History: Cycle 4A: Federal Government, Economics, and Trade by Jennifer Tidwell https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w Syllabus & Lesson Plans en-us 2025-04-24 13:55:44 UTC 2025-05-29 16:59:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f4c3.png 4/24 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3423678737

  • Carl

  • Quiz #1

  • Mini Lecture: 3 Branches Powers and Checks on Powers + distribution of powers between the state, local and federal


    • Followup work:

    Handout on Appropriations

    Study for quiz #2

    Branches of Power Game

    Work on campaign

    ]]>     2025-04-24 16:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3423678737     “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3423717886 – Lord Acton

    ]]>     2025-04-24 17:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3423717886     5/1 Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432168645

  • Carl

  • Quiz #2

  • Debrief on Branches of Power & Congressional Apportionment

  • LawCraft

  • How a Bill Becomes a Law comic: based on what you know (and/or additional research) show how a bill becomes a law as a comic.

  • BREAK

  • I'm Just a Bill

  • Choose Your Work

    1. Preliminary lesson on econ (Nearpod assignment)

    2. Work with your presidential candidate group on Phase 2.


    • ]]>     2025-04-30 20:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432168645     Tariff jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432825598 2025-05-01 09:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432825598 Scarcity jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432825659 2025-05-01 09:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432825659 Resources jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432825828 2025-05-01 09:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432825828 What is the purpose of the federal government? jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432831318 2025-05-01 09:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432831318 What inspired the U.S. Constitution? jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432831924 2025-05-01 10:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432831924 Presidential Speeches & Election: May 29th jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432832162 2025-05-01 10:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432832162 Why is currently happening to the federal government? jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432832517 2025-05-01 10:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432832517 What is important to understand about economics so that I can understand the world around me (including my own family's situation)? jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432833357 2025-05-01 10:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432833357 Capital jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432833529 2025-05-01 10:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432833529 New American Dream? seminar jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432924960 2025-05-01 12:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3432924960 Economics jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3433198213 2025-05-01 16:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3433198213 Opportunity cost jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3433198432 2025-05-01 16:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3433198432 5/8/25 jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3440336506

  • Carl (10 min)

  • Quiz #3: (5 min)

  • Stations:

    1. Executive Branch game

    2. Online Seminar on Tween Influencers and US Capitalism

    3. Choose a question from our QFT session (Why is the Federal Government Shrinking?), research it using high quality sources, and write a 1-paragraph response that answers the question.

    4. Flash cards for Economics terms


    • BREAK (10 min)

    1. Candidate / campaign work time

    2. DC Field Trip Packet Review


    HW:

    • DC Trip: padlet questions for federal workers, plus

    • whatever you didn't complete during the first half of class, plus

    • Study for #4 on the Executive Branch & Intro to Economics


    ]]>     2025-05-07 17:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3440336506     Tragedy of the Commons jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3442166619 2025-05-08 16:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3442166619 Elinor Ostrom's Theory jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3442167223 2025-05-08 16:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3442167223 Quiz #4 on Executive, Judicial, and Economics: May 29 jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3442203168 2025-05-08 17:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3442203168 5/29 Final Class Agenda jtidwell9 https://padlet.com/mountaintopmontessori/5h71w4od5842vm3w/wish/3472606089
    1:00-1:15  Carl & mail-in ballot opening
    1:15-1:20  Quiz-estions? Warm-up conversations.
    1:20-1:45  Quiz #4


    1:45-2:00 BREAK & prep for election


    2:00-2:30 Candidate Ads & Speeches
    2:30-2:50 Caucusing

    2:50-3:00 Ranked-choice voting

    3:00-3:10 Self-Assessment for Cycle Project

    3:10-3:15 End of Day Announcements

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