• Executive Branch Unit Intro
• Strand 3 - Concept 2 - POs 3, 6 and 8
• Unit evaluation:
  • Executive News Portfolio
  • Unit MC exam
  • Debates on Candidates and Issues
  • Watergate meaning 50 point eJournal
  • Watergate eJournal
  • Electoral College Position Paper
  • In Class Watergate Essay
• Discussion
  • Election 08 update
  • Article II US Constitution
  • Article V AZ Constitution
  • Checks and balances and separation of powers
  • Article Review in class
  • Watergate

Arizona and US Executive Branch

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

All the President's Men

• Presidents in US history
• Roles of the President and Governor
• Article II of US and Article V of AZ Constitutions
• Article Review of President and Governor
• Watergate eJournal
• Executive Video

All the President's Men

• Watergate Interview eJournal
  Interview someone about what they remember about Watergate, what they remember about the scandal, what it means or explain why someone who lived in the United States in the mid 1970's doesn't remember Watergate.
  Due 1/13/08

• Issues/Candidates work
• Portfolio Work
• Electoral College description

Watergate source review

• WATERGATE: A CHRONOLOGY
• Watergae cast - from NPR
• Watergate Article and audio collectio
• Watergate Article Collection

Watergate Meaning eJournal
EQ: How does the Watergate scandal demonstrate the application of the principles of the Constitution to limit governmental leaders gone bad?

For this eJounral, worth 50 points, (10 each) the grade is based on :

1. What happened in the Watergate scandal?
2. Why was it a constitutional crisis?
   How did...
3. The First Amendment save the country?
4. How did checks and balances save the country
5. How was individual liberty threatened?
   Due 1.20.08

Electoral College Position Paper Due 1.24.06

In class debate and un-structured argument for points

• Candidates and issues activity

• In Class Watergate Essay Study this link before the in-class essay
  EQ: How does the Watergate scandal demonstrate the application of the principles of the Consitution to limit governmental leaders gone bad?
• On-line - Multiple choice Exam on Executive - Due by 2.3.08

• All the President's Men Movie

• President of the United States - Wikipeidia
• The Roles of the President - PowerPoint Web

Strand 3:Civics/Government

Concept 2:  Structure of Government

PO 3.  Examine the United States federal system of government:

• powers of the national government
• powers of the state governments
• powers of the people

PO 6.  Analyze the structure, powers, and roles of the executive branch of the United States government:

• specific powers delegated in Article II of the Constitution
• roles and duties of the president
• development and function of the executive branch, including the cabinet and federal bureaucracy
• election of the president through the nomination process, national conventions, and electoral college

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

• direct democracy by initiative, referendum, and recall processes
• election process such as redistricting, (e.g., gerrymandering, clean elections), voter registration, and primaries
• the structure and processes of Arizona’s legislature
• the roles of the Governor, Secretary of State,  Treasurer, Attorney General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction
• appointment and continuing election of judges.