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Welcome Back Class of 2014! Check the seating chart list, and find the seat number associated with your name. Then say hello to your neighbors!

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Class Job Sign-Ups Time Keeper. Paper Passers. The 10th man/woman. We will rotate class jobs every week. Please prepare to do every job at least once.

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Who am I? Graduated from UCSD with a BA in History and a minor in Ethnic Studies. Completing my MA in Education at NDNU Thesis: Motivation and Delayed Gratification. Love being outdoors. LOVE GIANTS BASEBALL! Love cooking, singing, dancing and traveling.

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Notecards In the upper-right corner notecard write the following: -First and last name -Class period -Email address -Do you have internet at home? Yes/No Name Phone Number Email Extra Curricular Activities you do *On the NON-LINED side write your FIRST NAME as you like to be called on BIG.

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Two Truths and a Lie Which of the following statements is a lie? 1. I almost got caught in a wildfire backpacking this summer. Ended up having to hike out early. 2. I celebrated coming back to school by going to WWE Smackdown last Tuesday at HP Pavilion. 3. I traveled to Mexico this summer, and met James Franco while I was down there. Now its your turn. Turn the desks into groups of four. I will explain how I want you to do this, and well time it to see how fast we can get back and forth between groups and rows. See if you can spot your groups lies.

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Classroom Norms and Procedures Homework Procedures What to do if Absent Bathroom Procedure Food and Drink Notebooks Respect, Preparation, and Accountability. Please read over the CIS with your adult guardian, sign it, and return it by the block day. If you have any questions regarding grading, late-work, or any other policy please let me know.

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Respect Respect for others Respect for class time Respect for hard work Respect for the classroom Respect for hard work over luck and talent Respect for risk-taking Respect for yourself

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Preparation Be prepared with your materials Be prepared with your homework Be prepared to think Be prepared to ask questions Be prepared to consider new ideas Be prepared to grow

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Accountability Accountability for your attendance Accountability for your completion of assignments Accountability for your language Accountability for your actions

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Organization for the Class 1. You will need a Notebook for this class 2. Work will be stamped the day it is due and graded portfolio style at the end of each unit. 3. Notebooks will be organized by Unit. We will be setting up notebooks in class tomorrow so please bring one with you. 4. If you may have trouble getting a notebook for any reason please let me know. 5. If you are able to donate an extra notebook please let me know.

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NVC :News, Views, Confused NVC News, Views, Confused Homework EVERY NIGHT PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEWS! Download an App on your phone: BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera Must be a MAJOR world or US news story! Best if it relates to the topic we are currently studying in Civics.

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Success is about Mindset Check out Kid 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cUPY8TIsV 0 Now Check out Kid 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIvk1cSyG8 Who are you going to be in class this year?

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Thinking Like a Historian Quote Wall Challenge. Challenge yourself to question everything this year. Several of the quotes on the wall are famous misquotes or miscontextualized.

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Student Survey Please take the time to answer all the questions on the student survey, and write me a note to elaborate anywhere you want to, and everywhere it asks you to. The note you write me at the end can be as long or as short as you want, the more you let me know about your learning style, your likes and dislikes, and what you want to get out of class this year the better the semester will be.

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Seniors Are Super! Please get out: You signed CIS Paper Pen/Pencil I really enjoyed reading your letters/surveys. You are an interesting group of people with lots of cool hobbies/activities out side of class!

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Free-write #1: What are 3 political issueslocal, national, or international-- that matter to you? Why does each issue matter to you personally? What are all of the ways that this issue is affecting our society? What are the opposing forces involved in each issue? Get as specific as you can. How do you think each issue can and should be resolved?

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TGIF! Please: 1. Grab a piece of candy. 2. Turn in your CIS 3. Get your poster 4. Start working on your poster need to be finished with your poster by 10:40

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Group Activity on Political Issues in US Society: Using large poster paper, develop a master list of all the political issues selected by each person in your group. Next, pick 4 issues aboveat least one from each personfor an in-depth analysis. For each issue, discuss and write down/ diagram as much as you know about: all of the specific ways that this issue is affecting our societywhat are the many symptoms? all of the root, historical causes of the issuewhy does this issue exist? questions you need to answer in order to better understand the issue

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Gallery Walk As you view other groups poster note what issues they have that are different from your groups, and which issues they listed that are the same. Why might they have listed different issues? What factors contribute to why individuals feel a certain issue is or isnt that important?

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What are the factors which make this graph different in terms of what issues are most popular? http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/14/politics- on-facebook-in-2011/

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http://genyhub.com/page/political-issues- students-should-care-about