Fall 2013 AP Government
1st 9 Weeks – B Day (Calendar is subject to change)
Monday
AUGUST 26th – A
Tuesday
27th –B
Course Requirements
Citizenship Test
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
28th-A
29th- B
Berelson Quiz
Chapter one overview
HW: Study for
chapter one test
30th -A
5th – B
6th - A
HW: 1. Berelson
Questions 2. Access my
website & sign up for
my AP newsflash
SEPTEMBER 2nd
Labor Day Holiday
3rd – B
Unit One Test/30 ?’s
Overview of Const.
Constitution Hunt
4th - A
9th B
10th- A
11th-B
Group 2 Lopez ?’s
Fed Stations
Fed Review
HW: Study for test
12th-A
13th- B
Unit II Test on
chapters 2 and 3
50 mult. choice and 2
free response
HW: Brennan?’s
16th – A
17th – B
National Constitution
Day Group 3
Brennan ?’s
Federal Courts
overview (chp. 16)
Practice FRQ
HW: Study chap. 16
vocab for quiz and for
1 FRQ
18th – A
19th – B
Quiz over chapter 16
and 1 FRQ
The Supremes WW
HW: Gonzales v.
Raich ?’s
20th -A
23rd - B
Group 4 Gonzales v.
24th - A
25th - B
Group 5 Boerne ?’s
Court Case Chart
26th - A
27th -B
Group 1 Peterson?’s
Amendment/Art. quiz
Chapter 3 overview
HW: Lopez?’s &
Journal Review on
Const./Federalism
Raich
Finish the Supremes
Synder v Phelps oral
arguments
Chapter 4 overview
1st Amend Cases
HW: Boerne ?’s
30th - A
Chapter Two overview
Practice FRQ
Empire of Reason
HW: Peterson?’s
study Amendments &
articles for quiz
HW: Santa Fe ?’s
Study chart for Quiz
October 1st - B
2nd - A
Finish notes/Chart
Alabama Lit. Test and
Civil Rights video
HW: Journal Review
Judicial, Civil Rights &
Civil Liberties
study chart for quiz
8th — B
Unit III Test
Chapters 16, 4 and 5
50 mult. Choice
questions and 2
FRQ’s
HW: Madison ?’s
and Finish Polling
Data Assignment
(see website for
copy)
14th
HOLIDAY for
Students
Court Case quiz
Group 6 Santa Fe ?’s
Chapter 5 overview
Bill of Rights cases
HW: Print Polling
Assignment off my
website due on 10/10
9th-A
15th-A
3rd - B
4th - A
Court case quiz
Open note/book FRQ
Wrap up Unit
HW: study for
test (chapters
4,5 & 16) & terms
10th-B
Polling Project due
Group 7 Madison ?’s
(chp. 6) Public
Opinion/Political
Action overview
Political Ideology
HW: Ginsberg ?’s
11th-A
16th –B
17th-A
Group 2 Truman ?’s
Chapter 11 overview
HW: prepare for
FRQ.
12th-B
Group 1 Ginsberg ?’s
Chapter 8 overview
Assign 3rd party cand.
HW: Truman ?’s
18th-B
Practice Free Response
HW: study for test
(chapters 6, 8, 11) terms
END 1ST 9 WEEKS
Voice of Demo Essay
Due (essay plus
Recording extra-credit
test grade)
Fall 2013 AP Government
2nd 9 weeks
Monday
OCT 21ST -A
Tuesday
22ND – B
Wednesday
23RD - A
Unit IV Test
50 mult choice ?’s
And 2 FRQs
29th - A
Campaign ?’s
Chapter 10 overview
HW: Eggers ?s &
work on group
campaign
commercial due
10/31
4th -A
5th - B
Unit V Test
(chapters 9, 10, & 7)
60 multiple choice ?’s
and 2 free response
24th - B
Friday
25th – A
(Early Release)
Webquest Due
Chapter 9 overview
Caucus video
HW: Campaign
Webquest (also on
my website 2 daily
grades)
28th - B
Thursday
30th- B
Group 3 Eggers ?’s
Mass Media overview
(chp. 7)
HW: 1 - Journal
review on primaries
or voting behavior
2 – Finish Camp.
comercial
6th - A
31ST - A
NOV 1st - B
Campaign
commerical Due
Wrap-up unit
Practice FRQ
HW: study for test
7th - B
Group 4 Cohn?’s
Congress part 1
(chp. 12)
HW: Fenno ?’s
8th-A
HW: Cohn?’s
11th-B
Group 5 Fenno
Congress part 2
Computer Lab for
redistricting game
12th-A
13th-B
Congress part 3
HW: Journal Review
Article on Congress
14th-A
15th-B
Wrap–up Unit VI
Practice FRQ
HW: Study for test
18th-A
20th - B
Unit VI Test (ch. 12)
50 mult choice & 2
FRQ’s
HW: Rossiter ?’s
21st - A
22nd - B
Group 6 Rossiter?’s
Presidency overview
chapter 13
HW: Study for quiz
on chapter 13
23rd - A
25th - B
Chapter 13 quiz
Activity Chapter 13
quiz
Activity
DECEMBER 2ND - B
26th - A
27th - B
HOLIDAY
28TH - A
HOLIDAY
29th - B
HOLIDAY
4th - A
5th - B
6th - A
7th - B
Group 7 Wilson ?’s
Bureaucracy
overview
Taxing & Spending
overview (chp. 14)
HW: Study for quiz
on chp. 14 and
Wilson ?’s
10th – A
17th - B
Practice AP Test
11th - B
Unit VII Test
Test on Chp. 13-15
50 multiple choice/ 2
FRQ’s
18th-A
Wrap-up unit VII
Practice FRQ
HW: study for test
12th-A
13th - B
Practice AP Test
14th - A
19th
FINAL EXAMS
20th
FINAL EXAMS
21st
FINAL EXAMS