APGOV WK #15 (November 18-22)

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES:

Monday, November 18 - Interest Group Summary Handout Discussion Groups, Test Return

Tuesday, November 19 - Interest Group I-pad Activity

Wednesday, November 20 - Political Parties - Read and take notes over chapter in book.

Thursday, November 21 - Political Parties Platform Comparison and Political Party Test 
Use the links above to complete the following assignment: Political Party Activity

Friday, November 22 - Political Parties and Interest Groups Objectives and Discussion Day


HOMEWORK:
1. Read Interest Group Summary and Political Party Ch.8
2. Notes over Political Parties due on Thursday, November 21st.

Resources:
Ch.8 PPT

Hippocampus Videos on Political Parties
Cram for the Exam Videos Below:

APGOV WEEK #14

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:

Monday, November 11 - Unit 3 Essay Test

Tuesday, November 12 - Unit 3 M.C. Test

Wednesday, November 13 -Discuss end of year plan, read & annotate packet and group discussion over packet topics 

Thursday, November 14 - Political Socialization - Students read the polling data from Gallup in class: http://www.gallup.com/poll/14515/teens-stay-true-parents-political-perspectives.aspx We will also be looking at demographics and voter behavior.  How do factors such as education, income, religion, race and ethnicity, and gender impact voting?  Are there trends?

Friday, November 15 - Creating and using surveys and survey data

FYI - For this last unit, we will be using summaries and hippocampus videos instead of reading all of the chapters in our textbook.  This will eliminate an overload of heavy textbook reading assignments.  After the Unit 3 Test is completed, we will have one more unit test this semester.  This test will cover information from the following chapters/topics:

Ch.6 Public Opinion and Political Socialization - Summary and pages 181,182,183, 186 and 189.
Ch.7 Interest Groups - Summary
Ch.8 Political Parties - Read and take notes
Ch.9 Voting and Elections - Summary
Ch.10 Campaigning and Elections - Read and take notes
Ch.16 Economic Policy - Summary
Ch.17 Foreign Policy and National Security - Summary

Thank you for your hard work in APGOV!  Although we are not finished yet, I am pleased with the effort and interest for APGOV this semester.  Finish Strong!

APGOV WEEK #13 (November 4-8)

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:

Monday, November 4 - Watch Thurgood Drama

Tuesday, November 5 - Watch Thurgood Drama

Wednesday, November 6 - Finish Thurgood and Civil Rights Packet Review

Thursday, November 7 - Discussion Day and Common Formative Assessment

Friday, November 8 - Review Day for Unit 3 Test

*TEST Dates: November 11-12

HOMEWORK ACTIVITY:

Wednesday, November 6: Watch the Lilly Ledbetter Video Due in class on Thursday, November 7.

Answer the following questions:
1. Why did Lilly Ledbetter go to court in the first place? Trace the path of her case through federal court.

2. Why did the Supreme Court decide to take Lilly Ledbetter’s case?

3. What question was the Supreme Court asked to decide?

4. Explain the difference between a statutory decision and a constitutional decision made by the Supreme Court.

5. Is a Supreme Court decision absolutely final? Explain.

6. Explain the significance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dissent and the means in which she delivered her remarks. To whom did she address her words?

7. Why didn’t the story end after the Supreme Court made its decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (2007)?

8. Identify the types of workplace discrimination prevented by law. Which law? When was it passed?

9. Describe the wage gap that exists between men and women. Cite statistics used.

10. Why do you think the wage gap started and continues to this day?

11. List the governmental bodies/organizations that got involved because of Lilly Ledbetter.

Estimate the number of public servants whose crucial decisions played a role in the story. Show how you arrived at an answer.

12. Identify the protections and support Ledbetter had for her cause.

13. How did Ledbetter make her cause known?

14. Explain this metaphor as it relates to the story: “Lilly Ledbetter lost the battle but won the war.”

15. What principle was Ledbetter fighting for? Was the fight worth it? Explain.

RESOURCES:

Lilly Ledbetter on Colbert Report 

APGOV Week #12 (October 28-Nov 1)

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:

Monday, October 28 -  Discussion Day and Formative Assessment over Ch.14

Tuesday, October 29 - Ch.4 Note Check, Interesting Question, Multiple Choice Question Development

Wednesday, October 30 - SCOTUS Case I-pad Activity

Thursday, October 31 - Selective Incorporation Lecture - Gitlow v. NY

Friday, November 1 - 1st Amendment - R.S.P.A.P.
SCOTUS Case Lecture (asterisk denotes discussion planned in class):

Marbury v. Madison

Reynolds v. U.S. - polygamy

Texas v. Johnson - flag burning

Brown v. Board of Topeka - We will learn about this more next week.

