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*******************AP Gov syllabus part 2
Civil Rights
10/12/09: Introduction to Civil Rights - OConnor and Sabato, Chapter 6
Historical background, pp. 199-211
Join the Debate: Brown v. Board of Education After 50 Years
Notes on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
10/13/09: Activity: The Alabama Literacy Test (Purpose and discuss answers)
10/14/09: Eyes on the Prize, Part I (the beginnings of the Civil Rights
Movement)
10/15/09: Eyes on the Prize, Part II (Little Rock and the aftermath)
10/16/09: The Womens Rights Movement, Text, pp. 217-222
Table 6.1, Text, p. 220
10/19/09: Minority Groups, Text, pp. 222-234
Politics Now, Reclaiming Rights, p. 225
Hispanics, Native Americans, Gays and Lesbians, Disabled Americans
(Equal protection issues such as the Americans With Disabilities Act)
Analyzing Visuals, Text, p. 192 and p. 231
10/20/09: Seminar on Civil Rights Readings: Lasser, pp. 122-127, and pp. 137-141, Annual Editions, pp. 47-60, Debating the Issues: Debate 8: Affirmative action is an acceptable way to address discrimination, pp. 74-81
Cases: Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, Bolling v. Sharpe,
(Lasser, pp. 113-121)
10/21/09: Review terms, questions and cases
Released exam questions from the past
10/22/09: Exam on Civil Rights
Free Response essay (SCR) will be based on civil liberties
and civil rights case (the 14th Amendment: Due Process and Equal
Protection clauses)
10/23/09: Research day in the Computer Lab
10/26/09: Article Review #1 due -presentations
10/27/09: Article Reviews continued
Content Goals: Students will understand how Congress works, the functions and powers, the relationship of the legislative branch with the other two branches, and the evolution of congressional powers based on events and interpretation of the Constitution. Students will understand the connection to political parties, interest groups, the media, and local and state governments.
Unit III: Institutions of Government: The Congress
10/28/09:OConnor and Sabato, Chapter 7, pp. 237- 254.
Congress Fact Sheet: the basics including powers of Congress
Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1-18
10/29/09: OConnor and Sabato, pp 255-264
Analyzing Visuals, p. 257
Analyzing Visuals, Female and Minority Members of Congress
(update on the 110th Congress)
Theories on representation
Debating the Issues: Debate 13: Congress adequately represents the interest of most Americans
10/30/09: OConnor and Sabato, pp. 264-274
How a Bill Becomes A Law (the textbook version)
How a Bill Really Becomes Law
11/2/09: Congressional committee reports
11/3/09: Congressional committee reports continued
11/4/09: Congress and the Presidency
Topics: the shifting of power, oversight, War Powers Act,
Senate and the confirmation power, treaty power, and
Impeachment
11/5/09: Exam on the Congress (m/c and 1 free response essay)
Content Goals: Students will understand the evolution of the modern Presidency, the organization of the office, the powers, the roles, the relationship of the Executive with the other two branches, the ties to political parties, interest groups, the media, and local and state governments.
Unit IV: Institutions of Government: the Presidency
11/6/09: CLUB DAY---OConnor and Sabato, Chapter 8, pp. 277-283
Article II of the U.S. Constitution
Succession, powers and roles of the President
11/9/09: OConnor and Sabato, pp. 284-295
Join the Debate: The War Powers Act pp. 290-291
Growth of the Modern Presidency
11/10/09: OConnor and Sabato, pp. 296-310.
The Cabinet, the EOP, the White House Staff
Politics Now: The President as Policymaker: Turning The
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Into Law, p. 303
Analyzing Visuals, Barbers Presidential Personalities, p. 305
Global Perspective: In the Public Eye: Prime Ministers and Presidents,
p. 307.
