Friday, December 14, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Ms. Holland’s Final Study Guide
1.
Know five
different types of government, be able to define them and supply a country that
is an example of each.
2.
Be able to explain the checks and balances
between Congress and the Executive branches of government. Use these words to explain your answer:
i.
Veto power
ii.
Power to
issue executive orders
iii.
Power as
commander in chief
iv.
Legislative
oversight power
v.
Senate
advice and consent power
vi.
Budgetary
power
3.
Know 5 big
political parties in the United States
a.
Be able to
explain political interest groups and what “dark money” means to politics.
b.
Know
redistricting and why it is important.
4.
Know what federalism is. Be able to discuss the relationship between federal
and state power (see that graph in your notebook/text book)
a.
KNOW THAT
BECAUSE THE NORTH WON THE CIVIL WAR, FEDERAL POWER ALWAYS WINS OVER
STATE POWER because the southern states wanted to keep state power to keep
slavery legal and protect their agrarian (farming) economy.
b.
Know why
powers are delegated (given) to the states and which powers are delegated
(given) to the federal government AND power that they share.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
3 TED Videos, the note for these should be in your notebook
2. Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
3. Five Steps to Tyranny Video
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Free Courses at MIT
In science BECAUSE it is important AND FUN!
At what people say is the BEST school to study science at, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
At what people say is the BEST school to study science at, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
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