Wednesday, December 19, 2018

AP U.S. Government Civics Project


Project requirement
§Which option have you chosen?
§Outline and describe the steps you will take to complete this project
§Show completion of the first step
§Public opinion poll option (Must turn in rough draft of questions and proposal for where you will get surveys done)
§Lobbying group option. (Must identify what issue you will lobby about; a 3 prong plan for lobbying; a detailed description of the policy you will lobby for)
§Supreme Court case option. (Must identify what issue and cases you will be researching and doing a project on.)
§Write a bill / legislation option (Must write a rough draft of your law and submit it give you suggestions and run it by a lawyer)
§voter registration project / proposal / presentation of findings (Must identify which groups of people you will register to vote, where you will approach them, challenges you anticipate occurring)
§attend a local government meeting / research issue / presentation of findings (Must identify what meeting you will attend, when and where this will occur, and after attending a meeting identify what issues you will be researching)
§create your own project and get the approval of Mr. Curtice (Must write up a full proposal of what the project is, why you're going to do it, and how it is a Civics project)

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Week 19 HW and Agenda

AP U.S. Gov't 

  • Read Gov. In America  -
    • Ch 12 Pgs.. – pgs 359-364 & 2 ?due 01/07; pgs 364-374 & 2 ?due 01/09; pgs. 374-387 & 2 ? due 01/11
  • Vocab / Concept Cards – Ch 12 DUE MONDAY
  • Current Event – 01/11/19
  • Quiz / Tests - Quiz after break
  • Create Your Own Interest Group: part one due 12/18; part two due 01/10?
  • Civics Project Detailed proposal / checkpoint (01/11)
AP Comp. Gov't 
  • Foreign affairs Russia article?
  • Research paper
    • Second article due 12/18
    • Paper proposal / annotated bibliography - due end of Jan? ? Beg. Of Feb.?
  • Upcoming tests / Quizzes – Quiz 8 Communism and Post-Communist Regimes – 12/18; FRQ 01/08
  • Russia 1 – due 01/09?
    • Group 1 (pg 378-383): Political Regime Intro; Political Institutions: the Constitution; The Branches of Government: The Kremlin and the Prime Minister (3.5 pgs.)
    • Group 2 (pgs 383-386): The Legislature & The Judiciary (3.25 pgs.)
    • Group 3 (pgs. 387-389): The Electoral System & Local Government (3 pgs.) 


Saturday, December 8, 2018

Week 18 HW and Agenda

AP US Government
  • Read Gov. In America  - 
    • Ch 11 Pgs.. –  pgs 333-340 & 2 ?s due; pgs 341-350 & 2 ?s due 12/11
    • Ch 12 Pgs.. – pgs 352-359 & 2 ? due 12/14; pgs 359-364 & 2 ? due 01/07; pgs 364-374 & 2 ? due 01/09; pgs. 374-387  2 ? due 01/11
  • Vocab / Concept Cards –  Ch 12 12/17
  • Current Event -12/14
  • Quiz / Tests - FRQ 5? 12/13
  • Create Your Own Interest Group: part one due 12/18; part two due 01/10?
  • Civics Project Detailed proposal / checkpoint (01/11)
    • Which option have you chosen?
    • Outline and describe the steps you will take to complete this project
    • Show completion of the first step

AP Comparative Politics  Government
  • Foreign Affairs Russia Article - Will be assigned next week
  • Upcoming tests / Quizzes – Quiz 8 Communism and Post-Communist Regimes – 12/18; FRQ 01/08
  • Research paper
    • Second article due 12/18
    • Annotated Bibliography & Paper proposal due end of Jan? ? Beg. Of Feb.? 
  • Group Presentations: Russia 1 – due 01/09?
    • Group 1 (pg 378-383): Political Regime Intro; Political Institutions: the Constitution; The Branches of Government: The Kremlin and the Prime Minister (3.5 pgs.)
    • Group 2 (pgs 383-386): The Legislature & The Judiciary (3.25 pgs.)
    • Group 3 (pgs. 387-389): The Electoral System & Local Government (3 pgs.)

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Week 17 HW and Agenda

AP US Government

  • Read Gov. In America  -
    • Ch 11 Pgs.. – pgs 322 -333 & 2 ?s due 12/03; pgs 333-340 & 2 ?s due 12/07; pgs 341-350 & 2 ?s due 12/11
    • Ch 12 Pgs.. – pgs 352-359 & 2 ? due 12/14; pgs 359-364 & 2 ? due 01/07; pgs 364-374 & 2 ? due 01/09; pgs. 374-387 & 2 ? due 01/11
  • Vocab / Concept Cards – Ch. 11 12/03; Ch 12 12/17
  • Current Event – 12/03; 12/14
  • Quiz / Tests - FRQ? 12/13?
  • other assignments
    • Extra credit for Vocab database
    • Mass Media and Politics Graphic Notes - 12/05
    • political cartoons activity: in class activity
AP Comparative Politics & Government
  • Levitsky / Way – The Rise of Competetive Authoritarianism 
    • 308 Inherent Tensions – 309 Paths Tuesday, 12/04
    • 309 Paths – end 312 – Thursday 12/06
  • Ch. 9  Communism and Post- Communism Wrksht -  12/05
  • Research paper
    • First article due 12/07
    • Second article due 12/18
    • Paper proposal due end of Jan? ? Beg. Of Feb.?
  • Quiz 7 Nondemocratic Regimes - 12/07
  • Russia 1 – due 01/09?
    • Group 1 (pg 378-383): Political Regime Intro; Political Institutions: the Constitution; The Branches of Government: The Kremlin and the Prime Minister (3.5 pgs.)
    • Group 2 (pgs 383-386): The Legislature & The Judiciary (3.25 pgs.)
    • Group 3 (pgs. 387-389): The Electoral System & Local Government (3 pgs.)