AP Government and Politics

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Review
Terms

Review
Court Cases

Review
Branches of Government

Review
FRQ

Unit 5 Exam

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Review

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Exam

1) Sicko Documentary

1) Sicko Documentary

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Activity
1) GR Ch 16 Public Policy

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Activity/Project
1) Review GR
2) Discuss Final Project
Ch 16 Reading Quiz Due

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Activity
1) Final Project Research

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Activity
1) Final Project Research

21 Public Policy
Activity
1) Final Project Research

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Activity
1) Final Project Research

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Public Policy-Global Warming

Public Policy-Global Warming

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Finals

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Finals

School Holiday

June 1
Finals

AP EXAMS WEEK

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AP EXAMS WEEK

Final Projects Due

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Finals

Last Day of School :(

AP EXAMS WEEK

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April 2015
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6 Political Socialization/Public
Opinion
1) Video Pol. Socialization
2) Ch. 12 Terms

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Fri

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Presentations/Quiz
1) Finish presentations
2) Ch 4/5 Terms Quiz

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Unit Exam
1) Civil Liberties and Civil
Rights

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School Holiday

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Notes/ Discussion
1) Notes Forming Public Opinion, Effects of Public Opinion
on Politics

8 Elections and Voting

Notes/Discussion/Activity
1) Notes Types of Elections, Electoral
Procedures, Congressional vs. Presidential Elections
2) Video Electoral College
3) May I Vote?

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Notes/Discussion/Activity
1) Who Votes?
2) Notes Voter Choice, Voter
Turnout, Improving Voter
Turnout

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Notes/Discussion/Activity
1) Who Votes?
2) Notes Voter Choice, Voter
Turnout, Improving Voter
Turnout

14 Political Parties/Interest Groups

Notes/ Discussion
1) Notes Two Party System,
Structure, Functions, Third Parties

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Video/Discussion/Review
1) Video Interest Groups
2) Review Unit Exam

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Notes/ Discussion
1) Notes Interest Groups,
Strategies and Tactics, Regulating Interest Groups

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Assessment
1) Unit Exam- Ch. 10,11,12,15

Ch 10 /12 Reading Quiz Due

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Activity/Discussion
1) Proposals for Increasing Voter Turnout
Ch 11/15 Reading Quiz Due

Wed

Ch. 11/15 Terms Due

20 Congress
Activity/Discussion
1) Ch. 6 and 9 Terms
2) The Congress Guided Reading
Ch 6/9 Reading Quiz Due

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AP Pre Exam Registration
Auditorium

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Activity/Discussion
1) Ch. 6 and 9 Terms
2) The Congress Guided Reading
Ch 6 and 9 Terms Due

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Activity/Discussion
1) Crash Course AP Government

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School holiday

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Discussion
1) The Congress
2) Ch 7 and 8 Terms
Ch 7/8 Reading Quiz Due

28 The Judiciary
Notes/ Discussion
1) Notes The Federal Judiciary

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Notes/Discussion
1) The Executive Branch and
the Bureaucracy
2) Study Guide
Ch 7 and 8 Terms Due

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Notes/Discussion
1) The Executive Branch and
the Bureaucracy

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Assessment
1) Unit Exam The 4 Branches
of Government

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2 Fifth Six Weeks Begins

Activity/Discussion
1) Division of Powers State or
Federal Control

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Activity/Discussion
1) Federal Court Cases McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v.
Ogden, Barron v. Baltimore

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Notes/Discussion
1) Federalism Notes Marshall
Court, Dual/Cooperative Federalism,

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Notes/Discussion
1) Federalism Notes Federal
Grants, Judicial Federalism,
Reform

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Assessment
1) Short Exam Federalism

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Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

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Video/Discussion
1) Federalism A More Perfect
Union
Ch 4 Reading Quiz Due

17 Civil Liberties
Video/Discussion
1) Its a Free Country

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Activity Discussion
1) Bill of Rights Scavenger
Hunt

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Notes/Discussion
1) Notes Civil Liberties

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Notes/Discussion/Homework
1) Complete Notes
2) Assign Ch 5 Terms

23 Civil Rights
Video/Notes/Discussion
1) Video-Civil Rights
2) Notes Civil Rights

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Notes/Discussion
1) Complete Notes
2) Discuss Civil Liberties Project
Chapter 5 Terms Due

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Civil Liberties Project
LAB A230

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Civil Liberties Project
LAB A230

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Civil Liberties Project
LAB A230

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Civil Liberties Project
Classroom Time

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Project Presentations

Project Due

Ch 5 Reading Quiz Due

Ch 4 Terms Due

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February 2015
Mon
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Activity
1) Comparing Declaration of
Ind. And John Lockes Second
Treatise of Government

Tue
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Video/Discussion
1) Video The Constitution

Wed

Thu

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Discussion/Activity
1) Anatomy of the Constitution

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Notes/Discussion
1) Notes Articles of Confederation, Writing the Constitution,
Principles of the Constitution,
Articles 1-7

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Activity
1) Six goals of the Preamble
2) Review Anatomy of Const.

Substitute

Fri

Ch. 2 Terms Due

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Activity
1) Solving the Problems of the
AoC

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Notes/Discussion/Activity
1) Notes Ratification/
Amending the Constitution
2) Federalist Papers No. 10/51
3) Homework Complete Federalist Papers questions

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Discussion/Activity
1) Federalists vs. Anti Federalists

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Review
1) Ch. 2 Review

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Exam
1) Ch. 2 Exam

Student Holiday

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Activity
1) The Amendments Chart

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Notes/Discussion
1) Notes The Amendments

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Video/Discussion
1) Video Just the Facts: Bill of
Rights and Amendments

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Exam/Activity
1) Constitution Test
2) Ch 3 Terms

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Group Activity/Discussion
1) Sample FRQs

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Group Activity/Discussion
1) Writing an FRQ

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Video/Notes
1) Video Notes Federalism
2) Discussion

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Notes/Discussion
1) Federalism The Federal
System

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Notes/Discussion
1) Federalism The Federal
System

Ch 2 Reading Quiz Due

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Ch 3 Terms Due

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Notes/Discussion
1) Notes Intro to American
Gov/Politics
Ch.1 Online Quiz Due

Semester 2 Begins
Syllabus
Who I Am Activity
Issue Textbooks

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Notes/Discussion
1) Notes Intro to American
Gov/Politics
2) Political Spectrum Survey

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Meet in Lab A230
1) AP Exam Preview
1) Online Textbook/Resources 2) Ch 1 Terms (Due Friday)
2) Weebly

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1) Freeland vs. Leaderland
Activity

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Exam
1) Unit 1 Exam

30 1/2 Day Decathalon

Activity
1) Ch. 2 Terms (Due Tuesday)

29 The Constitution
Notes/Discussion
1) Ch 2 Notes
-Towards Ind., Continental
Congresses, Declaration of Ind.