Government Students: Don't forget to bring your permission slip for tomorrow's field trip (if you are not 18)

ALL STUDENTS!

YOU WILL BE PRESENTING YOUR RESEARCH TO THE CLASS ON YOUR NEXT CLASS DAY! 

BE PREPARED!

3rd period: 11/30
1st period: 12/1
8th period: 12/2

Turn in your projects via email!

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

GOVERNMENT: Supreme Court Decision Project

Landmark Supreme Court Decisions PPT

1.   Name and year of the Supreme Court case.

2.   Tell the story about what happened.

3.   What was the controversy? (why was there not a clear decision?)

4.   What was the argument of each side?

--Argument  1          --Argument 2

5.   What was the Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision?

6.   Why did the SCOTUS make this decision?

7.   How did the decision affect US law?

8.   Do you agree with the SCOTUS’s decision? What decision would you have made?

US HISTORY: Watch this video review before class on Tuesday/Wednesday 11/13-14

http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/history/us-history/v/us-history-overview-2---reconstruction-to-the-great-depression

GOVERNMENT: Watch this video about the fiscal cliff for Tuesday November 13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nmVMQLPznw&feature=related

GOVERNMENT: READ THIS ARTICLE AND WATCH THE VIDEO FROM THE PREVIOUS POST BEFORE NEXT CLASS

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/06/us-usa-court-doublejeopardy-idUSBRE8A51BC20121106

Government: Watch this video about the Supreme Court for Tuesday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unyswl36q8w

US HISTORY: Watch this video on the Spanish American War for Mon/Tues 11/5-11/6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujFnxMIZFL8