Unit
4: The Constitution and the Bill of Rights (Apr.30 - June 12)
MAG =
Magruder's Government (CP) |
Mth. |
Day |
Activity |
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Reading to be Discussed That Day |
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May |
7 M |
Articles of Confederation |
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MAG pp. 44 - 47 |
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8 T |
Constitutional Convention |
|
MAG pp. 48 - 58 |
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9 W |
Preamble to the Constitution
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MAG pp. 8 - 10 |
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10 Th |
House
and Senate |
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Article I: sec. 1 - 4 +
Amendments 16 and 17 |
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11 F |
Legislative Mechanics |
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Article I: sec. 5 - 7 |
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14 M |
Legislative Powers |
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Article I: sec. 8 |
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15 T |
Legislative Limitations |
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Article I: sec. 9 - 10 |
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16 W |
The Presidency |
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Article II + Amendments 12, 20,
22, and 25 |
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17 Th |
The Judiciary CP Film:
ACLU Files - The Supreme Court |
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Article III +
Amendment 11 |
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18 F |
Amending the Constitution and How a Bill Becomes a Law |
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Article IV - VII + Amendments
18, 21, 27 |
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19 Sa |
Main Body of Constitution:
Take-Home TEST |
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- |
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21 M |
Amendment I - Religion
Establishment and Free Exercise |
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MAG pp. 537 - 544 |
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22 T |
Amendment I - Religion
Schools and the Supreme Court |
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- |
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23 W |
Amendment I - Freedoms of Press
and Speech
Excerpt from "Outfoxed" + The Decembrists |
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MAG pp. 223 - 230 |
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24 Th |
Amendment I - Freedoms of Assembly
and Petition Film: ACLU Files on
Dissent |
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- |
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25 F |
Amendment II and III: Quartering, Militias, & Grammar |
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- |
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***** no School: Memorial Day ***** |
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29 T |
Amendment IV - Search and
Seizure |
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MAG pp. 571-574 + 589 |
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30 W |
Amendments V - VIII - The
Rights of the Accused |
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MAG pp. 576 - 583 |
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31 Th |
Amendments IX and X + Intro. to the Other Amendments
Break-Down Rights Review |
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- |
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June |
1 F |
*** Senior Breakfast *** |
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- |
| |
4 M |
Amendments 13 and 14: Nationalization and Due Process |
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MAG pp. 532 - 536 + 569 - 570 |
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5 T |
Suffrage: Race, Class, Gender,
Age (and Washington D.C.) |
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Amendments 15, 19, 23, 24 and
26 MAG pp. 159 - 163 |
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6 W |
Review Constitution |
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7 Th |
Review Semester (Individual) |
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- |
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8 - 12 Open-Note-Senior Finals (comprehensive;
100 m.c.q.) |
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