Take Increased Devotion...

Here's the portion of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address which you're responsible for memorizing before the end of Fourth Quarter in May. You can also follow the link below to a text version on our class wiki.
 http://bv-civics.wikispaces.com/Memory+Work

• Ask yourself, what is the unfinished work Lincoln wants us to be dedicated to?
• What is the great task remaining before us?
• What would it mean for us to take increased devotion to their cause?
• What does Lincoln's of, by & for at the end have to do with the three principles Jefferson included in the Declaration, which we've been studying this year?

3 Sentence Habit

Chapt.5; Civic Virtue Essay

These sets of words pretty much all mean the same thing; they're synonyms.
Which pair is found in the Preamble to the Constitution? What do these phrases really mean? 

Why is it important to our communities? Why is it important for democracy to work?
How can we cultivate a concern for and dedication in citizens to this concept?

Here's an A+ answer (I'll protect the student's anonymity so that their peers won't tease them)

The words General Welfare are found in the Preamble to the Constitution. These words basically mean that it’s for the good of the entire community, or it it benefits everyone. In my opinion there is one word that has to do with everyone of these and that word is good. It is important to our community because it smoothes out the rough edges and brings us closer together because they benefit EVERYONE. Well it’s important for a democracy to work because the power comes from the people and there is just a representative of the people. So, if those people do not have equal rights and opportunities I wouldn't call it a democracy. We can cultivate a concern and dedication in citizens to this concept by sharing information and just plain knowing about it. One way is we can broadcast it over social media because that is where most people are now a days anyway, and sharing it in a somewhat fun way may interest people more . From that interest a concern may come about that and if that concern is shared by the time you realize more and more people with have more of a feeling towards this.

Sub Lessons Wednesday, Dec.10, 2014

Oops! Looks like our meeting is after lunch, not before. (I had posted lessons for morning classes, here are lessons for afternoon classes.

7th Grade ART (per.5)

I should be back by or just after lunch, but they should read silently (D.E.A.R. Time) until 12:12PM.

Students should complete a self-critique & aesthetic scan about their recent work illustrating the poem 'a visit from St.Nicholas." When they're finished, have them put hem in the yellow box. They may use the remainder of the class period to free-draw or as a study hall. I think Maddie may still need to complete her artwork.

8th Grade ART (per.7)

Students should continue working on their Grant Wood American Gothic parodies. They may begin coloring/painting today. Remind them to start with the background and move forward. Please have them clean up 5 minutes before the end of the class period.

Yearbook (per.8)

We've had most of the class absent this week, so good luck.

Yearbook I ( Jared, Brandon, Liberty, & Zach) have a Test today (I'll print it off & have it on my island for you. Remind them that their notes & Activities 14.1-4 are due today- have them put them all in the yellow box when they're finished.

YRBK II ( Frank, Jake, & Sadie) need to work on pages in yearbookavenue.jostens.com.

CIVICS! NEED TO KNOW!

• First Period- in case you didn't see it on the board- there is an assignment due tomorrow
  1-2 p.94 & 1-2 p.95
• Please turn in your Civics Binders before the end of the day- Thank You

Illustrating Principles with Principles

This covers two assignments. I'm having my HS Commercial Art class illustrate quotes, poems or songs. This is from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. My 8th Grade Art class is learning about the Principles of Design, I asked them to use visual principles to illustrate/express democratic principles ( I also teach their Civics class). This is my humble offering. I'm also going to make a stamp version (ink and rubber, instead of in photoshop).

CIVICS- Week of 8/25-29

MON 8/25-

• Five Soc. Studies Standards Question generation/discussion
• Book Check-Out

TUE 8/26-

Notes on 5 Basic Human Needs


WED 8/26-

Discuss/Compare Basic Human Needs to Natural Rights Concepts


THR 8/27-

Begin Chapter 1 | Sec 1 Notes

Homework:

DUE: BASIC HUMAN NEEDS INVENTORY

FRI 8/28-

Chapt. 1, Section 2 Notes

Homework:

DUE: Section Review questions 1-5 p. 8

Civics

• Due Fri 8/22- Notes on "How to take Cornell notes."
• Due Monday 8/25- Have each of these items just for Civics class; A 3 Ring binder for keeping & organizing notes in and a spiral note book (college ruled) for a "Civics Journal."
• Due Fri 8/29- First two journal questions:
• What do we all have in common?
• What makes it "self-evident" that we're all "created equal?" In other words, what proves our equality?

