10/31/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: How does the electoral college impact campaigns
-Finish Assignment

10/30/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Explain the importance of swing states
-Electoral college assignment

10/29/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why is the electoral college controversial?
-Finish Reciprocal Reading Strategy
-Finish PPT

10/28/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Review a question & evidence generated response-Who is involved in the electoral college?
-PPT: Overview of electoral college: video and maps
-Begin reciprocal reading activity: pro vs. con electoral college

10/27/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Graffiti Activity. Pick up a marker or use a pen and answer two questions out of the five to answer. You will have four minutes to complete this activity. Pay attention to the clock.
-Intro electoral college reading and Show overview video
-Finish Graffiti activity

10/24/14

Today's Agenda
-Lab H215

10/23/14

Today's Agenda
-Lab H215

10/22/14

Today's Agenda
-Lab H217

10/21/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why write a letter to an elected official?
-Go over helpful/reliable research websites/tips
-Go over prompt and rubric
-Lab schedule: Wednesday-H217, Thursday & Friday-H215

10/20/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Brainstorm major issues brought up by students during the Dold vs, Schneider debate
-Collect polls/analysis
-PPT: How to write a letter (email) to an elected official
-Exit ticket/response: think about an issue you want to address to a public official. Think of 3 and explain why.

10/17/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are the three main influences on how people vote?
-Finish Analysis
-HW: Finish Analysis will turn in on Monday with rubric!

10/16/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Describe three ways people can influence their government? Most popular? Least popular?
-Finish Political Participation PPT

-Take out surveys. Create a data chart (bar graph) of surveys.  One data analysis per question (5 total) If you already completed a data chart begin your analysis
-Begin analysis of polling project

10/15/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Validity vs. Reliability
-PPT: Political Participation
-Finish surveys
-HW: You must walk into class tomorrow with all of your surveys completed!!!! When you submit your summative project I will collect your data sheet

10/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Consensus vs. Polarization
-Go over project
-Share and edit practice questions
-Begin to hand out surveys. Complete by Thursday.

10/9/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: How are polls used?
-PPT: Polling project
-Practice polling questions

10/8/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What is Public Policy?
-PPT: What to do about Polls? Impact of polling data
-Preview Project: brainstorm a topic you want to poll students on 

10/7/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Describe one of the following important concepts (salience, latency, intensity, margin of error, or random sample)
-PPT: Public opinion and policy
-Complete Polling sheet

10/6/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Complete Peer edit
-Make corrections based on peer edit
-PPT: Public opinion important concepts
-HW: Final draft due tomorrow with rubric attached!

10/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Questions/Concerns of the writing assignment
-Continue writing the summative assessment
-Change Seats
-HW: Finish writing assignment?

10/2/14

Today's Agenda
-Sub today
>Begin writing assignment.
>Read the directions regarding the prompt, structure, and rubric of the assignment
>Will continue with the assignment tomorrow

10/1/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Feedback on Brad Schneider: What did you like? What did you dislike about the candidate?
-Venn diagram: Comparing the candidates
-HW: Formulate a stance on who makes the better candidate for the 10th district