12/16/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: List out 5 vocab terms you want to review
-Go over unit 3 multiple choice
-Review session after school
-HW: complete study guide

12/15/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Complete student self-assessment
-Grade FRQs
-HW: Complete Study Guide

12/12/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Clear everything off your desk
-Unit 3 Multiple Choice Exam

12/11/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Clear everything off your desk
-Unit 3 FRQ

12/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Compare and contrast how the president, congress, and the judicial branch influence the media and vice versa
-Review
-HW: Study for exam chapter 6,7,9,10. You will not be successful if you don't read all the assigned chapters!!!

12/9/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: How has the influence of image making alter campaigns?
-Campaign video analysis
-HW: 292-293 and outline

12/8/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Are the media biased?
-PPT: 10.4
-Begin Campaign video analysis
-HW: page 289-292 and outline

12/5/14

Todays Agenda
-BR: What role does the media play in politics?
-Socratic Seminar: inner and outer
-PPT 10.3 The media and public opinion
-HW: 10.3 Outline pages 283-288

12/4/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: How can politicians use the media to get their message out?
-PPT: 10.2 The changing role of the U.S. News Media
-Socratic seminar-inner and outer circle
-HW: 10.2 Outline pages 279-283

12/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: How does the media influence how people view a politician or a policy issue?
-PPT: 10.1 The influence of the media on politics
-Prep for socratic seminar
-HW: find a article for the socratic seminar & outline 10.1 pages 275-279

12/2/14

Today's Agenda
-BR; Take out your immigration article
-Go over quiz
-Compare and Contrast on immigration: media sources

12/1/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Take out outline, get ready for presentations
-HW: Find and bring an article on Immigration. It can be any article. It can be hard copy or electronic. Be sure to know the source of your article.

11/21/14

Today's Agenda
-Take out outline
-Presentations 1st hour:9.3-9.5
                        2nd hour: 9.2 (finish)-9.5

11/20/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Take out outline
-Presentations on 9.1-9.3

11/19/14

Today's Agenda
-Sub day
-Finish preparation
-Quiz

11/18/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Get into your assigned groups
-Prepare for presentation

11/17/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Read page 241 and compose a one sentence summary
-Go over DBA Gallery walk
-Go over this week's project
-Finish campaign poster
-HW: Complete your assigned reading section.

11/14/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Sit in a station. 
-Bush vs. Gore DBQ analysis-Gallery Walk activity
-HW: NONE! Catch up on reading. Chapter 6 & 7. Hint hint!

11/13/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Support or Refute the following statement: Party dealinment will occur in the future. State yes or no and why
-Finish Campaign Posters
-PPT: How parties spend and raise $ and are Political Parties dying?
-HW: 204-208 + outline

11/12/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are the four realigning elections?
-PPT: American Parties today
-Begin campaign poster activity
HW: 196-204 + Outline

11/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why are multiparties almost always found in parliamentary systems?
-PPT: Brief history of American Parties
-Finish Reciprocal Reading
HW: Read 191-196 & Outline & Finish Reciprocal reading comprehension questions
-
Multiparty systems are almost always found in countries that have a parliamentary government

11/7/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are the five party functions?
-PPT: Finish what parties do for democracy
-Begin reciprocal reading strategy on court case
-HW: 186-191 + outline (if you didn't read it last night)

11/6/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Slide 108
-PPT: Parties do for democracy
-HW: 186-191 + outline
McCain-Feingold summary (re-read-important for background knowledge)

11/5/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Slide 107
-Share out election reports
-Finish interest group project-Present
-HW: Read page 185 (intro next chapter) & Campaign Finance Reform 2002

11/4/14

ELECTION DAY!!!!

Today's Agenda
-BR: Besides Pac's how can politician's receive additional funds for their campaign 
-Collect Predictions
-Assign Roles to watch
-Begin Interest group mini research project
-HW: Watch your assigned race, bring a text to class on the results of your race. Why did he or she win? Why the other candidate lost? What's the significant about this outcome?

