Foundations Homework due March 7

Presentations

No presentations this week

Book Reading

Susanna’s Midnight Ride chapters 20-22

The Reb and the Redcoats chapters 13-14

Book Discussion Question

Write one question that you would want to ask a friend after finishing your assigned reading under the “book” tab.

Constitution Journal

This week complete pages 9 & 10 of your constitution journal. You will finish rewriting Article 1 this week and almost finish Article 2! Great job!

Here are links to help:

Shmoop link here is helpful.

Here is a document that has the constitution simplified.

Here is another document you can look at to help you.

Here is a website that I like to use.

You can also google words too!

Bring a question to class

Look over Article I and II of the Constitution that you have rewritten in class. Think of a question you could quiz your classmates about regarding Article I and II. Write the question and answer on a a piece of paper and bring it to class so we can play a game! For example, my question and answer will be “Who is President of the Senate? – The Vice President”

Opinion Paper

This week’s opinion paper topic is:

 Who is someone that you would trust to represent you? Why did you choose that person? What about them causes you to feel that they would represent you well. What topics do you know you and that person agrees on?

What is Super Tuesday?

Find out what Super Tuesday is. (Ask your parents to help you!) What happened on Super Tuesday? Be prepared to talk about it in class!

Watch these Videos!

Watch this video on this link to find out about the Electoral College. What is the Electoral College you may ask? Watch to find out!

This video about Article I of the Constitution is about 4 minutes long

This video about Article 2 of the Constitution is about 13 minutes long.

Weekly Check-in

Fill out the Check-in sheet. Staple your opinion paper to the check-in sheet.