Review Packet

Final Review Day

Return Unit VI Exams

• Revisions next Wed. morning

Court Case Bingo

• From card you made yesterday
• HERE is my "answer sheet"
• HERE is the Court Case Quizlet

Review FRQs
Review Packet
HERE are all the released exams available

Remember: 

1. Answer the question it asks you...NOT the one you WANT it to be
2. Be clear & Concise in your answers.  No thesis statements needed. They assume you don't know it unless you prove that you do.
3. Remember to help out the grader....separate answers by letter/subject.  Underline vocab words (?)

EMAIL ME OVER THE WEEKEND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!!!!!

1-3:30 PM Monday is the Last chance review session!

Unit VI Exam

Unit VI Exam

• Schedule with Mr M if you missed this.

Review Activity: 

• We split up each of the branches (plus Bureaucracy)
• Each group wrote 10 "AP" MC Questions.
• I will compile them into an exam for Friday

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t--Thomas Edison

Final Work Day on Project/Review

Final Work Day on Project

• I'll be checking your work on OneNote Tomorrow
• Presentations will be Wed. after the AP Exam

Review for Exam:

• Unit VI Review
• If you are confident about this exam go ahead and begin working through the CUMULATIVE REVIEW PACKET (you don't have to print it off)

Project work day

We worked on our project (tomorrow we will too)

Unit VI Exam is Wed (along with OneNote Check)

HERE is the review for the Unit VI Exam

Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy Notes

Get partners and Discuss Foreign Policy Practice

• HERE is the isnstructions sheet
• If you were absent, partners were assigned to you. 

Social Policy Wrap up

Took Lowi Chapter 15 Quiz

Social Policy Tour (put answers in OneNote)

Returned FRQ

3rd Block Links: 
No Child Left Behind
TANF
FDIC
Pure Food & Drug
Affordable Care Act
Affordable Care Act #2
Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Family Medical Leave Act
Social Security 


2nd Block Links:
Social Security
Social Security #2
Social Security #3
WPA
Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Family and Medical Leave Act
Affordable Care Act
Affordable Care Act #2
Pure Food & Drug Act
TANF

Begin Social Policy

Turn in Chapter 15 Core TO THE SUBSTITUTE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS

Don't forget to email me with questions!

Lanahan #84

• What is the definition of affluence? (look it up)
• What is Harrington's criticism of the American Economy?
• How does Harrington propose to solve this problem?
• Does Harrington's description of 1950s/1960s America hold true today?
• What do you disagree with him about?

Lanahan #85

• What is Friedman's basic argument? 
• What are three pieces of information that Friedman uses to back up his argument? 
• What is one unchallenged assumption that Friedman makes?  
• What do you disagree with him about?

Social Policy Exploration Activity

• Grab a partner & Choose one of the 9 topics
• Somebody make sure that every topic is represented.  I'll  be interested to hear the democratic / diplomatic / fair way that you did this.
• Try to complete this activity today.  We will have about 15 minutes at the MOST to work on this tomorrow before our "tour"

Chapter 15 Quiz tomorrow 

Fiscal Policy Exploration

Kahoot Quiz Game

Example OneNote (Questions for People's Pie game) People's Pie Game

Make sure to attach the certificate to your OneNote

Begin Unit VI

Return MC Exams (Unit V)

• Revisions: Wed. AM 715-825

Keynes v Hayek

• HERE are the lyrics

Lowi Chapter 14 Notes

CHapter 11

Exam

Turn in Chapter 12 Core

Dominate Unit V Exam

Being reading Chapter 15

• HERE is the Core Assignment: Due Wed.

Big List, Wrap up and Study

Big List Quiz

Wrap up: Interest Groups

1. Finish your Interest Group PowerPoint from yesterday
2. Email "can view" link to Mr. M
3. Tour 3 other PowerPoints form your class on my class website
• Answer Questions from THIS PRESENTATION

OneNote Check tomorrow AM

Review for Exam

Here is another possible Current Event article...Net Neutrality & the FCC....

