Mon

7 – Labor day

Tue

8 Freshpersons

Wed

9(a) Intro to class Political Spectrum Test

HW: Political Spectrum and Public opinion PPT, read 8.1 “The Formation of Public Opinion”

Register Political Party

Thu

10

Fri

11(a) Political spectrum: Public Opinion PPT –

HW: review purposes of government PPT

Introduce Leg. Sim. Activity Leadership nominations

14

15(a) The Three Purposes of Government PPT

HW: Read 2.3 “The Critical Period” and 2.4 “Creating the Constitution” and then read Constitutional History Power Point – Purposes of Government Media Assignment (due Sept 21-22)

16

17(a)

Koepping absent

18

Koepping absent

21(a)

Constitutional History Power Point

HW: Constitutional Priciples PPT, read 3.1 “The Six Basic Principles”

Vote on leadership positions

22

23(a)

Debrief Purposes of Government Assn.  Debrief Constitutional Principles

HW: Federalism PPT, read 4.1 to 4.3

Leadership positions announced

24

Meeting with House and Senate Leadership after school to assign committee chairs and assign whips

25(a)

Debrief Federalism PPT

HW: President Johnsons Description”

Worksheet: “So You’ve got the Perfect President”

Chairs and whips assigned

28

Leadership + PAS + committee chairs + whips all meet in the evening: 7:00

Create a platform on issues

29(a)

Presidency PPT

HW: read 11.1 "Scope of Congressional Powers" and 11.2 "Expressed Powers of . . " read Power of Congress PPt

Class caucus to discuss bill ideas and how to write a supporting speech

HW: Write a speech about your issue of choice. (rough due on 1 – 2^nd, final due on 5 – 6^th)

30

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Power of Congress PPT

(a) Peer edit speeches, Instructions on writing the bill

HW: Write final draft of speech and rough draft of bill

Fri

2

5(a)

Organization and election of Congress PPT

Peer edit bill

HW: Final draft of bill and speech – printed bill and speech given to teacher + email bill and speech to party leadership.

Speaker, Majority

Leader organizes docket with committee chairs.

6

7(a)

Review for test

Leadership assigns bills to committees

8

9 – inservice, no school

12(a)

Test

Committee Training committee chairs prepare dockets for committees

13

14 – PSAT Day

15(a)

Committee Session I

16

19(a)

Committee Session 2

20

21(a)

Floor debate

22

 23

Inservice day

  26 (a)

Floor debate

28 (a)

30 (a)

Mon

2 

Tue

3 (a) Supply and demand curve 

Wed

4

Thu

5 (a) Absolute and Comparative Advantage -- trade and protectionism

Fri

6 Grade prep day - no school for students. So while you're cavorting around, i'll be slaving away -- not that I am bitter

9

10 (a)

The Stock Market

11

Veterans' Day

No School

12

13 (a)

  Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes

16

17(a)

Employment, Inflation and monetary policy -- How we got into this recession

18

19 (a)

Review for economics test

20

23 (a)

Economics test

HW: Nash - 7.3

24

25 (a)

Rural, Labor problems in the US early 1900s

Homework: Nash - 8.1

26

27

Mon

30

Tue

1(a) Urban problems in the US early 1900s - 

Computer lab time for research

Wed

2

Thu

3 (a) Progressive reformers

Homework: Nash - 8.3

Fri

4

7(a)

 Progressive Reforms

Homework: Nash - 9.1

8

9(a)

Theodore Roosevelt

Computer lab time for research

Homework: prepare for student presentations (every student should be ready to perform on the 11th-14th)

10

11(a)

 Student presentations

14

15(a)

Student presentations

Review for test

16

17(a)

Tests on the progressives, populists, unions

18

21

Winter  break

22

Winter  break

23

24

25

Mon

4(a) 

US Foreign policy in the late 1800s, early 1900s

Homework: Nash - 10.1-10.2

Tue

5

Wed

6(a)

The start of WWI and US Involvement

Homework: Nash - 10.3

Thu

7

Fri

8(a)

