Political Parties & Public Opinion Review Day

June 3rd, 2015

Warm Up

1. Can felons vote?  If so, when?
2. How is Wisconsin different from most states when it comes to registering to vote?

Learning Objective: Students will be prepared for their final exam next week.

Success Criteria: Students will have passed second semester citizenship.







You will be using Zondle to review for your final.  Today you should focus on games titled:

1. Political Parties, Public Opinion, Mass Media
2. Political Party Definitions

Voting & Law Vocab Review

June 2nd, 2015

Warm Up

1. What's the role of the mass media in our democracy and how do they make money?

Learning Objective: Students will be prepared for their final exam next week.

Success Criteria: Students will have passed second semester citizenship.







You will be using Zondle to review for your final.  Today you should focus on games titled:

1. Voting
2. Voting Take 2
3. Law Unit Vocabulary Review

Review Week

June 1st, 2015

Warm Up

1. What's the difference between an open primary and a closed primary?

2. What's the difference between a ballot and an absentee ballot?

Learning Objective: Students will be prepared for their final exam next week.

Success Criteria: Students will have passed second semester citizenship.  

Your test is next week.  It's time to see what you remember.  You will take the next 20 minutes to answer 15 True or False questions and 3 short answer questions. 

Do your best as these questions cover vocabulary and concepts that you will need to know for the exam.  We will go over as many as we can afterward.  

If you do well, then you will know that you can focus on other units.  If you do poorly, you'll have a good study guide for the law unit from the first semester. 

If you are absent and reading this, you can download these practice questions here.

Two American Famlies

May 29th, 2015

Exam Review Warm Up

Define the following:

1. Due Process of Law
2. Libel
3. Hung Jury

Over the past few days we have been watching Two American Families, a news special that followed two families from right here in Milwaukee as they survived together for 20 years.

For extra credit, write a letter to either the Nuemann or the Stanley family about their experiences and turn it in on Monday. If you had chance to speak with them, what would you say?  Can you relate to them?  How or why?  What advice would you ask them for? etc.

Start studying with Zondle this weekend, the exam is only 1 week away!

How to Apply for a Job Pt. 2

May 26th, 2015

Warm Up

What are some "red flags" that companies look for on applications?

Learning Objective: Students will understand pitfalls of applying for work.

Success Criteria: Students can proficiently complete a job application.







On Friday we learned about potential "red flags" companies look for on your applications.  We then filled out sample applications of our own.

In your groups you will be given several applications filled out by your classmates (with private information blanked out).  As a group take a few minutes to study these applications for "red flags" and decide who you'd want to interview.  Be ready to explain to the class why you came to the decision you did.

How to Apply for a Job

May 22nd, 2015

No Warm Up

We will be passing around a "yearbook" for Erin from City Year today.  Please sign it and/or leave her a nice note letting her know how much you liked working with her this year.










Learning Objective: Students will understand pitfalls of applying for work.

Success Criteria: Students can proficiently complete a job application.

Test Day

May 21st, 2015

No Warm Up

Test Day

Reminder you can make purchase that benefit the test today.

10% Test boost = 4,500 Dun-Bucks

3 free multiple choice/1 free short answer = 4,000 Dun-Bucks

Rolling Chair = 1,000 Dun-Bucks

Water Pass = 1,000 Dun-Bucks

Headphones During Test = $1000

New pencil = 300 Dun-Bucks

Eraser cap = 100 Dun-Bucks