Tuesday, March 26: We concluded our Senate Simulation today. The remaining students gave their advocacy speeches and the students voted. With the remaining time students wrote their Senate Report.
Due: None In Class: Senate Simulation Homework: Senate Report Thursday, March 28: Today we learned about US Foreign Policy. Due: Senate Report In Class: Foreign Policy discussion Homework: Foreign Policy
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Monday, March 18: Students had more time to work on writing out their formal bills and preparing their advocacy speeches.
Due: Speeches In Class: Formal bills & speeches Homework: Bills and speeches ready for committees Wednesday, March 20: Students met in their committees, presenting their bills and discussing which bills to keep, which ones to amend, and which ones to discard. Due: Formal bills & advocacy speeches In Class: Committee meetings Homework: Bills ready to be presented on Senate floor Friday, March 22: Today we held our official Senate session. Bills were introduced, discussed, and voted on. Students took notes on their voting. Due: Bills for Senate In Class: Voting record Homework: None Tuesday, March 12: Students first took the Unit 2 (Constitution) Test. They then came up with 5 bill ideas.
Due: None In Class: Unit Test Homework: 5 bill ideas Thursday, March 14: Students chose one bill idea to focus on, researched, and wrote a speech about their bill. Due: Bill ideas In Class: Research & advocacy speech Homework: Speech Tuesday, March 5: Students created a mini campaign poster and wrote an introductory speech to the Senate.
Due: State Research In Class: Campaign Poster and Intro Speech Homework: Finish poster and speech Thursday, March 7: Students gave their introductory speeches. They then researched five issues they would like to write a bill about. Due: Poster and Intro speech In Class: Gave speeches, issue research Homework: Finish bill research |