Thursday, Dec. 18

Homework: Enjoy your holiday! ( I will check for completion upon your return.).
Rule #1 is temporally suspended for the duration of Winter Break!
In Class: Ask a teacher. Juvenile Justice System.
Bell work: Should Bill Thomas have had probation the first time? Did it help?

Mr. Moore

Wed. Dec. 17

Homework: Composition Book and CEP 18 due tomorrow, Dec. 18. Read 394-399.
In Class: Vocabulary Assessment 20. Juvenile Crime in America.
Bell work: What is justice?

Mr. Moore

Tues. Dec. 16

Homework: Composition Book due Thurs. Dec. !8. CEP due Thurs. Dec. 18. Read 382-392.
In Class: Crime: cause and effect. Lecture discussion.
Bell work: What are some of the causes of crime? Explain why.

Mr. Moore

Monday, December 15

Homework: Composition Book due Thursday, Dec. 18. CEP 18 (immigration) due Thurs. Dec. 18.

In Class: Vocabulary Week 20. Final Survey Review.
Bell work: Why do we have laws?

8^th Grade Vocabulary Chap. 16

1)    crime

2)    felonies

3)    misdemeanors

4)    victimless crimes

5)    white collar crimes

6)    criminal justice system
7)    probable cause

Mr. Moore

Friday, December 12

Homework: Composition Book due Thurs. Dec. 18. CEP due Thurs. Dec. 19.
In Class: Vocabulary 19 review and assessment. Survey Questions Conclusion.
Bell work: What is the purpose of the AOTMS Survey?

Mr. Moore

Thursday, Dec. 11

Homework: Composition Book due Thurs. Dec. 18. CEP due Thurs. Dec. 18.
In Class: Compiling questions for AOTMS Survey
Bell work: What are four services communities provide?

Mr. Moore

Wednesday, Dec. 10

Homework: Composition Book due Thurs. Dec. 18. CEP 18 (immigration) due Thurs. Dec. 18.
In Class: Complete Chapter 15 Reading and take assessment.
Bell work: What are two values that communities teach?

Mr. Moore

Tues. Dec. 9

Homework: Composition Book and CEP 18 due Thursday, Dec. 18. Read 366-370.
In Class: Review Questions on Chap. 15 Sec. 1. AOTMS Survey question consolidation work.
Bell work: What is a rural area?

Mr. Moore

Monday, Dec. 8

Homework: Composition Book due Thurs. Dec. 18. CEP (immigration) due Thurs. Dec. 18. Read 362-365.
In Class: Vocabulary week 19. AOTMS Consolidation. What are you trying to learn?

8^th Grade Vocabulary 19 Chap. 15

1.        community

2.       resources

3.       climate

4.       crossroads

5.       megalopolis

6.       communication

7.       public utility

8.       recreation

9.       compulsory

10.   factors (363)

11.   efficiently (367)

12.   purpose (374)

Bell work:  What is a community?

Mr. Moore

Friday, Dec. 5

Homework: Composition Book due Thurs. 18. CEP 18 due Thurs. Dec. 18
In Class: Compiling AOTMS Survey questions. Make a positive change.
Bell work:  What is something you would like to change at AOTMS that would make it a better school and explain how that change makes AOTMS better.

Mr. Moore

Thurs. Dec. 4

Homework: Composition Book due Thurs. .Dec. 18. CEP 18 (immigration) due Thurs. Dec. 18
In Class: Group Work: creating group list of Survey Questions.
Bell work: Will there be a difference between the 5th grade answers and 8th grade? Explain why.

Mr. Moore

Wednesday, Dec. 3

Homework; Composition Book due Thurs. Dec. 18. CEP 18 (on immigration) due Thurs., Dec. 18.
In Class: Writing a good question; "Why do we need homework?"
Bell work: What are the different ways to let government know what you want done?

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, Dec. 2

Homework: Composition Book due Thurs. Dec. 18. CEP 18 (subject: immigration) due Thurs. Dec. 18. Read 394-398.
In Class: AOTMS survey work. Compiling survey questions.
Bell work: What is the most important thing you want to know about your fellow students?

