Assignments

On this page, you will find out what we are doing in class for this semester. Assignment due dates are not posted. Please look at your student's agenda for specific assignment due dates.

Daily Homework and Happenings Page for Civics

Textbook work for this year

Chapter 1-Citizenship and Government in a Democracy

Chapter 2-Roots of American Democracy

Chapter 3-The Constitution

Chapter 4-The Bill of Rights

Chapter 6-Congress

Chapter 7-The President and Executive Branch

Chapter 8-The Judicial Branch

Chapter 12-State Government

Chapter 13-Local Government

All students have a study guide to complete that corresponds to the chapter we are currently studying. Students may also be required to complete other worksheets or smaller packets, that accompany the current chapter we are studying.

Collaborative Unit

Mrs. Dirks, my teaching partner and I have developed a unit on the Holocaust, for second semester. Students will be researching World War II, reading the play on Anne Frank and presenting a project at the end of the unit. Most of the work will be done in class.

Mini-Units and Long-Term Project

Students will be completing several mini-units during the school year. We complete a mini-unit on Miranda Rights and political cartoons. Expect your student to complete their own political cartoon when we are finished with the unit. Students will also study Iowa government and local government. Finally, if the year doesn't get away from us, we'll complete a mini-unit on juvenile justice.

We also complete different projects both in class and outside of class. Please look at the specific link for projects to get that information.