- Present and review the five principles of the American Political Culture:
.Liberty
.Equality
.Democracy
.Civic Duty
.Individual Responsibility
- Provide origins and examples of each
- Provide varied interpretations of each as a source of political debate.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Great lesson. Joe was very insightful about the varying interpretations of each of the principles. We also spent a few minutes discussing his new job.
I went over figures of speech and poetic devices that poet's use to create images. We created examples of alliteration, onomatopoeia, similie, metaphor and hyperbole. Then we went over a Katy Perry song, "Firecracker" and found examples. We read about and discussed Robert Frost's life.
This is a repeat of the lesson on Friday.
-Review all elements of the Constitution
-review all features of Federal system
.compare to unitary and confederal systems
- Administer exam on material
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Good lesson. We reviewed all portions of the lesson from Friday's outline. Joe scored an A on the exam.
Summary for the two sessions:- Review federal system,untiary system, confederal system.
. highlight power sharing
. highlight Constitution
- Administer assessment
- 2012 Presidential Election
.The Electoral College
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
105
Minutes Student Attended
105
Lesson Comments
Interesting lesson. We began review but became sidetracked when Joe indicated there was a job prospect for him. We spent the ramaining time working on interviewing,researching the company and making an interview appointment. Joe reported that he was interviewed and is completing an application.
Joey is having some difficulty remembering the location of his skate spots. This is making the whole process take more time. We finished our time together today. I told him to use the MacPro and finish the app on his own time. After he finishes it, I will help him submit the app for review to Apple.
We continued to work on the outline that Joey was writing in response to the prompt "No pain, no gain." His topic was stopping smoking. We went over an outline for "Do you agree with the idea that the strong do what they wish?" We next read a persuasive op-ed article about better ways to teach math to US students to which he could relate.
We reviewed strategies that Joey should use as he reads non-fiction material in order to understand the information. Then we read several articles. We also went over new words in a vocabulary lesson and Joey practiced using them.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Joey saw the value of the strategies and should be able to use them automatically.
- Review info. collected from Jupiter and Juno Beach Town Halls
- Present US Census info>
.# of local municipalities in US / in Florida
.Money expenditures for each to identify services provided.
.Revenue sources for each
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Great class. Joe was interested and effective in discussions and questions raised.
Good progress. Joey is doing very well on his app. As we are nearing the end of our time together he will need to continue working on his own to finish the app.