Mr. Moore

Monday, December 1

Homework: Composition Book due Thursday, Dec. 18. CEP 18 due Thursday, Dec. 18 (Subject; immigration) Develop 20 questions for the AOT survey.
In Class: No Vocabulary this week. AOT Survey.
Bell work: What should the teachers at AOTMS know that they probably don't know?



Mr. Moore

Homework: Be good, be safe, be smart.
In Class: Vocabulary Assessment Week 16. Semester Survey.
Bell work: List things you are thankful for.
My List: I am thankful that I am a teacher and all of you are my students. I am also thankful it is quiz day!

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, November 25

Homework: Composition Book due Wed. Nov. 26. Study for Vocabulary Quiz.
In Class: Chapter 22 Review Quiz.
Bell work: What does the term "global economy" mean?

Mr. Moore

Monday, November 24

Homework: Composition Book due Wed. Nov. 26. Study for Chap. 22 Review Quiz on Tuesday.
In Class:   Dealing with bad/hard times. Chapter 22 Review for Tuesday.
Bell work: What is the relationship between personal values and career choices?

Mr. Moore

Friday, November 21

Homework: Composition Book due Wednesday, November 26.
In Class: Your Life, You Career Simulation conclusion. Make a plan.
Bell work: What is the best way to learn about careers?

CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT ELECT CANANT! (PERIOD 5)

Mr. Moore

Thursday, Nov. 20

Homework: Composition book due Wed. Nov. 26. Read 596-599.
In Class: In the year 2038! OMGosh, you are old!! Career choices. How to get there, from here.
Bell work: What is the purpose of a job application?

Mr. Moore

Wed. Nov. 19

Homework: Composition Book due Wed. Nov. 26. Read 590-595.
In Class: Thirty-four and getting gray; where is your career in the year 2033?
Bell work: What are some examples of white-collar jobs? Hint, hint....what color is my shirt??

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, November 18

Homework: Composition Book due Wed. Nov. 26. No CEP this week. Read 582-589.
In Class: In the year 2028, you are now 29. What is your career doing?
Bell work: How do you develop critical thinking skills?

Mr. Moore

Monday, Nov. 17

Homework: Composition Book due Wed. Nov. 26 . No CEP till after Thanksgiving. Read 350-355.
In Class: Your Future Self Project. Vocabulary Week 16 (Vocabulary Quiz Wed. Nov. 26)

8^th Grade Vocabulary Week 16 Chapter 22

1)      personal values

2)      qualifications

3)      white-collar worker

4)      professional

5)      blue-collar worker

6)      apprenticeship

7)      operators

8)      automation

9)      laborers

10)   agribusinesses

11)   service industries

12)   equal opportunity employer

13)   motor skills

14)   perceptual skills

15)   interpersonal skills

16)   aptitude test

Bell work: What is the difference between a job and a career?

Mr. Moore

Friday, November 14

Homework: None.
In Class: Vocabulary Assessment 15. The future of you.
Bell work: What is your dream job/career? Explain why.

Mr. Moore

Thursday, November 13

Homework: Read 344-349. Composition Book due Fri. Nov. 14.  CEP due Fri. Nov. 14 (taxes).
In Class: Propaganda under the Nazi Party. Education, yours. Read and discuss 338-342.
Bell work: What is the purpose of school?

Mr. Moore

Wed. Nov. 12

Homework: Composition Book due Fri. Nov. 14. CEP (taxes) due Fri. Nov. 14.
In Class: Chapter 13 Review. What is family discussion.
Bell work: How did America becoming urban affect families?

Mr. Moore

Monday, November 10

Happy Birthday to the Corps

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Nov. 14. CEP (taxes) due Friday, Nov. 14. Read pages 328-331.
In Class: New Vocabulary. Veterans Day. Honor Flight.
Bell work: What does Veterans Day mean to you?

