How great is this? I LOVE the ball of yarn activity. Thanks for going along with it! :-)
Hi everyone,
Hopefully, you are visiting to try and study up for the test next class! This should help a lot. Let me know if you are confused about any part of what we have covered!
Soundtrack: “Say it Right” by Nelly Furtado. Selected for today because of the word "right" and because if you are saying/writing everything correctly on the test, you will do great on it. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 9/18/13:
Tort Report
Bill of Rights
Class Unity Activity
Test Study Guide
Homework: Study for the test by making sure you know the terms on the study guide and checking the blog! Tort Report assigned to: Magen M.
Tort Report: The case that was brought in today by Kaitlin was this: LawyersandSettlements.com - States Warn About Debt Collector Harassment. We discussed the lawsuits being filed by people that have been harassed by debt collectors, as well as avoiding situations like phishing while being on the internet. Thanks, Kaitlin!
Bill of Rights: For this section, we finished going through the Bill of Rights and some other Amendments to the Constitution that are applicable to our field of study. There were a lot of great questions brought up by some of the Amendments. Knowing what they are will be important for you on the test. If you missed class or wanted to see the answers/lesson again, here it is to download:
I had the class fill out the closing worksheet, then we went through it together and talked about which category each part of the rights given in the Constitution goes to.
Class Unity Activity: As I wrote above, I always love doing this as an exercise to break up the "normal" class and get everyone communicating with and connected to each other. Thank you all for participating! It is always so cool for me to hear about all the places we came from to be in the same room. In the future, it will be great to remember that we are committed to following the ground rules and engaging in respectful interactions, even when it might be difficult.
Test Study Guide: To end class, I passed out the study guide for the first unit test. NOTE: You do not have to complete this, because I know most of you already have great notes on all the terms and themes we have talked about so far. However, it would be good to look at this and know that you will be expected to write about the vocabulary here:
Other documents that might really help you (with all the vocabulary we talked about) are:
For checking the blog (which you are always supposed to do as homework), here is a heads up on one of the test questions: Is this a Federal, State, or Local law? "You must be 21 to purchase alcoholic beverages." The answer is that it is a State law (though every state has this law, partially because the federal government would reduce highway funding to them if they did not).
Please let me know if I can help you study at all! I will not be in the building tomorrow, but I definitely will answer any comments or emails that I can! Please study up and remember that although we are devoting almost the entire class to taking the test, it is unlikely that it will take all of your time, so feel free to bring other course work as well.
How is the test's vocab going to be laid out is it define it, or multiple choice or what?
ReplyDeleteHi Jaxon,
DeleteOne section will ask you to identify if a given law is an example of Federal, State, or Local. Another will list a few terms that you need to define. Then there will be a few short answer questions (again, about the vocabulary) and a longer essay section. Multiple choice is for wimps. You got this. Let me know what else I can do to help!
Im confused about he federal state and local law part can you give an example of a question
ReplyDeleteHi Jaxon,
DeleteThere is an example of a question that will be on the test in the post above! I also gave many examples in class. For instance, the national minimum wage is ____. That would be an example of a federal law.