The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy
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Week of November 3
Monday: President's Club; Begin Executive Agencies DUE WEDNESDAY (You'll have some time tomorrow) Tuesday: Make a 4 column chart (state, race, candidates, winner), read the following articles, and one that you find fill in the chart after reading. You should have at least 6 races where President Obama has campaigned. Tomorrow we will look at the results and see if President Obama was effective at campaigning for the candidates. President Obama campaigning President Obama shunned by Congress Once you have made and shared your chart, you may continue with the Executive Agencies worksheet. Wednesday: Election results article; look at states where President Obama campaigned and fill in your chart; Election Results GOOGLE FORM; Media and Scandals Google Doc (Check your Gmail box) DUE FRIDAY * Interesting side article about the elections. Thursday: QUIZ Ch. 13, Executive Branch notes, Friday: Finish Executive Branch notes; Who Should Be President? HOMEWORK: War Powers, President Obama and the War Powers Act |
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Week of November 10
Monday: Presidents and Congress project (check Gmail/shared documents for instructions) Tuesday: President vs Congress project Wednesday: President vs Congress project SHARE TODAY, if not already done Thursday: Federal Bureaucracy notes Friday: President Obama vs. Congress Executive Actions/Orders by President A Executive Orders by President B Discussion - Should he do it? Problems with the Bureaucracy - Open the documents to the right, using the usual password. On a sheet of paper, you need to recreate the chart on page 4. As you read, on the left side of the chart, you need to come up with 5 categories that the government waste you are reading about falls into. Once you have put the categories, you'll need to describe what is meant by that type, or "pathology". Ex: Red tape - blahblahblah... On the right side of the chart, you'll list the excerpt # and in a sentence explain why it falls in that category. Ex: Excerpt #1 falls under red tape because yaddayaddayadda... You need to have this done for Monday. |
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Week of November 17
Monday: Bureaucratic problems activity, Essay follow-up Google Form
Tuesday: TEST Unit 5: Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy
Wednesday: Governmental overreach examination (Form due Friday by 11:59PM)
Thursday: Governmental overreach examination
Friday: President Obama Immigration Executive Order
Here are the main point, from the White House press release:
· Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration at the Border: The President’s actions increase the chances that anyone attempting to cross the border illegally will be caught and sent back. Continuing the surge of resources that effectively reduced the number of unaccompanied children crossing the border illegally this summer, the President’s actions will also centralize border security command-and-control to continue to crack down on illegal immigration.
· Deporting Felons, Not Families: The President’s actions focus on the deportation of people who threaten national security and public safety. He has directed immigration enforcement to place anyone suspected of terrorism, violent criminals, gang members, and recent border crossers at the top of the deportation priority list.
· Accountability – Criminal Background Checks and Taxes: The President is also acting to hold accountable those undocumented immigrants who have lived in the US for more than five years and are parents of U.S. citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents. By registering and passing criminal and national security background checks, millions of undocumented immigrants will start paying their fair share of taxes and temporarily stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation for three years at a time.
The President’s actions will also streamline legal immigration to boost our economy and will promote naturalization for those who qualify.
Now that you've heard the speech and read the main points, give me your thoughts in the following Google Form.
Once you have finished, you have the rest of the period to get ahead on the week after Thanksgiving. When you come back you'll have a Current Event and a Supplemental Reading due on Monday and Tuesday; and a quiz on Tuesday over Ch. 18.
Monday: Bureaucratic problems activity, Essay follow-up Google Form
Tuesday: TEST Unit 5: Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy
Wednesday: Governmental overreach examination (Form due Friday by 11:59PM)
Thursday: Governmental overreach examination
Friday: President Obama Immigration Executive Order
Here are the main point, from the White House press release:
· Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration at the Border: The President’s actions increase the chances that anyone attempting to cross the border illegally will be caught and sent back. Continuing the surge of resources that effectively reduced the number of unaccompanied children crossing the border illegally this summer, the President’s actions will also centralize border security command-and-control to continue to crack down on illegal immigration.
· Deporting Felons, Not Families: The President’s actions focus on the deportation of people who threaten national security and public safety. He has directed immigration enforcement to place anyone suspected of terrorism, violent criminals, gang members, and recent border crossers at the top of the deportation priority list.
· Accountability – Criminal Background Checks and Taxes: The President is also acting to hold accountable those undocumented immigrants who have lived in the US for more than five years and are parents of U.S. citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents. By registering and passing criminal and national security background checks, millions of undocumented immigrants will start paying their fair share of taxes and temporarily stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation for three years at a time.
The President’s actions will also streamline legal immigration to boost our economy and will promote naturalization for those who qualify.
Now that you've heard the speech and read the main points, give me your thoughts in the following Google Form.
Once you have finished, you have the rest of the period to get ahead on the week after Thanksgiving. When you come back you'll have a Current Event and a Supplemental Reading due on Monday and Tuesday; and a quiz on Tuesday over Ch. 18.
Week of March 31
Monday: Bureaucratic problems activity, Essay follow-up Google Form Tuesday: Federal Bureaucracy notes Wednesday: TEST Unit 5 Thursday: Supplemental readings, start Courts/Civil Liberties vocab Friday: Examine the McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission case Buckley v. Valeo background McConnell v. Federal Election Commission background Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission background McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission background McCutcheon ruling explanation McCutcheon and McCain-Feingold |
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