8^th Grade Vocabulary Week 15 Chapter 14

1)      university

2)      mainstreaming

3)      extracurricular activities

4)      experience

5)      conditioning

6)      habit

7)      motivation

8)      insight

9)      creativity

10)   critical thinking

11)   prejudice

Mr. Moore

Friday, November 7

Homework: Composition Book due Fri. Nov. 14. CEP due Fri. Nov. 14.
In Class: Vocabulary 14 Assessment. National debt. Election wrap.
Bell work: What is still happening with the Barber/McSally election?

Mr. Moore

Thursday, Nov. 6

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Nov. 14. CEP (taxes) due Friday, Nov. 14. Read pages 323-327..
In Class: Importance of family in citizenship.
Bell work: Does our federal government spend too much, not enough, or just right? Explain why.

Mr. Moore 

Wednesday, November 5

Homework: Composition Book due Fri. Nov. 14. CEP (taxes) due Fri. Nov. 14.
In Class: What is a trillion? Chapter 12 Review.
Bell work: How much does the national debt grow every day?

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, November 4

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Nov. 14. CEP (taxes) due Friday, Nov. 14. Study for Chapter 12 Review on Wed. OMGosh! That's tomorrow!!
In Class: Analysis of the candidates and voting. Checking the national debt.
Bell work: Why do we use a secret ballot to vote?

EARLY RESULTS OF 7th and 8th GRADE VOTING...............................

U.S. Representative District 2
Ron Barber-52
Martha McSally-98

Governor 
Fred Duval-43
Doug Ducey-101
Barry Hess-3
John Lewis-4


Mr. Moore

Monday, November 3

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Nov. 14. CEP (subject taxes) due Friday, Nov. 14.
In Class: Vocabulary Week 14. Being a good student. Tail/Tale of the tax (Discussion)
Bell work: What percent of your money would be fair to pay in taxes? Explain why.?

8^th Grade Vocabulary Week 14 Chapter 13

1)      blended families

2)      family law

3)      child abuse

4)      foster home

5)      guardian

6)      budget

7)      fixed expenses

8)      methods (page 318)

9)      influence (page 328)

10)   proposal (page 327)

Mr. Moore

Friday, October 31 Happy Halloween!

Homework: None.
In Class: Vocabulary Assessment Week 13. Thomas Jefferson.
Bell work: Which form of propaganda worked best in yesterday's video commercials?

Mr. Moore

Thursday, Oct. 30

Homework: Composition Book due Oct. 31 (BOO!!). CEP due Oct. 31 (BOO again) (subject U.S. politician). Read pages 305-309.
In Class: Presentation and analysis of campaign ads.
Bell work: What are the taxes on a gallon of gas?

8^th Grade Week 13 Vocabulary Chap. 12

1)      interest: Payment for the use of loaned money.

2)      revenue: Income.

3)      fee: Government charges for a service or license.

4)      fine: Money paid as a penalty for breaking certain laws.

5)      income tax: A tax on the amount of money individuals or companies earn.

6)      progressive tax: A tax that takes a larger percentage of income from high-income groups than from low-income groups.

7)      regressive tax: A tax that takes a larger percentage of income from low-income groups than from high-income groups.

8)      profit: The income a business has left after paying its expenses.

9)      property tax: A local or state tax collected on real property or personal property.

10)   balanced budget: A spending plan in which revenue equals spending.

11)   surplus: An amount by which income exceeds expenditures.

12)   deficit: The amount by which spending exceeds income.

13)   audit: An examination by an accountant of a government's, business's or person's income and spending.

Mr. Moore

Wednesday, Oct. 29

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, October 31. CEP due Friday, October 31. Read pages 299-304.
In Class: Quiet On The Set! Recording the campaign ads.
Bell work: What relationship does interest have on our national debt?

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, October 28

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Oct. 31. CEP (Subject: U.S. politician) due Friday, Oct. 31. Read pages 293-298.
In Class: Campaign Ad group work; developing a 30 commercial.
Bell work: Why are we bombarded with so many political ads?

