April 30

Today in class your election group worked on creating campaign ads! You need to have 2 30-second campaign ads for your group; 1 Positive, 1 Negative.
These MUST be emailed to me by May 4th
kayliw@provo.edu

On Monday (May 4th) your Presidential nominee will be presenting a 20 second speech outlining their presidential goals. 

April 28

Today in class: We had our candidate Meet & Greet

You made a slogan and created a poster for your candidate

We finished page 4-5 watching campaign ads- if you were absent I want you to watch an Obama ad, a Romney ad, GW Bush ad, and a Clinton ad.  As you watch these ads answer the questions in your packet.

Next class period we will be filming 2 30-second ads (1 positive, 1 negative) for your candidates, make sure at least 1 person in your group has either a phone or a camera to record them.  If you are planning on using an props, make sure that you bring them as well.  Thursday will be the only class period to work on them!

Homework: Page 8 of your packet****

TO BRING NEXT CLASS: 
1. Head Shots (2)
2. Bios (2)
3. Slogan Poster
4. Any props for your ads, and something to film with
5. Homework assignment completed (p. 8) 

April 24

Today in class we:
1. Turned in your Unit 5 Packet (all filled out + learning targets) with the 10 Best/5 Worst Presidents
2. Took POTUS quiz
3. Worked in election groups- If you were absent on Tuesday you need to bring the following

• Google the article "10 winning Campaign Slogans" read through the article and answer questions 1-2 on page 3 of your pink packet 
• Write a Short Biography on your candidate; you can either use yourself or a fictional person that you made up; some information to include would be your age, spouse, years married, years residing in a district, names and ages of children, # of grandchildren, education: HS, College, etc., Jobs and titles, Church name and positions, club/organizations + positions, Civic involvement, Awards/honors, Military background, elected offices held, other important information

Have a Great Weekend AND remember Comcast Cares Day is tomorrow!!!!

April 22

Today in class we finished up your Executive Branch Packets!!! (make sure that you have your Learning Target Guide filled out) 
*The peach sheet is homework

PACKET (all complete) + 10 BEST/WORST PRESIDENTS IS DUE FRIDAY APRIL 24TH!!!

**** You will also have a QUIZ over pages 1-6 of your POTUS notes. 

We started our new packets "Election Packets" come in and grab one during intervention so you can catch up on the notes! We filled out page 1 of your notes and completed the activity on page 2 :) 

I also placed you in your election groups- if you were absent you will find out what your groups are on Friday. 

April 20

Today we watched the Studio C clip "International Relations" and answered the questions 1&2 on page 5.  We also went around to Foreign Policy Stations and filled out the gold sheet in your packet.  If you were absent, you will need to come in during intervention to make this up!

April 16

Today in class we finished pages 3 & 4 of your note packet! We also finished watching 10 best and 5 worst presidents: you should have written down: Name, 2 facts why they were chosen as best/worst, and if you agree or disagree.

You can watch it here if you were absent: http://www.hulu.com/watch/537193

Homework: Green pages in your packet! 

April 14

Today in class we made our new packets (Unit 5: Executive Branch) we filled out page 1 & 2 of your notes using the PowerPoint.  We also started watching Biographies "10 Best and 5 Worst Presidents"

**Make sure that you are thinking about your CAP projects!!!!!

April 1

Today in class we had our class presentations! If you were absent, or did not get the chance NO WORRIES- we will finish up on Friday :)

Your packets will also be due on Friday.  After I made the packets, I decided that I didn't like what I had planned so only the notes that we took in class will be due!