AP GOVT and Politics Nov/Dec 2013
Oct. 28
Oct. 29
Oct. 30
Oct. 31
Campaign Finance Laws
Flashcards Set E due
today!
Homework: Text p. 196203 and read Citizens
United Case
PACS/527s/SuperPacs and
Reform: Meet in FB 256
Campaign Finance Review/FRQ
Review Last Exam
Homework: complete
opensecrets.org activity
Homework: Text p. 148-150,
154-163 and Interest Group
paper due tomorrow!
Homework: Flashcards Set F due
Tuesday and Read/Annotate
“Secret Lives of Pollsters” Blumenthal
Interest Group Paper due
Today!
Nov. 4
Nov. 5
Nov. 6
Reaction Journal #5 due
Today
Nov. 7
Television Advertising
“Secret Lives of Pollsters”
Flashcards Set F
Due Today
Homework:
Reaction Journal #5
due 11/6
“Are campaign
finance laws
Constitutional?
MEDIA AND
ELECTIONS
Homework: Joan
Shorenstein, “Young
People and News” - read
and Annotate
Functions of the
Media/Discuss “Young
People and News”
Homework: Lan 83, “South
Park Conservatives” - read
and annotate for tomorrow
Flashcards Set G due
tomorrow
And finish Reaction
Journal
Nov. 11
No School:
Veteran’s Day
Nov. 1
No School For Students
Nov. 8
“South Park
Conservatives”
Flashcards Set G due
today
Homework: Reaction
Journal #6: Do
television and internet
reports effect how
people view the political
arena? Think about
voting patterns,
participation, and
knowledge about issues?
– Due 11/13
Nov. 15
Living Room Candidate
Nov. 12
No School for
Students: PT
Conferences
Nov. 13
Media Setting the
National Agenda
Journal #6 due today
Nov. 14
Government Influence on
the Media
Nov. 19
Exam on Interest
Groups, Political
Parties,
Campaigns/Elections
Nov. 20
CONGRESS
Evolution of Congress
Introduction
Congressperson Research
paper
Homework: Text, 262268
Nov. 21
Functions of Congress
Homework: Text 279-285
Homework: Text. 290308
Congressperson must be
chosen!
Flashcards Set H due
11/25
Nov. 25
Incumbency Notes
and Reading
Nov. 26
Review Elections
Exam
Nov. 27
No School Thanksgiving
Break
Nov. 28
No School Thanksgiving
Break
Nov. 29
No School Thanksgiving
Break
Homework: Lan 27,
Tate: “Black Faces”
Homework: Lan 26,
Swers: The Difference
Women Make and
Journal #7: Does
gender have more of
an effect than race on
the actions of
Congresspersons?
(due 12/2)
Nov. 18
Review for Exam on
Interest Groups,
Political Parties, and
Campaigns/Elections
Homework:
Prepare for Exam
Homework: Flashcards
Set G Due Today
Nov. 22
Powers of Congress
AP GOVT and Politics Nov/Dec 2013
Dec. 2
Gerrymandering 101
and Cartoon Analysis
Homework: Text p.
269-78
Flashcards Set I
Due 12/4
Dec. 9
Budgets and
Congress; Clean Air
Act, ADA, Civil
Rights Act
Flashcards Set J due
Today!
Homework: Review
for Exam!
Dec. 16
Congress Papers Due
Today!!
Dec. 3
Practice FRQ in class
Homework: Work on
Congressperson
paper, Biblio due
tomorrow, Flashcards
due tomorrow
Dec. 10
Congress Catch up
and Review for
Congress Exam
Dec. 4
Flashcards Set I due
Today
Leadership in Congress
Discuss Lan Readings,
Minorities in Congress
Dec. 5
Earmarks
Bill To Law Activity
Dec. 6
Bill To Law Activity
Homework: read p. 334340, Journal #8 due
tomorrow
Homework: read p. 342347; Flashcards Set J
due Monday
Dec. 12
Work Day to Finalize
Congress Paper
Meet in FB 256
Homework: Work on
Congress paper!!
Dec. 13
Work Day to Finalize
Congress Paper
Meet in FB 256
Dec. 18
Dec. 19
Dec. 20
Congress Video
Congress Video
Congress Video
Homework: Text, p. 310314, 324-333 and Journal
#8: Do the power to
redistrict and
reapportionment give
Congress too much
oversight power? (Due
12/6)
Congressperson Biblio
due today!
Dec. 11
Congress Exam
Homework: Work on
Congress paper!!
Homework: Review
For Exam!
Dec. 17
Prepping for While
I’m out….
Homework: Congress
Papers Due Monday!!