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.