ADVANCED PLACEMENT LAW AND GOVERNMENT 400

Mr. Balazs

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G209                                                                     

                                                                 

 

Lgap-           Town Budget Questions

                    Town Govt Questions

 

 

 

Test Courts, Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 14, 18 and 19 Thursday- 7th Period take 1st lunch, 2nd period get in early!

If you miss the test on Thursday you are expected to take it at 6:45 am on Friday.  If you are in school Thursday for any activity, and fail to take the test by 6:45 am Friday you will lose 10 points.

 

 

AP REVIEW SATURDAY  5/3/08  G209 10:00 TO 12:30 pm  IT IS POSSIBLE THAT G-WING SECOND FLOOR WILL BE CLOSED OFF- IN WHICH CASE THE REVIEW WILL BE IN B WING- PREFERABLY B103

                                                                                                                                                                           

Congressional Game 2008

 

Test REVIEW OF CHAPTER 8 THRU 10 TEST THURSDAY 3/27 5:45 pm

Congressional Game due Tuesday, April 1

CHAPTER 11 THRU 13 TEST (tentative date)- Thursday, April 10

 

Textbook Site- practice tests, outlines etc..     

www.college.hmco.com/polisci/wilson/am_gov/9e/students/index.html

 

Money and Politics                 www.opensecrets.org (Great Website to find out who gets the money and who gives- Plus the rules of the game)

Government Oversight private organization---TOO MUCH PORK???        www.cagw.org/site/PageServer

 

 

Government Websites

House website             www.house.gov

Senate website            www.senate.gov

President’s website     www.whitehouse.gov

 

Political Parties

Democratic Party        www.democrats.org

Republican Party         www.gop.org

Green Party                 www.greenparty.org  

www.gp.org

Libertarian Party         www.lp.org

 

 

Exit Survey Poll Homework

 

Precourse Requirements

Hardball Assignment 2008

Schedule - Syllabus

Constitutionalism- Read, Federalist Paper 10 and 51 in the appendix of textbook

 

Powerpoints

Who Really Governs --- Chapter 1

Federalism Chapter 3

Chapters 4 through 7- Political Culture, Ideology, Socialization and Parties

Chapter 14 Courts

Chapters 18 and 19 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

 

Current Campaign Limits _monetary->http://www.opensecrets.org/basics/law/index.asp

More about the law->issue spending->http://www.opensecrets.org/basics/law/electioneering.asp

Chapter Civil Rights

The Courts

                                                                                                                                                 

Textbook Powerpoints

Political Socialization

Political Parties

Political Participation

Political Campaigns and Elections

Interest Groups

The Media

Congress

Executive Branch

Bureacracy

Courts

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

 

Articles

                                              

Outline

Constitution v. Articles of Confederation- Chapter 2

                                      

Chapter 8 outline (CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS)

Chapter 9 outline (INTEREST GROUPS)

            Example of Institutional Organizations

Chapter 10 outline (THE MEDIA)

Chapter 11 Congress                                                 

Chapter 12 Executive (White House)

Chapter 13- Bureaucracy outline

Courts,

Civil Rights