Block 3
NAACP
League of Women Voters
ABA
NOW
NEA
NRA
Duke Energy Company
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
AMI

Block 2
ABA
NAACP
NAM
UAW
AFL-CIO
AARP
NRA
Chamber of Commerce
AMI
AFB
NEA

Interest Group Exploration

Interest Groups: 

• Interest Groups article
• About 30 minutes reading Lowi only
• Remember: the Core is due Friday!
• Partner Interest Group Exploration
• Check out THIS DOCUMENT for instructions
• We will complete the activity today
• We will "tour" your classmates tomorrow

Finish the day with Big List Review for Big List Quiz tomorrow (Quizlet is up on my webpage)

Interest Groups

Turn in Chapter 11 Core
Take Chapter 11 Lowi Quiz

Interest Group notes

Message

I will not be in my classroom before school the next three days (Tuesday, Wed, or Thurs).  Please email me to schedule a time to seem me if you need.  I will be available after school or during 1st block.  Spread the word!

Political Parties Wrap up

Party Eras Activity

• 15-20 mins to finish up
• Read Lanahan #73, 74 & 77 while waiting for classmates to finish
• Party Eras class competition!  HERE is the cite to go to

Political Party Exploration

• Exploration activity can be found by following THIS URL or the EXAMPLE ONENOTE

Reminder: Chapt. 11 Core due Tuesday

Political Parties!!!

Turn in Chapter 13 Core Assignment
Lowi Chapter 13 Quiz

• Different format.  Go to infuse learning website
• Wait for the room id
• Enter your: lastname, firstname
• Take quiz when I say "ready"

Chapter 11 Reading Guide

Basic Political Party Discussion as a Class

Party Systems activity

• Use Lowi and complete the following activity on your OneNote:

For each of the Party Systems (Lowi probably should've called them "eras"…) found on pages 498-506, please answer the following questions:

1. What political parties were prominent during this era?
2. What major historical events occurred?
3. What characteristics describe this era?
4. How did the era end?
5. Please ad at least picture for each era that represents it in some way (to help it be memorable or easier to study)

Political Party Exploration Activity

• Exploration activity about modern political parties found on the Example OneNote

Media Exploration & Chapter 11

Lowi 10
Media Exploration:

1.  Find 2 national media conglomerates and create YOUR OWN graphic showing which media companies they own
2. Explore examples of concentration of local media in radio; Create the same kind of visual as #1
3. Find evidence of 5 vocabulary terms form the last two set of notes.  This could include media stories, politician or consumer actions.

Major and Minor Political Party notes

• Title on the video shows that this is a video from my American Gov't class. 
• I made this in the morning and sound funny: I'm tired and don't want to wake my family.

Read Lanahan #74

• Answer the "Lanahan Response" into your OneNote.  here is the question:
• According to Walter Dean Burnham there have been five major critical realigning elections 1800, 1828, 1860, 1898, and 1932. Speculate why it has been over eighty years since the United States has had a realigning election. What factors or events could lead to a future realigning election in the United States; does it seem likely? OR, Have we had a realigning election since the printing of Burnham’s work? Explain.

Begin Reading Chapter 11

• Core is due Tuesday--not that you need the core yet (because I suggest reading the entire chapter first), but if you are so inclined you may grab one from the file...its toward the back.  
• I don't have a reading guide yet.  I may have one tomorrow. Consider making one of your own with this blank copy of my reading guides.

Media Wrap up

Lanahan Discussions: 

• 80--Feeding Frenzy
• 83--South Park Conservatives

Media, Politics & Citizens Notes

Reminders: (yes, they are supposed to be out of order)

Chapter 13 Core & Quiz is Thursday

Chapter 11 Core & Quiz is Monday

Chapter 12 Core & Quiz is (next) Friday

Big List & Media

Big List

• Practiced Big List:
• Complete a brief BL quiz with the words from the opposite block to practice more words
• Corrected by your classmates
• Reviewed YOUR BL quiz from last week using this presentation

Notes: History of Media in the US

For Tomorrow: 

Read Lanahan #80 & #83

Prep Day

Handed Back Unit IV Multiple Choice

• Revision day is Tuesday 715-830
• Remember you can gain 1/2 point for each answer your revise up to 23/25

AP M.C. Practice as a class

• See Mr McDonald if you are interested in seeing these.

