Sunday, February 28, 2021
Week Nine - 3/1 - 3/5
Cohort A
| This Week | |
|---|---|
| M | Court Cases Rnd. 1 |
| T | Lower and Federal Courts |
| W | Unit Six Vocabulary Quiz; Partner Project - Mortgage |
| T | Court Cases Rnd. 1 Review |
| F | Federal Branches Test (Units 4-6) |
Greetings! We testing the Federal Branches on FRIDAY of this week whether in Cohort A or Cohort B. Please make sure you look over the study guide before the test day so that you are prepared. This is the last test of this nine weeks. You will have a quiz on the Court Cases next week on Monday so it is important not only for your Federal Branches Test to know them, but also because you have a quiz on Monday for them too.
Partner Project This week on Wednesday after your Vocabulary Quiz, you and your partner need to set aside time to look at houses on realtor.com or zillow.com (or any other tool you'd like). There is a worksheet to complete. This will allow you to know how much money you need to come out of your wages for the house each month to cover your mortgage, property taxes, and home owners insurance. If you set aside money each money towards your property taxes they won't catch your finances off guard at the end of the year when they become due.
End of the Grading Period is March 16th! We have this week, one day next week (that is remote) and that's the end of the grading period. The week of March 15th will be going on the new nine weeks because things will be synced to the gradebook at the end of the week. So next week's remote work is the last assignment for this nine weeks. Please make sure you complete your work on Monday - it's a remote learning day.
Questions? E-mail me at kemiller@gaston.k12.nc.us Thank you for your time!
Cohort B
| This Week | |
|---|---|
| M | Court Cases Rnd. 1 |
| T | Lower and Federal Courts |
| W | Unit Six Vocabulary Quiz; Mortgages |
| R | Court Cases Rnd. 1 Review |
| F | Federal Branches Test (Units 4-6) |
Friday, February 19, 2021
Week Eight - 2/22 - 2/26
Civics and Economics - Spring Semester (2/22/21)
Cohort A
| This Week | |
|---|---|
| M | Case Method Institute Discussion |
| T | Case Method Institute/Historical Presidencies |
| W | Unit Five Vocabulary Quiz; Unit Six Definitions |
| T | Income and Employment - Everfi; Guess the Flipgrids |
| F | Supreme and Federal Courts |
Greetings! We starting the last unit of the Federal Branches Test. If you haven't looked at the study guide, by the end of this week you should be able to answer ALL Legislative and Executive questions. We are starting the Judicial branch this coming week and then we will be wrapping it up and testing it.
Partner Project We are doing income and employment in Everifi this week. Next week we will start looking at houses and calculating property taxes. You and your partner should start talking about things you'd like to see in a house (# of rooms, # of bathrooms, etc.).
Case Method If you didn't do your annotations this previous week, then you will want to make sure they are ready for the discussion in class. You will be scored on the quantity and quality with which you speak and answer questions about the Australian Ballot Court Case. This will also count as a quiz grade (which makes it the equivalent of 100% because the annotations were out of 50 and the discussion will be graded out of 50.
Questions? E-mail me at kemiller@gaston.k12.nc.us Thank you for your time!
Cohort B
| This Week | |
|---|---|
| M | Everfi - Module Two - Income and Employment; Guess the Flipgrids |
| T | Supreme and Federal Courts |
| W | Unit Five Vocabulary Quiz; Unit Six Definitions |
| R | Case Method Discussion |
| F | Case Method Discussion/Historical Presidencies |
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Week Seven - 2/15-2/19
Civics and Economics - Spring Semester (2/15/21)
Cohort A
| This Week | |
|---|---|
| M | Executive and Roles |
| T | Office and Departments |
| W | Unit Four Vocabulary Quiz; Unit Five Definitions |
| T | Agencies and Bureaucracies |
| F | An Australian Ballot? Annotations |
Greetings! We are moving into the second Unit of our Federal Branches Test. The study guide has been shared with you this week because it is a large test, but due to checks and balances makes each department relevant to the other departments. If you haven't been completing your study guides, you might want to start doing that.
Partner ProjectWe will be resuming the partner project next week. This past week you found your Income Tax amounts for your careers and thus now know your net income. If there's an issue with your numbers you will receive feedback and need to change it
Check Ins Remember check ins are set so that you can take them twice. If you are scoring a 1-2 on your check ins, then you should be redoing them after looking over your notes. If check ins are completed AFTER the deadline, you should e-mail me to let me know because I am otherwise not going back to look at it because I've already input grades. The same applies to Quizlet and Discussion Boards.
Questions? E-mail me at kemiller@gaston.k12.nc.us Thank you for your time!
Cohort B
| This Week | |
|---|---|
| M | An Australian Ballot? Annotations |
| T | Agencies and Bureaucracies |
| W | Unit Four Vocabulary Quiz; Unit Five Definitions |
| R | Executive and Roles |
| F | Offices and Departments |
Sunday, February 7, 2021
Week Six 2/8/21-2/12/21
Civics and Economics - Spring Semester (2/8/21)
Cohort A
| This Week | |
|---|---|
| M | Unit Three Test/Unit Four Definitions |
| T | Powers of Congress; Federalism Chart |
| W | Unit Three Vocabulary Quiz; Taxes |
| T | Works and Bills |
| F | How a Bill Becomes a Law |
Greetings! This week is a hodge podge week. We are testing Unit Three - Test and Vocabulary Quiz, but we are continuing Unit Four, which you started last week with your Sketchnote. We will be finishing Unit Four this week. Next week, you will have your Unit Four Vocabulary Quiz and will be working on items for Unit Five
Federal Branches TestWe will not be testing Unit Four, Five, and Six as separate Units. We will be testing them as the Federal Branches Test, as the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial are all interrelated due to Checks and Balances.
Test Retakes If you have a test you need to retake, you have a short window of opportunity to complete them - you can come for reteach/retest or you can complete the study guide by hand and turn it in - in order to be able to retest. You can retake Unit Two for the rest of this week. Unit Three will be allowed to be retaken until we finish Unit Six. If you have questions, please let me know.
Questions? E-mail me at kemiller@gaston.k12.nc.us Thank you for your time!
Cohort B
| This Week | |
|---|---|
| M | Works and Bills; Unit Four Definitions |
| T | How a Bill Becomes a Law |
| W | Unit Three Vocabulary Quiz; Unit Four Definitions |
| R | Unit Three Test/Unit Four Definitions |
| F | Powers of Congress; Federalism Chart |
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