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You are also to read "Democracy in America" come up with 5, reflective, reading questions. These questions should not be easily answered. Annotate this reading, talk back to the text. Ask questions as if you're arguing with de Tocqueville. Use the questions to push your own agenda...to frame your own argument.
Here's some guided reading questions for Tocqueville. These are not an assignment but are to help you delve into the text.
1) What is the 'absolute sovereignty of the majority'?
2)When he says the interest of the many are preferred to that of the few...what about the minority? what are their rights?
3)How does he reconcile #2 with his overall point that majority rule is a kind of despotism?
4) On page 52 Tocqueville suggests that dissension does not exists in America. Is this true? Was it ever true?
5) What is the 'tyranny of the majority'? What's de Tocqueville warning us about? Do we safe guards to protect us from this?
Here are the sample questions I showed you in class:
Here is some help with Feds 15:what does Hamilton think about the AofCs? Why does he think this? How are they an "embarrassment" to the new nation? Also check out the vlog I did a few years ago if you need some extra guidance.
. Check it out on YouTube for a link to Hamilton Mixtape in the description of the video.
PS the channel above only has feds 10 and 51 but you can also listen to all of them as Mp3s HERE Check around on this site...you may find some other useful things!
1/20 WELCOME BACK!!! A lot of AP info today:
Your first Exam will be over chapters 2-3 on 1/27...this is a full week from now
1/22 Today we took a closer at different kinds of federalism. Check out the powerpoint slides 14-17. This will include the journal and a class assignment. Make sure you check out the powerpoint in presentation mode so you can see the entire slide (on 17 there's animation that covers up the assignment instructions).
1/29 HAPPY KANSAS DAY!!! How did your exam go?! I hope well. Here is the assignment due tomorrow:
Read pages 167-174 about Political Socialization
What is Political Socialization? What are some agents of political socialization?
How does each shape the ideas of Americans?
Which has the most impact on young people? On older people? On you? Explain.
On Monday I expect you to to have read the excerpt of Democracy in America found on pages 3-6 of the reader. You will need to have answered the following questions:
What makes America unique?
What feature(s) create(s) unity in America?
What agents of political socialization does AdT identify in this selection?
Write two of your own questions.
Hello Brilliant Minds! Here is the study guide for chapter 5
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Today we will be in the library!! We will work on this webquest
Complete the assignment on the word doc and email it to me (yay technology!!) DUE MONDAY BY 330...EMAILED PLEASE
Here is your homework for tonight:
Read pages 172-178 of the text. Make sure you understand the different methods of measuring public opinion and the issues with each. Take notes if you need to (if you have more than one page front and back you're writing too much) we will have a quiz on Thursday.
Read this article and answer the questions at the end
Now go to this site. scroll down until you see Read page 25 ("The Use and Misuse of Polls) through 26. Write a paragraph answering this question:What does the author believe is the role of the President? How do polls help in this capacity? Make an argumentin disagreement with theauthor Your paragraph should be AT LEAST 5-6 sentences.
(also see pdf above) Your homework over the weekend is to read pages 203-212 in the text. Take your own notes paying specific attention to the following:
How has Mass Media changed over the years? What has that meant for politicians, politics and the people?
Notice the major differences in the media sources. Are all created equal?
Take note of regulation (FCC) and deregulation in recent years.
How/why do people 'own' media? How does that effect the consumer of news?
Here are a few videos that can help illustrate the points made in the book. We may or may not watch these in class:
Murrow speech from Goodnight and Good luck
From Slate "MSNBC v Fox News"
"Media Effects"
2/9 Today we talked about the role of the media on politics. Your job tonight is to seek out news from three different sources (Fox, CNN, ABC, Slate, CJ Online) but all the same type of media (newspapers, magazines, radio, tv). Fill out the chart (found on the document) to the best of your ability
2/10 Homework tonight is to read "How the Mass Media Divide Us" 605-609 in the reader.
ID the author's thesis
Write 5 questions which ARGUE A DIFFERENT AND ANTITHETIC OPINION. Here are a few example questions
How important is civil discourse in the world of American politics? What about the free exchange of ideas? You say yourself " 'Shout-Shows' make for compelling television" This means the typical American is more likely to watch and, thus, pay attention to politics. In a country where more people can name the characters on The Simpsons than members of the Supreme Court...this is a win! Civil discourse be darned!!!
