Beginning this week we will no longer be using this blog for class. As you know, I made a new google sites website for my classes. It is located at:
From now on, you will find what you need for class at that website.
Thank You,
Mr. Ellsworth
Showing posts with label 2nd Period: American Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2nd Period: American Government. Show all posts
Friday, September 20, 2013
NEW WEBSITE!!!
Students,
Beginning this week we will no longer be using this blog for class. As you know, I made a new google sites website for my classes. It is located at:
From now on, you will find what you need for class at that website.
Beginning this week we will no longer be using this blog for class. As you know, I made a new google sites website for my classes. It is located at:
From now on, you will find what you need for class at that website.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Students,
At the end of this week, or the beginning of next week, we will have the first test of the semester. Some of you may be better at studying or learning this information when you are using something more like a textbook. Go to the following link and you can read a site that is very similar to the textbook off which I am sequencing my lessons. It may give you more information and help you remember more.
Hope this helps!
Mr. Ellsworth
Key Words for Week 4 - Ideals & Principles of American Democracy
Students,
Here are the most important vocabulary words that you will know by the end of this week. Use the flashcards, and other study games, on Quizlet to help you learn them.
Thanks,
Mr. Ellsworth
Friday, September 13, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
The Constitution and the Crisis in Syria
Students,
Over the last week we have formally, and informally, talked about the crisis in Syria as an example of several of the classic forms of government. Tonight you will be assigned to watch and outline President Obama's televised speech to the people of the United States at 9:00 pm on every major network. Today and tomorrow, in class, we will look at the the options before President Obama, and how the Constitution of the United States factors into the decision in America to go to war. As you listen to the President tonight, use these resources from class to help you understand what he is saying.
More than anything, enjoy our dialog. We live in a country where this type of debate is intended to restrict sudden decisions by one person to send our military into any old war. This is not the case in most of the world, and was not the case under King George in the 1700s.
UPDATE #1: Students, Here is the President's Rose Garden statement about Syria from Saturday. There is a link to its transcript (the words) on the website. We ran out of time in class today, but I promised you I would outline this speech as an example of how I would like you to outline the President's televised speech tonight. Check back here between 8:00 and 8:30 tonight to see my outline. I will also share it with you over google drive when it is finished, so check your email as it gets closer to the speech. - Mr. Ellsworth.
UPDATE #2: Students, below is my outline of President Obama's Rose Garden statement on Saturday. I want you to practice outline note-taking in my class, as it is a life-skill you will need beyond high school. Please do not be scared about my outline. I've been doing it for a long time. We will work on it throughout the semester. Do the best you can to get the major points of the President's speech tonight and as many of the details as you can. Also, I did not do this once and then walk away. I took rough notes while listening/watching it "live" (kind of like a draft), and then I went back afterwards and organized it into a more structured form. I also used the transcript of the speech to fill in details that he said too quickly for me to remember in the moment. The transcript for tonight's speech should go online within five minutes of the end of the speech. As I said in class today, I will be watching it and making an outline as well. I also plan to go to the transcript afterward. You should do the same in order to clear up any confusion you have while listening to the speech.
Good luck, and enjoy this. No president has formally asked permission to go to war or to make a minor military action since President Roosevelt in 1941. You are witnessing history and the setting of precedent that could reign in presidential power for decades to come. You are here now to see it happen. To me, that's exciting!
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Arguments, Options, and Cabinet Meeting
Over the last week we have formally, and informally, talked about the crisis in Syria as an example of several of the classic forms of government. Tonight you will be assigned to watch and outline President Obama's televised speech to the people of the United States at 9:00 pm on every major network. Today and tomorrow, in class, we will look at the the options before President Obama, and how the Constitution of the United States factors into the decision in America to go to war. As you listen to the President tonight, use these resources from class to help you understand what he is saying.
More than anything, enjoy our dialog. We live in a country where this type of debate is intended to restrict sudden decisions by one person to send our military into any old war. This is not the case in most of the world, and was not the case under King George in the 1700s.
Enjoy,
Mr. Ellsworth
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Background, the Constitutional Process, and Outline Example
UPDATE #1: Students, Here is the President's Rose Garden statement about Syria from Saturday. There is a link to its transcript (the words) on the website. We ran out of time in class today, but I promised you I would outline this speech as an example of how I would like you to outline the President's televised speech tonight. Check back here between 8:00 and 8:30 tonight to see my outline. I will also share it with you over google drive when it is finished, so check your email as it gets closer to the speech. - Mr. Ellsworth.
