We continued working on the Amendments assignment and focused on the Bill of Rights.

Today, we talked about how the Constitution established the separation of powers. We discussed the checks and balances as well as the succession plan for the executive branch.

Continue to read the lessons and complete the Ch. 3 review.

We learned more about the Constitution and also compared and contrasted state and local powers. Andrew completed an in-class assignment over the structure of the Constitution.

We continued to look at the structure of the Constitution and talked about the separation of powers.

Andrew selected an amendment from the Constitution - the 4th amendment (unreasonable searches and seizures) and the 8th amendment (excessive bail shall not be required). Andrew was tasked with writing a 1-2 page explanation of how it came to be and what the US might be like without it. Andrew was also tasked to include any major court cases related. Submit via Microsoft Teams when completed.

Andrew left school sick and I sent him a lesson on Teams to complete by the end of the week.

We reviewed the Constitution and amendments. Andrew continued working on his in-class assignment and we talked about the significance of the amendments and how they are applied over time.

We reviewed Ch. 1 and began looking at Ch. 2. We discussed how our freedoms have stemmed from historical events.

We continued working on the first assignment which compares and contracts aspects of the Constitution and we will be analyzing how they work together to maintain balance of power.