AP GOV
FOR THE WEEK STARTING 9/14/15
MONDAY
9/14
Day 2
TUESDAY
9/15
Day 1
WED.
9/16
DAY 2
CLASS:
1. Star Power Simulation
(The Chip Game)
2. The importance of
institutions and the
power structure
(Q: How do our
institutions impact
us?)
3. Q: What should the
role of gov’t be in a
democratic society?
CLASS:
CLASS:
1. Chapter 1; Section 1
Quiz
2. Candy Bar
Simulation (Nominees
for who gets candy
bar/ What should
criteria be?)
3. Democracy in
America Notes
OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify four key
institutions that
make policy at the
national level
2. Explain the five
criteria that form an
ideal democratic
process
3. Explain 3 Theories of
American
Democracy and
Gov’t
OBJECTIVES:
OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able
to explain the 3
theories of American
Gov’t
2. Describe the
fundamental
characteristics of a
Democratic Form of
Government
(including values,
process, and
structure)
THURSDAY
9/17
DAY 1
OBJECTIVES:
FRIDAY
9/18
DAY 2
VOCAB:
Gov’t Institutions
Public Goods
Single-Issue Groups
Linkage Institutions
Public Policy/Agenda
Majority Rule
Minority Rights
Pluralist Theory
Elite/Class Theory
Hyperpluralism
PRACTICE:
Read: Government in
America; pg. 1-18
VOCAB:
VOCAB:
VOCAB:
Natural Rights
Limited Government
Articles of Confederation
Shays Rebellion
Factions
VOCAB:
PRACTICE:
PRACTICE:
PRACTICE:
Read: Ch. 2 ; pgs. 30-40
Complete Philosophy of
Gov’t WS
Majority Rule
Minority Rights
Pluralist Theory
Elite/Class Theory
Hyperpluralism
Direct Democracy
Indirect Democracy
Republic
PRACTICE:
(Optional: Read “The Power
Elite”; by C. Wright Mills)
Read: Federalist No. 10
(Madison)