Unit
4b: Amendments to the Constitution (Jan. 2 - Jan. 25) |
Mth. |
Day |
Activity |
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Reading to be Discussed That Day |
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Nov. |
13 M |
Review Unit II Test |
|
- |
|
|
14 T |
Articles of Confederation |
|
MAG pp. 44 - 47 |
|
15 W |
Constitutional Convention |
|
MAG pp. 48 - 54 + 56 - 58 |
| |
16 Th |
Overview of the Constitution |
|
MAG pp. 64 - 70 |
|
|
17 F |
Preamble to the Constitution
|
|
MAG pp. 8 - 10 |
| |
20 M |
Film: A Perfect Candidate I |
|
- |
| |
21 T |
Film: A Perfect Candidate II |
|
- |
|
22 W |
Film: A Perfect Candidate III |
|
- |
|
***** Thanksgiving Break
***** |
|
- |
| |
27 M |
House
and Senate |
|
Article I: sec. 1 - 4 +
Amendments 16 and 17 |
|
28 T |
Legislative Mechanics |
|
Article I: sec. 5 - 7 |
|
29 W |
Legislative Powers |
|
Article I: sec. 8 |
|
30 Th |
Legislative Limitations |
|
Article I: sec. 9 - 10 |
|
Dec. |
1 F |
The Presidency |
|
Article II + Amendments 12, 20,
22, and 25 |
|
4 M |
The Judiciary
Film: The Supreme Court |
|
Article III +
Amendment 11 |
|
5 T |
How a Bill Becomes a Law |
|
Article IV - VII + Amendments
18, 21, 27 + MAG pp. 72 - 77 |
| |
6 W |
*****
No School: In-Service ***** |
| |
7 Th |
Test 4A: The Seven Articles
of the Constitution |
|
- |
|
***** Winter Break
***** |
|
- |
|
Jan |
2 T |
Amendment I - Religion:
Establishment and Free Exercise |
|
MAG pp. 537 - 544 |
| |
3 W |
Amendment I - Religion:
Schools and the Supreme Court |
|
- |
| |
4 Th |
Amendment I - Press + Speech
Excerpt from "Outfoxed" + The Decembrists |
|
MAG: pp.
223 - 230 |
|
5 F |
Amendment I: Assembly/Petition Film: ACLU Files on
Dissent |
|
MAG: pp. 555 - 559 |
|
8 M |
Amendment II and III: Quartering, Militias, & Grammar |
|
MAG pp. 71 + 570 - 571 |
|
9 T |
Amendment IV - Search and
Seizure |
|
MAG pp. 571 - 574 + 589 |
|
10 W |
Amendments V - VIII - The
Rights of the Accused |
|
MAG pp. 576 - 583 |
|
11 Th |
Unconstitutional - Part I |
|
MAG: pp. 554 |
| |
12 F |
Unconstitutional - Part II |
|
- |
|
***** Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ***** |
|
16 T |
Amendments IX and X + Intro. to the Other Amendments
Break-Down Rights Review |
|
- |
|
17 W |
Amendments 13 and 14: Nationalization and Due Process |
|
MAG pp. 532 - 536 + 569 - 570 |
| |
18 Th |
Suffrage: Race, Class, Gender,
Age (and Washington D.C.) |
|
Amendments 15, 19, 23, 24 and
26 MAG pp. 159 - 163 |
| |
19 F |
Constitution and the Amendments
Review |
|
- |
| |
22 M |
Independent Comprehensive Review for Final Exam |
|
- |
|
23
- 25 Open-Note-Final (comprehensive for the whole semester) |
