-Amendments 4,5,8,& 14
.Two people are executed last night
.review the cases
.apply each of the 4 amendments above to the cases.
.Were the civil liberties of the executed violated?
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Good lesson. Joe effectively applied the concepts of the amendments to the cases.
-Review each of the 7 articles
.read content of each
.complete worksheet with summary notes
-Review all of teh 27 amendments
.read content of each
.complete worksheet with summary notes
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Great lesson. Joey recalled several of teh 1st 10 amendments from earlier lessons. We will complete the worksheet Thursday.
2nd session: Presidential campaign and nomination process
Lesson Outline
- Outline of the nomination process for President:
.Party nomination
.Primary elections and calendar
.National party conventions and final nomination
- Current Republican candidates.
.Front-runner and why?
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Great lesson. Joe is very interested in politics and well-informed about the current candidates. He did a terrific job in taking positions about some of the major issues of the campaign.
Electoral College process/Civil Liberties review/exam
Lesson Outline
- Review the Electoral College process of electing a President
.number of votes available
.popular vote and electors
.Is this a direct election of the President?
- Summary review of Civil Liberties (chap.5)
.Test
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Good lesson. We completed the Electoral College segment but then spent half of the class time researching PBSC admission procedures and course offerings. I have urged Joe to apply now and participate in the admissions workshop for course selections.