According to your study, Shout-Shows are entertaining and cause my "emotional level of arousal to increase" yet leaves me with "little understanding of the other side" of an argument. This may be so, but who cares? The point of politics is not to understand all sides of an argument. Does it necessarily strengthen my belief if it is one I hold with much conviction and after much contemplation? If I can have an argument with someone about my political ideals, hold my own and site specific reasons I'm right and you're wrong I am informed. I don't need to understand the other side. What's more, just because everyone has an opinion doesn't mean everyone's opinion is valid.
2/12 Today we did some FRQ practice and started a discussion of Minor Parties. You can find the notes we took on slide 38 of the powerpoint presentation
. Your HOMEWORK tonight is to read the short section at the text about Minor Parties (270 through 271) and this article. You will notice in the article there are a few third parties mentioned. Choose one of the parties mentioned (third party that is), go to their (official) party website and answer the questions on the document.
Your homework over the weekend is to read the first section of chapter 8 (283-296). Take notes if you wish. You may use them on the quiz we will have on Tuesday. As you read consider the following:
What are the rules, processes, procedures for elections? How do they differ in congressional and presidential elections?
Primaries
Gen. Elections
Nomination
National convention (presidential)
Not the difference between a nationalized and normal election.
Who votes and how?
Who wins and how?
Winner-take-all
single member districts
electoral v popular votes
You will also need to read this article. Consider what the authors of your book say about incumbency and specifically the "accountability factor"; does the article agree with this point of view? Write a 5-6 sentence response and email me by 11:59pm Sunday
2/23 Today we talked a little about how candidates for political office, and especially POTUS, gets noticed among the voters. Focus on slides 45-47
Tonight I would like for you to read 304-312. I have included some focus questions below. You will have a quiz on Thursday which will cover info from this reading and any other reading from the week AND the reading above (from 2/13):
What is the nature of campaign advertising? What affects do ads have on voters?
What is the role of the FEC (note the mention of your second micro-theme topic here)?
What restrictions are placed on certain groups when giving money (hard/soft) to candidates, parties, campaigns, etc?
We also watched this clip to get us going Here are the focus questions for "Going Dirty" 506-514. Please make sure you are answering these questions thoroughly, completely and responsibly. I should be able to tell that you did the reading through your answers. In short, if this assignment takes you 10 mins and you hand in a half a page of work...YOU MISSED SOMETHING!
At the beginning of the essay, Mark makes the distinction between "negative campaigning and dirty tricks." What's the distinction and why si this distinction important?
According to Mark, is there value in negative campaign advertising? Would you agree with Mark here? Explain.
How has the internet changed campaign advertising?
The essay implies that negative ads get the most attention but that most of them do not come from a candidate or party. What does this say about how much control a candidate has over the ads in his/her favor? Is this good or bad for the democratic process? Explain.
What, according to the author, is the overall effect negative campaign advertising has on elections and voter behavior? Do you agree with David Mark? Explain
2/26 through the weekend... Here is the House v Senate activity in full
. We will finish that today (2/27) Your reading for over the weekend is a long one (are there snow days in our future???!!!). Here are your guided reading questions. I would suggest answering these instead of trying to take notes on all of it (313-331)
What is the voting paradox? Regardless, what groups of people seem to vote at the highest numbers?
How do Issue Voters differ from those who use voting cues to inform to inform their vote? Which cue is the strongest among voters who use them? Which cue would you say shows the greatest amount of political awareness? Why?
Use the terms coattails, split ticket and straightticket to explain the author's claim that "in the main, presidential and congressional elections are made independently of each other."
What is a nationalized election? Why do they occur and why are they rare? Do you think these elections create a more educated electorate? A more accountable Congress/President? Explain.
What were some "distinguishing" characteristics of the 2008 elections? How and why did the government become so divided after the mid-term election in 2010?
What were the salient issues coming into the 2012 election? How did the GOP and the Democrats stack up to each other over these issues (don't just say 'the GOP did good with the people over Obamacare...' explain)? What issues, which had once held sway with voters,seemed to become less important in 2012? Which issues were most important in winning the races (presidential and congressional)?
In the end, what seemed to be the biggest factor in the victories and losses in the 2012 elections. Explain your answers.