UPDATE #2: Students, below is my outline of President Obama's Rose Garden statement on Saturday. I want you to practice outline note-taking in my class, as it is a life-skill you will need beyond high school. Please do not be scared about my outline. I've been doing it for a long time. We will work on it throughout the semester. Do the best you can to get the major points of the President's speech tonight and as many of the details as you can. Also, I did not do this once and then walk away. I took rough notes while listening/watching it "live" (kind of like a draft), and then I went back afterwards and organized it into a more structured form. I also used the transcript of the speech to fill in details that he said too quickly for me to remember in the moment. The transcript for tonight's speech should go online within five minutes of the end of the speech. As I said in class today, I will be watching it and making an outline as well. I also plan to go to the transcript afterward. You should do the same in order to clear up any confusion you have while listening to the speech.
Good luck, and enjoy this. No president has formally asked permission to go to war or to make a minor military action since President Roosevelt in 1941. You are witnessing history and the setting of precedent that could reign in presidential power for decades to come. You are here now to see it happen. To me, that's exciting!
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Arguments, Options, and Cabinet Meeting
Monday, September 9, 2013
Preambles
Students,
Please memorize the great preambles from American history. You will receive a grade for the Preamble to the Constitution (mandatory=required). If you can also memorize the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, you will receive extra credit points! You will recite the preambles on upcoming test and say them outloud for credit in two weeks.
Please memorize the great preambles from American history. You will receive a grade for the Preamble to the Constitution (mandatory=required). If you can also memorize the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, you will receive extra credit points! You will recite the preambles on upcoming test and say them outloud for credit in two weeks.
Thanks,
Mr. Ellsworth
Friday, September 6, 2013
Slides for Week 2
Students,
Here are the slides from this week's class. Know them! Love them! Use them to help you remember the Forms of Government.
Here are the slides from this week's class. Know them! Love them! Use them to help you remember the Forms of Government.
Thanks,
Mr. Ellsworth
Monday, September 2, 2013
Key Vocabulary - Week of September 2nd - 6th
Students,
Here are the most important vocabulary words that you will know by the end of this week. Use the flashcards, and other study games, on Quizlet to help you learn them.
Thanks,
Mr. Ellsworth
Friday, August 30, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
My Rights vs. Yours
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." - Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., the year he was nominated to
the Supreme Court.
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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment, or The Age of Reason, was a movement of European and American thinkers in the 1600s and 1700s that wanted to reform society away from irrationality, superstition, and dogmatism. Enlightenment thinkers used logic and reason to challenge ideas based on ignorance and superstition.
(To see and hear the definition of difficult words, double-click on the word).
Related to government, these thinkers included John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jeffereson, Benjamin Franklin, etc. Their major contributions to government include social contract theory and the idea of natural rights. Their ideas were used throughout Europe by kings and queens as Enlightened Absolutism, and were the central ideas in the American and French Revolutions.
(To see and hear the definition of difficult words, double-click on the word).
Related to government, these thinkers included John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jeffereson, Benjamin Franklin, etc. Their major contributions to government include social contract theory and the idea of natural rights. Their ideas were used throughout Europe by kings and queens as Enlightened Absolutism, and were the central ideas in the American and French Revolutions.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Slides for Week 1
Students,
Here are the slides from this week's class. Know them! Love them! Use them to help you remember the Origins of the State and the Functions of Government.
Here are the slides from this week's class. Know them! Love them! Use them to help you remember the Origins of the State and the Functions of Government.
Thanks,
Mr. Ellsworth
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Bell Ringers - Week of August 26th - 30th
Students,
In case you are absent or late for American Government class on Tuesday or Wednesday this week, here are the bell ringer assignments. They are due to me by the end of the day on Friday, August 30th.
Thanks,
Mr. Ellsworth
Key Vocabulary - Week of August 26th - 30th
Students,
Here are the most important vocabulary words that you will know by the end of this week. Use the flashcards, and other study games, on Quizlet to help you learn them.
Thanks,
Mr. Ellsworth
What is a Contract?
A contract is an agreement between two people that says what one person will get in return for what the other person will give. An example of a contract is a contract to play a sport for a professional team.
In the same way, John Locke suggested that government should be a social contract between the people and the government. The people give up some power to the government in order for the government to maintain order, and the government promises to protect the natural rights of the people as written in the contract. An example of a social contract is the Constitution of the United States of America.
In the same way, John Locke suggested that government should be a social contract between the people and the government. The people give up some power to the government in order for the government to maintain order, and the government promises to protect the natural rights of the people as written in the contract. An example of a social contract is the Constitution of the United States of America.
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