11/11/09: C-Span: Question Time with the Prime Minister
Comparison: Parliamentary with Presidential System
Group Activity: Write a FRE on the Presidential system compared to the
Parliamentary system (Rubric must accompany essay)
11/12/09: Seminar on the Presidency: Lasser, pp. 294-296, pp. 302-312, pp. 313-318, Rally Events and Presidential Approval from The Gallup Poll Monthly, June 1991. Text, p. 308 (Update on Presidential Approval), Debating the Issues: Debate 16: Strong Moral Character is essential for a president to be successful, pp. 142-150 and Debate 18: The country is ready to elect a woman or a minority president, pp. 159-166.
11/13/09: Review the Presidency and Article II with terms, questions, and a
free response essay from released exams
11/16/09: Exam on the Presidency (m/c and 1 essay)
Unit V: Institution of Government: the Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy
11/17/09: OConnor and Sabato, Chapter 9, pp. 313-330
Lasser: pp. 320-332 (Weber and Wilson)
Analyzing Visuals, p. 318
Analyzing Visuals, p. 326
Global Perspective: Who are the Bureaucrats? Should We Care?
p. 324
Outline of the Executive Branch, p. 328
11/18/09: OConnor and Sabato, pp. 330-340
Iron Triangles, p. 331 (Free response essay practice from past exam)
How a Regulation is Made, Figure 9.5, p. 332
Politics Now. E-Government, p. 336
Join the Debate: The EPA and Lead in Water pp. 338-339
11/19/09: Seminar: Lasser, pp. 321-324 and Debating the Issues: Debate 15: The federal bureaucracy is plagued by inefficiency and red tape, pp. 134-141.
11/20/09: Executive Agency reports
11/23/09: Executive Agency reports continued
11/24/09: Quiz on the Bureaucracy
Free response essay on congressional oversight
THANKS GIVING BREAK!!
Content Goals: Students will understand the powers of the Judiciary, the evolution of the Judiciary, the relationship of the Judiciary and the Legislative and Executive branches, the impact of decisions on society, and the impact on state and local governments. Students will understand the critical issues of the Judiciary and public opinion, including political parties, campaigns, elections, interest groups, and the media. (Several of the books on the Summer Reading list are related to the Supreme Court and these issues.)
Unit VI: Institution of Government: the Judiciary
11/30/09: OConnor and Sabato, Chapter 10, pp. 343-350
Introduction to the Judiciary and Article III of the Constitution
History: Cases to know and the significance of judicial review
Roots of Government: John Marshall, p. 351
12/1/09: OConnor and Sabato, pp. 351-359
Criminal and Civil law
The Federal Court system, pp. 355-356
How a President Affects the Federal Judiciary, Figure 10.3, p. 358
The Supreme Court and public opinion
12/2/09: OConnor and Sabato, pp. 360-375
How a Case Goes to the Supreme Court, p. 367
Update on the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Roberts) and
the swing votes (Review several recent cases from 2006-07)
12/3/09: OConnor and Sabato, pp. 377-383
Judicial Philosophy: restraint vs. activism (strict vs. loose construction)
Models of Judicial Decision Making
Judicial implementation (Executive enforcement)
12/4/09: Seminar: Debating the Issues: Debate 17: Judges should refrain from legislating from the bench, Lasser, pp. 357-362, pp. 369-374
12/7/09: Review terms, questions, cases, discussion of seminar articles
12/8/09: Exam on the Judiciary (m/c and 1 FRE)
12/9/09: Analysis Paper presentations
12/10/09: Analysis Paper presentations continued
12/11/09: Analysis Paper presentations completed
12/14/09: Review for Semester Exam - The Constitution
(This is a required test in our school.)
Review of exams for all chapters and essay topics
12/15/09: Review for Semester Exam - Federalism, the Institutions
: Review for Semester Exam - Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
12/16/09, 12/17/09, and 12/18/09- Semester Exam schedule
Winter Break: Polling and Media Assignments
- 1st Period- AP Government 8:20-9:10
- 2nd Period- AP Government 9:15-10:05
- 3rd Period- Government/ Economics 10:10-11:00
- 4th Period- AP Government 11:00-12:25
- 5th Period- Govenment/ Economics 12:30- 1:20
- 6th Period- AP Government 1:25-2:15
- 7th Period- Planning 2:20-3:10
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