Government AP

Weekly outline

• General
  

  General

  It is assumed that you will have read the chapter before it is discussed in class!!!

  • Key: Objectives, Something due, Learning task, Reflection, Project Work, Anything else

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• 24 September - 30 September
  

  24 September - 30 September

  Unit 1 - Foundations of American Democracy

  Unit 2 - Interactions among Branches of Government
  

  • Unit 1 Foundations of American Government TEST Part 2 Quiz
  • Mon - Unit 1 Foundations of American Democracy TEST Part 2
    

    Tues - Our Broken Constitution The New Yorker
    

    Wed -

    Wilson Ch13 - Congress Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    Thurs -

    Wilson Ch13 - Congress Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards

    
    

    Fri - WTP L.21 What is the Role of Congress in Am.Constitutional Democracy L.22 How does Congress Perform its Functions in the American Constitutional System
    

  • Congress Quiz
• 1 October - 7 October
  

  1 October - 7 October

  Unit 2:  Interactions among Branches of Government
  

  • Mon -
    

    
    

    Debate the Resolution..."Congress has abandoned its role in the checks and balances system."
    

    Tues -

    
    

    
    

    Wed - The Redistricting Game
    

    Thurs - Wilson Ch14 - The President Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    Fri - Wilson Ch14 - The President Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    
    

• 8 October - 14 October
  

  8 October - 14 October

  Unit 2:  Interactions Among Branches of Government
  

  • The President Quiz
  • Mon - WTP L.23/24 Executive Branch U4 Speech Assigned/Work

    
    

    Tues - "The Stackhouse Filibuster"
    

    Wed - Vocab due President Quiz due Speech Work
    

    Thurs - "Unilateral Action and Presidential Power: A Theory" Read. Federalist #70 Read. Respond to the forum prompt in essay format
    

    Fri - U4 Speech due
    

    
    

• 15 October - 21 October
  This week
  

  15 October - 21 October

  Unit 2:  Interactions Among Branches of Government

  • Senator Sasse talks LAW at Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh

    
    

  • Mon - Wilson Ch15 - The Bureaucracy Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    Tues - Wilson Ch15 - The Bureaucracy Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    Wed - Vocab & Quiz due. Final U4 Speeches
    

    Thurs - Wilson Ch16 - The Judiciary Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    Fri - Wilson Ch16 - The Judiciary Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

  • Bureaucracy Quiz
  • Judicial Quiz
• 22 October - 28 October
  

  22 October - 28 October

  Unit 2:  Interactions among Branches

  • Mon - WTPL.25 What is the role of the Supreme Court in the American Constitutional System? WTPL.26 How Does American Federalism Work?
    

    Tues - Vocab & Quiz due SCOTUS & Primary Documents Work
    

    Wed - SCOTUS & Primary Documents PRESENTED
    

    Thurs - Unit 2 Test Part 1
    

    Fri - Unit 2 Test Part 2
    

  • Inside the Supreme Court (READ) File
  • Granting Certiorari (READ) File