US and Arizona Judiciary
3.3.08
  • Judicial Unit plans and organization
  • Read Chapter 18
  • Judicial power - Article III - and AZ Article VI look up
  • Due process
  • US court structure
  • Article VI AZ Constitution
  • In class trial
    Assign roles
  • Trial Grade Form
3.4.08
3.5 to 3.7
3.10.08 Describe and work on Reflections on the First Amendment Paper
Paper Samples (don't copy these)
Paper #1 2 3 Rubric 4 5 6 7 ( a good one)
Reflections on the First Amendment POD CASTS
3.11. to 3.14.08
3.21
  • Judicial Review
  • Marbury v. Madison
  • eJournal
    • Define the and give an example of a current case in the news that shows 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 3.26.08

  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
   
3.24 to 4.24.08
Position Paper Marathon
Paper Topic Due
Tubac Growth Referendum 3/27/08
Privacy Position Paper 4/3/08
Death Penalty Position Paper 4/10/08
Second Amendment - Gun Control 4/17/08
Flag Burning 4/24/08
AZ Civics and Government Standards - Concept 2

AZ Civics and Government Standards
Strand 3
Concept 2

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)

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.