By Monday, 1/28, Read and take notes on remainder of Ch. 12 in 5 to a 5

By end of class Tues., 1/22 read and take notes Ch. 12 5 to a 5 up to "The Lawmaking Process"

(Assignments from this point forward are part of second semester grade)

Semester 1 final exam : 1/16-1/18 (See schedule for your period.)
100 point cumulative final; multiple choice and free response questions. Weighting will be 92% multiple choice, 8 percent free response.

Potential Presidential Candidate Research Paper due on Monday, 1/14. Due to my illness, also bring government materials to study for the final.

Econ homework heck will now be on Tuesday, 1/15.

I will announce extra credit assignment upon my return (which I hope will be on Tuesday). It will not be due on Tuesday, 1/15.

Bring Government materials on Friday, 1/11 to study. Monday will now be an Econ day since I will still be out ill on Friday. The research paper is still due on Monday. 

 

Meet in Library rather than H36.  Continue research for 2020 election project following assignment of your candidate.

Meet in Library rather than H36.  Continue research for 2020 election project following assignment of your candidate.

Meet in Library rather than H36.  Begin research for 2020 election project following assignment of your candidate.

Friday, 12/14, Quiz on Political Parties and Interest Groups

By Wednesday, 12/12, review Magruder Ch. 5 Powerpoint slides on Pol. Parties

By Monday, 12/10: Read Ch. 9 in 5 Steps to a 5

By Thursday., 11/29, Review Magruder Ch. 9 Powerpoint slides (Interest Groups)

 

Also, notes due from prior unit unless A or B on multiple choice portion of Quiz 3 .

Interest Group Assignment  (10 points) due Thursday., 11/29

Two points extra credit: add to your assignment a list of 3 pros and 3 cons of interest groups generally as a linkage institution. (In other words, list 3 ways they are they helpful and 3 ways they are harmful to a successful and just governing process.) Cite any sources used in developing your list. 

In-class Mon., 11/26: Read pp. 129-131 in 5 Steps to a 5. Also read PMI-5 portion of Course Content outline in-class .

In-class Monday, 11/26, review 2010, #1 FRQ (Especially b and c)

 

Thursday and Friday, 11/15 and 11/16, Quiz on Political Participation and Elections

By Wednesday, 11/7, read question and answer for 2011 #3 FRQ. Also review NPR Campaign Finance History Timeline

See scanned images in "selected readings"

By Monday, 11/5, Finish 5 to a 5 CH 10 and and Ch. 10 related items in the study guide/vocabulary posted on Edlio. Also, read p. 241 in Wilson.

By Wed., 10/31, read Chapter 10 in 5 to a 5. Takes notes and record vocabulary,

By Monday, 10/29: Read selected pages of the Political Participation portion of the Collegeboard Course Outline (link below). (These are pages 34-38 as currently numbered.) Read the pages excluding the political parties and interest group items.  Take photos of Chapter 10 in 5 to a 5 in class on Monday.

 

Thurs., 10/25, Quiz: Political Culture/Opinion/ Mass Media

By Tues., 10/23 Complete Unit 3 vocabulary and notes (and bring to class). A study guide posted online includes all required vocabulary terms. Below are vocabulary definitions for some of these terms, many of which were not on the whiteboard, which should help with your work. Note: If you did not read the media portion of Chapter 11 in 5 to a 5 yet, take pictures in class on Monday 10/22, and read/take notes on Monday night. 

By Friday, 10/19 read mass media portion of 5 to a 5 Chapter 11
Also review text book PowerPoint Slides from Wilson Chapter 12

By Wednesday, 10/17: Review Lyberger Powerpoint slides on Public Opinion/Polling
Also view 2008 voting demographics under selected readings and 2016 via link below

 

 

Excellent article on polling, media reporting on polls, and the 2016 election. Not required reading.

 

 

 

By Monday, 10/15 read, take notes and record the vocabulary terms in Chapter 8 of 5 steps to a 5 (very short chapter). Take photos during class on Wednesday, 10/10.

4.1: By Wednesday, 10/10 read pages 31-33 in the course description for Unit 4 of the AP Course Outline: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs. (We skip some units for now and come back to them later. We reorder the AP course.) See link below. Also take photos of Ch. 8 in 5 to a 5 during class on Wednesday, 10/10.

