The American Citizen

Lesson 2.1: Congress: The Senate and the House of Representatives  Enduring Understanding:  The republican ideal in the U.S. is manifest...

Lesson 2.8: The Judicial Branch Enduring Understanding: The design of the judicial branch protects the Supreme Court’s independence as a...

Welcome to Class! Welcome to American Citizen.  I am excited to start our year together as we get ready to study a government that is in t...

Unit Two: Interactions Among Branches of Government  Overview:   Because power is widely distributed and checks prevent one branch fr...

There couldn't be a better year to study the American Government.  2016 will with no doubt provide the public with an election to rememb...

Benchmark Day! Activity #1 I wanted to start off today by reviewing what we learned about last class, The Declaration of Independence....

Lesson 1.6: Principles of American Government  Enduring Understanding:  The Constitution created a competitive policy-making process to ...

Lesson 2.9: Legitimacy of the Judicial Branch Enduring Understanding: The design of the judicial branch protects the Supreme Court’s ind...

Catch Up Friday!!! Use today to catch up on your notebook for this week!  I will put them in over the weekend.  Have a chilly day!  See you...

Happy unexpected snow day!  I hope you guys enjoyed your day off yesterday.  Right now, we are in Washington D.C.  Coach Taylor and I wanted...