14) September 27, 2018

1. Welcome
2. Create a new blog post.
3. Name it 14) September 27, 2018
4. Brett Kavanaugh Nomination?
5. Check your grade
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6. Daily Write--History of the American Dream Parts 3, 4, & 5 
1. Part 3: The G.I. Bill and Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights
1. What was the GI Bill of Rights and why did it become law?
2. What did Americans begin to expect if "they played by the rules?"  Why?
3. How did the GI Bill change home ownership for veterans?
4. How did the GI Bill change college attendance for veterans?
5. How the the Gi Bill change expectations for all Americans?
2. Part 4: The American Dream Deferred
1. How did the Federal Housing Authority lock out African-Americans?
2. How did consumption help illustrate the civil rights movement for African-Americans?
3. Part 5:  The Age of Abundance Fades
1. How did the postwar prosperity affect American expectations?
2. What did President Carter ask Americans to do?  Why?
3. How did Americans react?
7. FINISH Daily Write--Local, State, and Federal Government
1. Why do we have government and how is that seen in the infographic linked above?
2. How is the purpose of government shared among the three levels?
3. How is the purpose of government divided between the three levels?
4. How does a bill become a law and how did the election affect that?
8. FINISH Daily Write--Branches of Government
1. What are the three branches of government?
2. How does the president affect the congress and the courts?
3. How does the congress affect the president and the courts?
4. How do the courts affect the president and the congress?
9. Daily Closing
1. What did you learn?
2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
3. How does it or will it affect you?
4. How can you use it?
10. Pro Points--Shooting An Elephant
1. Who was George Orwell?  Why is that important?
2. What was his job?  Why is that important?
3. What was up with the elephant?
4. How did Orwell react why?
5. What does this story say about the role of government?