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