Welcome to AP Government!
I'm genuinely looking forward to our semester this year. I love Government & I think that you'll find it impacts us on a daily level in a way that is unlike most other subjects in the school's curriculum. I hope that by the end there will be parts that you'll wish to investigate as well.
You do have a pre-assignment. It must be completed by the first day of class. Do yourself a favor and space it out throughout your break--cramming it in the night before class or the morning of will be no fun.
Here is a list of things to do:
- Come to my room BEFORE the end of finals (135a--by the Ag rooms) to pick up two books for this class:
- Lowi (Its Yellowish)
- Lanahan (Its Blue)
- Introduce yourself to me so I can mark you off my list and introduce myself.
- Take this survey. Be honest to the best of your ability. It won't take long.
- View this OneNote file. Create one of you own using SkyDrive (click "Add document" and find "OneNote". Play with it until you can replicate what I made. Email me if you are stuck...I check my email a lot.
- your email url is now: outlook.com/student.linnmar.org
- Your email address is the SAME as before (@student.linnmar.org)
- Your password is the SAME as you use to login to the computer
- No matter what sort of sign in screen or pop up you get, try it.
- Share your OneNote file with me (cmcdonald@linnmar.k12.ia.us)...you can do this by pressing "file" and then "share" and then finally "share with people".
- Over the Winter Break (TWO WEEKS!!!) you'll need to complete assignment linked here on your "Pre-Assignment" page of your OneNote file.
- Hint: You can "ctrl-C" and "ctrl-V" the assignment's questions onto the OneNote so you don't have to type it in.
- Feel free to experiment with OneNote to get to know it a little bit better---different font, color, photos or whatever are encouraged throughout this class...let alone on these first few assignments.
- Go to my website to download the Big List
- Pay attention to any political news over the Holiday that you can....We'll be talking about it.
See you Tuesday Jan. 7th! I look forward to reading your survey's and your Pre-Assignment answers as they come rolling in over the break!
