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

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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

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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

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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

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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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