AP GOVERNMENT
LESSON PLANS – PAGE
UNIT 4 – EXECUTIVE BRANCH & BUREAUCRACY
CHAPTER 12 & 13
10/26/2015 – MONDAY – Watch Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
10/28/2015 – WEDNESDAY - Discuss the Path to the Presidency
Read “Primary Matters” & answer questions in Canvas about
The differences between primaries & caucuses
Practice using the rules of the Electoral college
Complete an election map activity
10/30/2015 – FRIDAY – Discuss the Constitutional Origins of the Presidency
Discuss Presidential qualifications, terms, tenure,
Succession & disability
Discuss the Impeachment process
Discuss the Vice Presidency, Presidential Powers & Limitations on
Presidential powers
11/3/2015 – TUESDAY – Discuss the Barber’s classifications on Presidential Character
& then try to match a president with the classifications
Define Bureaucracy and its three basic principles
Discuss the History and Growth of the Bureaucracy
Discuss the Organization & Influences of the Federal Bureaucracy
Begin Federal Bureaucracy Project
11/5 –11/9– THURS & MON – Present Research on the EOP & the Executive Departments
Create illustrations of iron triangles
11/11/2015 – WEDNESDAY – UNIT 4 TEST – EXECUTIVE BRANCH & BUREAUCRACY