World War I 

Homework: Nash - 10.4

11

12(a)

Treaty of Paris and the postwar world

Homework: Nash -11.1

13

14(a)

Postwar turmoil

15

18

MLK Day

No school

19(a)

20

Review for final

21(a)

22

Mr. Koepping will be gone for Con Law competition

25 (a)

Review for final

26

Finals (A1, A2 and A4)

27

28

29

Mon

1(a) 

The Republican Influence

Homework: Nash - 11.3

Tue

2

Wed

3(a)

Prosperity and American Business

Homework: Nash - 11.4

Thu

4

Fri

5(a)

The Changing Nature of Work 

Homework: Nash - 12.1

8

9(a)

The Growth of the Middle Class

Homework: Nash -12.2

10

11(a)

Mr Koepping will be gone

Movie: Boom to Bust

12

15

No school

16(a)

Cultural Conflicts

Homework: Study for test 

17

18(a)

Roaring 20s test

Homework: Nash -13.1

19

22 (a)

Causes of the Great Depression

Lit Circle I

Homework: Nash -13.2

23

24(a)

The Dream on Hold

Lit Circle II

Homework: Nash -13.3

25

26(a)

Life During the Depression

Lit Circle III

Homework: Nash -14.1

Mon

1

Tue

2(a)

FDR and the First New Deal

Lit Circle IV

Homework: Nash -14.2

Wed

3

Thu

4(a)

Criticism and Reformulation

Lit Circle V

Homework: Nash -14.3

Fri

5

8(a)

The Impact of the New Deal

Lit Circle VI

Homework: Study for the test

9

10(a)

Review for Depression and New Deal test

Homework: Study for test

11

12(a)

Depression and New Deal test

15

16(a)

Sophomore forecasting

17 (b)

Sophomore forecasting

18(a)

World War II PPT

Lit Circle VII

Homework: Nash -15.1-15.3

19 (b)

22 

Spring Break

23

Spring Break

24

25

26

29(a)

World War II PPT

Lit Circle VIII

Homework: Nash -16.1

30

31(a)

Mobilizing the Home Front

Prepare for Lit Circle Presentations

Homework: Nash -16.2

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

1

Fri

2(a)

The War and Social Change 

Prepare for Lit Circle Presentations

5

6(a)

  Lit Circle Presentations

7

8(a)

Lit Circle Presentations

Homework: Nash -16.3

9

12(a)

The War and Civil Rights

Homework: Prepare for test

13

14(a)

World War II test

15

16

Grade Prep Day

19(a)

The Judicial Branch and Rule of Law (video)

HW 18.1 

20

21(a)

The organization of judiciary (18.1)

Mock Trial Practice

22

23(a)

Mayfete

The Supreme Court and Judicial Review (18.3)

Mock Trial Practice

26

27(a)

Unalienable Rights  (19.1)

Mock Trial Practice

HW 19.2

28

29(a)

Freedom of Religion (19.2)

Mock Trial Practice

HW: 19.3

30

Mon

3(a)

Freedom of Speech (19.3)

Tue

Wed

5(a)

Freedom of the Press (19.3)

Mock Trial Practice

HW: 20.2

Thu

6

1st night Scrimmage

Fri

7(a)

Exclusionary Rule (20.2) and review for test

Mock Trial Practice

10

11(a)

Test

Mock Trial Practice

12

13(a)

 4th amendment

Mock Trial Practice

HW: 20.3

14

17(a)

5th amendment

Mock Trial Practice

HW: 20.4

18

19(a)

Rights to a Fair Trial 

Mock Trial Practice

20

21(a)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Mock Trial Practice

24

25(a)

26

27(a)

Full Day Mock Trial Practice

28

31

Memorial Day

Mon

Tue

1(a)

Wed

2

Thu

3(a)

Mock Trial

Fri  

4

7(a)

Civil Rights

8

9(a)

Finals review

11(a and b)

Finals Review

14

Finals

A1, A2, A4

15

Finals

B1, B2, B4

16

Finals

A3, B3, makeup period

17

Grade Prep Day

18