You may complete any of the following assignments for Extra Credit: Please be sure that all your required work is complete BEFORE attempting these assignments. Any of the following EXTRA reading guides or assignments may also be completed
Unit 1 Political Parties and Elections
RG 10.1 Who Can Vote
RG 10.2 Election Campaigns
RG 10.3 Paying for Elections
Analyze a Political Cartoon of your choosing using the analysis questions on p. 16 of your manual. turn in Cartoon and Analysis
Virtual or Paper bumper sticker using 2 forms of propaganda - click here for details
Unit 2 Foundations of US Governments
RG 2.2- The English Colonies
RG 2.3- Colonial Society (regions)
RG 3.1- Nation's First Government
Unit 3 Constitution
1. Memorize the Preamble of the Constitution and recite it to Mrs. Lloyd - if you are NOT in Honors!
2. Complete any reading guide not turned in for credit
3. Analyze Federalist 10 and 51 - question on p. 83-84 if you are NOT in honors Click here
4. Complete the Tinker v. Des Moines assignment Click here - Not FAll 2015
5. Technology and the Constitution - read article and answer questions -
UNIT 4 3 Branches of Gov't -
All reading guide NOT turned in - all of them!
Watch a video on a federal law being made and answer these questions
Unit 5 Law and Order -
Death Penalty analysis p. 169 - using data in manual
Gideon V Wainwright ( if we don't watch in class) - questions in manual p. 158 Click here for video 22:25 minutes into video
Watch video - Miranda v. Arizona and answer questions click here
Watch video - Korematsu v. US and answer questions click here
Watch an episode of "Law and Order" and analyze it using this viewing guide.
Unit 6 Introduction to Economics
Email me a digital copy/version of a Circular Flow for a Market Economy that you created.
Watch Chickenomics and explain how the San Diego chicken uses the characteristics of a Free Market Economy to become successful? (Give an example of each: Private Ownership of Resources, Self-Interest Motive, Consumer Sovereignty, Market, Competition
Unit 7 Supply/Demand, Banking, Economies
Unit 8 Personal Finance
Watch The Line about living under the poverty line. Write 2 good paragraphs about what you learned about living under the poverty line through the stories in the video, and what you think might be some ways to address poverty in America.
ESPN's BROKE - watch video and answer questions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va2qj4Zv4QM
Unit 9 GLOBAL Economics
Watch The Coffee Addiction and complete the viewing guide.
Unit 1 Political Parties and Elections
RG 10.1 Who Can Vote
RG 10.2 Election Campaigns
RG 10.3 Paying for Elections
Analyze a Political Cartoon of your choosing using the analysis questions on p. 16 of your manual. turn in Cartoon and Analysis
Virtual or Paper bumper sticker using 2 forms of propaganda - click here for details
Unit 2 Foundations of US Governments
RG 2.2- The English Colonies
RG 2.3- Colonial Society (regions)
RG 3.1- Nation's First Government
Unit 3 Constitution
1. Memorize the Preamble of the Constitution and recite it to Mrs. Lloyd - if you are NOT in Honors!
2. Complete any reading guide not turned in for credit
3. Analyze Federalist 10 and 51 - question on p. 83-84 if you are NOT in honors Click here
4. Complete the Tinker v. Des Moines assignment Click here - Not FAll 2015
5. Technology and the Constitution - read article and answer questions -
UNIT 4 3 Branches of Gov't -
All reading guide NOT turned in - all of them!
Watch a video on a federal law being made and answer these questions
Unit 5 Law and Order -
Death Penalty analysis p. 169 - using data in manual
Gideon V Wainwright ( if we don't watch in class) - questions in manual p. 158 Click here for video 22:25 minutes into video
Watch video - Miranda v. Arizona and answer questions click here
Watch video - Korematsu v. US and answer questions click here
Watch an episode of "Law and Order" and analyze it using this viewing guide.
Unit 6 Introduction to Economics
Email me a digital copy/version of a Circular Flow for a Market Economy that you created.
Watch Chickenomics and explain how the San Diego chicken uses the characteristics of a Free Market Economy to become successful? (Give an example of each: Private Ownership of Resources, Self-Interest Motive, Consumer Sovereignty, Market, Competition
Unit 7 Supply/Demand, Banking, Economies
- Email me a digital copy/version of a Circular Flow for a Mixed Economy that you created.
- All reading guides NOT assigned in class
- Federal Reserve video and questions click here
- Complete the Apple Stock Market Activity.
- Demonstrate your marketing skills by creating a cool logo for my class and email me a digital copy.
- If we don't get to it in class, watch Leave it to Beaver- "Water, Anyone?" episode (available on Netflix). Answer- 1. Why are Wally and Beaver trying to earn money? 2. Is this for a want or a need? 3. What kind of market does Beaver create? 4. How is he able to use this to his advantage? 5. What are Beaver's factors of production? 6. In what ways are Beaver (and Wally and his friends at the end of the episode) smart entrepreneurs?
Unit 8 Personal Finance
Watch The Line about living under the poverty line. Write 2 good paragraphs about what you learned about living under the poverty line through the stories in the video, and what you think might be some ways to address poverty in America.
ESPN's BROKE - watch video and answer questions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va2qj4Zv4QM
Unit 9 GLOBAL Economics
Watch The Coffee Addiction and complete the viewing guide.