• Senior Project Plans, journals, evidence captions and Yes test
• Portfolio in-class work time 3.12.07 to 3.16.07

• Judicial Unit plans and organization
• Read Chapter 18
• Judicial power - Article III - and AZ Article VI look up
• Due process
• Judicial Review
• Marbury v. Madison
• eJournal
  • Define the and give an example of the "adversary system."

• Civil and Criminal Law
• Trial Procedure
• The adversary system
• burden of proof
• Dual Court System
• Arizona court system

Judicial Article Review Assignment - 60 points - Due 2.23.07

1. Choose any three articles from the Current Events > Judicial section
2. Summarize the article in a paragraph
3. State the significance of the article to yourself or society in general

POSITION PAPER ALERT
Privacy
Due

• US court structure
• Article VI AZ Constitution

• Trial procedure and burden of proof
• AZ Constitution courts and trails
• Court structure,adversary system, independent judiciary, trial procedure quiz

• In-class Mock Trial organization
• Trial Grade Form
• Trial prep assignment
• eJournal
  Describe your role in the mock trial due 2.27

• In-class mock trial Full trial Link
  State of Arizona vs Tyler Blunt
  • INDICTMENT
    
    Counts 1 and 2: Manslaughter, Class 2
    Felony, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-1103;
    
    Counts 3 and 4: Negligent Homicide, Class
    4 Felony, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-1102;
    
    Count 5: Intentional Burning of Wildlands
    that Places Another Person in Danger of
    Death, Class 3 Felony, in violation of A.R.S.
    § 13-1706;
    
    Count 6: Intentional or Knowing Burning
    of Wildlands, Class 6 Felony, in violation of
    A.R.S. § 13-1706;
    
    Count 7: Reckless Burning of Wildlands,
    Class 1 Misdemeanor, in violation of A.R.S.
    § 13-1706; and
    
    Count 8: Burning of Wildlands With
    Criminal Negligence, Class 2 Misdemeanor,
    in violation of A.R.S. § 13-1706

Senior Exhibition Portfolio Instruction (Manual instructions link)

• The Introduction
• Overview
• Table of Contents
• Outline
• Construction Instructions
  
• ALL DOCUMENTS DUE AT NICE NET BY 3/11/07 or 3/9/07 ON PAPER. 40 POINTS POSSIBLE ON EACH -- 120 POSSIBLE - -50% ON 3/12
  FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
• ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE TYPED AND SUBMITTED TO NICENET, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TYPE THEM ANYWAY

--------------------- AFTER SE PORTFOLIO INSTRUCTION---------

Arizona and US Executive Branch

• The f ive major executive officers and their roles (i.e., Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction)
• Bob Woodward Video
• Watergate

• Roles of the President
• Article II of US and Article V of AZ Constitutions
• Article Review of President and Governor
• Watergate

• Watergate "All the President's Men"
• eJournal
  Interview someone about what they remember about WAtergate and what it means
• Essay exam:
  • AZ Exec
  • Watergate
  • Article II

• Senior Exhibition Yes Test review
  "Begin with the end in mind."

Senior Exhibition Manual On-line

• Rules
• Research Paper
• Introduction and Guidelines
• Due Dates
• Appendices
• Project and Portfolio
• The Presentation
• Senior Project Manual 2006-07 Complete

PO 7.  Analyze the structure, powers, and roles of the judicial branch of the United States government, including landmark United States Supreme Court decisions:

a. specific powers delegated by the Constitution in Article III 
b. judicial review developed in Marbury v. Madison and McCullogh v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden
c. dual court system of state and federal courts

PO 8.  Analyze the structure, power, and organization of Arizona’s government as expressed in the Arizona Constitution: 

a. direct democracy by initiative, referendum, and recall processes
b. election process (i.e., redistricting [including gerrymandering and clean elections], voter registration, primaries)
c. Arizona’s legislature (i.e., structure, how a bill becomes law)
d. five major executive officers and their roles (i.e., Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction)
e. Arizona's courts (e.g.,  appointment of judges,  elections to retain positions)

AZ ESL Standards applied in these plans

ELL IV

Performance Conditions:  Students at this stage of proficiency can write narratives, expository essays, formal business letters, and creative passages that are up 2 pages long.  At this level, a focus is on expository writing.  Students show good control of English morphology and the most frequently used grammatical structures.  Students can express complex ideas and use a wide range of vocabulary, idioms, and a full range of verb tenses.  Circumstances range from informal to more formal occasions. 

The student will express in writing his or her own thinking and ideas.