29) November 8, 2018

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2. Create a new blog post.
3. Name it 29) November 8, 2018
4. Vote???
1. Interactive Election Guide
5. Check your grades!
1. Starbursts
6. Daily Write--McClintock Tomorrow at 11:00
1. Please write three questions you would like to hear Representative McClintock answer on Friday and why you would like to hear him answer them.
2. Pro Points for Asking Questions
7. Daily Write/Game--Branches of Power

1. Use the tutorial mode and answer the following questions:

1. What is the role of the executive branch?
2. What is the role of the legislative branch?
3. What is the role of the judicial branch?
4. Why does the president hold a press conference?
5. How did you do with your questions?
6. Why is the next branch the legislative?
7. How did the town hall go?  Why?
8. How did you decide which amendments to add when you built your law?
9. How did the president react?  Why?How did the judicial branch react?  Why?

1. Don’t forget to screen shot your final score screen and add it to today's blog post!

8. Daily Write/Game--Lawcraft
1. What house of Congress did you choose? Why?
2. What value and what party did you choose? Why?
3. What issue did you choose to take all the way to the law making process? Why?
4. How did you go about choosing the amendments to attach to your bill?
5. How difficult was it for you to get the majority of your house to agree with your bill? What percentage agreed at the end?
6. Did you have to change characters or issues?
7. How did you choose the amendments to attach to your bill for both houses of congress?
8. Was your bill veto proof? Did you have to fix your bill or create a new bill to achieve this?  Why?
9. How did this help you understand the law making process?
10. How did you like this game?  Why?
11. How was this game similar to other games you have played?
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?
11. Pro Points--Was Dr. Seuss a Racist?
1. What was the title of this blog?
2. Who were the kids and why did they bring a flyer to school?
3. How could Dr. Seuss' images be seen as offensive?
4. How and why did their teachers react?
5. How did their dad like Dr. Seuss?
6. What had happened to their great grandparents?
7. How had Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) affected them?
8. How did their dad feel about the teachers and the situation they had been put in?
9. What did their dad say about Dr. Seuss at the end of the email?
10. After reading this blog post and letter, was Dr. Seuss a racist?