The White House, in Washington, D.C., which is typically seen as a symbol of the leadership of the United States government, because the President lives there. Photo taken in 2010.
Dear class,
I enjoyed seeing the skits today about the various forms of government around the world that we are studying! Hopefully, combined with the reading and notes, you now have a good idea about how each system works. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 17: I can explain how and why world societies organize themselves and how power is established and maintained.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Soundtrack: "Princess of China" by Coldplay and Rihanna. Selected for today because a princess is part of a monarchy, which is a form of government that we are discussing. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/17/17:
Wildcat News Brief – Emina
Rehearse
Perform Skits
Shibboleth
Homework: Read the blog. Study for forms of government test after Thanksgiving break (Wednesday for your class). Next news brief: Josiah.
News Brief: Emina had the news brief today, but was not in class, so I filled in and selected this article to talk about with the class: HuffingtonPost.com - Polish Woman Says She Was Dragged Out Of Church After Unfurling Anti-Racism Banner. We found Poland in the world map packet and noted that we did a news article on the country as we discussed what happened here, before moving on to talk about the upcoming weekend.
Josiah was selected to do the next news brief.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Finally, we ended the section by watching Westview Wildcat News. If you missed class or wanted to see it again, here it is:
Rehearse/Perform Skits: As I mentioned above, I really enjoyed the skits about representing different forms of government, even if they were very brief. The groups did a good job of thinking of how to present each of the main ideas! Here was the packet that this was based on (a few of the types were not on the PowerPoint, like Oligarchy and Anarchy, so make sure to review them and what some of the benefits and drawbacks of each system are):
Just look at the readings from A-G, because you do not need to know the economic structures that are later in the packet. In class, we went over the form of government, along with possible benefits and drawbacks.
Shibboleth: To end class, we watched an episode of the TV series "The West Wing" on Netflix, which had to do with Thanksgiving, illegal immigration, school prayer, direct democracy, and representative democracy. There were no notes or any other requirement - it was just a relaxing way to end the class and go out to Thanksgiving Break. Here's the funniest scene of the episode, in my opinion:
I remain quite thankful for all of you! Have a wonderful break - see you next week, when we will wrap up studying the forms of Government (Monday) and take the quiz (Wednesday).
Shibboleth: To end class, we watched an episode of the TV series "The West Wing" on Netflix, which had to do with Thanksgiving, illegal immigration, school prayer, direct democracy, and representative democracy. There were no notes or any other requirement - it was just a relaxing way to end the class and go out to Thanksgiving Break. Here's the funniest scene of the episode, in my opinion:
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