Civics Week in Review 9/11/20

Our civics notebook is organized by...

• pages

• sections

• table of contents

• nothing

Answer explanation

You can find the table of contents on yellow chart paper in the back of the classroom

How does the United States elect the president?

• Electoral College

• political conventions

• Congress picks

• Senators pick

In which form of government do you most often find a dictator?

• oligarchy

• socialism

• representative democracy

• autocracy

Answer explanation

since the late 1970s more democracies have become the common form of government over dictatorships

What is another name for Founding Fathers?

• Framers

• State Farmers

• comrades

• philosophers

Answer explanation

the Founding Fathers were influenced by the Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke and Montesquieu

The end of unit assessment will be

• worth 100 points

• require that students annotate

• be a Socratic seminar

• require that students cite evidence

Answer explanation

Socrates believed that it was more important for people to think for themselves than be given the "right" answer

What does it mean "Device Ready" in Mr. Arnold's room?

• have device out at start of period to begin working

• wait until Mr. Arnold says "get out your devices"

• you can only use a school laptop

• leave devices at home

What would be an example of a social contract in the classroom?

• the agenda

• the whiteboard

• Mr. Arnold's lesson

• class norms

Answer explanation

Norms are a fundamental concept in the social sciences. They are most commonly defined as rules or expectations that are socially enforced.

Mr. Arnold will begin entering grades in Canvas this weekend.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

the Narwhal tusk is actually a tooth

What is the job of my 3rd period class?

• hand back emergency cards

• stack chairs before they leave

• run the class Twitter account

• post announcements in Canvas

Answer explanation

Mr. Arnold went to middle school back in 1987

Who would you like to win the 2020 Presidential Election?

• Trump/Pence

• Biden/Harris

• Jorgensen/Cohen

• Hawkins

Answer explanation

Voters in the U.S. may head to the polls on Tuesdays, but the rest of the world prefers to save its votes for Sunday.