Quarter Syllabus |
Syllabus, Quarter 3, 2009 – 2010 (REVISED)
AP US Government & Politics
January 5 – January 19
The Presidency
American Government, Chapter 14
Readings:
American Polity # 31: Presidential Power and …… (Reaction Paper Due January 11)
American Polity # 32, The Imperial Presidency (Take notes by January 14)
Test, Chapter 14: Tuesday, January 19
January 20 – January 29
The Federal Bureaucracy
American Government, Chapter 15
January 18: Martin Luther King Day, No School
Readings:
American Polity # 37: A Government of Strangers (Reaction Paper Due January 20)
American Polity # 40, Bureaucracy (Take notes by January 25)
Test, Chapter 15: Thursday, January 28
FRQs, Friday, January 29
February 1 – February 17 (adjusted Feb. 17 to accommodate three snow days)
The Judiciary
American Government, Chapter 16
Readings
American Polity # 41: Federalist # 78 (Reaction Paper Due February 3)
American Polity # 42: The Democratic Character of ……..(Take notes by February 8)
American Polity # 45: Pursuit of Justices (Take notes by February 11)
February 8: Midterm
Test, Chapter 16: Wednesday, February 17
February 18 – March 2
The Policy Making Process & Economic Policy
American Government, Chapters 17, 18
February 16: Presidents Day, No School
Reading:
American Polity, #85: Free to Choose (Reaction Paper Due February 18)
Test, Chapters 17, 18: Tuesday, March 2
March 3 – March 12
Social Welfare and Environmental
American Government, Chapters 19, 21
Reading:
American Polity # 86: Flat Broke with Children (Reaction Paper Due March 8 (Extra Credit if in on March 5)
Test CHapters 19 & 21; FRQ: Friday, March 12
March 15: Records Day, Quarter 3, No Students.
In cases of inclement weather and/or school closings: if a quiz, test, paper, or FRQ is scheduled for that day, we will have the quiz, test, frq and a paper will be due on the next day we return to school.
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