11/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why makes PAC's so influential?
-PPT: Mobilizing votes and influence
-Activity: Predict the competitive midterm elections
http://www.270towin.com/
-HW: finish activity

10/31/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Explain the revolving door policy
-PPT: Money and Politics & Interest groups influence elections
-HW: (171)175-180 & outline

10/30/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Name a minimum of two characteristics of Interest Groups
-PPT: Lobbyists & Money and Politics
-Reading quiz
-HW: 169-174 + outline

10/29/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are the types of interest groups? & Complete KW Chart on Interest Groups. What do you know. What you want to know.
-PPT: Characteristics + Power of Interest Groups
-Exit Ticket-Complete L-What you have learned
-HW: 165-169 + Outline

10/28/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Pick up the reading and begin reading and annotating the article on factions. Compose a two sentence summary on the article
-KWL Chart
-PPT: Types of interests groups
-HW: 159-165 + outline

10/27/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: How did you study for the Exam? Create a plan for how you will study for the next summative assessment
-Grade FRQ
-Go over MC
-Complete Self Assessment
-Pass out Chapter 6 Outline
-HW: 157-159 + outline, Finish Self-assessment

10/24/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Clear everything off your desk except for a pencil
-Unit 2 Multiple Choice Exam
-HW: Enjoy your weekend =)

10/23/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Clear everything off your desk except for a utensil
-Unit 2 Exam FRQ's
-HW: STUDY

10/22/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why do people vote the way they do?
-Review: Jeopardy Game
-HW: STUDY! FRQ tomorrow

10/21/14

Today's agenda
-BR: Whats the problem with people not voting?
-PPT: Why people vote the way they do, campaigns
-Finish partner frq 5 quiz
-HW: Vocab chart on chapter 8

10/20/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: When is voter turnout the highest and lowest?
-PPT: Who votes, Mobilization of votes, problems with non-voting
-Practice FRQ 5 (partner)
-HW: 231-236 + outline

10/17/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why is voter registration viewed as a "catch 22"
-PPT: Turnout
-Analyze low voter turnout data
-HW: 226-231 + outline

10/16/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Consensus vs. Polarization
-PPT: Participation-voting
-HW: read pages 222-226 + outline

10/15/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Select one of the following terms and define it: random sample, margin of error, salience, intensity, and latency
-Collect socialization project
-Gallup/Polling activity
-Public Opinion on guns reading
-HW: Finish reading

10/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What is public opinion? How do we know what the public opinion is towards an issue?
-PPT: Finish PPT on Public opinion
-Polling activity
-HW: Socialization Project due Wednesday

10/9/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Define Political Socialization. What are major agents of socialization?
-PPT: Public Opinion
-Go over quiz
Polling Activity
-HW: 217-222 + outline
(reminder socialization project due Monday)

10/8/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Prolife vs. Pro choice on Abortion (L component of KWL)
-Collect Federalist Questions and Propaganda Poster/Rewrite 
-PPT: Forming Public Opinion
-Pass out chapter 8 outline
-Political Socialization Project
-HW: Read 213-217 + outline. Socialization Project due Monday

10/7/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Pick up KWL Chart as you walk in and begin the K component: what do you know about the liberal and conservative ideology towards abortion

-KW Chart-think, pair, and share activity

-PPT: Roe vs. Wade

-Rewrite and Propaganda poster on Roe vs. Wade

-Exit Ticket: L component: what have you learned about the liberal and conservative ideology towards abortion

-HW: Reminder federalist questions due Wednesday!

10/6/14

-BR: What are factions?
-Finish Reciprocal Reading Strategy
-Preview tomorrows activity on abortion
-HW: Finish Federalist questions (due Wednesday)

10/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: On a separate sheet of paper please state if you are pro-life or pro-choice regarding abortion
-Change seats
-Begin reciprocal reading on federalist 51
-HW: None

10/2/14

Today's Agenda
-Sub plans:

-FRQ formative on chapter 4
-HW: None

10/1/14

Today's Agenda
-Auditorium 1st and 2nd: Brad Schneider

9/30/14

Today's Agena
-BR: Differentiate between socialism, liberalism, conservatism, & libertarianism
-Quiz
-Pass out Cross/Reinforcing Cleavages handout
-Pass out Passes for Schneider assembly
-HW: None

9/29/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What were major themes Bob Dold consistently mentioned during the Q & A?
-Vocab Review: Fly swatter game
-HW: Study and Vocab graphic organizer

9/26/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Describe a Republican's political platform
-Carousal Activity
-Background information on Bob Dold
-HW: None!

9/25/14

Today's agenda
-BR: Connect how social class, education, or occupation how one of them influences politics
-PPT: Finish who we are (unity)


-HW: Read 151 + outline

9/24/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Connect how race, gender, or religion have an impact on politics
-PPT: Who we are: Wealth, Education

-HW: Read 137-144 + outline

9/23/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Explain a regional or sectional difference in the U.S.
-PPT: Who we are

-HW: Read 133-137 + outline

9/22/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: On ppt slide 27
-PPT: Where we live

-HW: Read 129-133 + outline

9/19/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: On PPT slide 22

-PPT: Ideologies and Land of the Diverse

-HW: Page 122-125 + outline

9/18/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Political Spectrum Reading and Questions

-Tip issue groups

-HW:  Compare and Contrast Republican and Democracts

9/17/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Read Article and Compose a 2-3 sentence summary "Politics all in head?"

