Civics: Today we completed debriefing the Founding Rivalries and discussed the "take away's" from the reading. 1. The founding fathers did not like each other and were not nice to each other. 2. Most were concerned with individual good rather than common good, and 3. The cultural myth of "good" presidents is just that, a myth. Take time to review the reading and think about the significance of what they did and how they did it.
Our focus today was on the Judiciary, their role and how they interpret law via judicial review and precedent. We learned about the legal system, civil & criminal case titles and various forms of law. I distributed a handout which can be found in the text. It's section 4.5 and includes cases for analysis. On the handout I included an acronym for analyzing a case, IRAC. We used the analysis technique to navigate Marbury v. Madison but will finish that in class on Monday. For the weekend, Due Monday, complete the remaining two cases, McCullough and Nixon. Do the best you can applying the analysis tactics.
You received Cornell notes for Ch. 5/1-5.3, These are due in Wednesday, 1/7. You will find them posted on the website.
Seminar: Great job mentoring today. Portfolio's are due on Monday.
World: Today we continued with our analysis of the Mongols. We read together and discussed content related to the WHO and WHAT of the Mongols. We will wrap that up on Monday. You have already received Cornell Notes for 12.2 & 12.3 due for Wednesday, 1/9. We will continue with the Mongols next week.