3/2 Today we wrote our own FRQ. The guidelines for this assignment are here
. JACOB you should focus on chapter 7 and NIK you should focus on chapter 5. For examples of FRQs and their rubrics here is the College Board's APCentral website. I expect ALL students to have the question written by tomorrow.
3/6 Yesterday after your exam you started the assignment on slide 52. Your homework is on slide 53. Both are due on Tuesday next week.
Look on pages 31 and 32 for the assignment. You will need to read the assignment from the navigation window on the left hand side of the screen,
3/10 Today we wrapped up our discussion of Congress. We also took a slide of notes (slide 54 on the ppt file above) and started on this outline of the powers of POTUS
and return by next Monday, 3/30, to receive credit. Please note, any correction which does not indicate where you found the correct answer will receive credit. You may NOT simply say "textbook"; you must include a page number. Please let me know if you have questions. Each correct correction will earn 1/2 point back.
3/25 Today you finished peer grading FRQs. You got this worksheet. Complete it and hand it in tomorrow. You WILL have a quiz tomorrow first thing
3/26 Here is you exam for your corrections due on Monday (3/30)
. I also asked you to look at the notes over the Bureaucracy on the powerpoint (slides 68-69). Make sure you're looking at the notes feature of the presentation so you can see all of the discussion. This info will be quiz/testable. Finally, I gave you an assignment about special interest groups.
3/31 PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ODD/EVEN DAYS ARE SWITCHED THIS WEEK SO I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. We finished the Barron v Baltimore case brief today and handed in the worksheet (#3 from above). You will have a quiz tomorrow over
Slides 68-69 of the powerpoint (you can use the PP from #4 above)
4/1 Check the powerpoint for notes on restraint v activism in judges (slide 74). Here is your homework for tonight:
Read 449 (The Executive Branch) to 454 (stop at The American Public and the President)
Answer the following questions:
What are the primary roles of those bureaucrats who make up the EOP? How do they fulfill these functions?
How has the role of the Vice President changed in recent years? Provide an example of the "old model VP" and the "new model VP".
What is the Cabinet? Create a graphic, cartoon, symbolic image to represent the cabinet. You will discuss this image with the class so please make it big enough and clear enough to be seen by your classmates. You can draw or use the computer but it must be an image you create.
4/6 Here is the budget reading from Friday. I asked you to prepare a simple flow chart in the space at the top of the reading.
4/7 Please finish your work with McCulloch v Maryland and read essay #47. Answer the following in complete sentences and fully fleshed out responses. If you give me vague, thoughtless answers you will be doing the assignment again...
The author says SCOTUS rules to interpret “Constitutional values” not to interpret “Constitutional language.” Explain the difference? What is an example of this?
SCOTUS are meant to judge cases apolitically. The author of this essay posits that this is not entirely possible. Identify and explain at least two ways mentioned in the essay that justices can pursue an agenda during their time on the bench
Alexander Bickel (Constitutional scholar) called the landmark Roe v Wade decision a case of “counter-majoritarianism”. What is countermajoritarianism? Why does the author say this is a serious issue? What does this have to do with judicial review?
The author contends that there are two issues with “originalism”; explain these issues
One adjudication theory claims justices should seek out the ‘moral rights’ in the Constitution; explain the criticism of this theory. What is your opinion on the matter?
After reading this essay write 4-5 sentences explaining your opinion of judicial adjudication; how do you believe SCOTUS should interpret the Constitution? Why?
4/9 Here is the assignment for today. Email this back to me as an attachment when you are finished.
4/14 Here's the homework for today. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE! This is a large assignment. If you feel like you need more time come speak to me before Wednesday 330!
. The notes about selective incorporation are on the powerpoint. You can also look this up. Not being able to access the pp is not an excuse for not having this work finished by Monday
8/26 Today you did more work on your constitution worksheet. What you didn't finish is homework. You also need to read Feds 51. This is in the back of your book AND is also in your reader...page 97ish. Because feds 51 is in your reader I am not going to include a link here. Here is the YouTube channel I talked about. You can listen to Madison's words as well as read them for extra inspiration Please write questions for this essay. Also, don't forget you have a homework quiz. Even if you were absent today you are STILL responsible for the quiz tomorrow.
PS the channel above only has feds 10 and 51 but you can also listen to all of them as Mp3s HERE Check around on this site...you may find some other useful things!