Mr. Moore

Monday, Monday, October 27

Homework: CEP (Subject: the election) due Fri. Oct. 31. Composition book due Fri. Oct. 31.
In Class: Grades, New Vocabulary for Week 13. Campaign ad; Explain the propaganda used and why it was the best for your campaign. If not done in class, finish for homework; be prepared with the finished work for class on Tuesday.

8^th Grade Week 13 Vocabulary Chap. 12

1)      interest

2)      revenue

3)      fee

4)      fine

5)      income tax

6)      progressive tax

7)      regressive tax

8)      profit

9)      property tax

10)   balanced budget

11)   surplus

12)   deficit

13)   audit

Bell work: What is the difference between an interest group and a political party?



Mr. Moore

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Oct. 31. CEP (subject: U.S. politician).
In Class: Campaign ad work. Vocabulary assessment.
Bell work: What are the reasons you chose your candidate for your campaign?

Remember, a visual can help you remember the definition of something.
Dictionary of Stuff

e-vil: (Verb, Noun, or Adjective: (depending on his mood) mean, mean-spirited, awful, scary, Grinch-like.

Mr. Moore

Thursday, October 23

Homework: Composition book due Fri. Oct. 31. CEP due Fri. Oct. 31
In Class: Campaign ad work.
Bell work: What is the most important characteristic a president should have?

Mr. Moore

Wednesday, October 22

Homework: Composition Book due Fri. Oct. 31 (BOO!). CEP (subject U.S. politician) due Fri. Oct. 31. (BOO again)
In Class: Conclusion/Discussion: Mr. Smith. Campaign ad work.
Bell work: Does technology make it easier or harder to run for office? Explain why.

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, October 21

Homework: Composition book due Fri. Oct. 31. CEP (U.S. politician) due Fri. Oct. 31.
In Class: Mr. Smith filibusters. Presidential Campaign: Pick one of the following presidents and create a campaign poster for their election. Slogans.

Presidential Choices:

1)  George Washington

2) Thomas Jefferson

3) Abraham Lincoln

4) Teddy Roosevelt

5) Dwight Eisenhower

·      You will use at least three different forms of propaganda.

·      You must use both visual and written forms.

·      You must come up with a campaign slogan.

   Bell work: What is the purpose of a primary election?

Mr. Moore

Monday, October 20

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Oct. 31. CEP due Friday, Oct. 31 (U.S. politician). Bring colored pencils to class on Tuesday
In Class: Uses of propaganda. Campaign Ad (pick a candidate running for an AZ office to create a campaign commercial.)  Vocabulary week 12 words.
Bell work: What is the purpose of propaganda?

8^th Grade Vocabulary 12 Chapter 10-11

1. interest group
2. lobby
3. public interest group
4. political action committee
5. primary election
6. general election
7. closed primary
8. open primary
9. secret ballot

Mr. Moore

Friday, October 17

Homework: None.
In Class: Vocabulary Quiz.
Bell work: What happened when Senator Smith tried to expose Senator Paine?

Mr. Moore

Thursday, Oct. 16

My apologies for being so late with the blog update. I just finished my last conference.

Homework: Composition book due Fri. Oct. 17. CEP 11 due Fri. Oct. 17. Study for vocab. quiz.
In Class: Diverting blame: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Bell work: Why was there a problem with building a boys' camp on the Willet Creek?

Mr. Moore

Wed. Oct. 15

Homework: Composition Book due Fri. Oct. 17. Next CEP due Fri. Oct. 17 (subject: any U.S. politician) Read pages 282-287.
In Class: Graft. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 
Bell work: What did Mr. Smith do about the reporters calling him a "paper tiger"?

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, Oct. 14

Homework: Composition Book due Fri. Oct. 17. CEP 11 due Fri. Oct. 17. Read 278-281.
In Class: Congress and its operations. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Bell work: How is public opinion shaped?


Mr. Moore

Mon. Oct. 13

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Oct. 17. CEP due Friday, Oct. 17. Read pages 270-277.
In Class: Student Reflection on Conferences. New Vocabulary for Week 11.
Bell work: How did Mr. Smith become a Senator?

