AP US Gov & Politics
Course Description
The "Unit ST" file includes all of your due dates for this unit. Pol Beliefs Terms include terms and questions. Also below are the files for the notes.
9/2: Gov Basics (Evolution of Gov)
9/7: American Way in Gov Basics file
9/8: Ideology
9/9: Finish Ideology
9/10: Mock Court
9/13: Political Socialization
9/14: Pol Soc cont'd
9/15 & 16: Polling
Political Parties, Voting & Election Unit
9/22: Role of Parties
HW: Political Cartoons
9/23: finish Role of Parties
9/24: History of Parties
HW: Nader article
9/27: finish history - are parties dying?
9/28: Minor Parties
9/29: Start Primary Election notes
Watch gov. debate (see regular gov PP #7 for instructions)
9/30: Primary notes cont'd
10/1: Primary notes
M, 10/4: Primary notes
Current Events project
T, 10/5: Money notes
Show Me the Soft Money article
W, 10/6: Voting! wksh (in class)
R, 10/7: finish Money notes, work on Curr. Events project
F, 10/8: #3-7 DUE
Struggle notes
M, 10/11: Finish Struggle notes
Assign Mock Election Assignments
*Current Events Essay due WED
*TEST: Thurs - 40 m/c and 1st frq
*TEST: Mon - 2nd frq
MOCK ELECTION PROJECT:
#19-23 DUE Th, 10/21
#24-27 DUE Fri, 10/22
DEBATE: Mon, 10/25
MEDIA & INTEREST GROUPS UNIT
#1 - Interest Groups notes - includes HW assignment on 3 IGs - DUE TUES 11/2
#2 and #3- Strategies
A Tale of 2 Lobbyists due Thurs, 10/28
#4 - Are IG too powerful?
Did Obama kill public financing? due 11/3
Quiz - 11/3
#6- Media called Intro below
TEST - Tuesday, 11/9
CONST. Unit
11/10: Const #1 - AofC
Problem - Solution chart
M, 11/15: #2 - Const Convention
Edit Essay, DUE Thursday
T, 11/16: #3: Main Ideas
Marbury - due Th
W, 11/17: #4: Antifed
Fed 10 - due Monday, 11/29
Th, 11/18: #5: Amend
F, Marbury Court Case
M, 11/29: Federalism pt 1 (expressed powers)
Fed 10 summaries
T, 11/30: Federalism, pt 2 (expressed powers of Congress)
Fed 10 summaries
W, 12/1 continue Federalism (expressed powers)
F, 12/3 expressed powers notes - powers of nation and state
M, 12/4: Federalism Today
T, 12/5: Lopez Trial
CONGRESS UNIT
UNIT OUTLINE - called Cong Unit ST below - includes essential questions!
M, 1/3: Basics
T, 1/4: Gerrymandering
HW: gerry article & FRQ
W, 1/5: Incumbents
HW: pork article
R, 1/6: Roles
F, 1/7: Leadership
I'm Just a Bill due Thursday, 1/13
M, 1/10: Bill to Law in HR
T, 1/11: Bill to Law in S
W, 1/12: Bill to Law - President (in bill to law notes)
Th, 1/13: Congress Unit Review
F, 1/14: Mock HR!
T, 1/15: What's Happening Now: A. Cartoons & B. pg. 346 #1-3 & #5-6
W, 1/16: Review for tomorrow's test
UNIT OUTLINE - called Cong Unit ST below - includes essential questions!
Th, 1/17: 60 MC TEST
F, 1/18: 2 FRQs TEST
9/2: Gov Basics (Evolution of Gov)
9/7: American Way in Gov Basics file
9/8: Ideology
9/9: Finish Ideology
9/10: Mock Court
9/13: Political Socialization
9/14: Pol Soc cont'd
9/15 & 16: Polling
Political Parties, Voting & Election Unit
9/22: Role of Parties
HW: Political Cartoons
9/23: finish Role of Parties
9/24: History of Parties
HW: Nader article
9/27: finish history - are parties dying?
9/28: Minor Parties
9/29: Start Primary Election notes
Watch gov. debate (see regular gov PP #7 for instructions)
9/30: Primary notes cont'd
10/1: Primary notes
M, 10/4: Primary notes
Current Events project
T, 10/5: Money notes
Show Me the Soft Money article
W, 10/6: Voting! wksh (in class)
R, 10/7: finish Money notes, work on Curr. Events project
F, 10/8: #3-7 DUE
Struggle notes
M, 10/11: Finish Struggle notes
Assign Mock Election Assignments
*Current Events Essay due WED
*TEST: Thurs - 40 m/c and 1st frq
*TEST: Mon - 2nd frq
MOCK ELECTION PROJECT:
#19-23 DUE Th, 10/21
#24-27 DUE Fri, 10/22
DEBATE: Mon, 10/25
MEDIA & INTEREST GROUPS UNIT
#1 - Interest Groups notes - includes HW assignment on 3 IGs - DUE TUES 11/2
#2 and #3- Strategies
A Tale of 2 Lobbyists due Thurs, 10/28
#4 - Are IG too powerful?
Did Obama kill public financing? due 11/3
Quiz - 11/3
#6- Media called Intro below
TEST - Tuesday, 11/9
CONST. Unit
11/10: Const #1 - AofC
Problem - Solution chart
M, 11/15: #2 - Const Convention
Edit Essay, DUE Thursday
T, 11/16: #3: Main Ideas
Marbury - due Th
W, 11/17: #4: Antifed
Fed 10 - due Monday, 11/29
Th, 11/18: #5: Amend
F, Marbury Court Case
M, 11/29: Federalism pt 1 (expressed powers)
Fed 10 summaries
T, 11/30: Federalism, pt 2 (expressed powers of Congress)
Fed 10 summaries
W, 12/1 continue Federalism (expressed powers)
F, 12/3 expressed powers notes - powers of nation and state
M, 12/4: Federalism Today
T, 12/5: Lopez Trial
CONGRESS UNIT
UNIT OUTLINE - called Cong Unit ST below - includes essential questions!
M, 1/3: Basics
T, 1/4: Gerrymandering
HW: gerry article & FRQ
W, 1/5: Incumbents
HW: pork article
R, 1/6: Roles
F, 1/7: Leadership
I'm Just a Bill due Thursday, 1/13
M, 1/10: Bill to Law in HR
T, 1/11: Bill to Law in S
W, 1/12: Bill to Law - President (in bill to law notes)
Th, 1/13: Congress Unit Review
F, 1/14: Mock HR!
T, 1/15: What's Happening Now: A. Cartoons & B. pg. 346 #1-3 & #5-6
W, 1/16: Review for tomorrow's test
UNIT OUTLINE - called Cong Unit ST below - includes essential questions!
Th, 1/17: 60 MC TEST
F, 1/18: 2 FRQs TEST