 Today in American Government we finished talking about the Two-Party System. Students also turned in WB pg. 42-44. For tomorrow students need to read 173-176. 12/3 Today in American Government we talked more about the Two-Party System. For Monday students should read 167-173 and finish WB pg. 42-44. 12/2 Today in American Government we began talking about the "Two Party System." We went over "Parties and their Functions." For tomorrow students should read pg 162-167. Students should also be working on WB pg 42-44 which is due on Monday. 12/1 Today in American Government we reviewed Chapter 7 on federalism. We are now beginning to study the two-party system. For tomorrow students should read pg 160-162. 11/30 Today students finished working on WB pg. 39-40. It was due at the end of class. Tomorrow we will review Chapter 7. 11/19 Today in American Government we went over "Financing Federalism" and "Problems of Federalism." Students have been assigned WB pgs. 39-40 to review federalism. They had time in class to work on it today and they will be able to finish it up on Monday, Nov. 30. 11/18 Today in American Government students finished working on WB pg. 37-38 and turned it in. For tomorrow students need to read pg. 152-156. 11/17 Today in American Government we went over Developments in Federalism. For tomorrow students need to read pg. 150-152. Reminder: WB pg. 37-38 is due tomorrow. 11/16 Today in American Government students completed WB pg. 36 which required them to look at the Idaho State constitution. For tomorrow students should read pg. 147-150. Students also received their Ch. 6 test back. They can correct mistakes to improve their score. They also need to complete WB pg. 37-38 for Wednesday. 11/12 Today in American Government we began looking at Federalism and Interstate Relationships. For Monday students need to complete WB pg. 36. 11/11 Today in American Government the Ch. 6 test was scheduled. For tomorrow students should begin reading chapter 7 on Federalism (pgs. 140-144). Students who missed the test will need to make it up at lunch or after school tomorrow. 11/10 Today in American Government students turned in WB pgs. 31-34. We spent time reviewing for the test on Ch. 6 which is tomorrow. 1/9 Today in American Government students turned in WB pg. 29-30. For tomorrow they need to complete WB pg. 31-34. We will review for the Ch. 6 test tomorrow and the test will be on Wednesday. 11/5 Today in American Government we finished going over the Constitutional Amendments, covering XX-XXVII. Students were assigned the section review questions on page 138. They were due at the end of class. For Monday students need to complete WB pages 29-30. 11/4 Today in American Government we went over the Progressive Amendments (XVI- XIX). Students completed the review questions on pg. 133 and turned them in by the end of class. 11/3 Today in American Government students turned in their review questions from page 126. We also covered Amendments XI - XV. For tomorrow students need to complete the review questions for those amendments on pg. 130. 11/2 Today in American Government students turned in their review questions from page 118, 120, 121 and 122. We then went over the 1st ten amendments of the Constitution - The Bill of Rights. For tomorrow students need to do the review questions on the Bill of Rights which are on page 126. 10/29 Today in American Government we went over articles III-VII of the Constitution. For Monday students should do the review questions on pages 118, 120, 121 and 122 for each of these articles. 10/28 Today in American Government we finished going over Article I of the Constitution and went over Article II, as well. For tomorrow students need to complete the review questions for Article I on page 113 and for Article II on pagem 117. 10/27 Today in American Government we began going over Article I of the Constitution which deals with the Legislative Branch of the government. We will finish going over it tomorrow. For tomorrow students need to read 114-117 on the Executive Branch. 10/26 Today in American Government we went over the "Basic Principles" of the Constitution. Students also turned in their review questions from page 105. For tomorrow students need to read 106-113. We will begin looking at the text of the Constitution. 10/22 Today in American Government we began our study of the Constitution. We talked about the first section of Ch. 6 "Practical Characteristics." For Monday students need to read the next section (pgs. 100-105) and do the review questions on page 105. Students in American Government can get extra credit points when they bring in their voter registration card.