8^th Grade Vocabulary Week 11 Chapter 11

1)      public opinion

2)      mass media

3)      propaganda

4)      poll

5)      testimonial

6)      bandwagon

7)      name calling

8)      glittering generalities

9)      plain-folks appeal

10)   card stacking

Mr. Moore

Thursday, Oct. 2

Homework: Enjoy your Holiday! Next Composition Book Check Oct. 17. Next CEP will be assigned October 13.
In Class: How the Senate works. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Bell work: none.

Mr. Moore

Wednesday, October 1

Homework: Composition Book due Oct. 17. CEP due Oct. 17.
In Class: Chapter 10 Review questions.

Bell work: none.

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, September 30

Homework: Composition Book due Fri. Oct. 17. CEP due Fri. Oct. 17. Read pages 259-265.
In Class: Two party system with a third party spoiler. Campaign ads.
Bell work: No bell work this week.

Mr.Moore

Monday, Sept. 29

Homework: Composition book due Oct. 17. Next CEP due Oct. 17. (after break). Read pages 249-258. No vocabulary this week.
In Class: Bills or Laws? Decision day.
Bell work: no bell work this week.

Mr. Moore

Friday, September 26

Homework: none.
In Class: Vocabulary assessment. There Oughta be a Law continues.
Bell work: What happens to most bills that are introduced in Congress?

Mr. Moore

Thursday, Sept.25

Homework: Composition book due Friday (tomorrow) Sept. 26. CEP (Subject: a pending bill or recent law) due Friday, Sept. 26. Study for Vocabulary Quiz.
In Class: Finalization of bills.
Bell work: Who has more power, a senator, or a representative? Explain why.

8th Grade Vocabulary Definitions Week 8 Chapter 6

1)      presidential succession: The order in which the office of president is to be filled if it becomes vacant.

2)      foreign policy: A country’s plan for dealing with other countries of the world.

3)      diplomacy: The art of dealing with foreign governments.

4)      treaties: Written agreements between nations.

5)      reprieve: A postponement in the carrying out of a prison sentence.

6)      pardon: An official act by the president or by a governor forgiving a person convicted of a crime and freeing that person from serving out his or her sentence.

7)      commutation: The act of making a convicted person’s sentence less severe.

8)      secretary: An official who heads an executive department in the federal government.

9)      attorney general: The chief legal officer of the nation or of a state.

10)   ambassadors: The highest-ranking officials representing a government in a foreign country.

11)   embassy: The official residence of an ambassador in a foreign country.

12)   consul: An official who works to promote U.S. commercial interests in a foreign country.

13)   visas: Documents that allow people from one country to visit another country.

14)   bureaucracy: The many departments and agencies at all levels of government.

15)   neutral: To not favor one side over the other in a dispute.

16)   distinct: Recognizably different.

Mr. Moore

Wednesday, Sept. 24

Homework: Composition Book due Sept. 26 (Fri.). CEP ( subject; a pending bill or recently passed law ) due Sept. 26 Fri.
In Class:  Full House and Senate bill debate.
Bell work: What percentage does a bill need to pass each house?

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, September 23

Homework: Composition Book due Sept. 26. CEP (Subject a bill pending or recent law passed).
In Class: There Oughta Be A Law! House and Senate work.
Bell work: Why are bills worked out in committees?

Mr. Moore

Monday, September 22

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Sept. 26. CEP due Friday, Sept. 26.
In Class: Vocabulary Words Week 8. A bill moves through committee.
Bell work: What can Congress do when the president vetoes a bill?

8^th Grade Vocabulary Week 8 Chapter 6

1)      presidential succession

2)      foreign policy

3)      diplomacy

4)      treaties

5)      reprieve

6)      pardon

7)      commutation

8)      secretary

9)      attorney general

10)   ambassadors

11)   embassy

12)   consul

13)   visas

14)   bureaucracy

15)   neutral
16)   distinct

Mr. Moore

Friday, September 19 (Everything is Awesome!)

Homework: Composition book due Friday Sept. 26. CEP (on a pending bill or recent law) due Friday Sept. 26.
In Class: Vocabulary quiz. Committee work on bills.
Bell work: Why do bills go through a committee after being introduced?

