I woke up this morning and didn’t really know what to do with myself. That’s been the six years of the morning after the AP test feeling. In our district, movies are not the preferred use of class time over 20 minutes. Here are a few ideas for how to spend the time after the […]
Another week of remote learning down and I’m starting to realize that I need to slow down and not try to do everything at once. There are a lot of great resources out there, but don’t drown in the pool of information. Here is our week as posted in our Google Classroom : Here is […]
Raise your hand if you save Unit Three for the end and now are wondering what to do since the test will only cover Units 1-3? Not going to lie. I went for a LONG walk and stewed. During the walk, though, I realized that this is all new for everyone and I had a […]
We are in unprecedented times. It’s uncertain. And many are wondering what we are going to do for the AP test. As someone who has a chronic illness, I think about MY extended absences a lot, and have safeguards built-in for days I need to be gone. We have one more week of our scheduled […]
Week 7, Days 29-32 What was covered this week: Literally, I just kept Federalist 78, the Judiciary, and an argumentative essay without the argumentative essay because my students killed the seminar and brought in ALL the Fed Papers, and all the evidence. I’m not going to lie, this is hard. I’m juggling too much. Outside the […]
Week 5, Days 19-23 What was covered this week: Day 19- Discussion of the Iowa Caucus and beginning Supreme Revenge. Supreme Revenge: this is an excellent look at the Senate’s role in confirmation hearings and how it’s changed since Robert Bork. *Warning- this does look at Anita Hill’s testimony as well as Dr. Blasey-Ford. It […]
Week 4, Days 14-18 What was covered this week: Day 14- Quantitative Analysis FRQ review as a class as a warm-up (My students struggled and we will be looking at this more) As an activity, students made flow charts or cartoons about how the legislative process using the Library of Congress as their resource. Days […]
Enduring Understandings: The presidency has been enhanced beyond its expressed constitutional powers. Related Posts: Congress and the President The American Presidency AP Writing Skills: Concept Application Data Analysis Argumentative Writing Required Documents: Federalist 70 22nd Amendment Key Vocabulary: Part II: President Cabinet member Ambassador White House Staff Appointment Powers Expressed Powers Implied Powers Inherent Powers […]
Week 3, Days 10-13 What was covered this week: Day 10- How the Senate Impeachment Trial Will Work and a discussion on the process. It’s so weird that my senior year of high school was when the Clinton impeachment and now I’m teaching it to seniors. Days 11/12 (Block Day) Congress Lecture and Budget Reader. […]
I’ve divided this unit into three pieces, starting with Congress during the same week the impeachment trial is occurring which means I will take time each day to discuss where we are at in the trial as it relates to the curriculum. This one has been a challenge for me because I used to spend […]
