Civic Values Comic

I had no idea how to put this into a blog because the link for my comic only takes you to the main page, where you can't even see it. I sent an email to you containing it, so hopefully it works. I can't find a link that can bring you to it.
So if you get an email from artisancam.org or something, please don't delete it. It should take you to the comic strip.
Thanks!!

Past Two Days: September 27th

Today in history, we took a test about Congress, the branches of government, and the U.S. Constitution. I thought it was pretty easy, especially with the study guide we were given beforehand. Like all tests, there were a few I got stuck on, but overall I think I did pretty well.
Yesterday, we did an "Edcafe." This is just an activity in which each person in the class researches a topic that they were given by Mr. Boyle and presents it to a small group a few days later. This Edcafe was about the First Amendment of the Constitution and I was assigned to research the right to petition the government. I learned about a lot of cases where people actually did petition the government. One case I found was about women's rights in being able to vote equally. This petition actually worked, and women had more rights than they did before and were more equal to men. I also found one about the abolishment of slavery worldwide, and it did succeed in stopping slavery in some areas. I even found a petition about women's rights to drink coffee. I took notes on all these things and then presented them to a group. This was a fun activity to do because we got to interact with our classmates. This method of presenting makes sure everyone gets to speak, and I think that because of this, I was able to remember all of the information that I was told. It was a very effective learning method for me.

History Timeline

Past Two Days- September 25th

Today in history, we began by reading a document about the Federalist Party. They were mostly wealthy people who relied on trade with foreign nations. They weren't as concerned with the states' rights and gave the government the power it needed to run. Their intention was to create strong financial systems. After, we read a document about the Democrat-Republican Party. It was formed by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson and favored the states' rights because they were closest to the people. The Democrat-Republican Party were constitutionalists, so they believed that anything not written in the Constitution could not be acted upon by Congress.
Yesterday, we read "The Bill of Rock and Roll Rights: Hypothetical Case," in which a hundred party-goers went to Roger Will's house, who was one of the party-goers, to have a good time. Madonna was performing. However, the Massachusetts 'Blue Laws' got in the way, and we had to figure out which of the Constitutional Rights would have bailed the given person out.

Past Two Days: September 20th

Today in history class, we were given more assignments to complete for homework. We went to the lab and had the option to work on the letter to Congress, due tomorrow, the research project about the first amendment, or play another icivics.com game. You can guess what the majority of the class picked. I was among that majority. In my defense, it was an addicting game about the rights people were given so it was EDUCATIONAL!! 
Yesterday in class, half of us read documents about the views and supporting details of the federalists, and the other half of the class read documents about the antifederalists. After, we split into groups of three and informed the others about the document they hadn't read yet. When we were all caught up on the notes, we had to create a magazine cover informing and advertising either the federalist ideas or the antifederalist ideas. Mr. Boyle assigned which groups would advertise which, and my group and I were picked to do the antifederalist portion. Then we colored it.

In-Class Infographic

Past 2 Days: September 18th

During the past two days in history, we discussed different branches of government. Today, we created info graphics depicting the three levels of government with facts about each branch. For example, my group drew a tree and the words "executive," "legislative," and "judicial" on three separate branches and then wrote information on leaves drawn to the branches.
Yesterday, we had an activity we had to fill out called "One President or Three?" in which we had to correctly state what each plan (The Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, and the Hamilton Plan) was saying. The categories included how many people the plan involved, how they were elected, their term length, whether or not they could be reelected, general powers they had, whether or not they could be impeached, whether or not the had the power to veto, and their appointment power.