Monthly Archives: November 2016
Nobody Understands What a Popular Vote Presidential Election Would Mean
Interesting article about the electoral college. “Republicans and Democrats have both decried the Electoral College — and they’re both opportunistic.” http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442231/popular-vote-hillary-didnt-really-win-it?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=582cecae04d30177e5119b52&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Presidential Nominations
One of the most important powers and responsibilities of the President is the ability to nominate people for thousands of jobs in the Federal government. Not all of these require the confirmation of the Senate but (as the table below … Continue reading
Homework 11/22
10b 1. Finish reading, annotating, and answering questions on the Morse vs. Frederick Supreme Court case packet. All questions should be completely answered. Morse vs Frederick Complete 10a and 10c 1. Finish reading, the first two parts of the Morse … Continue reading
Homework 11/17, 11/18
Complete part 2 of your Virginia NRA t shirt case. Make sure you do a thorough job on discussing your opinion and make sure you follow directions. I will collect and grade this assignment. If the assignment is submitted late … Continue reading
Blue Feed, Red Feed See Liberal Facebook and Conservative Facebook, Side by Side
An interesting piece from the Wall Street Journal in which you can compare the kinds of articles you see if your friends are mostly sharing news from conservative or liberal sites. Consider what the effect is of being bombarded by … Continue reading
Homework 11/14
Finish reading and answering the questions on Document 2: Supreme Court Case Tinker vs Des Moines (1969). Don’t work on document #3 just yet. student-rights-packet
Some thoughts on the election
I wanted to share some thoughts I had about this election. This is a scattered bunch of ideas but I figured they would be more coherent written down than if I spoke them. I don’t want to spend time repeating … Continue reading
Electoral College Essay Information
Due Thursday November 3rd: Completed Essay Planning Pages Due Friday November 4th: One completed body paragraph Essay Due: November 9th (10B) or 10th (10A and 10C) Essay Materials Essay assignment Essay planning pages Body paragraph checklist Final thoughts electoral college Resources … Continue reading
Clinton School Participation in Government 