Free Speech Notes

Periods 4, 5 & 7 will be taking notes on your rights to free speech.  The outline with blanks in it for this lesson can be found here.

Whisper to a Roar

Tyranny is a dangerous thing.  It is a threat to the freedoms and rights of all of us.  You've asked how we prevent it, today we start our unit on your rights, responsibilities, and duties of being a citizen.

Let's start with a fable about dragons and see if you can discover the answer for yourselves...

Make sure to fill out the fill in the blank notes for this video to check your understanding. If you need another copy click here.

Test this week!

We are finishing up Unit III: What is Tyranny?  Which means of course we have a test coming up.  The fill in the blank practice test can be found here.

Filling it out and using it to prepare your note card is a great study tool!  We will have review game as well which you can play here.

I know why you're all here, you're here for a free answer to the test!

Question:

List the truths that are “self-evident” (obvious)?

Proficient Answer:

The three truths that are self-evident according to the Declaration of Independence are that all men are created equal, we all have unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness.

Binder Check Date Moved

Due to the debate tournament tonight, the binder check for this class will be moved to next week Friday, October 3rd.  Make sure you have your binder in order as it counts as a test grade!

If you need help setting up your binder see myself or Erin or Megan from City Year!

You can also use this handy handout!  Click here!

Test & Binder Check

Reminder I will be checking your binder this coming Friday.

You will also have a test this Tuesday/Wednesday depending on your period.

As always here is a sneak peak question and answer.

1. List the 6 values we covered that unite us as Americans.
   freedom, equality, opportunity,volunteering, popular sovereignty, never saying "not my problem."

Review sheets can be found to the right ->

Or by clicking here.

You can use a note card on this test.  Make sure to see the City Year volunteers or myself for extra help!

Good luck!

Virtual Tour of America

We are studying America in three ways in this unit.  America's demographics (the race, gender, age, religious make up of our population) was covered in today's lecture.  If you weren't here make sure to download the bare bones version of the notes and use a friend's notes to fill in the blanks!

We also studied the America briefly as a geographic place.  In order to show you how large and diverse the geography of our nation is we watched a virtual tour of the country.  

Take a virtual tour of the US using Google Earth!

Follow this link

Tomorrow we will be filling in a map of the United States, as always make sure you bring your books!

Yes We Can!

Watch the President’s famous “Yes We Can” speech and answer each questions with a short paragraph.

1. In your own words, explain the message of President Obama's speech? (Yes we can what?)

2. If you could change anything in your neighborhood, community, school, etc. what would it be, why and list what steps you could take to start making it better. You do not need to solve the problem, you only need to list small actions that might help move it in that direction.