The rest of the day we read Lowi & Lanahan
Lowi Chapter 13 Core

• Reading Guide on OneNote
• Core is due Thursday
• This requires you to pay attention to the news....My suggestion is to use Monday, Tuesday and Wed. of next week
• There are three chapters from Lowi between now and the end of this unit (about 2 weeks)...READ NOW!

Lanahan #60 & # 63

• Monday we will begin the class with a discussion on these two readings
• There are 7 total Lanahan readings in this unit..read up!  Questions are on OneNote

Unit IV Exam

Took the following: 
Unit IV Multiple Choice
Unit IV FRQ
OneNote was graded
--revisions by Monday

Took the following:

Big List Quiz 
Lowi Chapter 10 Quiz

Reviewed using this presentation

OneNote Check & Unit IV Exam are tomorrow
Current Event due Friday

Unit Wrap up: Lanahan & Voter Turnout

Turn in Chapter 10 Core
Reminders:

• Tomorrow: Chapter 10 Quiz & Big List Quiz
• Thursday: Unit IV Exam and OneNote Check
• Friday: Current event due

Lanahan Reading & Discussion:

• Read 68,69,70 & 72
• Discussion prep:
1. Determine the main idea of the selection
2. Determine the supporting points for that main idea
3. Criticize Main Idea and supporting points
4. Determine which parts you agree with
5. Consider alternative ideas
• Discuss as a class based on the discussion prep 
• Videos: 
• Willie Horton Ad & revolving doors
• Daisey Ad
• KKK for Goldwater
• Herman Caine Ad
• Ron Paul Attack Ad
• Obama Attack Ad
• Swiftboat Vetrans for Truth Ad

Big List Review Time

Campaign Finance & Turnout

Campaign Finance

• Read first three pages from this packet
• Cannon's Text
• Answer these questions on your OneNote:

1.  How did BCRA impact Campaign Finance? 
2. What is the difference between hard and soft money? 
3. What are 527s & 501(a)(4)s?  and what does it have to do with Citizens United? 
4. When you fill out your own taxes will you donate to the federal Election fund?  Why or why not? 
5. What two conclusions does Cannon come to about Campaign finance? 
6. Do you agree or disagree with Cannon's concerns about the amount of money spent on campaigns? 
7. Do you agree with Cannon's overall positive assertion at the end of page 312?

Voter Turnout Notes

Friday

Discuss: Voting Laws 
Read & Discuss: #68 in Lanahan

Win the White House iCivics Game

• You don't have to register....
• Click "New Game"
• Click "High School +"
• WIN!!!

iCivics Survey

Presidential & Congressional Elections

Returned in Chapter 9 Core
Chapter 10 Core now due Tuesday

Presidential and Congressional Elections Notes

Voting Systems & Laws

Voting Systems Activity (Questions)

• Link to procon.org

2014 Voting Laws (Questions)

1. Voting Laws Article to read
2. Huffington Post Iowa Article
3. National Review Iowa Article

Lowi Quiz & Elections Notes

Turned in Chapter 9 Core
Took Chapter 9 Quiz

• See Mr M to schedule a time to take this as soon as possible

Reminders: 

• Handed out Chapter 10 Core & Reading Guide--Due Monday
• OneNote Check is Tomorrow
• NO Current events until the end of the unit

Elections Notes

• Took Elections Notes
• Video tomorrow

Measuring Public Opinion

Reminders: 
Chapter 9 Core & Quiz are tomorrow
OneNote Check is Wed. 1st Block

Discussion:

1. Polly Zation Story
2. Lanahan #58
3. Polling & You Activity

Notes: Measuring Public Opinion

• Took notes over Measuring Public Opinion
• Measuring Public Opinion Video (17 mins)

Polling and other work for Friday

Complete Socialization notes from yesterday

• Here are the notes
• Here is an old 9 minute video of them.

Polly Zation Activity

• Read this paper from the example OneNote and answer the questions on your OneNote
• Go ahead and check with others to help you.  Make sure to use well thought out justifications. 

