Mrs. Mess’s Blog

In class we discussed the consequences of being an uninformed voter.  Based on our class conversations, please respond to the following prompt:

Why should citizens in a democratic society keep themselves informed?  Use an example (not used in class) to illustrate your answer.  You may respond on the paper handed out in class or on your own seperate sheet.

Sections 3B, 5C, & 5G – due Tuesday 10/6

Sections 5H & 3D – due Wednesday 10/7

Phase 5 will test on Thursday 10/1

Phase 3 will test on Friday 10/2

Thank you for those parents who made it out to Open House last night. 

 I am posting the powerpoint  that I used in my presentation last night since we didn’t get a whole lot of time to review everything in it.  

Open House Presentation

ISS 3B – Complete both sides of the Political Parties worksheet given out in class.

ISS 3D – Complete the front of the Political Parties worksheet.

Complete the Critical Thinking Questions on the back of the political party packet. Answers should be in paragraph form and include thoughtful reflection about the political party process.

ISS C, H, B – Due Wednesay 9/22

ISS D & G – Due Thursday 9/23

All ISS classes:

Complete the Evaluating Government Structures graphic organizer using the Structure of Goernment powerpoint notes (see below).  Each box should have a bulleted list of advantages or disadvantages for each of the seven structures discussed in the notes.

Phase 5 ISS use these websites in your analysis of Iraqi government influences:

CIA World Factbook Iraq

Iraqi Culutre Smart Card

Culture of Iraq

Time: Iraqi Government

All ISS classes:

Download the Structures of Government   powerpoint for Friday’s class

Download the Government Basics Notes for Tuesday 9/8’s class. 

There are tips in the post below for downloading procedures and options if you don’t have microsoft office.

If you do not have Microsoft Office, you can still get the powerpoints, documents, and spreadsheets.  Download the software from one of the following options.  

1. OpenOffice.org

2. Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer

3. Power point viewer download

You may have trouble opening the powerpoint, documents, etc if you have an older version of Microsoft Office.  Download the Microsoft Compatability Pack to view powerpoints & document wich the newer versions of Office.  

After you click on the blog link, you will see a dialog box that asks you if you want to save or open.  Click SAVE.  You may want to create a file on your computer called ISS so that you know where you are saving all of these powerpoints.

Open the powerpoint and in order to save paper & ink, follow these steps: 

1. So as to save your parents/schools ink, please remove all of the background features – just go to Format – Slide Design – and choose the “default design, which is a white background.
2. Click the print button under the File tab – a text box will appear
3. Select the “Slides” you need (example 2-15;17;19) or select “All” – keep in mind you may not need all of them all of the time – ask teacher if unsure
4. Go down to “Print what” and select “Handouts”
5. If you want to allow space for notes, change the “slides per page” to 3 instead of 6. This will give you lines to the right of each slide.  Keep in mind the more slides you print per page (9 is the largest), the more difficult they are to read.  You may also choose to do the “Outline View” if there are no important images in the powerpoint.
6. Again, to save ink (color ink is more expensive than black) be sure you have removed background designs to plain white and in the Print text box select “Black and white” for your “Color/Greyscale” selection.