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Posted by Diana Laufenberg in American Government - Laufenberg on
1.  Go to D Band Voicethread.
2.  Register for an account.
3.  Add one image to the collective voicethread.
  • Choose one of your 12 items from the benchmark to highlight
  • Locate an image that best represents that item - you can use the flickr Creative Commons to find an image if you do not have one
  • Narrate your paragraph that accompanies that item from your benchmark
4.  Comment on at least two other 'pages' from the collective voicethread.  Ask a question.  Push back on their reasoning.  Affirm their position.  Be thoughtful

Practical Government Benchmark - Taylor Tomasco

Posted by Taylor Tomasco in American Government - Laufenberg on

Ms. Laufenberg always says, "If you remember one thing from this class, PLEASE remember the difference in the three branches of the government!" This benchmark has enabled me to do so. I am now able to identify which laws/cases/offices are represented by each of the three branches and understand WHY they are represented by those as well.

This process was not difficult but it was a little confusing at first. I kept forgetting that some things could be represented by more than one branch. For example, when you get your licsence you are interacting with the executive branch, but there is a law (legislative branch) that states what age you are allowed to get your licsence. The law was most likely made after a course case (judicial branch) was held. The most time consuming part was the judicial branch. I am very familiar with different laws and different parts of the executive branch, but I did not know names of specific court cases that allowed these laws or functions to happen. 

As I get older I imagine to become even more familiar with the branches. I will have to do more paper work, and have to understand some elaborate processes. With my current understanding of the branches I will definitely be able to distinguish which branch of the government I am interacting with. I am leaving this class with Ms. Laufenberg more than happy. I don't only remember the branches of the government, but I understand them as well. 

Benchmark

Posted by Rumman Haq in American Government - Laufenberg on


For this project, finding the legislative laws was easy because I was more informed about the branch and their laws. However, once I reached the executive branch, I was a bit confused on what exactly would fully apply. Once I understood, I sped through the offices because it was something I felt strongly about.

 In my opinion, finding Judicial Court cases that I was negatively impacted by was hard because when I was doing my research, I kept finding court cases that have positively shaped American History. This project started off extremely difficult because I was slightly confused but once I understood and got into rhythm, it was very easy.

 I think that this project helped me learn how I am affected by the governments decisions because after I was finished, I was thinking about so many things about the executive branch that my family has been affected by and I think I will take note of that from now on. I learned a lot about the government from this project and  I think that this project is going to make me do continuous amount of research.

Patricia Parker, AND THE LAWS.

Posted by Patricia Parker in American Government - Laufenberg on

​My Law Benchmark

My Reflection:


Voice thread link : http://voicethread.com/share/1673275/
I chose my 12 cases by observing the ones I learned in class and was most familiar with however I noticed that alot of my peers were doing the same thing so I decided to pick at least 3 laws that my classmates did not choose. I thought it would get boring reading the same ones over and over when grading. The process however was somewhat easy , except for the struggle I had when trying to find out when and where a case may have specifically happened.
In hindsight , I can envision my life being more impacted by the government the older I get because more responsibilities come up and laws are always attached to responsibilities.
I enjoyed learning about why my family and I have to follow certain rules .


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Marshall's Q2 Benchmark

Posted by Marshall Johnston in American Government - Laufenberg on

LINK

The hardest part of this benchmark was finding specific laws/bills that were directly related to me. I had to take almost all of my examples from topics dealing with education because that is the largest part of my life which is controlled by the government. If I were eighteen instead of seventeen, this project would have proven a lot easier because it wouldn't take as long to find bill and laws that directly affect me. The older one gets, the more affects the government has on their every day life. A large part of this is because the older we get, the more we contribute to "the machine" as citizens; our largest votes are made with our wallets. I would like to analyze corporations roles in the United States government because they have so much power of everything that gets decided.

Reflection

Posted by Brianna Thompson in American Government - Laufenberg on

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1KHhIC2DgYTBz1HsKeXs6M_lSsQ81PrwxXh1UaOHNyo8

Coming up with ideas to include in my project was probably the most difficult part of the assignment, a lot of my ideas came from the ones we were tossing around in class however I did manage to think of a few that were more compatible for different aspects of my life that may not be applicable for others. It was also hard to decide whether I wanted to discuss the topic as a negative or positive part in my life since everything has its pros and cons. Besides those two things I found this to be a pretty laid back assignment. I think that after reflecting on a lot of our conversations on current events that the government will definitely have a bigger impact on my life. In fact I believe that as soon as you're born the gov. has a bigger impact on your life than you realize. It's what protects you and your rights even as a small child. This class has given me a lot of insight on how the government functions and I've actually become more interested in staying updated with current events in the world. 



Benchmark

Posted by Catherine Young in American Government - Laufenberg on

Link to my Benchmark


The way I went about deciding what were my items were going to be was based on what I do everyday. It wasn’t hard figuring our what impacts my life because I thought about what I do and what governmental links it has. After choosing my twelve topics, finding out information was not hard at all. This process what not hard at all. The only thing that seemed to be hard was finding out ways that the topics were negative when they are made to be positive. After reviewing all the topics and seeing how they directly affect my life I noticed that as I get older this will effect me more along with other laws as well. Because I am a minor today it will be less likely that more laws apply to me instead of for me. For example, I am my parents responsibility until I turn 18.


American Government Q2 BM and Reflection

Posted by David Buckholtz in American Government - Laufenberg on 

American Government Q2 BM and Reflection

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1VtK1ylEjd_hgvoNlno95yfwmsOL-ttjN_y4Zvg_p7GI

I didn't actually have any particular reason for examining the 12 identified laws, cases or offices 
I just picked the ones that i found to be of interest to me and then found a ways to relate them to my life. 
The laws I choose were all interested because after evaluating which ones pertained to my life I learned a great
deal about how laws made even before I was born have a positive or negative impact on my life till today. 
Some laws, casing or offices I noticed if wouldn't have occurred would have affected my life negatively. Other bills
and laws made more recently have been affecting my life for years and now it just being brought to the surface. 

This process was fairly easy the hardest thing was finding laws that pertained to my life either negativity or positivity. 
I think resources should have been discussed more in deep because finding laws and bill and offices was extremely hard. 
Overall the process was very interesting and easy.

I anticipate my life becoming more difficult as I become older. Laws are evolving as well 
as time is and laws are becoming more redundant. 




David A. Buckholtz

Benchmark Qtr 2

Posted by Alexis Montgomery in American Government - Laufenberg on

​Link to my doc (:

In choosing my 12 items, initially I chose the ones I did because we were all blurting them out to each other in class, but then I looked a little deeper and found a few, I felt related more to me in negative in positive ways, then they may have impacted my classmates. This project wasn't difficult at all. The only difficult part was picking the topics, once I had them, it was pretty easy from there. I think that as I get older my life while become more affected by the government because as you grow up, you start to encounter new things of the "adult world", which is dominanted by the government, there's a law for just about everything you do as an adult. Overall, I enjoyed this project because it was pretty easy and helped me to learn about things in our social justice system.


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