Lanahan

• #55--You read this & we discussed yesterday.  Answer the question about it from the example OneNote on your personal OneNote
• #58--Read and answer the questions on the same OneNote tab as #55

Public Opinion Polling and You

• This activity can be found on the Example OneNote
• I will give you notes over polling Monday...THEREFORE I'm changing the Core Assignment due date to Tuesday.

All work (including things on this blog post and previous) must be complete.  This will allow you to focus on Lowi over the weekend.  Email me with any questions.

Discussion & Political Socialization

Discussion: 

• Issues Activity from yesterday
• Political Ideology surveys from yesterday
• Complete these if you did not finish these!  They will be included in your OneNote Check!

Lanahan #55

• Read #55 in your Lanahan reader 
• We discussed Lippmann's ideas about: 
• Ideal Citizen
• Reality
• Public Opinion's role in politics
• Did we agree or disagree?
• You wills still need to complete the question in your OneNote about this reading

Political Socialization Notes

• Took notes from this presentation
• Here is the 9 minute video

Political Ideology

We reviewed this AP M.C. Question

Finished Political Issues Activity with partners

• The Packet
• The worksheet

Political Ideology Survey Activity

• Here is the sheet with the links and the questions
• Please place the answers on your OneNote

Single Axis: 

Political Compass: 

Nolan Chart:  

   
Lanahan #55 Reading

• We will be reading Lanahan #55 in class
• If there is time we'll discuss this
• Either way you'll need to respond to the Lanahan question on your OneNote

Begin Unit IV

Unit IV: Political Opinion & Elections

Chapter 9 Core Assignment--due Monday March 31st
Chapter 10 Core Assignment--due Monday April 7
Unit IV Exam: Wed. April 9

Political Ideology Notes

• Here are the notes I gave in class
• Here is an Old Video of a slightly less awesome set of Political Ideology Notes

Handed out: Political Issues Activity

• We will get into this more tomorrow.

Frank Nidey Visit

Some links from the presentation:

Loving v. Virginia Documentary (on Netflix)
Varnum v. Brien (Iowa Same Sex Marraige Case)
Nazi Party v Skokie Ill
ACLU

Unit III Big List

Took unit III Big List

Worked on Unit III Revisions

To Library: 

• Please complete this survey (10 mins. or so)
• Work on Spring Break Assignment

Review & Wrap up day

Here is the crap stuff you have to do today:

1. Okay, okay.  Its just WAY too much clicking for me to do this when I can have each of you spend 2 minutes doing it for yourselves: Please copy the hyperlink for your presentation onto the "CAN EDIT" document below.
• Copy the URL of your Presentation or PowerPoint: MAKE SURE YOUR SHARE PERMISSIONS ARE FOR ANYONE! Google doc people I'm looking at you    :|
• Highlight the case that you did your presentation on
• Click "Insert" and then "hyperlink"
• Paste your URL in there in replacement of the wikipedia url...push the back button: you are done. 
• Block 2
• Block 3
2. Complete your Supreme Court Case excel document
• Make sure both your excel doc and your presentation are on the SAME tab in your OneNote. 

• For the remaining cases, do some basic research to complete your excel document.
• Here is the link to the Supreme Court Case Quizlet again.

3. Work on your Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Current event (due tomorrow).

• This should be a separate tab on your OneNote
• There are a LOT of things going on right now in the news.  If you cannot find one, why not just go to oyez.org and find a supreme court case that has been decided this term?  That seems easy to me.  
• Summarize the event/case
• Describe specifically how it applies to this unit
• Give a specific description of your opinion USING details and nuances from the event/case

4. Review for the exam tomorrow

• Here is the UPDATED Review presentation.

Continued Presentations

Completed all but a few presentations...will finish tomorrow.

The Quizlet for the cases is on the post below this one.

Case Quizlet

Here it is.  Only presentation cases, which are the pool for possible questions on the Unit IV exam.

Presentations/Review

Assigned Spring Break "ReLearn" Assignment

Continued Court Case Presentations

Here, by the way is our Review for the Exam.

MAKE SURE TO STUDY THE BIG LIST TERMS!!!!

We created an "exam folder" with previous exams.  See Mr M to do this

We went over the difference between the following processes: 

• Revenue
• Budget
• Appropriations
• Debt Limit

We began presentations.  We'll share presentations Monday as well.  See Mr M on how to catch up.