8/27 Today we took our first homework quiz. If you missed this you are responsible for making it up. We also have a quiz on Thursday. Today we started our in depth discussion of federalism. I gave you some pictions
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ur homework was to read the document on page 119-123 of the reader. It's 2 federalist papers; ask 3 questions for each essay. Also finish the pictions
8/29 Today we did our first FRQ practice. Here is the question
9/3 Today we finished you FRQs and graded them. your homework starts on page 81. Fine the chart with the SCOTUS cases about federalism. Summarize the cases by following the steps:
a) Plaintiff and Defendant?
b) Facts of case?
c) What’s the constitutional question?
d) How does the court find?
e) Why is the case significant?
In anticipation of your first exam (September 17th) here is your first study guide. Remember if you fill out EVERY SINGLE QUESTION (including all the vocab) you may use this study guide on the FRQ portion of the exam. Look for the Chapter 3 study guide to follow...
9/5 We finished watching The Storm today. Here is a link to the video if you need to finish the vi ewing guide up
11/4 Your flow chart (see above) is due tomorrow by 330 unless you come see me in the ELC tomorrow before 500pm. You also have homework on page 38 of the powerpoint
11/5 Sooooo there were some...issues?...with the wikispace lastnight and many of you noticed that there was no slide 38. Click on the presentation above today. It should be there now. Also here is the webquest
11/14 Your FRQ (which you need to finish before next class) is on the presentation. You also will be responsible for the second half of the FRQ (also on the presentation) before the next class. PLEASE TYPE BOTH AND BRING THEM WITH YOU. DO NOT EMAIL THEM THIS TIME
We started my most favorite assignment on the topic Here is an example to get you started . We also finished our Chapter 4 (I know it says 14) chart. Both of these assignments are due Thursday
Here's the review material we have been using (also see several exams at the top of the page).
Scoring guides for the FRQs on your last exam Question 1 The first question from 2012 Question 2 The fourth question, second part from 2011 Question 3 The fourth question from 2006
3/28 Journal for today is on slide 41and is based on this reading
. I also gave you all a reading about attack ads (please see me for this). There are questions on slide 55 of the powerpoint. Check out this website to answer the final question.
4/9 We took a look at chapter 14 today. Here is the work
8th hour: In preparation for your exam next week we are going back and hitting somethings we only glossed over. Here is an assignment about the electoral college
4/25 Today we got the case list for the cases you're expected to know before your SCOTUS quiz. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE DIRECTIONS FOR THSES QUIZZES AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE!!!
4/30 Your homework is to complete 4 assigned questions (plus #17) from your review sheet and submit the answers to me BY 5PM TOMORROW(5/1) Here are the ones I have so far:
5/2 Today we took an Exam (Yay!!!) We also watched a bit of one of my favorite political documentaries (it really is awesome so stop sighing...) called The War Room. Along those lines; a few weeks back we watched one part of another documentary called Makers: Women Who make America. I have had several of you ask for more info on that. Here's the first part of this three part series. You can watch the whole thing on this web site!
5/13
Hello brilliant minds. I have included the review game we played today for some extra study fun! The answers...along with some helpful (sometimes humorous) reminders are in the notes section of the powerpoint. Let me know if you have questions
Those of you taking the AP exam GOOD LUCK!! I know you'll make us all proud. Those of you taking the final tomorrow in class...GOOD LUCK! I know you'll do well. You all have already made me very proud. Every teacher dreams of getting to teach students who, like all of you, are passionate about their education. You made a conscious choice to challenge yourselves; I hope I provided that challenge.
Welcome to AP Government!
Here are the STUDY GUIDES for your exam on Thursday
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1/8Today we discussed the underpinning philosophies of American government. I gave you these readings
Homework Finish parts I of your Constitution study guide found here
1/13 Finish up your Articles of Confed notes. Here is wha
t your classmates came up with.
You are also to read "Democracy in America" come up with 5, reflective, reading questions. These questions should not be easily answered. Annotate this reading, talk back to the text. Ask questions as if you're arguing with de Tocqueville. Use the questions to push your own agenda...to frame your own argument.
Here's some guided reading questions for Tocqueville. These are not an assignment but are to help you delve into the text.
1) What is the 'absolute sovereignty of the majority'?
