4.1 The Colonial Experience 🇬🇧

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the role colonists played in their government
• Define the rights and responsibilities of colonial citizens
• Identify the freedoms that early colonists struggled to gain
• Explain why many colonists became dissatisfied with royal governors

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Lesson 4, Part 1, The Colonial Experience
• Used the notes from Lesson 4, Part 1 to complete the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Define heritage, legislature, charter, and tyranny.
2. How were colonial citizens able to influence the laws that governed them?
3. Copare English citizens in the colonies with American citizens today.
4. How are some of our freedoms rooted in the colonial period?
5. Evaluate How well do you think the colonies practiced the values of freedom, justice, and equality? Explain your answer.

⚙️ Resources

• Civics ✮ Lesson 4 Instructional Notes
• Lesson 4, Part 1: The Colonial Experience

💻 Homework

• Finish Lesson 4, Part 1 review questions before M 20 Oct, if necessary
• Watch and take notes on Lesson 4, Part 2: Roots of American Government, before class on M 20 Oct 2025

Unit 1 Assessment 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Unit 1 content from Lessons 1, 2, and 3

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a 40 multiple choice question assessment for Unit 1: An Introduction to Civics

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💻 Homework

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Unit 1 Assessment 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Unit 1 content from Lessons 1, 2, and 3

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a 40 multiple choice question assessment for Unit 1: An Introduction to Civics
• The Unit 1 Assessment was postponed to R 16 Oct 2025, due to a print shop delay

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💻 Homework

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Unit 1 Review Game 🚨

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review main ideas of Unit 1: An Introduction to Civics

⏰ What We Did

• Reviewed content from Lessons 1, 2, and 3 by answering sample test questions

⚙️ Resources

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💻 Homework

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Lesson 3 Review 3️⃣

Today is Columbus Day (Observed) 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts of Lesson 3

⏰ What We Did

• Took — and then discussed the answers to — a quiz on Lesson 3, Part X: X
• Began work on Lesson 3 Lesson Review

⚙️ Resources

• LR3 - Civics ✮ Lesson 3 Lesson Review

💻 Homework

• Complete Lesson 3 Lesson Review before class on T 14 Oct 2025, if necessary

3.4 The Electoral College 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Summarize the role of the Electoral College in presidential elections

⏰ What We Did

• Distributed and discussed "The Electoral College: How the President Gets Elected" handout
• Used notes from Lesson 3, Part 4 to individually complete "The Electoral College: Myth and Reality"
• Used a Kahoot! to discuss the answer to "The Electoral College: Myth and Reality"

⚙️ Resources

• H2 - The Electoral College: How the President is Elected
• A7 - The Electoral College: Myth and Reality

💻 Homework

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3.3 Campaigning for Office 👔

Today is a Half Day 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explore how campaigns are planned and managed
• Describe how campaigns are financed
• Identify factors that help people win elections

⏰ What We Did

• Using a primary source of a candidate for public office, identified the strengths and weaknesses of campaigns
• Weighed the pros and cons of becoming a candidate when deciding whether to run for office

⚙️ Resources

• A6 - Running for Office; Making Decisions

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 3, Part 4: The Electoral College, before class tomorrow

3.2 How Candidates & Groups Try to Influence Your Vote 🧠

Today is a Late Arrival day 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe ways that candidates get their messages to voters
• Analyze the role of interest groups in the election process
• Explain how candidates and interest groups try to influence the way people vote
• Explore the importance of the media in election campaigns

⏰ What We Did

• Continue creating election propaganda begun on Monday

⚙️ Resources

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💻 Homework

• Finish election propaganda before class on R 9 Oct 2025, if necessary
• Watch and take notes on Lesson 3, Part 3: Campaigning for Office, before class tomorrow

Catch-Up Day 🥫

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

🎯 Learning Targets

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⏰ What We Did

• Completed and submitted any missing work from P1

⚙️ Resources

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📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

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3.2 How Candidates & Groups Try to Influence Your Vote 🧠

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe ways that candidates get their messages to voters
• Analyze the role of interest groups in the election process
• Explain how candidates and interest groups try to influence the way people vote
• Explore the importance of the media in election campaigns

⏰ What We Did

• Began creating election propaganda for the upcoming mock election between Congressman Santos and Senator Vinick

⚙️ Resources

• S2 - Election Poster Rubric
• S2 - Election Radio Advertisement Rubric
• S2 - Election Television Commercial Rubric

💻 Homework

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Election 2025 🗳️

HOMECOMING 2025: TODAY IS BLUE AND GOLD DAY 🐲

Today is on an Assembly Schedule ⏰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe ways that candidates get their messages to voters
• Analyze the role of interest groups in the election process
• Explain how candidates and interest groups try to influence the way people vote
• Explore the importance of the media in election campaigns

⏰ What We Did

• Discussed the answers to yesterday's candidate biographical assignment

⚙️ Resources

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💻 Homework

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Election 2025 🗳️

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

HOMECOMING 2025: TODAY IS PAJAMA DAY 💤

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe ways that candidates get their messages to voters
• Analyze the role of interest groups in the election process
• Explain how candidates and interest groups try to influence the way people vote
• Explore the importance of the media in election campaigns

⏰ What We Did

• Exhibited familiarity with the backgrounds and paths to the respective political nominations of Congressman Santos and Senator Vinick

⚙️ Resources

• S1 - Election Booklet

💻 Homework

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3.2 How Candidates & Groups Try to Influence Your Vote 🧠

HOMECOMING 2025: TODAY IS DECADE DAY 😃

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe ways that candidates get their messages to voters
• Analyze the role of interest groups in the election process
• Explain how candidates and interest groups try to influence the way people vote
• Explore the importance of the media in election campaigns

⏰ What We Did

• Identified forms of propaganda techniques used in historic presidential campaign commercials

⚙️ Resources

• "I Like Ike" (Eisenhower, 1952)
• "Kennedy For Me" (Kennedy, 1960)
• "Daisy" (Johnson, 1964)
• "Laughing" (Humphrey, 1968)
• "Nixon Now" (Nixon, 1972)
• "Ted" (Kennedy, 1980)
• "Morning in America" (Reagan, 1984)
• "Bear" (Reagan, 1984)
• "Tank" (Bush, 1988)
• "Read My Lips" (Clinton, 1992)
• "Rats" (RNC, 2000)
• "Windsurfing" (Bush, 2004)

💻 Homework

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