AP Government/Economics Course Schedule
Mrs. Kalb
Unit 3: Political Culture and Public Opinion
Homework is in italics and is due the NEXT day unless otherwise indicated.
Wed. Sept. 16 Unit 2 Test – remember this is a cumulative process;
Homework: Read Chapter 5 in Wilson “Public Opinion” by Monday
Fri. Sept. 18
College Counseling Presentation – meet in 302 First!
SPIRIT DAY
Homework: Read Chapter 5 in Wilson “Public Opinion” by Monday
Mon. Sept. 21 Current Events; Complete Public Opinion
Homework: Preview www.realclearpolitics.com and complete the handout on Public Opinion Polls
(download from my website in class documents) by Block Day
Tues. Sept. 22 Public Opinion
Homework: Socratic Reading packet – read, highlight, and annotate – create at least 2 analytical
questions per reading. Due Block Day
Wed. Sept. 23 Public Opinion Polls; Socratic Seminar: political opinion and participation
Homework: Read Chapter 6 in Wilson “Political Participation”
Fri. Sept. 25
Political Participation in action
SPIRIT DAY
Homework: Complete the Political Ideology Assignment on my website (under class documents)
Mon. Sept. 28 Current Events; Political Ideology
Homework: Study for test on Unit 3 (Cumulative, but focused on Chapters 5-6). Vocab for Chapters 5 and
6 is due on test day if you scored below a 80% on the last test. These need to be hand-written and in your
own words.
Tues. Sept. 29 Political Ideology
Homework: Study for test on Unit 3 (Cumulative, but focused on Chapters 4-6). Vocab for Chapters 5 and
6 is due on test day if you scored below a 80% on the last test. These need to be hand-written and in your
own words.
Wed. Sept 30
Test on Unit 3: MC and FRQ
Homework: Read Socratic Reading --- highlight and annotate meaningfully. Create at least 2 analytical
questions for each reading section.
Fri. Oct. 2
Socratic Seminar
SPIRIT DAY
Homework: TBD
See next page
UNIT READINGS:
Wilson Chapters 5-6 (be sure to read in preparation for class lectures on individual chapters.) Socratic readins
as assigned. Random reading quizzes will be given to check on reading. Vocab for Chapters 5-6 Due.
Chapter 5 Vocabulary:
Middle America
silent majority
social status
religious tradition
gender gap
poll
random sample
sampling error
liberal
conservative
political ideology
libertarians
Populists
political elite
norm
Chapter 6 Vocabulary:
Voting age population
Registered voters
Motor-voter law
Literacy test
Poll tax
grandfather clause
white primary
Australian ballot
activists
Please note that the above vocabulary is only a guide. Test preparation needs to go far beyond the studying of
vocabulary words. You need to be able to tie all concepts together where appropriate.
REMINDER: material from previous tests can show up on new tests at any time.