Gitlow v. New York - speech - first incorporated case

NY Times v. Sullivan - press

Roe V. Wade - privacy rights abortion

Gideon v. Wainwright - rights of the accused informa pauperis

Brandenburg v. Ohio - speech

Lee v. Weisman - prayer at graduation

Miranda v. Arizona - rights of the accused

Plessy v. Ferguson - We will learn about this more next week.

Morse v. Frederick - student speech

Griswold v. Connecticut - privacy rights

Engle v. Vitale - school prayer

Lemon v. Kurtzman - establishment clause test

Westside v. Mergens - establishment clause and free exercise

*Tinker v. Des Moines - student speech

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe - establishment clause

*Safford Unified School District v. Redding - student search and seizure

Schenck v. United States - speech

Snyder vs. Phelps- assembly

Lawrence v. Texas - privacy

Mapp v Ohio - Watch Video

*New Jersey v. T.L.O. - student search and seizure

HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES:
Monday, October 28 - Notes over Ch.4 due on Tuesday, October 29th.
Wednesday, October 30 - Watch video on Mapp v Ohio
Friday, November 1 - Notes over Ch.5 due on Monday, November 4th. 

RESOURCES:
 Ch.4 PPT Ch.5 PPT
Hippocampus Videos  on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

APGOV Week #10 (October 21-25)

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:
Monday, October 21st-No School

Tuesday, October 22nd-Test Return, Discussion Groups, Interesting Question, Annotation Check, Multiple Choice Question

Wednesday, October 23rd-Federalist #78 - Court Flow Chart Discussion and Correction - Original vs. Appellate Jurisdiction

Thursday, October 24th-Chief Justice John Roberts On the Origin, Nature, and Importance of the Supreme Court

Friday, October 25th-Judicial Interpretation-Judicial Activism, Loose and Strict Construction - Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia DVD.

*Discussion Day and Formative Assessment over Ch.14 on Monday with Mr. Keller. 
*Ch.4 Notes over Civil Liberties due on Tuesday, October 29th.

Homework Activities:

Monday, October 21st-Annotations (notes) are due.  Students will compile interesting questions and discuss multiple choice questions

Tuesday, October 22nd-Complete the Court Graphic Organizer.  You may have a hard time finding answers in your book on the special courts.  The rest of the answers will be found in the book.  Once you fill in the blanks.  Take a look at the court documents and see if you can figure out which courts are being shown in those documents.

RESOURCES: 

Chief Justice John Roberts on the Origin, Nature and Importance of the Supreme Court
Judicial Interpretation: Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer

Hippocampus Videos on the Legislative Branch

Ch.14 PPT

  

APGOV Week#9 (October 14-18)

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:

Monday, October 14 - Unit #2 Essay Test
Tuesday, October 15 - Unit #2 Multiple Choice Test
Wednesday, October 16 - School Testing Day - Ch.14 Reading and Notes
Thursday, October 17 - Ch.14 Reading and Notes
Friday, October 18 - No School

RESOURCES:
Ch.14 PPT
Hippocampus Videos on the Judiciary

HOMEWORK:
Ch.14 Notes Due on Monday, Oct.21

APGOV WEEK #8 (October 7-11)

RESOURCES:
Ch.13 PPT
Hippocampus Videos on the Bureaucracy

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:
Monday, October 7 - Hurricane Melissa Simulation Day 1-Organization of the Bureaucracy and Research
Tuesday, October 8 - Hurricane Melissa Simulation Day 2-Research Day

Wednesday, October 9 - Hurricane Melissa Simulation Day 3-Cabinet Meeting: MEMOS are DUE!

Thursday, October 10 - Hurricane Melissa Simulation Day 4-Speech Preperation

Friday, October 11 - Presidential Speech - Discussion Day

*UNIT II Test Scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, October 14 and 15
Pt.1 - Essay on Monday, October 14
Pt.2 - M.C. on Tuesday, October 15

TERMS and ESSAYS will be handed out in class on Wednesday, October 9th.