Supreme Court Report

Reminder: all AP Exam orders are due by 12: 30 tomorrow!!  See the video on my AP webpage for details

FRQ Returned....

To Library to work on Supreme Court Report: 

• You've been individually assigned a landmark Supreme Court Case
• You'll need to create a presentation to give to your classmates to help them fill out their excel doc.
• You'll need to include the following: 
• Background of the Case
• Events, lower court decisions
• The Courts decision
• Which "court" heard the case (ex: the Roberts Court)
• Which Amendment & Specific right was addressed
• What was the vote by the court? 
• The rational used in the Majority Opinion
• Anything notable about Minority Opinion
• The immediate and long-term impact of the precedent

Work time includes today only.  Presentations are Friday, Monday & Tuesday. 

BOR and Court Cases

FINALLY finish B.O.R. Notes

• Here is the FULL video of the B.O.R. Notes

Tests--Brief Discussion.  I'd add to your BOR notes.

Court Case Work

• We are getting a partner and using the document at the bottom of my AP webpage called Case Category work (I didn't attach it here on the blog)  Press the Down arrow on the right to download it.
• You and your partner will work to complete the bolded cases on the excel document to help you study for the exam(s)
• You'll use Lowi and the internet to complete the bolded cases--be brief, this is a study document not a full fledged report (the unbolded cases are going to be used to present on and you'll fill those out when you see the presentations)
• Save your document somewhere--I'd save it to the desktop of your computer to work on it and then upload it to your OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) when you are finished for the day
• We will work on this as needed tomorrow.  

Reminders:
Chapt. 4 Core Assignment and Chapter 4 Quiz are tomorrow

Bill of Rights

Big List Reteach from Unit II Big List Exam

Worked on Bill of Rights Notes From Friday.  We did not complete.  Video will be posted tomorrow

Wrap up Unit II Begin Unit III

Handed back Multiple Choice Exam

• revision days; Monday & Tuesday 730-830 AM
• See me to schedule a different time

One Note Check Monday 1st Block 

• See me with technology problems!

Handed out Chapter 4 Core

• Read Chapter 4
• Complete Homework
• Due Wed. 

Began Bill of Rights Notes

• We only got through the first 3 Amendments & began the 4th of the BILL OF RIGHTS NOTES  
• We will complete this Monday

Current Supreme Court &

Took very basic notes on the Current Supreme Court Prezi

Read Marbury v Madison reading provided in class & answered questions

Jotted down basic notes from this presentation to provide information about Marbury and to preview the format of a future project
Last night on CNN

Fed. Court notes

Handed back Chap 7 quizzes
Overview of this week (check out calendar on the website!)

Federal Courts Notes

Chapt 7 stuff

Presentations

Tomorrow: 

• Chapter 7 Core Assignment Due
• Chapter 7 Lowi Quiz 
• Executive Branch Current Events Due

I have a Plan

I have a Plan--Bureaucracy presentations tomorrow.

Ha.

Friday the Obama administration declared that national banks could take money from legal marijuana companies instead of being subject to money laundering laws. Grassley was....upset. Here is an example of his twitter prowess:

  

Bureaucracy Workday

Today we are going to the library to work on our Bureaucracy Project.
Presentations are going to be next Wed. & Thurs

Current Event stuff:
Council of Economic Advisers article about Minimum Wage increase.
Behind the scenes of a dramatic Debt vote
Rand Paul sues Obama over NSA
Pres election of 2016 news begins.... reports of Hilary's "revenge list"
Obamacare--Not a Jobs killer, but a Work killer

Notes & Project intro

Turned in Chap 6 Core
Took Executive Branch Quiz
Notes: Bureaucracy

• Here are the notes 
• Here is the Video

Bureaucracy Project introduction

Discussion

Discussed: 
Legislative Lanahan
Current Events

President Wrap-up

Finish: Presidential Powers Notes

Quiz: Legislative Lowi

For each of the following in your Lanahan Text:

1. Read
2. Answer specific question
3. Apply to Obama's Presidency with 2 pieces of SPECIFIC evidence

#31 – Richard Neustadt - Presidential Power and the Modern President (pages 199 to 204)

Why is persuasive power essential for successful presidential leadership?  Has President Obama’s gift for public speaking been an effective asset in achieving his policy agenda?

