American+Government(August)

Wednesday, August 27, 2011 Assignments: = 1.  Click on the Word Document below titled "//Classroom Rules//". Review the rules and sign the bottom of the sheet. = = = = 2. Click on the Word Document below titled "//Contract for Comfort//". Read the contract and sign the document. = = = = 3. Click the Word Document below titled "//Bio-Poem//". Answer every statement on the line to form your own '//Bio-Poem'//. = = = = 4. Click on the Word Document below titled "//They Were Here First//". Read the directions and color the map according to each question. = = = = 5. Turn in all assignments to Mr.Gleason to be graded: gleasonr@dcpsmd.org. =
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= Thursday, August 25, 2011 Assignments: = 1. Warm-Up: Review the website below. Make sure to visit all the links in order to gain a better understanding of the information discussed. [] 2. After you have visited the website above, click on the link below Titled "//Ben's Guide to U.S. Government Questions//". Based on the website above answer the questions. Send Mr. Gleason your completed assignment via e-mail: gleasonr@dcpsmd.org. 3. Check your E-mail for an e-mail with the PowerPoint document titled "//Purpose of Government Ch1-1//" attached. Read each slide and watch the embeded videos related to Chapter 1 Section 1 of your textbook. (Ask: Mr. Gleason/Send Mr.Gleason an E-mail asking him to send "Purposes of Government Ch1-1 PowerPoint if you do not have the PowerPoint already in your E-mail) 4. Click on the document below titled "//Purposes of Government Notes//". Based on the information presented in the slide answer the questions to complete the Notes Worksheet. 5. After you have finished the "Purposes of Government Notes". Click on the document below and complete the Quiz based on information taken in your notes. You may use the notes on your Quiz  5. Send Mr. Gleason all copies of assignments when complete via e-mail: gleasonr@dcpsmd.org

Thursday, August 25, 2011 Assignments: = 1.  Use history textbook titled "//The American Republic Since 1877//" and complete the Scavenger Hunt below. = = 2. Click on the Word Document below titled "//Scavenger Hunt//". Review the directions and get started on questions #1-10 on a separate sheet of notebook paper. = = = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">3. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Turn in your completed Scavenger Hunt to Mr. Gleason to be graded. =
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** Friday, August 26, 2011 Assignments: ** = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">1. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Click on the webquest link below. = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">[|Government Scavenger Hunt] = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">2. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Read the entire home page. Once you have finished reading, tell Mr. Gleason what you have decided to create for **Polly** to teach her students about government. Mr. Gleason needs to approve all assignments in order to receive a grade. = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">3. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">At the bottom of the screen click on the link titled __ Government Scavenger Hunt. __ Take out a sheet of notebook paper and copy the sentences from __ Government Scavenger Hunt __ filling in the blanks with the correct answers your found. = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> 4. Be sure to use the website resources given to you at the top of the __ Government Scavenger Hunt __ page. = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> 5. Once you have finished answering questions #1-10 on Government Scavenger Hunt click on the home page at the bottom of the screen. //(This should take you back to the beginning of the Scavenger Hunt)// = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">6. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Scroll down to the **Process** paragraph on the home page and click on the link titled __ government note-taking sheet. __ = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> 7. Fill out the chart on the same sheet of notebook paper used for questions #1-10. Use any of the web resources given to answer the questions. Be sure to answer the last two questions below the chart. = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> 8. Once you have completed these steps prepare to create your activity to give to **Polly**. Let Mr. Gleason know if you need any resources in order to complete your individual activity. =
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**Monday, August 29, 2011-Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Assignments:** = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">1. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Click on the Word Document below titled "//Chapter1 Sec.1 Notes Outline//". = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">2. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Use your Government textbook to help you fill out the Notes packet. = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> 4. Use your Government textbook to help you fill out the Guided Reading Activity. =
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** Wednesday, August 30, 2011 Assignments: ** [] = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">1. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Finish "//Chapter1 Sec.1 Notes Outline//" and "//Guided Reading Activity 1-1//" from the beginning of the week. = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">2. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Take out a sheet of notebook paper and number it #1-10. Click on the Word Document below titled "//Citizenship Test//". = = = =  4. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Try your best to answer the following questions without any help from the internet or your government textbook. = =<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #000080; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 5. Did you know = <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #000080; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">All Immigrants take a citizenship test in order to become a legal citizen of the United States. The test asks similar questions to the test you just took, however the real test is much longer. =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> 6. Once you have completed the test Mr. Gleason will review the answers to each question. Don't worry if you got any of these questions wrong, by the end of the year we will take this test again and you should score a 100%. = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">7. Click on the Word Document below titled "//Warm-Up: The Great Seal//". Read the directions and answer questions #1-4. Create your own coin and dollar bill. = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">8. Be sure to keep in mind some of the key elements that the United States mint uses to create our currency. For extra credit include of these elements in your own currency. = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> 9. Click on the Word Document below titled "//The Great Seal Worksheet//". Answer questions related to the Worksheet and hand into Mr. Gleason. = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> =
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Assignments:   1. Click on the document titled "//Purposes of Government Study Guide//" below. Review the information and think of a way you can develop a way to study this material. Students may design: 2. Once you have designed this Study Guide Mr. Gleason will check your assignment to make sure it is suitable for studying. 3. Students will then exchange their study materials with parents and they will complete each students study material. 4. Mr. Gleason will grade all completed assignments as well as created assignments.
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