April 11 through 15, 2016

Essential Question: In what ways are our political views shaped?

Unit Goal: Students will learn about the mechanisms that allow citizens to organize and communicate their
interests and concerns. Among
These are political parties, elections, interest groups, and media. Students learn about where their own political
ideas fall on the political spectrum and understand issues from a variety of perspectives.
Learning Objectives:
1. I can describe the process you would have to go through in order to become President of the United States.
2. I can explain, with examples, the role of third parties and the impact on the electoral process.
3. Identify where Democrats, Republicans and you fall on a political spectrum and explain your answer.
4. I can describe, with examples, ways individuals can become involved in the electoral process.
5. I can demonstrate the ability to compare and contrast primary and/or secondary sources and describe how the sources relate
Topic.
6. I can write an argument focused on discipline-specific content.
7. I can identify specific concepts such as: political spectrum (liberal, moderate, and conservative), political parties (Democrats,
Third parties), primaries, caucuses and Electoral College.

Monday 11th
1.Bell Ringer- Study
Plessy vs. Ferguson and
Brown vs. The Board of
Education- Write
question on PowerPoint
Slide on Whiteboard- 10
min (Deeper
Understanding) CH-I
2. Finish Second Part of
Unit #5 ExamQuestions #17-19- 25
min (Deeper
Understanding) CH-I
3. Continue to work on
DBQ that was started
on Friday-8th- 15 min
Students will have
individual
primary/secondary
sources to review as
they complete DBQ.
(Deeper Understanding)
CH-1 E-15,18
Adaptations- Students
will receive documents
with pictures to help
them understand the
questions
Materials:
Test Papers, DBQ
Documents,
Whiteboard, PowerPoint
I CAN:
I can demonstrate the
ability to compare and
contrast at least two
primary and/or
secondary sources and
describe how those
sources relate to the
same topic.

Tuesday 12th
1. Bell Ringer- What
side of the political
spectrum do you think
you are on? Write
question on PowerPoint
slide on Whiteboard10 min (New
Information) CH-P
2. Complete DBQ- 10
min. Students will have
individual
primary/secondary
sources to review as
they complete DBQWhole class (Deeper
Understanding) CH-1,
E-15, 18, 19
3. Introduction to Unit
#6- Online Survey.
Students will have IPads to answer the
questions and find out
which political party
they would align with15 min (New
Information) CH-I, E-7
http://www.pbs.org/ne
wshour/spc/vote2012/q
uiz/
4. Textbook ReadingCH #10- Section #1
pages 252-254, 15
min. Whole Class (New
Information), CH-1, E-7
Materials:
DBQ papers, I-Pads,
Whiteboard,
PowerPoint, Textbooks
I CAN:
I can identify where
Democrats,
Republicans, and you
fall on a political
spectrum and explain
your answer.

Wednesday 13th

Thursday 14th

Friday 15th

1. Bell Ringer- Did you

match up with the
political party you
thought you would?
Write questions on PP
slide on Whiteboard10 min (New
Information) CH-I
2. I-Civics Reading#1 Big Party, pages
1-2, 20-25 min- Whole
Class Set, New
Information) CH-I, P,
E-8,10
3. Party System
Explained- Video- 10
min, (New
Information) CH-1, E10
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=j_k_kbHigM.
4. Exit Slip- 5 min,
Students will write
down three things
they learned about
political parties- (New
Information) CH-1
Adaptations: ClosedCaptioning will be
used on the video for
ELL and HearingImpaired Students.
Materials: PowerPoint,
Whiteboard, YouTube,
3x5 cards
I CAN:
I can identify where
Democrats,
Republicans, and you
fall on a political
spectrum and explain
your answer.

1. Bell Ringer- Can

you name the 2 main
political parties in the
United States? Write
questions on PP Slide
on Whiteboard- 10
min (New
Information ) CH-P
2. I-Civics Reading#1 Big PartyMatching. Students
will complete
matching game,
matching vocab
terms with correct
definitions. 20 min,
Class Set (New
Information) CH-P, E7,10
3. Introduce Vocab:
Conservative,
Moderate, and
Liberal. 20 min (New
Information) Students
will view PowerPoint
slides and write down
the definitions. -CH-I,
E-9,10
Adaptations: Pictures
will be used with the
PowerPoint slides to
help students better
understand the vocab
terms.
Materials:
PowerPoint slides,
Whiteboard, I-Civics
Reading, Notebook
Paper
I CAN:
I can identify where
Democrats,
Republicans, and you
fall on a political
spectrum and explain
your answer.

1.Bell Ringer- What do

you remember about
Unit 5?- Write
questions on PP slide
on Whiteboard- 5 min
(Deeper
Understanding) CH-P
2. CNN Student News:
Reflection- students
will complete a
reflection about the
topics from the
newscast. 15 minWhole Class (New
Information) CH-1,
(Took out)
Adaptations: CCPrinted copies of CNN
newscast.
3.Review Test Scores
from Unit #5- students
will look over their
scores and teacher will
be available to answer
questions/review
answers. 10 min
(Deeper
Understanding) CH-1,
E-20
4. Political Party
Scenarios: students
will work in groups to
review PowerPoint
slides on various
scenarios and decide if
that would be a
Republican,
Democratic, or
Moderate view- 15 min
(New Information) CHP, E-10 (Added 10
issues for students to
study and share
w/class)
Materials: PowerPoint
slides, Whiteboard,
Reflection sheets,

Copies of CNN Student

News.
I CAN:
I can identify where
Democrats,
Republicans, and you
fall on a political
spectrum and explain
your answer.