Eighth Grade Mission Statements

Civics students have been studying the concept of "guiding principles" to help them understand the principles found in the Preamble to the U.S.Constitution. The Preamble lists the goals and values our founders wanted to lead our government's decisions. After considering what values and beliefs they want to help them shape their own future, students were challenged to write their own "preambles;" personal mission statements. If they choose to, they may want to ask Mrs. McQueen to add these to their autobiography projects.

Below are just some of their finished mission statements:

I want to be able to expresi myself, be a person that someone admires, someone that speaks up for other people, meet my goals, be someone who is successful, have confidence and have confidence in myself that I can be successful to my goals. I want to be caring, helpful, kind like I am now still when I get older.

To live each day with purpose and meaning while treating everyone fairly. Attempt to value everyone's learning and hard work and make an effort to do the same.

I want people to think that I am a good business person, who is nice, who cares about people and everything that I do. I want to be an inspiration to others. I want people to look at me and say "because of you, I did not give up."

To be a respectful and caring person that will have a family and let them have rights. I will always love my parents.

I want to be a loyal, trustworthy, and caring person that people can count on.

I want to us my knowledge to express myself in my work and excel in life.

I will bring kindness, positivity & inspiration to everyone throughout the world no matter their race.

Civics this week

Visit https://www.planbook.com to view weekly lesson plans, look for Boyer Valley, and enter password "maldog"

Chapter 3- The Constitution

Papers & Projects: Personal "Preamble" Project (Mission Statement) Due Friday Jan 17

Section review questions: 

• Page 61 due Tues 1/14
• Pp 67 & 62 due Fri 1/17

CIVICS; Core Principles

We are going to be studying the Constitution in Chapter 3.

http://bv-civics.wikispaces.com/Chapt.+03+Constitution

Last quarter we memorized the Preamble to the Constitution. The Preamble contains 6 principles which we
use to help us make decisions about how our government should work and what it should do.

Principles are goals or values you believe are so important that you base your behaviors and choices on them. They can give us purpose and direction.

Of course, you might also think of a principle as a concept or idea that seems to be so universal that its considered "natural law," like the law of gravity or other laws of physics. Many Social Scientists including most of the founding fathers thought that people tended to follow certain patterns, have certain needs and drives so much that they talked about them as "natural rights," because they believed these weren't just random patterns, but universal concepts (AKA principles).

To better understand the 6 principles in the Preamble to the Constitution, Civics students will spend some time considering what their own personal principles are. Once they have, they'll summarize them into a personal mission statement in our "Personal Preamble Project" due Friday, January 17.

The conceptual filter I'd like students to keep in mind both while their considering their own principles and while studying the 6 principles in the Preamble are the 3 Core Democratic Principles which we studied in the Declaration of Independence:

• EQUALITY- "...that all men are created equal..."
• HUMAN RIGHTS- "...and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights..."
• THE SOCIAL CONTRACT- "...that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."

These thee principles would also be good filters when considering the concepts and principles contained in the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. Which we will be studying in Chapter 4.

Both our Rights and our Responsibilities (Social Contract) are essentially principles. Therefore, principles are what Civics is all about!

The Big 3

Eighth graders, how can I get you to remember these? The 3 principles of democracy found in the Declaration of Independence. Know them, live them, BE them.

Capitol/Des Moines Trip

8th Grade Field Trip 2013

On Monday, May 13, 2013 the 8th grade class will be taking a field trip to Des Moines. Our bus will be leaving as soon as the Dow City busses arrive at school around 8:20AM. Students who walk or get a ride to school should be sure to get to school at this time.

