9th Grade AP US Government and Politics Summer Assignment
It is highly recommended that students purchase the AMSCO prep book to help with not only the terms for the summer
assignment but throughout the year. The books can be purchased at:
http://www.amscopub.com/united-states-government-and-politics
The name of the book is:
United States Government & Politics: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination – Student edition
softcover
The cost of the book is $18.95 + shipping
The following assignment is due the first day of school. The intent of this assignment is to encourage students to begin
following current events related to United States government and politics and to learn basic terms related to US
Government. The students will also have a Socratic Seminar about the court cases the first week of school (not the first
day.) Directions for the seminar will be given on the first day of school.
You will collect 9 separate news articles. You can print them out from a computer or clip them from a newspaper or
magazine. Accompanying each article, you will write a paragraph summary of the article, written in your own words.
3 articles should be related to the Supreme Court
3 articles should be related to Georgia state government
3 articles should be related to civil liberties
Note: Some articles may fall into more than one of these categories, such as an article on a Supreme Court decision
dealing with civil rights. However, you may not use such articles twice. You must have 3 separate articles for each
category.
All articles must be current news stories (no digging up old stories on the internet)
At least 2 must be from June 2015
At least 2 must be from July 2015
At least 2 must be from August 2015
The other ones are flexible but should not be more than two years old.
The definition/significance of the following terms is due the first day of school. The definitions/significance must be
HANDWRITTEN. Students may use AMSCO book or online resources for AP US Government and Politics to define the
terms.
Declaration of Independence
Anti-Federalists
Great Compromise
House of Representatives
Parliamentary Government
Unitary Government
Democracy
Enlightenment
Bill of Rights
Supremacy Clause
Enumerated Powers
Concurrent Powers
Devolution
Liberal
Libertarian
Suffrage
Grandfather clause
Articles of Confederation
Checks and Balances
3 Branches of Government
Bicameral
Oligarchy
Separation of Powers
John Locke
Judicial Review
Federalist Papers
Elastic Clause
Reserved Powers
Full- Faith and Credit Clause
Mandates
Moderate
Constituent
Poll tax
Civil Rights
Federalists
Limited Government
Senate
Unitary Government
Theocracy
Republic
Social Contract theory
Natural Law
Electoral College
Federalism
Implied Powers
Extradition
Conservative
Progressive
Electorate
Literacy test
Civil Liberties