I am sorry that I am out today. 12/18

Sorry I am out again today my oldest was up all night vomiting (flu or hopefully a quick bug). Today for CWP you are going to watch a frontline specifically focusing on the first four years of the Obama Presidency. You will do our traditional one page of notes. Look at key points and people that are involved in the presidency and how that has affected the country. Please Click Here for the link. 

Monday December 15th

Please have the students take notes on the lives of Obama and Romney in the Frontline "The Choice 2012" Please click here for the link. 

Quiz tomorrow over Political Parties/ Nomination PowerPoint part 1 (See left side if you missed any part)

Quiz tomorrow!!!! Also Links from today about the Electoral College! Click the following links...
How the Electoral College Works?
The Trouble with the Electoral College?
What happens if the Electoral College is Tied?

New face of the GOP 

The Digital Campaign- Frontline

Tea Cole- Here is the ISIS video link...

Here is the ISIS video link.

11/6/14 plan

Please click here, and have the students take notes over the rise of ISIS.

Students should have one page of notes. Please turn in notes at the end of class.

Vote here ONE more time!!!

Please go here and vote! This is a clark county student election, base your voting off of your previous ballot that you have filled out...

Student Mock Election- Do it NOW!!!

Click here for the Washington State Student Mock Election!

2014 Washington State Voters pamphlet! Yes YOU get to vote!

2014 Washington State Voters pamphlet! Yes YOU get to vote! Click here!!!

Do the Voice of Democracy Essay

Please click here for the VFW Voice of Democracy essay! Due 10/27/2014. If you write and record I will give you 50 pts extra credit!!!

Reed gone today 10/20/14 Quiz tomorrow

Please feel free to watch the news, click here. Then work on the class activity to prepare you for tomorrow's quiz on the Constitution. Study, study, study. The PowerPoint is off to the side of the page.

Political Typology Quiz

Click here to take the political typology quiz. #1
Click here to take the Political typology quiz #2


Click here for the library assignment sheet.

Study for the "Intro to Government" QUIZ tomorrow 10/1!!!

Click here to access the Intro to Gov PowerPoint

Make sure to study your notes from the powerpoint!

VP President/ Jeff Merkley field trip for October 8th, 2014, click here for the form.

GET your Current Events done for tomorrow!

GET your Current Events done for tomorrow! We will be using them in class if you do have them because you forgot and/or didn't do them you will be excluded from the activity! Thus, losing more points. Which could lead to an unsavory life of crime...

9/4 and 9/5 agenda

We are correcting the naturalization quiz that we took on Tuesday. Everyone that took it will get 100%. This is a pretest that I am using to see how much progress that we make this year. I also showed you a video on the street store which could be used for a possible senior project.

9/5 we are going to finish correcting the quiz. I have a "get to know you" activity and if time at the end we will watch news.
PLEASE start paying attention to the news!

Task to be done in the WIGL today. (Please make sure that you follow directions.)

Welcome to CWP. Today you will have some tasks to complete before the end of the day so please make sure that you use your time wisely!

1.             Respond to this post by putting your name, period, a destination that you'd like to go and a destination that you've been that you love. (Make sure that you know how to get here in the future)

2.             Go to www.turnitin.com, make sure that you have added this class. If you have an account this process will be easier. If you don't have an account follow the steps for creating an account and make sure to remember your information for later use. (Write down in your Journal). Once there and you have completed the steps for adding my class. Go to the "discussion' tab. View the prompt. FOLLOW the directions (When responding to a student post please make sure to give thoughtful details and also your name at the end of the comment). Once you have completed that please move to the next step. *Hint opening up multiple tabs may help you in this process.

Class id:                1^st Period: 8543499                  Password: reed

 4^th Period:  8543520                      Password: reed

                              5^th Period:     8543527             Password: reed

3.     Create a Google Drive account. We will be using Google Drive for many class projects and assignments. You don’t have to have a Gmail account to access this, but it is easier to use with a Gmail account. You can also create a Google account using another email. After you have created your Google Drive account, create a new document and write one paragraph about the following question: “What is the purpose of government? Do we really need it?” After you have written your paragraph, click the blue “share” button in the top right corner and share it with me (jim.reed@washougalsd.org). 

