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1/9 & 1/10 - Cart 2 1/11 - Library 1/12 - Cart 1 1/13 - Library 1/17 - Cart 1
 * 1/9-1/17 - Work on final portfolios & Famous Crime multimedia project**

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 * Thursday 1/5 & Friday 1/6 - ** Parole


 * Tuesday, 1/3 & Wednesday 1/4 ** - Plea Bargains.


 * Tuesday, 12/20 - ** Exam on Amendments 4, 5,6 & 8


 * Thursday-Monday 12/15, 16 & 19 ** - Finished first death penalty video, started and finished second video on the process of an execution by lethal injection.


 * Wednesday, 12/14 - ** 8th Amendment overview and started death penalty video.


 * Tuesday, 12/13 - ** Steps in a trial.
 * Discussed the steps of a trial and watched pieces of the Dr. Conrad Murray trial as examples. If you were absent, please click here to learn about the steps of a trial explained (understand them, if you don't, be sure to ask about them!!)
 * Opening Statements
 * Direct Examination
 * Cross Examination (start at 11:40)
 * Closing Arguments Prosecution (includes jury admonishments at the beginning) Defense
 * Wrote down the text of the 8th Amendment

1. Watch this video clip on Vice President Biden's jury duty (there is an ad first) 2. Fill out the jury summons (county and federal) 3. Answer the questions about the jury summons 4. Watch "All Rise," the 10 minute jury orientation video from the state of Minnesota.
 * Monday, 12/12 - ** The Jury.


 * Friday, 12/9 - ** Finished "American Justice: Getting Away with Murder."


 * Thursday, 12/8 -** Completed the "Rights of the Accused" activity. Started the video "American Justice: Getting Away with Murder."


 * Wednesday, 12/7** - Dissected the 6th Amendment. Started working on the "Rights of the Accused" activity. See Ms Wolfe if you have questions about the activity or need a copy.


 * Tuesday, 12/6** - Completed an activity looking at if evidence was admissible or inadmissible under the 5th Amendment. See Ms Wolfe if you need a copy of the activity.


 * Monday, 12/5** - Finished activity on the purpose of a grand jury.


 * Friday, 12/2 - ** Started the class activity focused on the grand jury


 * Thursday, 12/1 - **
 * Went over answers of scenarios
 * Explored "Particularly describing" in the 4th Amendment (see end of video under 11/29)
 * Looked at a search warrant.
 * Started to dissect the 5th Amendment. Watch or listen to the first 2 slides - taking notes while you learn about it (the introduction to the 5th Amendment and "indictment").
 * Looked at Barry Bonds' Indictment


 * Wednesday, 11/30 - **
 * Completed the handout activities about searches and crimes/warrants. The handout was given out in the 11/29 class.
 * Introduced the assignment on Amendments 4, 5 & 6 which is due December 21 or the last day you are at TG prior to Christmas break.

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 * Tuesday, 11/29 - **
 * Started Amendment 4 - If you were absent, click here and watch/listen to the podcast(YouTube messed with the timing, listen to it, or watch the screen, but they don't advance as they should and I don't have time to make a new one). **Take notes on each part of the 4th Amendment.**

Started watching "Can Crime Labs be Trusted?" If you were absent, read the following articles and **take notes** on them. [|Overview of show] Crime labs need major overhaul The National Academy of Forensic Science's Report Summary that they did for the FBI
 * Wednesday, 11/23 & Monday, 11/28 **


 * Tuesday, 11/22 - ** [|Complete case 1, and as much of case 2 as time allows. Take notes about what you learn as you go.]


 * Monday, November 21 -** Types of theft. Please copy notes from a friend if you were absent or lose yours, and complete the activity about theft which was handed out on Thursday, 11/17.


 * Thursday, November 17 -** Degrees of Homicide. Read the bottom of page 3 and all of page 4 on the handout posted on the Wednesday log entry below. Complete the activity on page 4.


 * Wednesday, November 16 -** Introduction to crime. Complete readings and activities on elements of a crime and felonies and misdemeanors. Read and complete the activities which are on the handout for pages 1-3.


 * Tuesday, November 15 -** Take exam on the Supreme Court and the Justices.


 * Monday, November 14 -** Review and celebration. Prep for tomorrow's exam.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - Wrap up unit on Supreme Court, make lists to study for next Tuesday's exam.


 * Friday, November 4** - We discussed employment law and finished Thomas' video. Reminders:

1. For Monday: Finish watching the videos for Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito Sotomayor, & Kagan. Take notes on the ideas expressed by the Justices. Your notes can be added to your printed slides or on a separate sheet of paper.

