AP Government-4015 Assignments
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- 2019-2020 School Year
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Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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Current Event
Each week you are responible for currents events to help you stay on topic with information we are covering in class
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What is the role of the media in spreading information or misinformation? Why is it important to conduct research with credible resources?
Celebrities and politicians are rapidly spreading coronavirus misinformation
https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/08/celebrities-and-politicians-are-rapidly-spreading-coronavirus-misinformation/
https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/08/celebrities-and-politicians-are-rapidly-spreading-coronavirus-misinformation/
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Unit 3 Assignments
QW: Campaign and Voter Behavior
Polls Assignment
Voter Behavior
Electoral College
Polls Assignment
Voter Behavior
Electoral College
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Devil in Devolution
Read the following article and answer the prompt
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1. How would your job from your budget project be affected right now during this pandemic? 2. How could our health care system be improved or managed to combat this pandemic?
Please answer the questions from today's Zoom meeting to received participation for this week.
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Do you think that the government should stop funding the Wold Health Organization? What type of problems could this result in?
Trump Halts U.S. Funding of World Health Organization
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/coronavirus-updates.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/coronavirus-updates.html
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News Article: Separation of Powers
Please answer the questions on the prompt. Write your responses in your notebook
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Theme Park
You are to create a theme park for your final project, so you can have some economics background. I will go over this project during our zoom meetings parts of it will have more weighed value than others so it is important that you take your time to complete it.
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What did you find interesting about the article as it relates to campaigns
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Political Campaign Project
I will go over this assignment during our Zoom meeting
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AP Writing
You will need to answer all of the questions on both of these attachments. It gives you the break down of points and what you need to answer for each question.
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What is the article that you found talking about? How does it relate to governmental relationships between federal and state levels?
You will need to find an article that relates to the current situation between the federal and state governments relationship when it comes to combating Covid-19. How will the relationship the states v. federal rights change from this.
You will need to attach the article to your response.
You will need to attach the article to your response.
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How will the roles of the federal and state governments change?
Use the article and information provided to define federal and state government powers and how will they change?
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Practice Exam
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FRQs
Please answer the FRQ questions for review
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AP Exam Review
i have attached a sample Exam. The answer key will be attached, use that to explain the answers and why it is that one.
i have also attached a sample response exam for your reference and review
i have also attached a sample response exam for your reference and review
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How has the economy changed since Corona Virus? How can the government change or enact policies to control and improve the economy?
Please answer the following question and reply to another classmate
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Constitution Review
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Unemployment
Answer the questions and activities in the packet
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Notes National Security Policy Making
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Review Questions
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Choose a specific detail, sentence, or paragraph in the text. Explain how this section supports the main idea of the text.
Please read the article and answer the question. For weekly participation please reply to another classmate
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Should the Federal Government suspend some of our Constitutional Rights? Read the following articles and give me your opinion and reply to one other students whether you agree or disagree
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/doj-suspend-constitutional-rights-coronavirus-970935/
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023
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Vocab/Review
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Notes: Policy Making for Health Care and Environment
Please copy these notes into your notebook by Sunday upload a picture of them hand written in your notebook
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Deal or No Deal
Please follow the instructions on the prompt and write a response to the 2 different scenarios on health care
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Make and support a claim about why someone should read this text. What makes this text worth reading? What will a reader gain or what might a reader do after reading this? Support your response with specific details from the text.
For weekly participation please read the article and reply another classmates response agreeing or disagreeing
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Health Care Reform
Please answer the questions and activities
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Civil Liberties Outline Civil Rights Outline
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Vocab and Review
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Writing Review
Please follow the instructions on the prompt
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After reading the article, how does the title "For Justices Free Speech often means Speech I agree with" explain how Justices rule on what Free Speech means? How do they interpret what it means
Read the following article and answer the question
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Vocab/Court Cases
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Vocab and Review Questions
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Domestic Policy Problem and Interest Groups
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Was it difficult to balance the budget? And cut programs? Can you now understand the difficulty the Federal Government has to balance the budget and why they always end in stale-mate? Please explain why or why not.
Use the following website to figure out which programs you would cut from the Federal Spending budget and then answer the question.
http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?_r=0
http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?_r=0
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Describing the Iron Triangle
Your task will be to describe the Iron Triangle in your own words/terms. You can do this in anyway that works best for you, it can be in form of doc, slides or video.
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Bureaucracy Review
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Federal Budget Fight for Your Life
Please follow the directions on the prompt. You will need to create a presentation on your Federal program and why should we keep it
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Imperial Presidents
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Article "Is Congress a Broken Branch"
Read the article on Congress and answer the question "Is Congress a Broken Branch" please information from the article to prove your point
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White House
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Presidential Powers
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Unit 5 Vocab/Review
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Unit 5 Assignments
Committee and Leadership Analysis
US Congress
Wars Powers Act
US Congress
Wars Powers Act
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How Bill Becomes a law
Please upload your project
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Standing Committee Mark Up
Please follow the directions on the prompt to complete the activity
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Congress at Work Reflection Questions 1. Members of Congress know that a bill they introduce has a very small chance of passing. Why do they do it anyway? What purpose is served by introducing a bill? 2. What features of legislative process do you think should be preserved? What features should be changed?
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Unit 4 Vocab and Review
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Unit 4 Assignments
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Comedy Skits
You will need to find a comedy skit that talks about political issues that America is facing today. We will watch these skits on Tuesday and answer a prompt and how Mass Media affects voter behavior and attitudes towards political parties, issues and ideologies
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Political Parties and Core Beliefs
Please follow the directions on the prompt
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Compare Modern Day Campaigns
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How do Interest groups influence Political parties and Politicians? Can interest groups influence voter behavior? Why or why not?
Please answer the question in paragraph form and using complete sentences.
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Unit 3 Vocab/Questions
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Activity: Campaign Strategies
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1. Why is the US putting sanctions on Iran? 2. What are sanctions? 3. Why is this deal important and who would it affect? And How?
Please look current information on this issue that is problem globally and within the US.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/world/middleeast/iran-sanctions-explained.html
https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/return-us-sanctions-iran-what-know
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/world/middleeast/iran-sanctions-explained.html
https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/return-us-sanctions-iran-what-know
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Are you surprised by the results? Why or Why not? What are the problems facing your party? What are some positive things that your party is doing?
https://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-party-quiz/
https://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz
https://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz
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Domestic Policy and Federalism
Please follow the prompt to answer the framing question
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Vocab and Review
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Domestic Policy and Federalism
Follow the instructions on the prompt to answer the question
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Articles v. Constitution
Follow the directions on the prompt to answer the framing question on the Articles v. Constitution
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Unit 1 Assignments
I will post all the classwork for each unit under assignments
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Unit 1 Vocab/Review
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Federalist Papers
What do the Federalist Papers have in common or differ in matters of government control