GOPO Community Service Directory
Community Service Directory 2014-15
Each student will be required to meet 20 hours of service learning. LPS has required all graduating seniors to complete 20 hours of service in the community. The above link is the district provided and approved organizations students can volunteer with. Any group not on the list needs to be approved by Mr. Nettleton.
Getting Connected: Service Learning Project gets you connected to a local organization. CommServiceProject
Community Service Current Event: Why Helping Others Makes Us Happy – US News and World Report
Five Reasons to volunteer…
Three are “selffocused”:
1. Understanding: the desire to learn new things and acquire knowledge.
2. Esteem enhancement: feeling better about yourself and finding greater stability in life.
3. Personal development: acquiring new skills, testing your capabilities, and stretching yourself.
Two are “otherfocused”:
4. Sense of community: making the world, or your piece of it, better.
5. Humanitarian values: serving and helping others, often with a strong religious component.
CSA: Habits of Mind: Developing critical thinking. Government and Politics introduces students to a process of developing questions and inquiry. These skills include Sourcing, Contextualization, Corroboration, Multiple Perspectives, and Close Reading.
Make up assignments: Print an article relating to a topic covered in class and complete the CSA formative “skeleton”. Hand in your article and completed work to Mr. Nettleton.
CSA Document Analysis_League of Denial
Unit 1
Pew Research Typology : Beyond Red vs Blue…Take the Typology Quiz and see where you fit in the political typology.
PEW Survey Reflection Questions
Political Party Comparison
Political Spectrum Notes
Political Parties Power Point
Political Party Platform Posters: Negotiating common ground on 5 main campaign issues.
Conservative vs Liberal: See where you fall on the political spectrum.
Issues: Liberal or Conservative?
Public Opinion
Mass Media and Media Bias
MassMedia_MediaBias (Notes)
UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE
Unit 2
Controversial Issues Project: Slides_Outline
Controversial Issues: Topics
Example: ControversialIssues_Example
Unit 3
US Constitution Focus Questions, Constitution Focus Questions
Political Philosophy Notes, Political Philosophy
U.S. Constitution Notes, US Constitution Notes
Constitutional Amendment Notes, Amendments notes
21st Century U.S. Constitution, 21st cen. Constitution_NEW
Unit 4
Supreme Court Notes: Courts New Version
Supreme Court Presentation Example: Example_LBAvHialeah, Example_LBAvHialeah (1), Supreme Court Project_New Version
“To make a democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” -Louis L’Amour
Zootopia: What is the antidote?
Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States