 

 

3.7: Tues., 10/9, Federalism Quiz, approx. 50 pts., multiple choice and FRQ

 3.6b: On Monday, 10/8, bring vocabulary and notes for note check and review.

3.6a: By Friday, 10/5, prep for in-class matching vocabulary.
Before class on Friday, 10/5, finish taking notes on 5 to a 5 and Lyberger slides

3.5 By Tuesday, 10/2 prepare for two required Supreme Court cases: McCulloch v. Maryland and U.S. v. Lopez. (Materials posted below. Read and watch before class as indicated.)

Read the Bill of Rights Institute McCullough v. Maryland Case Background (ONLY the first page of several in this PDF file): https://billofrightsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1.2-DBQ2-McCulloch-v.-Maryland-18191.pdf

Watch the Bill of Rights Institute video on McCulloch v. Maryland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ST9eVIWFY

Another excellent explanation can be found at:

Watch the U.S. v. Lopez video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bliNoGOTVQ

 

3.4: On Friday, 9/28, in-class prep for federalism cases/laws
Court cases and laws are in "Selected Readings"

3.2: By Wed., 9/26, read ch. 3 Wilson outline, sections IV and V. Record vocab. 14-37 before and during Wednesday's class. Read AP course outline CON-2 (CON-2A-2C)

 

Optional: Read 59-70 in Wilson (up to " a devolution revolution")

3.3: By Wed., 9/26 review remainder of Chapter Outline.
Optional: Read p. 70 – 76 in Wilson.

3.1 by Thursday, 9/20 read Wilson Ch. 3 Outline Sections I to III.
Begin taking notes and recording vocabulary (Vocab #1-13) at home and during class.

Quiz 1, Tuesday, 9/18
Multiple Choice and free-response questions. 50 points.

 

Note: Full practice exam (not just first unit) is available if you want to see format of questions.

 

 

2.5 Finish remaining study guide vocabulary and questions by Mon., 9/17.

Bring all vocab. & study guide notes to class for quiz review on Mon., 9/17

2.4.2 By Thursday, 9/13, read remainder of AP Course Outline pages 17 and 18 (link below), excluding  CON-2. Continue working on vocabulary and study guide. (You should notice the heavy overlap between the AP Course Outline and class study guides.)

 

 

2.4.1 Read Ch. 2 "How Things Work" on p. 42 By Tuesday, 9/11. Continue working on vocabulary and study guide notes.

By Friday, 9/7, view the Youtube video with key ideas from Federalist Papers #10 and #51.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDt1cUibFEY

 

Continue working on vocabulary and study guide notes.

By Wednesday, 9/5, read the annotated version of Brutus #1. 

 

 

Continue working on vocabulary and study guide notes.

For your information only. California Bar Foundation PDF document When You Turn 18. This is not a formal reading assignment or homework. (Note: the document was last updated in 2011. Laws do change, so be sure to consult additional sources to see if the information is current.)

 

2.1  See Constitution portion (Ch. 2 Wilson) of Quiz 1 study guide below. Begin working on  vocabulary and notes. (We will have a number of days to cover the full study guide.) Complete vocabulary up to Virginia Plan, and notes on  Concepts 1-3 by end of class Friday. For Articles of Confederation, rather than reading the original document, focus on the summary of the Articles on p. 79 in 5 to a 5 and how the Constitution remedied the weakness of the Articles found on p. 80 of 5 to a 5.

 

Read Ch. 1, pp. 8-14 and complete relevant vocab/study guide notes by end of class Tuesday, 8/28. (Period 1 students, there will not be any in-class time for this due to your attendance of an assembly, so it will be homework for you, which I suggest you do Monday night so you will not be overloaded on Tuesday night.. Period 2-5 students will have some in-class time, but anything not completed in class will become homework for you also.)

 

 

Read the annotated Declaration of Independence found at

 

 

Take notes in your own modern words regarding what the sections that do not have explanations next to them mean. Be prepared to share your interpretations in class on Wednesday.

Homework: By beginning of class on Thursday, 8/23, read p. 15, 17 and LOR 1 portion of p. 18 in AP U.S. Government and Politics Course and Exam Description.

 

 

 

In-class: Read Ch. 1, pp. 1-8 in-class and complete relevant vocab./study guide notes by end of class Thursday, 8/23 (only items covered on the first 8 pages; not entire chapter study guide and vocabulary).

 

See Democratic Foundations (Ch. 1 Wilson) portion of Quiz 1 study guide below