Joey Garbose

Session Summary

Session Date

Thu, 10/13/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Presidential Office/Current Events

Lesson Outline

-Review :
.Powers
.Structure of the Office
.Changing role and power of the President
-2nd 1/2:
Review,select,read, and discuss articles from "The Week"

Assignment

none

Session Minutes

105

Minutes Student Attended

105

Lesson Comments

Good lesson. Joe participated effectively in all parts of the lesson. He especially enjoys the current events reviews.

Session Summary

Session Date

Wed, 10/12/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Office of the President (cont.)

Lesson Outline

-REview Constitutional powers of the Office of the President.
.from text
.from notes
-Introduce Cabinet,Executive Offices
.purpose
.legal basis
-Last part of class:
.review Presidential election: candidates and process.

Assignment

none

Session Minutes

Minutes Student Attended

Lesson Comments

Godd lesson. Joe is very interested and involved in this lesson content. He has a fairly strong background in the current election process.

Session Summary

Session Date

Mon, 10/10/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Presidential Elections

Lesson Outline

-Qualifications for candidates
.age
.citizenship
.What about education/experience?
-Process
.party nominations
.primary elections
.national conventions
.November election

Assignment

Watch the Republican Party debate from NH

Session Minutes

Minutes Student Attended

Lesson Comments

Great lesson. Joe had sone his homework. In addition to presentation, we reviewed each of the eight possible candidates of the Republican party.

Session Summary

Session Date

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Review exam/Presidential elections

Lesson Outline

Two sessions:
1st: Review and correct chap.6 test
2nd: Review Article II of the Constitution:
.Presidential qualifications
.Presidential elections

Assignment

Identify the Republican candidates for Presidential Nom.

Session Minutes

105

Minutes Student Attended

Lesson Comments

Great lesson. Joe scored 80 points and with a brief review,added 12 more. The exam was fairly difficult and he performed very well.

Session Summary

Session Date

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Civil Rights test

Lesson Outline

-Administer exam.
.correct and review each item

Assignment

none

Session Minutes

Minutes Student Attended

Lesson Comments

Good lesson. Joe did an excellent job with the exam. Since he used all of the period to complete the text, we will correct and review tomorrow.

Session Summary

Session Date

Mon, 10/03/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Civil Rights-Summary

Lesson Outline

-Change process:
.Supreme Court Decisions
.congressional laws
.implementation
-Significant court cases
.Plessey
.Brown
-Segregation and desegregation

Assignment

none

Session Minutes

Minutes Student Attended

Lesson Comments

Great lesson. Joe clearly understands the events and concepts.
He was a little surprised about how recent the changes have occurred.

Session Summary

Session Date

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Constitution test/Current Events

Lesson Outline

-1st 1/2 of session:
.Brief review
.Test
.Correct and review test
-2nd 1/2 of session
.Review,select,read articles from the "Week"

Assignment

none

Session Minutes

105

Minutes Student Attended

105

Lesson Comments

Good lesson. Joe did extremely well on the test (100).
As always, he is very interested and well-informed about current events.

Session Summary

Session Date

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Civil Liberties test

Lesson Outline

-Brief review: Civil liberties and Constitution
-Administer test
-review and correct

Assignment

none.

Session Minutes

Minutes Student Attended

Lesson Comments

-Good lesson. Main objectives not completed. We spent nearly all of the period developing a plan for Joe to continue his education. He set some goals: PBSC for some exploratory courses;continue working;possibly a fuller college/training schedule in the Fall.

Session Summary

Session Date

Thu, 09/22/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Current events

Lesson Outline

-Review,read, and discuss articles from "The Week"

Assignment

none

Session Minutes

Minutes Student Attended

Lesson Comments

Great lesson. Joe really enjoys this lesson and,as usual,brings a very strong background of knowledge about current news events to the discussion.

Session Summary

Session Date

Thu, 09/22/2011 - 20:00

Lesson Topic

Constitution: Structure and Content-cont.

Lesson Outline

-complete the review of the remaining amendments.

Assignment

none

Session Minutes

Minutes Student Attended

Lesson Comments

-Great lesson. All of the remaining amendments successfully reviewed. Exam on civil liberties next week.

Joey Garbose