Mr. Moore

Thursday, September 18

Homework: Composition book due Friday, September 26, CEP (on a current bill or recently passed law) due Friday, September 26. Study for Vocabulary Quiz.
In Class: Conclusion discussion of J.S. v. Blue Mountain. Mock Congress (There oughta be a law!!)
Write a bill that you will present to your committee.
Bell work: How does a bill become a law? "I'm just a bill"

From yesterday's class
Reprinted with permission of the author

•  By Adriane Hofmeyr (Parsons) Special to the Arizona Daily Star

1

Today we celebrate Constitution Day.

There are many things to celebrate about the birth of constitutional government in the United States on Sept. 17, 1787, not least the idea that, for the first time, a people could govern themselves free of a tyrannical sovereign.

However, for me, a former South African lawyer and now American lawyer and citizen, it has come to mean so much more.

This much-revered, though imperfect document was more than just a new form of government; it was also — through the creation of a Supreme Court and the Bill of Rights — an exciting and unprecedented check on government power. Winston Churchill said it best: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” And what makes it “least worst” is the power of a Bill of Rights, and the willingness and ability of a people to use it as a shield against its own government.

I was born and raised in South Africa in the “bad old days” — under a government that managed to disenfranchise 90 percent of the population. Government was, in the truest sense, arbitrary. Without a Bill of Rights, the law was no help. I trained and practiced as a lawyer in that system, and the frustration and outrage were constant and palpable.

In that context, “restraining government power” was not just a nice theory; it was a necessity to preserve life, in some cases literally. And, as some might recall, that’s just what South Africa got.

After a century of darkness, we received light — in the form of a constitutional democracy that included one of the world’s most progressive Bills of Rights. This was an extraordinary change. I was working for a government body at the time — the Cape Town City Council — and suddenly 13,000 government workers had to adjust overnight from arbitrary government to rational, justifiable government.

Almost every law was re-written, a Constitutional Court was created, and suddenly there was no such thing as an inviolable sovereign. I remember training law enforcement officers on that fancy American concept known as “Miranda rights.”

In the midst of all this the United States beckoned.

I now practice law here, under this old, established, venerable system of constitutional democracy. And despite years of watching Hollywood movies, everything here surprised me. Partly, it was the high volume of debate on almost every subject under the sun. Partly, it was the love of commerce. Partly, it was the surprising level of trust in government (although it has deteriorated in the last ten years).

But mostly, thanks to the Constitution and Bill of Rights, it was the depth and breadth of the legal arsenal for challenging government power in America. And it’s a treat — the legal system is sophisticated; there are literally centuries of legal precedent (from 1791, when the Bill of Rights was ratified and the Supreme Court opened its doors for business); and there is money and a willingness to litigate.

For all its admirable qualities of openness and fairness, this is still a government that periodically behaves badly, and would behave badly more often if it weren’t for one thing, one brilliant invention by this very country: the world’s original Constitution and Bill of Rights which ushered in constitutional democracy.

As Thomas Jefferson pointed out, the “tempestuous sea of liberty” may not make for a quiet society. But, like old age, it’s certainly better than the alternative.

This is only possible thanks to the Constitution. Long may it live!

Adriane Hofmeyr (Parsons) is a partner with the law firm of Munger Chadwick in Tucson. Contact her at ajhofmeyr@mungerchadwick.com

Huzzah!
Mr. Moore

Wednesday, September 17 CONSTITUTION DAY!!

HUZZAH! For Constitution Day!
Homework: Composition Book due Sept. 19. CEP (U.S. Supreme Court).
In Class: Constitution discussion. Editorial from AZ Star. Your rights.
Bell work: How is the number of Representatives determined for each state in Congress?

 Mr. Moore

Tuesday, September 16

Homework: Composition book due Friday, September 26. CEP Week 7 due Friday, September 26 (Subject is a bill being considered or law just passed)
In Class: CEP share and discussion.
Bell work: How is the number of Senators determined for each state?

