Today we discussed Current Events, the Patriot Act, and various political situations in the news. We also investigated political parties and some of minor and third parties that have been in place. We watched a third party debate on C-SPAN briefly, then strategized how to create our own political party.

Today we discussed Current Events, we further reviewed the Constitution, and we made flash cards for the Bill of Rights for Studying purposes.

Today we reviewed the Constitution and discussed presidential ads, local government and different current issues.

We began our lesson with a review of Current Events and economics. We used the Economist as our source. Next we continued a close read of the Constitution of the United States. We managed to complete the Constitution. We reviewed the structure of the Federal Government.

We continued to work through a comprehensive timeline, discussing and synthesizing events. Next we discussed the format of the exam and some strategies for working through it.

We began reviewing for the exam. We reviewed the period from 1490 through 1890. We used a guided timeline and the review book for sources. I gave my book to Keaton to look over for the next two days.

Farming / Ranching in the West

Native Americans / Cattle Kingdoms / Farming in the West

The causes of the U.S. Civil War were introduced along with the opening of the actual conflict.

An introduction / overview of the Missouri Compromise / Compromise of 1850 / Fugitive Slave Law / Popular Sovereignty and Bleeding Kansas