2)When he says the interest of the many are preferred to that of the few...what about the minority? what are their rights?
3)How does he reconcile #2 with his overall point that majority rule is a kind of despotism?
4) On page 52 Tocqueville suggests that dissension does not exists in America. Is this true? Was it ever true?
5) What is the 'tyranny of the majority'? What's de Tocqueville warning us about? Do we safe guards to protect us from this?
Here are the sample questions I showed you in class:
Remember that your Constitution worksheet is due, completed, on Tuesday
1/15 Today we discussed the weaknesses and strengths, but mostly weaknesses, in the Articles of Confederation. You have lots to do before Tuesday:
- Read Feds #10 DUE TOMORROW (you can find this reading in the text and the reader) and write questions. You can listen to Madison's words here
- Read Feds #15
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Here is some help with Feds 15: what does Hamilton think about the AofCs? Why does he think this? How are they an "embarrassment" to the new nation? Also check out the vlog I did a few years ago if you need some extra guidance.. Check it out on YouTube for a link to Hamilton Mixtape in the description of the video.
PS the channel above only has feds 10 and 51 but you can also listen to all of them as Mp3s HERE Check around on this site...you may find some other useful things!
1/20 WELCOME BACK!!! A lot of AP info today:
OMG I TOTS FORGOT TO MENTION THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS!!!! Here it is
Here is the text if you'd rather read it. Fact check here
1/22 Today we took a closer at different kinds of federalism. Check out the powerpoint slides 14-17. This will include the journal and a class assignment. Make sure you check out the powerpoint in presentation mode so you can see the entire slide (on 17 there's animation that covers up the assignment instructions).
Here is the homework due tomorrow
1/23 Today we focused on FRQ writing. Here is an FRQ from the 2009 exam
Also, I have pushed the exam back to Thursday 1/29 so we can complete it on a block day
here are the AofC class notes as a PDF...1/29 HAPPY KANSAS DAY!!! How did your exam go?! I hope well. Here is the assignment due tomorrow:
Read pages 167-174 about Political Socialization
On Monday I expect you to to have read the excerpt of Democracy in America found on pages 3-6 of the reader. You will need to have answered the following questions:
Hello Brilliant Minds! Here is the study guide for chapter 5
2/3
Today we will be in the library!! We will work on this webquest
Here is your homework for tonight:
Your quiz will be over the text material #1, #2 and #3
2/5
Today we discussed polls and surveys. The assignment is on the powerpoint
Your homework over the weekend is to read pages 203-212 in the text. Take your own notes paying specific attention to the following:
Here are a few videos that can help illustrate the points made in the book. We may or may not watch these in class:
2/9 Today we talked about the role of the media on politics. Your job tonight is to seek out news from three different sources (Fox, CNN, ABC, Slate, CJ Online) but all the same type of media (newspapers, magazines, radio, tv). Fill out the chart (found on the document) to the best of your ability
2/10 Homework tonight is to read "How the Mass Media Divide Us" 605-609 in the reader.
2/12 Today we did some FRQ practice and started a discussion of Minor Parties. You can find the notes we took on slide 38 of the powerpoint presentation
2/13 The notes we took today are on slide 42 here
2/23 Today we talked a little about how candidates for political office, and especially POTUS, gets noticed among the voters. Focus on slides 45-47
Tonight I would like for you to read 304-312. I have included some focus questions below. You will have a quiz on Thursday which will cover info from this reading and any other reading from the week AND the reading above (from 2/13):
2/24 Here is the webquest
Here are the focus questions for "Going Dirty" 506-514. Please make sure you are answering these questions thoroughly, completely and responsibly. I should be able to tell that you did the reading through your answers. In short, if this assignment takes you 10 mins and you hand in a half a page of work...YOU MISSED SOMETHING!
2/26 through the weekend...
Here is the House v Senate activity in full
Your reading for over the weekend is a long one (are there snow days in our future???!!!). Here are your guided reading questions. I would suggest answering these instead of trying to take notes on all of it (313-331)
3/2 Today we wrote our own FRQ. The guidelines for this assignment are here
3/6 Yesterday after your exam you started the assignment on slide 52. Your homework is on slide 53. Both are due on Tuesday next week.
