Week 12 HW and Agenda

AP U.S. Gov't

• Read Gov. In America  -
• Changed Ch. 9 pgs 284 – 294 – due Tuesday 10/30 
• CH 10 elections and voting behavior: pp. 296 – 304 change due 11/01 W/ 2 questions for clarification; Pp. 304 – 315 due 11/06 W/ 2?s; pp. 315 – 320 due 11/09 W/ 2?s
• Vocab / Concept Cards - CHANGE Ch. 9 Tuesday 10/30; Ch. 10 11/09 
• Current Event - 11/02; 11/16
• Quiz / Tests - CHANGE Quiz 4 (10/30); FRQ 4 11/02
• other assignments? - WTP Lesson 16. What is the role of political due ?; Extra credit for Vocab database

AP Comp. Gov't

• collect and grade extra credit Capitalism and Inequality - What the Right and the Left Get Wrong by Jerry Z. Muller – paper due 10/29; What Democracy is and Is Not? – 10/29
• collect UK round one papers and grade presentations
• UK student presentations round 2 – due 11/01 or 11/02
• Group 1: pg 271 Other parties through party politics, elections; civil society, (4 pages: 271-275)
• Group 2: Society, class identity ethnic and national identity; (4 pages: PGS 275 – 279)
• Group 3: ideology and political culture, political economy; (pgs: 279 - 284)
• Upcoming tests / Quizzes – Ch 6 Quiz (10/30); test 3 (11/02)
• Zakaria, “Populism on the March” Article - decide upon a due date 

AP U.S. Government Project requirement

•Project requirement

§At the end of the year your AP government project will be due.  I need a project proposal for Trimester 1.  Please: 

• Identify which option you are interested in.
• Explain why you want to do it.
• Explain what challenges you anticipate.

§You will have a number of different options you may choose to meet the project requirement.

§Public opinion poll option.

§Lobbying group option.

§Supreme Court case option.

§Write a bill / legislation option

§voter registration project / proposal / presentation of findings

§attend a local government meeting / research issue / presentation of findings

§create your own project and get the approval of Mr. Curtice

Week 11 HW and Agenda

AP U.S. Gov't

• Read Gov. In America  -
• Ch. 9 nominations and campaigns pgs 284 – 294 – due Monday 10/29
• CH 10 elections and voting behavior: pp. 296 – 304 due 11/02 W/ 2 questions for clarification; Pp. 304 – 315 due 11/06 W/ 2?s; pp. 315 – 320 due 11/09 W/ 2?s
• Vocab / Concept Cards - Ch. 9 Monday 10/29; Ch. 10 11/09
• Current Event - 11/02
• Quiz / Tests - Quiz 4 after Ch. 8 (10/29); FRQ 4 11/02
• other assignments? - WTP Lesson 34 Civic Engagement due Wednesday? 

AP Comp. Gov't

• Upcoming tests / Quizzes – Trimester (FRQ x 3) - 10/25; Ch 6 Quiz (10/30); test 3 (11/02) 
• Scholarly Articles - What Democracy is and Is Not? – 10/29; extra credit Capitalism and Inequality - What the Right and the Left Get Wrong by Jerry Z. Muller – paper due 10/29
• UK student presentations – due 11/01; can we change to 11/24-26?
• Group 1: Political Regime; Political Institutions: The Constitution, The Crown; The Branches of Government: The Prime Minister; (6 pages: 251-257)
• Group 2: The Branches of Government: the Cabinet; the Legislature; the Judiciary; the Electoral System (PGS 258 – 264 Half Way)
• Group 3: Local Government; Political Conflict and Competition: the Party System; the Labour Party; the Conservative Party; the Liberal Democrats (pgs: 264-271)
• Each group will 
• create a paper summarizing their  sections. 
• Create a presentation for the class (can be powerpoint or oral / board notes)
• Create a mini-quiz on sections - Must be less than 5 questions and gradable in class.

Week 10 HW and Agenda

AP U.S. Government

• Read Gov. In America  -
• Ch. 9 nominations and campaigns pgs 284 – 294 – due Monday 10/29? (After Fall Break)
• Vocab / Concept Cards - Ch. 9 Monday 10/29
• Quiz / Tests - Quiz 4 after Ch. 8 (10/29); test 2? / Trimester one exam &  FRQ (10/16 & 17)
• other assignments - WTP Lesson 34 Civic Enagagement due Friday 10/19?

AP Comparative Politics and Government

• Upcoming tests / Quizzes – Trimester (FRQ x 3) - 10/25; Ch 6 Quiz (10/30); test 3 (11/02)
• UK student presentations – due 11/01
• Group 1: Political Regime; Political Institutions: The Constitution, The Crown; The Branches of Government: The Prime Minister; (6 pages: 251-257)
• Group 2: The Branches of Government: the Cabinet; the Legislature; the Judiciary; the Electoral System (PGS 258 – 264 Half Way) 
• Group 3: Local Government; Political Conflict and Competition: the Party System; the Labour Party; the Conservative Party; the Liberal Democrats (pgs: 264-271)
• extra credit Capitalism and Inequality - What the Right and the Left Get Wrong by Jerry Z. Muller – paper due 10/29?; What Democracy is and Is Not? – 10/29