Our first stop will be to the State Capitol judged by many to be the most be one of the most beautiful state capitals in the nation. We have an 11:15AM tour planned which will take approximately seventy-five minutes. We then proceed to the Iowa Hall or Pride located near the Wells Fargo Arena and Veterans Auditorium. There we are schedules for a ninety minute tour beginning at 1:00PM.

Since our time is limited, I’m asking that everyone bring a sack lunch and plenty of snacks for the bus ride. If you want the school to provide a sack lunch, please let them know a few days ahead of time so that we can be prepared. We plan to eat our lunch at the West lawn of the State Capital.

We will not be back to Dunlap before the busses leave. We expect to arrive around 4:45-5:00PM. Students who live in and around Dow City will be dropped off at Dow City on our way back to Dunlap.

      Thank You,

     Mr. Mallory

     8th Grade Civics

Civics Class; MEMORIZE THIS

REMEMBER, the end of the quarter is almost upon us, therefore there will be a memorization quiz this Friday: Here's the text of the First Amendment

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Research Paper

Topic Proposal Due to Me Fri Jan 18, see Mrs. McQueen for all other deadlines.

CIVICS HOMEWORK

• Wed 12/12 1-4 p. 105 
• Thurs 12/13 1-4 p. 110 
• Fri 12/14  5-6 p. 110 & 1-2 p.120
• Mon 12/17 1-2 p. 40 & 1-2 p.116

CIVICS; ESSAY DUE MON 12/10

In 250 words or less, explain what Iowa's official state motto means to you. Consider tying it to what we've learned about this semester in Civics.

"Our Liberties we Prize, Our Rights we will Maintain."

You're welcome to email your essays to Mr. Mallory  or share them on google docs if you'd like to write on the computer instead of on paper. Bring your essays to class and be prepared to share them Monday. Bring your books too, because we'll be starting chapter 4 on the Bill of Rights. 

• Monday, December 10 (1948) International Human Rights Day
• Friday, December 28 (1846) Iowa Statehood Day

CIVICS this week

This week we'll be studying the Constitution. Because it is so fundamental to everything else we learn this year, we may be taking 2 weeks for this chapter.

Remember to check http://bv-civics.wikispaces.com/Chapt.+03+Constitution for homework, notes, and other details about Chapter 3.

You can also visit http://planbook.com/student?t=928417&k=maldog to see what homework is due and when.

Homework

• Current events worksheet due Tues 11/6
• 1-4 p. 61 due Wed 11/7
• 1-3 p. 67 and 1-2 p.62 due Thurs 11/8
• 1-4 p. 90 due Fri 11/9

Next week (tentative)

• Personal Mission Statement Project due Mon 11/12
• 1-4 p. 91 due Tues 11/13
• ID Terms 1-7 p.96 due Wed 11/14
• Main Ideas 1,3,5,&7 p.96/97 due Thurs 11/15
• Main Ideas 2, 4,6,&8 p.96/97 due Fri 11/16 (expect PostTest)

CIVICS- Extra Credit Opportunity

Watch either of the upcoming Presidential debates and simply take notes, and you can turn them in for extra credit! Mr. Mallory will have copies of the notes form in the Civics room, or print off your own by following the "student hand out" link at the bottom of this post. Final Presidential Debates

As part of our extensive campaign coverage, C-SPAN offers viewers a front row seat to each of the presidential debates. C-SPAN coverage of the debates will be livestreamed at c-span.org/campaign2012 as part of C-SPAN’s Debate Hub, where viewers can watch and engage socially.  

• Tuesday, October 16Town Hall Debate
  Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY
• Monday, October 22 Foreign Policy Debate
  Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL

C-SPAN SCHEDULE:

7:00pm                     
Debate preview with a live 90-minute program

8:30pm              
Live coverage of pre-debate briefings with moderators, as well as welcoming remarks from Debate Commission representatives

9:00pm              
The Debate

10:30pm            
Gauge public reaction for an hour after each debate with calls, Tweets and Facebook comments from viewers

11:30pm
Debate re-air

STUDENT HANDOUT 
Debate Guide and Evaluation (.PDF)

Principles in the Preamble