#33 – Thomas Cronin & Michael Genovese -The Paradoxes of the American Presidency (pages 212 to 222)

Which of the nine paradoxes of the American Presidency appears to have the most profound impact upon the executive office? Why?

#34 – Craig Rimmerman -The Rise of the Plebiscitary Presidency (pages 223 to 231)

What is Rimmerman's main argument against how citizens view the presidency?

#35 – Kenneth Mayer -With the Stroke of a Pen (pages 231 to 239)

What impact does Mayer claim executive orders have? 

VP & Presidential Powers

Finish: Defining Presidents Notes

• Continued this from yesterday

How the VP Works Mark UP

• Markup activity: Use common sense to combine some of the super-short paragraphs in the reading.  For each paragraph you should: 
1. Underline most important phrases
2. Circle important people/vocab terms
3. 3-4 word summary in left margin
4. One question or comment on right margin

Presidential Powers Notes

• Presidential Power Notes link

Monday: Chapter 5 Lowi "Quiz"
Monday: Legislative Current Event due
Chapter 6 Core Due date has been changed to Wed. 

Begin Executive Branch

Constitution Search Sheet

• Complete Executive Branch Constitution Search Sheet 

Defining the Presidency Notes

• Take notes over the Defining the Presidency Notes

Reminders:
OneNote Check tomorrow (Friday)
Legislative Quiz Monday
Legislative Current Event Due Monday

Snow Day Assignment

Sorry, but you'll have some things to do today.

1--Finish up your Committees Activity posted on yesterday's blog Post.  We will NOT have time in class to complete this

2--Watch and take notes over THIS VIDEO about Congressional Powers

3--Begin Reading Chapter 6 of Lowi (218-266). Core Assignment that I have printed for you here in class will be Due next Tuesday Suggested reading for today: 218-239.

4--Then make sure ALL other work on the OneNote is complete from this unit.  Trust me you'll want to do this now instead of later.

Legislative Lanahan & Committees

Legislative Lanahan Discussion 

• Here is the OneNote with Discussion notes on it to review or if you missed this

Committees

• Jigsaw with partners to complete the following activity on your OneNote under Constitutional Structure (I'd match the Leadership positions and the committees if I were doing this): 

1. Split up the Standing Committees of the House & Senate
2. For each answer the following:
• Who is the current Chair
• What does is that particular committee do

Republican Response to SOTU Address Rep.  Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-Wash.

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Notes: How a Bill Becomes a Law

• Take THESE NOTES on your own piece of paper
• EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS THAT A WORKSHEET IS PROVIDED IT IS NOT. Its an old video.

To Library:  How a REAL Bill Becomes a Law

• Use this URL above to do the following activities either on your OneNote:
  1.   Create a flowchart that shows the path the Affordable Healthcare Act took to become a Law... including its constitutional review by the Supreme Court
  2.    Find a quote from each of the following, showing their opinion about the Affordable Healthcare Act:
  a.    Each of the Senate leadership (6)
  b.    Each of the House Leadership (5)
  c.    Our delegates (3 of them...)
  3.    How was the path different or the same for the Affordable Healthcare Act compared to:
  a.    “I’m Just a Bill”
  b.    Our “How a Bill Becomes A Law” Notes

HERE IS MY EXAMPLE ONENOTE

Items to be completed for tomorrow:

1. Gerrymandering Game Answers
2. Lanahan Readings
3. Constitution Search sheet
4. Structure of Congress Activity

Finish: Congress & the People Notes

• Link on yesterday's blog post

Structure of Congress:

Presentation & Activity.

•Get a partner.

•Collect information about the leadership positions in each chamber

oPosition

oWhat that position does

oMember currently holding that position

oAwesome Picture

oBREIF description of HOW that job is filled.

•You may split up the work, but you should have the entire thing on your own OneNote.  

Senate	House
President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
President Pro-Tempore	Majority Leader
Majority Leader	Minority Leader
Minority Leader	Majority Whip
Majority Whip	Minority Whip
Minority Whip