Humanities 12th (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructor
- Madison Howard/Kramer
- Terms
- Fall 2018
- Spring 2019
- Department
- Humanities
- Description
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The 12th Grade Humanities class is designed to cover the Language Arts standards in the content of government and economics. While studying government and economics, students will learn about the foundations of American democracy and the structure of the federal, state, and local governments. Students also learn the significant decisions that have been made by our federal courts and how those decisions affect Americans today. They continue to learn about the role of political parties in American government and the structure of the American legal system. The focus of the course shifts toward understanding key concepts in the U.S. economic system. Students learn why economic decisions are made, as well as how economic decisions are made. The end result is students will complete the course with the full knowledge of the inner workings of the American government and economic system, leading them to become productive American citizens with the education to make effective decisions concerning their own future.
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If you do not have a copy already, please print a copy of the Citation Guide attached and bring it to class tomorrow. I will have additions to the Citation Guide printed for you!
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Your proposal and Preliminary Research Packet is due on Friday! Please view below the sample proposal I have made for you.
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This is the Story of Inflation PDF! You must use this to answer the Story of Inflation questions.
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On Wednesday, your group will be presenting an economic idea to the class with a poster. If you were absent, your assignment to make up points will be to take notes on the short presentations on Wednesday.
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Here are the Specialization and Voluntary Exchange Notes!
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Here are the Introduction to Economics notes! Remember that we ended on the "What Came First?" slide.
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Here is the transcription of the Constitution:
I would like you to pick an article and a section and rewrite it in your own words, not using the notes we took on Friday. Thank you!
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We had a visitor, Ryan Marlin, from ASU's IAP program! If you have more questions, feel free to come talk to me or email me!
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On Wednesday, we went through my citation guide together, which I am uploading with this post! There are a couple notes on how to cite pictures as well.
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Friday, we went over the MLA format and the perfect formatting for papers. The homework is on the note slides.
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Today, we again worked on our reading assignment. Also updated were the due dates of the final project. I also handed out rubrics, which are also posted below.
The homework for Friday is to read another chapter of your book and take notes that will help you in your presentation.
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On Monday, we worked on our reading assignment and making sure everyone is getting caught up. Here are some important due dates:
DECEMBER 7th- Reading is Completed
DECEMBER 10th- Presentations Begin
DECEMBER 12- Presentations Continue and End
DECEMBER 14th- Review for Final Exam
The homework for Wednesday is to complete two chapters of your book and answer the following questions:
1. What did these two chapters cover?
2. Is this book portraying your leader in a positive or negative light?
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Here are the notes on the Magna Carta and the homework assignment for tonight!
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Here are the notes and the homework assignment (questions on chapters) is on here.
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Here are the notes from Wednesday, on Theocracy. The assignment comparing and contrasting Theocracy and Dictatorship is not due until 11/14/18. Sorry about the confusion! Have a great long weekend.
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I for some reason could not find the original video we watched on YouTube now, but here is a Profile in Courage award ceremony of Gabby Giffords. Please remember that you must take notes and I will be checking them on Friday!
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The proof that you have done the Civics Test is due on this date! Here is the link for the test:
Print out your proof and bring it in to me! Make sure to put your name on it.
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Please turn in the first 2-3 paragraphs of your Rhetorical Analysis!
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Hi, Everyone!
Here are the notes from today for you to review or copy if you were absent. To those of you that are reading this, if you turn in your Civics Test results on Wednesday, I will still give you one point of extra credit!
Remember that the first 2-3 paragraphs of your Rhetorical Analysis are due on Wednesday. If you do not understand how to structure this, please come see me or ask one of your classmates for the outline I did in class. Thank you!
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Here are the notes from today! This slideshow also contains the link for the Civics Test.
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Here are the notes from Friday on Logical Fallacies! Thank you for a great class.
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Here are the notes on bias from Wednesday! Thank you for an engaging class.
Please remember that you have to bring in two articles about the same story but different sources and bias on Friday.
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Today, we worked on test review and missing work for this class. Here is the test review!
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Please bring in information about a member of a Presidential Cabinet that intrigues you.
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Here is the first set of Executive Branch notes! Please remember to bring in info about a Cabinet member on Wednesday!
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Here are the Personal Statement questions! Please have them all answered on separate paper and ready to turn in by Wednesday. They can be typed or handwritten.
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Bring in a Supreme Court case with notes and annotations! Be ready to talk about them in your table groups. I'm going to suggest a website that has some fantastic cases:
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Write me one page about the "State" experience. What surprised you? What was maybe not so surprising? What would you have done different?
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Here are the notes from Wednesday, to those of you who were asking for them! Thank you for a great class.