1. Warm Up Please Work Independently In your notes, please answer the following question: The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Chruchill What do you think Chruchill means by this quote? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

2. Introduction Follow the Teacher Instruction Expectations

3. Unit 1: Chalk Talk (American Government) Teen Law Mr. Purfurst Prairie View High School August 25, 2015

4. AP US Government and Politics Objective: Students will be able to identify their prior knowledge about American government by engaging in a chalk talk.

5. Evidence To show me you have mastered today’s objective, your group will complete a chalk talk poster representing their prior knowledge of American government.

6. AP US Government and Politics Agenda: Warm Up Introduction Get Textbooks! Chalk Talk Example Chalk Talk

7. Why is this important? Chalk Talk is a way for us to see what we already know about a topic. This process will help us clarify what connections we can already make about a topic before beginning work on it.

8. Get Textbook!

9. Chalk Talk Example Birthdays

10. Chalk Talk Work WITHOUT TALKING!!! In your group, write down ideas or works that come to mind based on the word in the middle of the paper Draw lines to connect ideas and write what connects them on that line Explore everything you know about that idea!

11. Review What did we learn today? Why is it important? How does it apply in the real world?