3/10 Today we wrapped up our discussion of Congress. We also took a slide of notes (slide 54 on the ppt file above) and started on this outline of the powers of POTUS
3/12 Kansas Corner assignment
3/23 Welcome back!!! Today we talked about "the personal president" Find journal, notes and homework questions on slides 60-63 of the powerpoint
3/25 Today you finished peer grading FRQs. You got this worksheet. Complete it and hand it in tomorrow. You WILL have a quiz tomorrow first thing
3/26 Here is you exam for your corrections due on Monday (3/30)
3/30 We are starting chpt 13 this (The Courts) and there's a lot to give you. Here's everything I talked to you about today:
3/31 PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ODD/EVEN DAYS ARE SWITCHED THIS WEEK SO I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. We finished the Barron v Baltimore case brief today and handed in the worksheet (#3 from above). You will have a quiz tomorrow over
4/1 Check the powerpoint for notes on restraint v activism in judges (slide 74). Here is your homework for tonight:
4/6 Here is the budget reading from Friday. I asked you to prepare a simple flow chart in the space at the top of the reading.
4/7 Please finish your work with McCulloch v Maryland and read essay #47. Answer the following in complete sentences and fully fleshed out responses. If you give me vague, thoughtless answers you will be doing the assignment again...
4/9 Here is the assignment for today. Email this back to me as an attachment when you are finished.
4/13 Here is the FRQ you must complete by tomorrow. We will do peer grading so it is imperative that you finish this before class tomorrow
Here's your study guide for the quiz Thursday
4/14 Here's the homework for today. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE! This is a large assignment. If you feel like you need more time come speak to me before Wednesday 330!
4/17 Here is your assignment for today. This comic and the case briefs are due Monday
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4/21 Today we discussed the VRA and the Civil Rights Act of '64. Here is the assignment to be completed by Thursday
4/28 Here is your assignment for today
5/4 (May the 4th be with you): Here's the review we played yesterday
8/26 Today you did more work on your constitution worksheet. What you didn't finish is homework. You also need to read Feds 51. This is in the back of your book AND is also in your reader...page 97ish. Because feds 51 is in your reader I am not going to include a link here. Here is the YouTube channel I talked about. You can listen to Madison's words as well as read them for extra inspiration Please write questions for this essay. Also, don't forget you have a homework quiz. Even if you were absent today you are STILL responsible for the quiz tomorrow.
PS the channel above only has feds 10 and 51 but you can also listen to all of them as Mp3s HERE Check around on this site...you may find some other useful things!
8/27 Today we took our first homework quiz. If you missed this you are responsible for making it up. We also have a quiz on Thursday. Today we started our in depth discussion of federalism. I gave you some pictions
ur homework was to read the document on page 119-123 of the reader. It's 2 federalist papers; ask 3 questions for each essay. Also finish the pictions
8/29 Today we did our first FRQ practice. Here is the question
ssignment called a micro-theme
9/3 Today we finished you FRQs and graded them. your homework starts on page 81. Fine the chart with the SCOTUS cases about federalism. Summarize the cases by following the steps:
a) Plaintiff and Defendant?
b) Facts of case?
c) What’s the constitutional question?
d) How does the court find?
e) Why is the case significant?
In anticipation of your first exam (September 17th) here is your first study guide. Remember if you fill out EVERY SINGLE QUESTION (including all the vocab) you may use this study guide on the FRQ portion of the exam. Look for the Chapter 3 study guide to follow...
9/5 We finished watching The Storm today. Here is a link to the video if you need to finish the vi
ewing guide up
Watch The Storm on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.
9/10: Today we started talking about Political Socialization (see the yellow section of the powerpoint for journal and assignment)
Your homework:
9/17 Today we did In-Depth Pictions (I-DPs) The assignment...with my awesome drawing...is on slide 13 of the presentation
9/19 You had your first exam today!!! How'd it go? Here is the homework for the weekend:
9/23 Today we looked at a few different political party quizzes. See slides 23-25 for the journal, assignment and homework
9/30 Here is the form for test corrections:
10/1 Your assignment today was to finish your pictions
10/3 Campaign finance notes
I've been a little behind on the updates...sorry about that. Here are a few things to catch you up:
Watch Big Sky, Big Money on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.