Information for using your school/google account (Which is what you should use)

Students who already had an e-mail address from last year (most of them) kept that same e-mail.  I did not make any changes to existing accounts. 

For students who are new or did not have one last year, their e-mail will be First_Last@washougalsd.org (or the same First_Last_Last if they have two last names, or First_First_Last if they have two first names).   Spaces were pulled out of names in the same pattern described above, as e-mail addresses may not have spaces in them.  

EMAIL passwords are set to PantherMMDD where MMDD is their birthdate as a four digit number (January 1 is 0101) - Also note that it's Panther with a capital P, and not panthers with an S at the end like it is above).  If they changed their password last year, it's set to whatever they sent it to - I didn't reset them all.  

4.     This is due at the conclusion of class.

5.             You could use your time to do your current events that are due next Friday! You will have 5 due. (Please see the directions for the Current Event Notebooks in class documents.

Welcome Back to School! Class of 2015!

This CWP blog is here to help you when you have questions, missed material, notes, and will provide helpful links for you and your parents that will enhance the experience and success in class. Please note that the calendar is down on the bottom of the page. All events, lessons, and assignments

Today you will be watching the Secret History of the Credit Card.

Today you will be watching the Secret History of the Credit Card. Please click here for the link.

Is Wal-Mart good for America?

We watched "IS Wal-Mart Good For America" Frontline. Click here for the video. Also, Click here for the worksheet.

Be prepared for an Immigration Quiz on Friday 3/21!

We watched a series of videos on the Dream Act. Please watch and be able to state a position on the Dream Act. Also, be prepared for an Immigration Quiz on Friday 3/21 (You may use a notecard).
All notes, C-SPAN deliberation notes, class discussions and current events are fair game for tomorrow's Immigration Quiz.
Click the following videos.

The Dream Act Explained
Why Oppose the Dream Act
Why to Support the Dream Act

Friday and Monday we finished "30 days-Immigration"

Please watch and take notes on "30 Days- Immigration" Please focus your notes on Franks relationship with Rigo, Patty, and Armieda. Click here for the video.

Immigration CSPAN assignment

Please go on to C-Span and watch the linked up videos, click here for the corresponding worksheet.

Feb 5th (Post State of the Union Address)

(CWP)-

• Please have the students hand back the assignment in which they took notes on the State of the Union. As they will use it later in the period.
• Handout the article. Tell the students that they will have about 20 minutes to read and write a 2-3 paragraph reaction to the article. (Please feel free to lead a discussion about the article.) After your discussion please collect the reactions to the article.Click here for the online link for the article.
• Next have the students get into groups of 3. Have them look at their notes from the State of the Union. In their small groups tell them to figure out what their group feels are the top 3 issues/concerns that President Obama talked about. What are the students concerns about the issues. Also as a group what are some realistic solutions to the problem. Also, have them consider any issues that they feel that the President missed and should have addressed. What were some of the key over arching themes that Obama was trying to get across? They will present this first thing Thursday.
• If there is anytime that is left over please feel free to show the news. Click here for the news.

Gun Control Position Paper and use of executive orders.

Today we will begin working on a position paper regarding gun control policy and executive power. You will write this paper using Google Drive and will be having your paper edited by at least two peers. Here is a link to the assignment. We will be spending Tuesday and Wednesday in the computer lab to work on this.

I have posted some links under "Gun Control Policy Links" below. These have information about some of the various proposals and President Obama's gun control objectives outlined last year's. These will help you get started.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/preventing-gun-violence

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/wh_now_is_the_time_full.pdf

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/16/president-obama-announces-new-measures-prevent-gun-violence

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/29/fact-sheet-new-executive-actions-reduce-gun-violence

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/message-president-obama-about-your-petition-reducing-gun-violence

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/01/16/here-are-the-23-executive-orders-on-gun-safety-signed-today-by-the-president/

News for Friday 1/17

NBC Nightly News PLease click here to watch. You have a quiz today open note. There are two parts. Current Events are moved to next Friday where you should have 9. Have a good 3 day weekend!

Ending the Semester and items due 1/17/2014

We are coming to a close of the 1st semester. ALL Late work should be in by Friday January 24th 2014. You have 5 CEN's due this Friday (17th) this is number 11. We will also have a quiz (Open Note) on Public Policy and Public Opinion. The PowerPoint is attached to the right side of the page.