2. For next Tuesday: Read the Appointment Reading & complete the study guide.

Supreme Court denies cert for details, read on!
 * Wednesday, Nov 2**
 * Finished Scalia video (part 2)
 * Watched Kennedy videos
 * Watched first 2 minutes of Thomas video

1. FYI, the Supreme Court denied cert, Thomas wrote a 19 page dissension. Read on! :) 2. Continued with the Justices from yesterday's presentation. If you were absent, view it in full screen and follow the directions on the slides. Be sure to watch all videos. We watched all of Scalia part 1, and the first 6:46 of Scalia part 2.
 * Tuesday, Nov. 1 -**

Complete the last two Landmark Cases. Click through the following presentation. Follow the directions on the slides and watch the Roberts video. If you were absent, click on the links that say "ABS" and take notes on what you learn as you cannot talk to your neighbors :)
 * Monday, October 31 -**

Be sure to click the box next to "Slides 1/9" to play the presentation in full screen or the slides won't appear correctly.

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 * Thursday, October 27 & Friday, October 28 -** Each person shared their Landmark Case, key points, and Court decision with the class.

Form three small groups (6 members, 6 members and 7 members). Go around the group and share the Landmark Cases each of you learned about. Show the presentations on the laptops to your small group while you present. Be sure to not work on your own presentation while your classmates present theirs!
 * Wednesday, October 26 -**

If time allows, change up the groups and present to the small group again.

While your classmates present, take notes on your Landmark Case grid.


 * Tuesday, October 25 -**
 * Please continue to work on Landmark Case presentations (directions on Monday's entry below).
 * You will share them tomorrow - You don't have to memorize your information, but you should know it well enough so you do not bore your audience. ;)
 * I am planning on being online during your class time. If you have a question, send me an email and there is a high probability that I will answer it within minutes.
 * Thank you for your work, please use your time wisely and be good for the sub (including being super-duper careful when putting away the laptops...) I'll help you virtually any way I can!

Work on Landmark Case presentations. Please click here for details.
 * Monday, October 24 -**

1. Discuss Fantasy SCOTUS postings. 2. Listen to Supreme Court news story. 3. Finish precedents activity (the link to the activity is under Wednesday's entry). Be sure this is finished before class on Monday
 * Thursday, October 20 -**

Finished Decisions presentation (see 10/18 entry). Started working on precedents activity. If you were absent, click here, print pages 5-8, and complete pages 5-8 as directed on the handout.
 * Wednesday, October 19 -**

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 * Tuesday, October 18 -**


 * Monday, October 17 -** Listened to the respondent's argument. Click on "Audio/media player link" on Friday's post below. Click "Oral Argument" (down a little on the page), click to expand the player, and click the advance button next to where it says petitioner in the player to fast-forward to the respondent's arguments.


 * Friday, October 14**
 * Return corrected work.
 * Discuss basics of oral arguments before the Supreme Court
 * Listened to the first 13 minutes of the __Howes v Fields__oral argument. While we listened, we followed carefully for two justices of our own choosing and tallied how many questions they asked and if they seemed to support one particular side or another.
 * Transcript available here (if you would like to only read)
 * Audio/media player

Begin learning about the four Supreme Court cases in Fantasy Supreme Court. To do this: 1. Log in to Fantasy Supreme Court. 2. Under "Dashboard," select the first of the four cases listed. 3. Click "lesson plan" near the top of the new page you will see. 4. Take your time and learn, really learn, about the case. Watch the video about the case and read __**all**__ of the case information. 5. Make your prediction for the case and save it. Repeat steps 1-5 for all 4 cases.
 * Tuesday, October 11 & Thursday, October 13-** Fantasy SCOTUS Day!!!

At the end of each case, there are activities that earn points within the Fantasy SCOTUS program. It is your task to complete activities which total a minimum of 250 points. You can do more if you like (they would be added to your grade as bonus). You can divide the points up any way you would like, do 5 50 point activities, do 1 200 point activity and one 50 point activity, etc. As long as the total is 250 or more Fantasy Points.

Due date will be set on Friday.


 * Monday, October 10**
 * Justices Biographical day.**
 * Using [|Google Docs], create a document that lists all 9 current Supreme Court Justices and includes:**
 * A photo of each justice
 * Birth date and current age
 * Date of joining the Court
 * Which President appointed them to the Court
 * Two facts about each Justice not already listed above.

