AP United States Government and Politics (Period 2) Assignments
- Instructor
- Mr. Joel Conley
- Term
- 2016-2017 School Year
- Department
- Social Studies
- Description
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Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics will focus on the US Constitution and the importance of this document for Americans. The student will identify how political beliefs and behaviors are connected. Political parties and interest groups play a very large role in how the government of the United States operates, and students will study the two major parties and several powerful interest groups. The student will analyze the role of the mass media on the governing process. The student will also look into civil rights and liberties, past, present, and where the future of these liberties may be taking us.
Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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AP Exam Thursday 7 am in the West Gym.
I have posted three pdfs for the exam that are ESSENTIAL!!!
The Bureaucracy and Judiciary
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Essential Court Cases
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Review Book questions pages 267 - 273, #s 1 - 20; plus Free Response Question page 273
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Review Book Questions #s 60 - 80, ex. #60 (B) page 219 Free Response Question on the Federal Bureaucracy
Due Wednesday
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Review Book - Unit Four Questions #s 23 - 44
Write the # and the answer. Ex - #23 (A)
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Complete the Free Response Question on page 132 in your Review Book.
Write your answer on your own paper.
Complete the multiple choice questions #s 45 - 59 in Unit Four of the Review Book. Example; #45 (E)
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Read the article, How and Why the Senate Must Reform the Filibuster.
Answer the questions.
Either print out your answers or write them on your own paper.
Please do NOT email your answers to me. How and Why the Senate Must Reform the Filibuster
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Using the review book and any other resource you may have access to,
answer questions found on pages 200 - 203 (#s 1 - 15) in the Review Book.
For example, simply record your answer this way. #1 (A) etc.
Please turn your answers in at the end of the class period.
Have a great weekend!
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Test chapters 9 Political Parties and 11 Interest Groups.
READ and study the chapters. STUDY the slides.
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Read the post Divided Government. There are 8 questions underneath the heading Exam focus. Using the post and any other information you can draw on answer these 8 questions. Divided Government
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Current Event
Summarize the article onto a notecard. Place the title of the article at the top of the card. Tell us what you learned and your opinion if relevant.
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Test - Political Beliefs & Behaviors
Study chapters 4, 7, 8. Plus Slides.
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Use your textbook, notes, slides, internet resources etc. to answer the questions, AP Topics; Theories of Democracy and Federalism handout.
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What is a conservative? What is a liberal? When we say conservative, we mean Read the posts from Jonah Goldberg and Lanny Davis.
Write an essay incorporating ideas from these two writers. Address these questions. According to the authors, what is liberalism? What is conservatism? Can liberals and conservatives coexist? Choose two to three ideas from each author that resonate with you or that you think you could support.
Essay must have a title.
Essay must be typed.
Essay must be at least three to four pages in length.
Essay will be a test grade.
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Big Ideas of Federalist #10
Free Response Question
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Current Event Friday. Summarize article onto a notecard and prepare short delivery for class. Be prepared to answer questions. Print out or email article to Mr. Conley.
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Federalist #10. page A21 in textbook. Read by Thursday.
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Current Event. Print out or email me your article on government. Summarize the article onto a notecard and state your opinion and what you learned.
Be ready to field a few questions on your article.
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Read chapter one and study keynote for test this Friday.
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Current Event
Choose an article on some aspect of Government in the United States. The article can be on the Federal Government or State government. Print out the article (1st page) and summarize the article onto a notecard. Place your name, the title of the article, and the due date on the notecard. Staple the notecard to the article.
Be prepared to present the article in front of the class (2 to 3 minutes). State the facts, then offer an opinion on what you think. Be expected to answer a question or two after you present. Questions may come from students or Mr. Conley.