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1/10/17 |
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1/12/17 |
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1/17/17 |
1.Students need to turn in their homework questions from the Federalist (10) and Anti-Federalist (Brutus III) homework reading at the beginning of class. 2.Students need to group themselves in groups of 3-4 for the Constitution Group FRQ 3.Students will have 40 minutes to complete the FRQ. If students finish prior to the 40 minutes they may turn it in, however they should try and include enough info in all parts of the question to ensure they get full credit! 4.Students should pick up the second part of the Fed/Anti-Fed reading and can work for the remainder of the class in pairs to complete the guided questions to be turned in next class. 5.Reading assignment for next class is on your homework Calendar! First part of Ch. 3! |
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1/19/17 |
1.Turn in Fed/Anti-Fed questions if you didn’t last time 2.Get into groups of 3-4. You will need a smart phone or an Ipad to complete the Federalism Amazing Race! Go to my website and download the Amazing Race document onto a google doc from your Ipad or Iphone. Read over the directions as a group. When you are told to do so, you may leave and attempt to find as many locations as you can. You only have 30 minutes and will receive sharp penalties for being late or acting like a ding-dong. When you return you will have 10 minutes to finalize your answers for Federal/State/Local and send me your team’s document. YOU MUST follow these instructions for sending it to me: a.DO NOT SHARE IT! b.DO NOT SEND IT TO [email protected] THAT IS NOT A THING THAT EXISTS! c.Go to File and choose “Send as attachment” I don’t care if it’s a PDF or a word document. Then a box should pop up and you need to enter [email protected] d.If you are worried I won’t get it or that you did it wrong feel free to print it to the library. 3. Use the remaining time to work on the Federalism textbook/constitution scavenger hunt that is due next week. 4. Ch 3 terms attached |
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1/22/17 |
Go over Federalism Amazing Race Federalism via Block grants for Obamacare. Should the Federal Government be in charge of health care or should it be left to the states? DO NOT read ch 6 from calendar! There will be NO quiz next time. We are behind! Work on Federalism packet due Friday and study for Ch 3. test on Friday (both FRQ and M.C.) |
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1/25/17 |
Federalism Cases: US v Lopez! Evolution of Federalism Test on Ch 3 next time. |
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1/27/17 |
Test on Ch. 3! Read Ch. 6 for homework I need to know if you want to go to the Extra Credit lecture on Feb. 16th by next class. I attached the flyer I handed out in class on 1/25/17 if you were absent |
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1/31/17 |
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2/2/17 |
Ch. 9.5 quiz Voting behavior and Voter ID laws: Shelby v. Holder Bowling alone and V.O.Key Theory of Critical Elections |
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2/6/17 |
Quiz Critical Elections Voting Behavior trends and intro to Electoral College Read 7.1-7.3 for homework |
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2/8/17 |
Quiz Finish Electoral College discussion: Fed 68 and Hamilton Electors Media intro Finish Ch 7 for homework |
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2/1417 |
Test on 6, 9.5-9.8 and 7 Terms due see attached |
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2/16/17 |
Start Political Parties 8.4-8.7 Read for homework |
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2/21/16 |
Finish Political Parties Caucus vs. Primary Read 9.1-9.5 |
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2/23/17 |
Campaign Finance Buckly vs. Valeo and Citizens United Open Secrets.org |
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2/27/17 |
Campaign Finance McCutchen v FEC read if absent! Work on Campaign Finance Website questions. Don't finish, I will give you time next class to finish! |
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3/1/17 |
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3/3/17 |
Iron Triangles Introduce Senate Commitee's for Bills Due on 3/9! Handout Important Legislation Due on 3/13 Test over 8, 9.1-9.5 and 10 3/7/17 Terms Due! |
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3/5/7 |
Interest Groups look up turned in Iron Triangles Practice (turned in) |
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3/7/17 |
Test! Bills due next class! Read Ch. 11 (LOOK AT YOUR calendars!) |
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3/9/17 |
Read Chapter 11! And work on Important Legislation due next time |
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3/13/17 |
Congress Quiz Congress Structure: Bill to law Senate Simulation: Assign Bills |
Read from Textbook President 12-12.5 |
3/15/17 |
Finish Senate Simulation NO TEST next time!!!! (Thank Colleen for making me see the error in my ways!) BUT there will be a multiple choice test on Congress and President Next week 3/21! I have updated the rest of March so you guys all have an idea of what to expect next week! |
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3/17/17 |
Fed 69 (not a joke) and Roles of the President President Practice FRQ Multiple Choice Test on Congress and President next time, terms for 11 and 12 due too! |
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3/21/17 |
11 and 12 MC test and terms due Start Supreme Court |
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3/23/17 |
Incorporation of the Bill of Rights Read all of Chapter 15 over Break! |
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4/3/17 |
Civil Liberties Cases Due Incorporation cases |
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4/5/17 |
Incorporation Cases Mapp v. Ohio Finish Chapter 5 |
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4/7/17 |
Levels of Scrutiny Finish Korumatsu and Windsor Case for homework Answer: •Does Korematsu/Windsor deserve strict scrutiny? If not, what level? •Did interment pass the test? •Did the law further a “compelling government interest” and have “narrowly tailored” the law to achieve that interest? TEST over SC next Thursday the 13th Terms attached |
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4/13/17 |
Test over 4, 5 and 15 Terms due |
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4/17/17 |
14.1-14.3 Quiz Bureaucracy Finish Ch 14 for homework |
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4/19/17 |
Budget Questions and Fiscal Ship game Read Ch 13 For homework |
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4/21/17 |
Bureaucracy and Budget FRQ practice |
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4/25/17 |
Review Test #1 FRQ Samples |
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4/27/17 |
Review Test #2 FRQ samples |
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5/1/17 |
Review Test #3 FRQ samples |
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5/3/17 |
Monster Vocab Test |
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5/4/17 |