Use these sites to obtain accurate (1) biographical Information on each justice (2) this is the second site. (Justice Kagan information can also be obtained here) Do your own search for images. Cite your photo source unless it is from a .gov .us site or Wikipedia. __Print__ your pages as soon as you are finished. **DO NOT SHARE THEM with Ms Wolfe.**

Worked with a partner on the three "granting cert" activities.
 * Friday, October 7**

Finished Certiorari process information (see presentation under 9/26 & 27 entry)
 * Wednesday & Thursday (10/5 & 6)**

Explain our Supreme Court case analysis. FYI, articles on the Supreme Court you might find interesting: In New Term, Supreme Court to Tackle Divicive Issues Health Care, Other Hot Issues Promise a Landmark High Court Term Big Cases Await Supreme Court Fun "quiz" on the Court Justice Stevens' Thoughts on the Court
 * Monday, October 3 & Tuesday, October 4**

To library. Researched Supreme Court Cases. Case analysis due Monday.
 * Friday, September 30**

Granting cert
 * Wednesday, September 28 & Thursday, September 29**

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 * Monday, September 26 & Tuesday, September 27**

We took our Unit 1: Constitution Exams. New unit will begin on Monday. No homework over the weekend. Happy Homecoming! :)
 * Thursday, September 22**

We watched (and scored) the other teams' Constitution movies.
 * Wednesday, September 21**

We did final prep for our Constitution movies. If our movies finished, we took time to prep for Thursday's exam. (See Monday's class log)
 * Tuesday, September 20**

Worked on multimedia entry into the Film Festival. Products will be shared in class Wednesday, September 21.
 * Monday, September 19**
 * Reminder:** exam on Thursday. General topics are:
 * The purpose of the Constitution
 * The conflicts & compromises worked through to create the Constitution (in-class video, Madison's Notes are missing homework)
 * Who is considered the Father of the Constitution? Why?
 * Where was the Constitutional Convention held, and when?
 * Explain the Great Compromise.
 * Explain both sides' concerns over slavery and representation in Congress.
 * Why did the delegates leave out a bill of rights?
 * The structure of the Constitution
 * What are the main topics of each of the seven Articles of the Constitution?
 * What branches of government are created by the Constitution?
 * What do you believe is the most important part of the Constitution? Why?

Watched most of the interviews with the Framers in honor of National Constitution Day (Observed, it is really tomorrow)
 * Friday, September 16**

Started working on our Constitution Film Fest Entries.
 * Wednesday,[[image:Screen_shot_2011-09-12_at_9.58.02_AM.png align="right"]] September 14 & Thursday, September 15**

Explored the purpose of the Constitution. (To structure and limit the federal government.) Got into pairs for the next Constitution project (beginning tomorrow).
 * Tuesday, September 13**

1. We worked on our movies in our teams. They should be done today in class. 2. If the videos were finished, we started researching for our Constitution slideshow "movies". Here is the link for content. Select
 * Friday & Monday Sept 9 & 12**

We worked on planning for our video. Please watch this tutorial to have an idea of Reel Director's capabilities
 * Thursday, September 8 -**


 * Wednesday, September 7**
 * Teamed up, selected Framers.
 * Went to library and worked on learning the [|answers to these questions]. (Your learning team should log into Google Docs, one person then selects "File" and "Make a copy," followed by clicking "Share" and adding the names of the member(s) of the learning team).
 * Work together using the books in the library as well as websites to answer the questions on the Google doc. The more you complete before tomorrow's class, the better...

1. We watched the first 22.5 minutes of this video. 2. We took notes on the conflicts, compromises, people involved, and personal reactions of the content in the video. 3. We discussed our reactions and notes.
 * Tuesday, September 6**
 * Reminder - homework assignment due tomorrow.

1. Received unti calendar (attached below) 2. Completed Founders Library activity. 3. Answered this question (and turned it in): Which Article or Amendment do you feel is the most important to the government and why? Reminder: check assignments on the calendar. Links are posted on the "Assignments" page.
 * Friday, September 2**

Worked in pairs on the Founders Library activity (file below) PDF and lesson are available here.
 * Thursday, September 1**

1. Briefly discussed the Constitution quotation activity of yesterday. 2. Received personal copies of the Constitution 3. Worked on filling out the yellow Constitution sheet. Assignment given: Complete the Constitution sheet before arriving in class on Friday. Use your Constitution or this link to complete it.
 * Wednesday, August 31**

Welcome to class. Received class syllabus Introduced ourselves Explored quotations about the Constitution with learning team Assignment given: Bring required materials (1"3-ring binder & loose leaf paper) to class on Friday.
 * Tuesday, August 30**