-PPT: Ideologies
-Party Identification sheet

-HW: Ch 4 116-122 + outline

9/16/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: PPT Question Slide 3

-PPT: American Culture and Values

-Political history party sheet

-HW: Ch 4 105-116 + outline

915/14

Today's Agenda
-Br: 1st period-What is the 10th amendment? Who does it benefit? And explain the significance of it? 2nd- period-What are concurrent powers? Provide two examples.

-Go over exam
-Explain Test correction policy

-HW: Ch 4 105-116 + Outline Due Wednesday

9/12/14

Today's Agenda
-Unit 1 Exam: Multiple Choice
-HW: NONE Enjoy your weekend you deserve it =)

9/11/14

Today's Agenda
-Unit 1 Exam: FRQ's

9/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Fed vs. Anti fed (provide as much description as possible)
-Review Game
-HW: STUDY

9/9/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are some tips to writing a successful FRQ
-Rate practice FRQ's
Unit 1 Review Handout
-HW: Finish vocab review

9/8/14

BR: Differentiate between the three types of grants
-Tutorial on how to write a FRQ
-FRQ Tips and Practice
-HW: Vocab Review

9/5/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Comparing Court cases on ppt

-Debate:
1st-Judicial branch
2nd-States/National Government relations

-PPT: National budget as a tool of federalism

-HW: pages 93-98, Grants sheet (identify)

9/4/13

Today's Agenda
-BR: Who's power is it?-on PPT

-Debate
1st: Executive branch
2nd: Judicial branch

-PPT: National courts and federalism

-HW: pages 88-93 (& outline), McCulloch vs. Maryland court case

9/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Create a chart that identifies the positives and negatives of federalism

-Debate:
1st-Legislative branch
2nd-Executive branch

-PPT: Structure of federalism

-HW: pages 84-88 & outline and federalist 17 paper and questions

9/2/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: How do we formally change our constitution? Propose a new constitutional amendment
Pass out failed amendment handout

-Period 1 prep for debate
 Period 2 debate round: legislative branch

-PPT: Define federalism, pass out federalism map of the U.S., and Ch. 3 outline

-HW: Define federalism pages 77-83 & outline, Fed 16 reading and questions

8/29/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: "informal change"- Congress elaboration, Presidential Practice, Judicial Interpretation (explain a change in each)
-Prep for Debate
-HW: Finish Constitution Packet, Fed 47

8/28/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Describe Judicial Review
-Marbury vs Madison
-Prep for debate (fed vs. anti fed)
-HW: Finish ch 2 + outline

8/27/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Constitution Question (room for interpretation)
-Discuss Federalist papers 51
-Intro Fed vs. Anti fed debate
-HW: Ch 2 51-54 + outline, Constitution packet Courts and Articles IV, V, VI, VII

8/26/14

Today's agenda
-BR: Checks and balances flow chart
-Jigsaw activity: John Locke Civil Treatise Reading
-PPT: Views of Const., Checking Power
-HW: Federalist 51

8/25/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Differentiate between the federalists and anti-federalists
-Go over compromises (quiz)
-Anti-fed vs. Fed ppt
-HW: ch 2 page 43-51 + outline & John Locke Reading

8/22/14

Today's Agenda
1.BR: What was the impact of the Shay's Rebellion on the Constitution?
2. Quick Reading quiz-you can use your outline and a partner
3. PPT: Democracy, Articles of Confederation, Shay's Rebellion
HW: Read the Constitution: Legislature, Executive

8/21/14

Today's Agenda
1. BR: New Jersey vs. TLO
    Discussion
2. PPT: Chapter 1 Constitutional Democracy
3. Articles of Confederation and Shay's Rebellion
HW: Finish Chapter 1 & Outline

8/20/14

Today's Agenda
1. Bell ringer: —

What do you think the job of government is?

—What is one area in which you think the government is too involved today?

—What is one area in which you think the government is not involved enough today?

2. PPT: Intro

3. Civics Quiz

HW: Outline chapter 1 pages 17-33

8/19/14

8/19/14
Welcome to AP US Gov!

Today's Agenda
1. What is American Government & Politics?
2. Syllabus
-Assign books
3. End with video
4. HW: Syllabus signature and intro pages 3-13 and outline
Intro and Chapter 1 outline