10/9 Here is the assignment for chpt 9 with the mini web-quest
10/14 SIG Brochure
10/21 You have an exam TOMORROW! Be sure to 100% fill out your study guide
10/29 Today we started talking about the Congress (see the purple slides of the powerpoint)
10/31 Today looked at how a bill becomes a law and got
started on a project outlined on slide 37 of the powerpoint
11/4 Your flow chart (see above) is due tomorrow by 330 unless you come see me in the ELC tomorrow before 500pm. You also have homework on page 38 of the powerpoint
11/5 Sooooo there were some...issues?...with the wikispace lastnight and many of you noticed that there was no slide 38. Click on the presentation above today. It should be there now. Also here is the webquest
11/11 and 12 on Monday we took some notes about POTUS. There is an assignment on the last slide from your reader
And just because it's awesome...Hamilton Mixtape
Hello Clarice... So nice to see you. Here are your stations:
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11/14 Your FRQ (which you need to finish before next class) is on the presentation. You also will be responsible for the second half of the FRQ (also on the presentation) before the next class. PLEASE TYPE BOTH AND BRING THEM WITH YOU. DO NOT EMAIL THEM THIS TIME
11/18 We started work on the Bureaucracy today (chapter 12). Here is the classwork
11/21 Today we started talking about the Judicial branch. I don't see you again until Tuesday 11/26 so you have quite a bit of homework.
Also your test corrections are due Tuesday
12/3 Today we started working on Selective Incorporation. I gave you notes (on the dark yellow slides)
Here's the review material we have been using (also see several exams at the top of the page).
Scoring guides for the FRQs on your last exam
Question 1 The first question from 2012
Question 2 The fourth question, second part from 2011
Question 3 The fourth question from 2006
3/28 Journal for today is on slide 41and is based on this reading
4/1 Today we discussed political culture. The notes we took are on the bright yellow. We watched this video
4/2 Today we started talking about political parties. The notes for this chapter are on the red slides. Your homework is
4/4 Today we watched a video about Citizens United and the 2010 SCOTUS ruling
4/8 Today we talked about voter behavior (slide 54 of the notes)
4/9 We took a look at chapter 14 today. Here is the work
4/15 Today we talked about civil rights. See slide 57 of the powerpoint
4/16 Today we discussed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 see slides 58-63 of the powerpoint
We also watched this clip about Strom Thurmond's filibuster of this bill
4/18 We talked about selective incorporation of the BoR today. Here is your assignment
4/23 We will have an exam next Thursday 5/2 over chapters 7,8,14 & 15 here is your review:
6th hour see assignment from 4/18
8th hour: In preparation for your exam next week we are going back and hitting somethings we only glossed over. Here is an assignment about the electoral college
4/25 Today we got the case list for the cases you're expected to know before your SCOTUS quiz. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE DIRECTIONS FOR THSES QUIZZES AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE!!!
6th hour: See 8th hour assignment from 4/23
8th hour: Here is the practice exam from class.
4/30 Your homework is to complete 4 assigned questions (plus #17) from your review sheet and submit the answers to me BY 5PM TOMORROW (5/1) Here are the ones I have so far:
From Brittany Bodenheimer:
From Katie Howland:
From Ryan Brinker:
From Harrison Baker:
From Carson Taggart:
From Taryn "Wilkie" Wilkerson:
From Becka "Wolgie" Wolgast:
5/2 Today we took an Exam (Yay!!!) We also watched a bit of one of my favorite political documentaries (it really is awesome so stop sighing...) called The War Room. Along those lines; a few weeks back we watched one part of another documentary called Makers: Women Who make America. I have had several of you ask for more info on that. Here's the first part of this three part series. You can watch the whole thing on this web site!
Watch Part One: Awakening on PBS. See more from Makers: Women Who Make America.
5/6 We talked more about the budget today. Here's the first part of the worksheet
5/7 Hey there Fun Dayers! Hope you had...fun!
5/13
Hello brilliant minds. I have included the review game we played today for some extra study fun! The answers...along with some helpful (sometimes humorous) reminders are in the notes section of the powerpoint. Let me know if you have questions
Those of you taking the AP exam GOOD LUCK!! I know you'll make us all proud. Those of you taking the final tomorrow in class...GOOD LUCK! I know you'll do well. You all have already made me very proud. Every teacher dreams of getting to teach students who, like all of you, are passionate about their education. You made a conscious choice to challenge yourselves; I hope I provided that challenge.