Syllabus: The Federal Bureaucracy & Public Policy
February-March 2015
AP Gov/Ms. Strong
Updated 3/6/2015
Feb 23-24 (M-T): After Congress Test
Homework
Sabato Ch 9 The Executive Branch and the Federal
Bureaucracy [Notes optional]
Feb 25-27 (W-F): The Federal Bureaucracy
• Quiz: Ch 9
• Clip: Red Tape Nation
• PPT: The Federal Bureaucracy
Homework
Bring Sabato or your laptop next class
Mar 2-3 (M-T): Federal Bureaucracy Peer Teaching
Project
• Oversight of the Federal Bureaucracy
• Bureaucracy Project Preparation and Presentations
Homework
Prepare for Bureaucracy Timed Writing
Sabato Ch 18 Economic Policy [quiz 3/6-9]
Mar 4-9 (W-M): Bureaucracy Wrap-up
• Finish Peer Teaching Presentations
• Timed Writing: The Federal Bureaucracy
• Homework
Continue Ch. 18/bring Sabato or laptop next class
Mar 10-11 (T-W): Public Policy
• Quiz: Ch. 18
• Daily Show clip: Blazing Tattles – Whistleblower
Protection NOT!!!
• PPT: Public Policy
• Begin Economic Policy 101101 preparation
Homework
Finish Economic Policy 101
Sabato Ch 17 Domestic Policy [due 3/12-13]
Important Dates
• Friday, April 3: 3rd Nine Quarter ends
• April 4 – 12: Spring Break
Mar 12-13 (Th-F): Economic Policy Roundtable
Discussion
• Economic Policy 101: monetary, fiscal, Keynesian,
supply-side, etc.
Homework
Continue Ch 17
Mar 16-17 (M-T): The Federal Budget Process
• Quiz: Ch 17
• PPT: Federal Budget Process, Entitlement Programs
• Welfare Reform: A.F.D.C., Welfare Reform Act
(1996), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009
Homework
Current Event: Public Policy due next class
Mar 18-19 (W-Th): Public Policy Simulation
• Role Play: Immigration Reform Task Force
Homework
Prepare for Bureaucracy & Public Policy Test
Mar 20-23 (F-M): TEST ON BUREAUCRACY &
PUBLIC POLICY
Assignment
Sabato Ch 10 The Judiciary [vocab format)
Mar 24-25 (T-W): Tying up Loose Ends
• Satire: Between Two Ferns
• The West Wing: Shutdown
Homework
Sabato, Ch. 10 The Federal Judiciary [vocab
format]