+ Welcome to US Government Ms. Ward

+ Please fill out an index card! Name Parent Contact Name Parent Contact Parent Contact Cell Favorite School Subject Future aspirations Type of Device (smart phone, brand?) One thing you wish you knew about US government One thing you think we should learn this semester Side OneSide two

+ Expectations Respect Yourself Respect Others Respect the Classroom Respect the School 1 st time: Warning 2 nd time: Student/Teacher Conference 3 rd time: Student/ Parent/ Teacher Conference 4 th time: Student/ Parent/ Teacher/ Administrator Confrence Classroom ExpectationsIf the expectations are not met:

+ Letter to the future: Dear slack-off self

+ You choose:

+ Preamble Quilt We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America Draw an image for each of the highlighted terms above. Each image should show what the phrase means to your group Each group should end up with 5 different images on 5 different pieces of paper.

+ Socratic Seminar 1. What is the definition of a perfect union? 2. In what ways do we establish justice? 3. What is your responsibility to the government? 4. Who is “we the people”? 5. Has our nation lived up to the preamble? "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

+ Turn in the completed FA #1 to the box