Mr.  Moore

Monday, Monday! September 15

Homework: Composition book due Friday September 26. CEP due Friday September 26. Read Pages 133-139.
In Class: New Vocabulary Week 7. How a bill becomes law. "I'm just a Bill"
Bell work: How have voting rights been expanded through constitutional amendments?

8^th Grade Vocabulary Week 7 Chapter 5

1)      bicameral legislature

2)      apportioned

3)      gerrymandering

4)      immunity

5)      expulsion

6)      censure

7)      sessions

8)      caucuses

9)      president pro tempore

10)   whip

11)   Speaker of the House

12)   implied powers

13)   elastic clause

14)   act

15)   filibuster

16)   cloture
17)   veto

Mr. Moore

Friday, September 12

Homework: None.
In Class: Vocabulary Review and Quiz Week 6. Three branches of government.
Bell work: What makes the first responders on 9/11 heroes?

Mr. Moore

Thursday, September 11

Homework: Composition book due Friday, September 12. CEP (U.S. Supreme Court) due Friday, September 12.
In Class: Chapter 4 Section 3 Review question handout. 9-11.
Bell work: What happened on this day 13 years ago?

Mr. Moore

Wednesday, September 10

Homework: Composition book due Friday, September 12. CEP (U.S. Supreme Court) due Friday, September 12. Read pages 124-127.
In Class: Chapter 4 Section 2 Review Questions. Voting Rights; Alabama and Louisiana Voting Literacy Tests.
Bell work: What are four responsibilities citizens have to our country?

Mr. Moore

Tuesday, September 9

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, September 5. CEP (U.S. Supreme Court) due Friday, September 5. Read pages 118-123.
In Class:  Civil Rights and the long road to voting; discussion.
Bell work: Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

Mr. Moore

Monday, Monday September 8

Homework: Composition Book due Fri. Sept. 12. CEP (subject U.S. Supreme Court) due Fri. Sept. 12.
Read pages 107-116.
In Class: New Vocabulary Week 6 Words. Freedom of the press discussion.
Bell work: Why is the process for amending the Constitution so complicated?

8^th Grade Vocabulary Week 6 Chapter 4

1)       libel

2)       self-incrimination

3)       due process of law

4)       eminent domain

5)       bail

6)       civil rights

7)       suffrage

8)       principles (page 119)

9)       poll tax

10)    draft

11)    rationed

12)    jury duty

13)    community
14)   tabloid

Mr. Moore

FRIDAY!! September 5

Homework: Composition Book due Friday, Sept. 12. CEP (on Supreme Court) due Friday, Sept. 12.
In Class: Vocabulary Quiz Week 5. Structure of federal government.
Bell work: What traits do good students have?

Mr. Moore

Thursday, September 4

Homework: Composition book due Friday, Sept. 12. CEP due Friday, Sept. 12. Study for the Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow.
In Class: Cheesy Review for Vocabulary. Separation of Powers. Read 99-103. Answer review question Handout.
Bell work: What are the branches of federal government and what are their primary responsibilities?

8^th Grade Vocabulary Definitions Week 5

1)      popular sovereignty-Government by the consent of the governed.

2)      Preamble-The beginning of the U.S. Constitution, which describes its purpose.

3)      limited government-A system in which government powers are carefully spelled out to prevent government from becoming too powerful.

4)      majority rule-A system in which the decision of more than half the people is accepted by all.

5)      delegated powers-Powers given to the federal government by the Constitution.

6)      reserved powers-Powers set aside by the U.S. Constitution for the states or for the people.

7)      concurrent powers-Powers shared by the federal government and the states.

8)      separation of powers-The distribution of political power among the branches of government, giving each branch a particular set of responsibilities.

9)      legislative branch-The lawmaking branch of government.

10)   executive branch-The branch of government that carries out the laws.

11)   judicial branch-The branch of government that interprets the laws and punishes lawbreakers.

12)   checks and balances-A system in which the powers of government are balanced among different branches so that each can check, or limit the power of the other branches.

13)   judicial review-The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to determine if a law passed by Congress or a presidential action is in accord with the Constitution.

Mr. Moore