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

  • We The People URL
  • 2018-2019 Syllabus File
  • Announcements Forum
• 20 August - 26 August
  

  20 August - 26 August

  Unit 1 - Foundations of American Democracy
  

  • Mon/Tues - Teacher Work Days RIP Summer 2K18
    

    Wed - 

    Course Overview, Syllabus and Textbook distributed
    

    Thurs - Complete Review Syllabus "How American Politics went Insane" the Atlantic

    3-2-1 = 3 things you learned, 2 things you found interesting, 1 question you have
    

    Fri - Wilson Ch 1 The Study of American Government Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    
    
• 27 August - 2 September
  

  27 August - 2 September

  Unit 1 - Foundations of American Democracy
  

  • Ch1 Quiz
  • Mon - Wilson Ch 1 The Study of American Government Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    Tues - Ch2 Notecards and Quiz DUE Distribute We The People text.
    
    

    Wed - We The People L.1 What did the Founders think about Constitutional Government?  WTP L.2 What ideas about civic life informed the founding generation? L.3 What historical developments influenced modern ideas of individual rights? L4 What were the British origins of American Constitutionalism? 
    

    
    

    Thurs - WTP L.5 What ibasic ideas about rights & constitutional government did colonial Americans hold? WTP L.6/7 Why did American colonists want to free themselves from Great Britain? Read Declaration of Independence What basic ideas about government and rights did the State Constitutions include?

    
    

    Fri - What should government do? Preamble Wilson Ch 2 The Constitution Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    
    

    
    

  • WTP L.1 Notes File
  • WTP L.2 note organizer File
  • WTP L.3 note organizer File
  • Lesson 4 Notes File
  • Lesson 5 Notes File
  • Lesson 6 & 7 File
• 3 September - 9 September
  

  3 September - 9 September

  Unit 1 - Foundations of American Democracy
  

  
  

  • Ch2 Quiz
  • Mon - Labor Day...NO SCHOOL
    

    Tues - Junior Fair Day....NO SCHOOL
    

    Wed - Wilson Ch 2 The Constitution Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards
    

    Thurs - Ch2 Notecards and Quiz DUE  WTP Unit 2- How did the Framers Create the Constitution? L.8 What were the Articles? Read Articles of Confederation L.9 How was Philly organized? L.10 Why was representation a major issue?
    

    Fri - WTP L.11 What considerations were made when designing the 3 branches? L.12 How was power distributed between the States? L.13 & 14 What were the 2 sides in the ratification debate?
    

    
    
• 10 September - 16 September
  

  10 September - 16 September

  Unit 1 - Foundations of American Democracy
  

  
  

  • Mon -  Constitutional Debate Prep. Read: The Constitution, Federalist No. 10, Brutus No. 1, Federalist No. 51
    

    Tues - Constitutional Debate
    

    Wed  -  Our Broken Constitution The New Yorker
    

    Thurs - Wilson Ch3 - Federalism Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards Venn Diagram
    

    Fri - Wilson Ch3 - Federalism Lecture/Cornell notes/notecards  

    
    

    
    
  • Anti-Federalist Information File
  • Federalist Information File
  • Debate Logistics Page
• 17 September - 23 September
  

  17 September - 23 September

  Unit 1 - Foundations of American Democracy
  

  • Ch3 Quiz
  • Mon - Ch3 Notecards and Quiz DUE Students debate the resolution: States have exceeded their authority in legalizing recreational marijuana use, and the federal government should reassert its national supremacy over drug policy.
    

    Tues - Unit 1 Review
    

    Wed - Unit 1 Foundations of American Democracy Test
    

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    Fri -
    

  • Federalism Notes File