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AP Government 2013-2014. Mr. Male Room 109. Mr. Male Room 109. AP Government. Objective: SWBAT understand the nature of AP Government. Drill: Who are you? In three sentences tell me who you are. What is your relationship to politics? Homework: get syllabus signed, due Wednesday.
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AP Government 2013-2014 Mr. Male Room 109 Mr. Male Room 109
AP Government • Objective: SWBAT understand the nature of AP Government. • Drill: Who are you? In three sentences tell me who you are. What is your relationship to politics? • Homework: get syllabus signed, due Wednesday.
What Are We Getting Into? -This is a college level class, it requires you to do reading and other projects outside of class. -You are not required to take the AP test in May, but you can earn college credit for your score.
This Class…. • Will be a mixture of outside reading, in class discussion, argumentative writing, and projects, all in preparation for you to have a working knowledge of the American Political System.
Writing Assignments • For all formal writing assignments you will use WWW.turnitin.com • Writing assignments are due by midnight of the due date. • Late assignments, unless otherwise discussed will receive a zero. • No late work will be accepted.
What you are going to be studying • This class aims to give you a working knowledge of the American Political System, and how the ideals of the framers of the Constitution can be seen in modern times. • We will use current events to emphasis important government actions
Current Events • Sign up on the calendar, two people a day will present. • Articles should have a direct relation to what we are discussing in class. • It is up to you to take notes. • Each Friday we will have a current events quiz
Current Events • Each Student is required to sign up for a current event starting Tuesday September 2. • Each issue should be relevant to the topics we are covering in class. • Summaries will be turned into turnitin.com • Failure to do so will result in a zero for a homework grade
Breakdown of the Class • AP Government and Politics is broken into 6 Units. • Each unit will have a vocabulary component • Each unit will end with a multiple choice test and an FRQ • This is to prepare you for the AP Exam.
Schedule • Unit I: Constitutional Underpinnings of United States Government. • Unit II: Political Beliefs and Behaviors • Unit III: Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media • Unit IV: Institutions of National Government • Unit V:Public Policy • Unit VI: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties