Honors Amercan Government

 

Honors American Government

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 Homework for Week of March 22nd

• Complete "President's Power to Persuade" (found under Course Documents); due Monday, March 22nd

 

 

Homework for Week of March 15th

• Complete Executive Branch Vocabulary (found under Course Documents); due Friday, March 19th
• Make sure you have read "How Members Decide to Vote" (given out in class or you can download from Course Documents)
• Need help reviewing for Legislative Branch Test?  I have uploaded several Hippo Campus (founder under Web Links)  just watch!
• Read and complete "Congressional Oversight" (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, March 17th
• Complete "Legislative Branch Crossword Puzzle" (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, March 18th
• Complete "Legislative Branch Term Limits" (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, March 16th
• Complete "Legislative Branch Vocabulary 2 Bill to Law" (found under Course Documents); due Monday, March 15th
• Read "The Congressional Process" (pages 385-390) by Monday, March 15th
• Test on Legislative Branch; Thursday, March 18th

 

Homework for Week of March 8th

• Test Corrections for Political Participation Test due on Friday, March 12th
• Complete "Legislative Branch Committee Assignments" (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, March 11th
• Read "Congressional Leadership" (pages 376-378) and "The Committees and Subcommittees" (pages 378-382) by Tuesday, March 9th
• Finish reading "The Committee System" handout (given out in class on Monday-or you can download from Course Documents); by Tuesdya, March 9th
• Watch "Committees and the Iron Triangle" (Hippo Campus-found under Web Links); by Tuesday, March 9th

Homework for the Week of March 1st

• Complete Legislative Branch Leadership Scavenger Hunt" (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, March 4th
• Review your study guides each day
• Begin reading Chapter 12, Congress (pages 363-367) by Wednesday, March 3rd
• Complete Legislative Branch Vocabulary (found under Course Documents); due Monday, March 1st
• Complete "Who Represents Me?" (found under Course Documents); due Monday, March 1st
• Complete "Reapportionment 2010" (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, March 2nd
• Complete "Legislative Branch Composition of the U.S. Senate" (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, March 3rd
• Complete "Legislative Branch Composition of the House of Representatives" (found under Coruse Documents); due Thursday, "March 4th

 

• Homework for Week of February 22nd

I will be going over Political Parties PowerPoint on Party Organization and "Party Dealignment and Realignment" homework on Wednesday and Thursday; 7:20-7:45 and 2:40-3:10 each day (Room 202)

• Complete Campaign Finance Webquest (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, February 24th (I changed the question about the number of presidential candidates to 6)

Test on Campaigns and Elections, Political Parties and Interest Groups; Friday, February 25th

• Complete "Political Participation Review for Test 2010" Quiz (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, February 23rd
• Complete Political Participation Crossword Puzzle (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, Feburary 24th
• Complete "Cost of Elections" (found under Course Documents); due Monday, February 22nd
• Read "What Makes an Interest Group Successful" (pages 332), "The Interest Group Exposion" (pages 333-334) and "How Groups Try to Shape Policy" (pages 334-341) by Monday, February 22nd
• Complete Maryland Voter Registration form (given out in class); due Monday, February 22nd

Homework for Week of February 15th

• Download "Interest Group Lecture I Part II Continued" (found under Course Documents) along with Interest Group Power Point Lecture I Part II (found under PowerPoints-complete study guide; due Friday, February 19th 

• Read Chapter 11, Interest Groups, pages 322-328 and pages 342-347 by Thursday, February 18th

 

• Dealignment/Realignment (If you did not hand in before snow break)
• Third Party Assignment (don't forget your cover page) (collected 2/17)
• Study Guides for Political Parties Organization Part I and Part II
• Study Guide for Interest Groups Part I
• Interest Group Vocabulary  (collected 2/17)
• Political Parties Practice Quiz

  Homework for Week of February 15th

  I will be collecting/checking the following assignments on Wednesday, February 17th

  I am accepting no excuses for missing work since I only received 2 emails regarding no access to PowerPoint

  • Dealignment/Realignment (If you did not hand in before snow break)
  • Study Guides for Political Parties Organization Part I and Part II
  • Study Guide for Interest Groups Part I
  • Political Parties Practice Quiz

Homework for Week of February 8th

Enjoy the Snow!

It looks like we might be out a few more days...therefore I have decided to put up assignments day by day

Monday, February 8th

• Read about third parties (pages 258-260)
• View "Political Parties PowerPoint 3 Third Parties 2010" (found under Course PowerPoints); there is no study guide for this PowerPoint-pay attention to 1992 and 2000 Election slides
• Read "Third Parties" (given out in class or you can download from Course Documents); complete assignment found on third page of hand-out (don't forget cover page); due Tuesday, February 9th 

• Read "Party Eras in American History (pages 251-258 in your textbook) which is about party realignment, party dealignment and divided government and complete "Party Dealignment and Realignment" (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, February 9th (if you did not complete last week)

 

 Tuesday, February 9th

• Download "Political Parties Organization Part I" PowerPoint (found under Course PowerPoints) and complete "Political Parties Organization Part I Study Guide" (found under Course Documents); I will check this for completion
• Read "The Party Organizations:  From the Grass Roots to Washington" (pages 245-250 in your textbook)

Wednesday, February 10th

• Download "Political Parties Organization Part II" PowerPoint (found under Course PowerPoints) and complete "Political Parties Organization Part II Study Guide" (found under Course Documents); I will check this for completion

 

Thursday, February 11th

• Read "Political Parties Summary" (found under Course Documents)
• Complete "Political Parties Practice" (found under Course Documents); this will be due when you get back
• Watch PowerPoint "Voter Behavior and Participation" (found under Course PowerPoints); there is no Study Guide to go along with this PowerPoint but it is important that you view it by your next assessment

 

Friday, February 12th

•  Complete Interest Group Vocabulary (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, February 16th
• Watch "Interest Group PowerPoint 1, Part I (found under Course PowerPoints) and complete study guide (found under Course Documents); This should be completed before we get back to school

• If you do not have PowerPoint, please contact me

 

Homework for Week of February 1st

• Review Political Parties PowerPoint #1 (found under "PowerPoints for Courses)
• Pop Quiz on "Roles of Political Parties" (PowerPoint #1) and "Voter Behavior and Intensity" on Thursday, February 4th

•  Watch "Voter Behavior and Intensity" along with answering the questions (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, February 3rd
• Try one of the political ideology quizzes; "Beyond Red vs Blue" or "Presidential Candidate Selection" Quiz (found under Web Links)  Of course both of these quizzes are not scientific but they are fun-"Presidential Candidate Selection" Quiz allows you to click on the issue for an explanation
• Complete Political Parties Vocabulary (found under Course Documents); due Monday, February 1st
• Begin reading Chapter 8, Political Parties (pages 238-241; "The Meaning of Party" and "Tasks of the Parties" by Monday, February 1st)
• Test Corrections for Campaigns and Elections Test due on Thursday, February 4th

 

 

Homework for Week of January 25th

Watch President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 27th at 9:00 p.m. and complete "State of the Union Address President Obama 2010" (found under Course Documents); due Friday, January  (I will be showing it in Room 202 on Thursday morning and afternoon in case you can't watch or tape it) 

• Complete "General Elections" (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, January 26th
• Complete "Demographics and Voting" (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, January 27th
• Continue to review your "Campaigns and Elections" vocabulary (previous homework assignment)
• Test on Campaigns and Elections and the Electoral College on Thursday, January 28th

 

 

 Homework for Week of January 18th

• Complete "Electoral College System Hippo Campus" (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, January 20th
• Download "How the Electoral College Works 2009" (found under Course Documents) and review your study quide notes; quiz on steps in the Electoral College on Wednesday, January 20th

 

 

Homework for Week of January 11th

Exam Schedule

Wednesday, January 13th

8:10 a.m. Room 111

Don't forget to come by Room 202 and pick up any graded assignments including the Social Security assignment

Remember sometimes a Presidential candidate can win the total popular votes cast by not a majority but a plurality (this is different than winning 270 Electoral votes).  Total votes cast doesn't matter as long as the candidate wins the Electoral College.  This has happened three times in history and even though the presidential candidate only won a plurality of the popular votes, he still had over 270 votes in the Electoral College, so he became President

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I will be posting homework for next week by Wednesday-please watch for it

 

 

Welcome Back!

 Homework for Week of January 4th

• Read "Electoral College 101" (given out in class) and complete questions (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, January 7th
• Mid-Term Review can be found under Course Documents
• Test Corrections for Federalism Test are due on Monday, January 4th
• Complete Campaigns and Elections Vocabulary (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, January 5th
• Make sure you have completed and handed in Social Security assignment that was due before break
• Begin Reading Chapter 9, Nominatings and Campaigns, pages 266-295

 

Homework for Week of December 14th

• Take Social Security Quiz (given out in class-bring on Thursday-not graded!)
• Read "Social Security" hand-out along with UpFront Magazine article "Social Security" (both given out in class); complete "Social Security" (found under Course Documents); due Friday, December 18th

If you were on retreat, please download Federalism PowerPoint 5 and complete (found under Course PowerPoints)

 

• Test on Federalism; Tuesday, December 15th
• Review for Test on Tuesday, December 15th at 7:00 a.m.
• All of the Federalism PowerPoints can be downloaded and reviewed (found under Course PowerPoints)
•  Federalism Cake Party; Wednesday, December 16th

 

 

Homework for Week of December 7th

• Vocabulary Quiz on Wednesday, December 9th

• Read ""Policy Debate-The States, the Federal Government, and Public Education" (given out in class) and answer questions (found under Course Documents-"No Child Left Behind act 2009); due Thursday, Dcember 10th

• Watch and complete "Federalism 3 and 4 Hippo Campus" (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, December 8

• Try Pew Research Center "Current Events Quiz" (found under Web Links) 

 

Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday Week-end!

 

Homework for Week of November 30th

• Try Pew Research Center Current Events Quiz (found under Web Links)
• Read and Complete "Principles of Federalism" (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, December 1st
• Make sure you have "McCulloch v. Maryland" and "Gibbons v. Ogden" ready to hand in on Monday, November 30th
• Read and Complete Federalism 1 and 2 Hippo Campus (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, Decembert 3rd
• Make sure you have completed reading Chapter 3

 

Homework for Week of November 23rd

• Test corrections for Constitution Test due on Monday, November 23rd

• Know 10 "enumerated powers" by Tuesday, Novembert 24th

• Finish reading Chapter 3 by Tuesday, November 24th

 

Homework for Week of November 16th 

 

• Current Events/Amendment Quiz on Monday, November 16th

• Read Ninth and Tenth Amendments (both found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, November 17th

• Read and complete McCulloch v. Maryland (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, November 18th

• Read and complete Gibbons v. Ogden (found under Course Documents); due Friday, November 29th

• Test Corrections are due on Monday, November 23rd

 

 

 Homework for Week of November 9th

If you have been absent, please make sure you get the warm-ups from a reliable student

• Complete Federalism Vocabulary (found under Course Documents); due Friday, November 13th

• Read and complete quesitons "Twenty-Sixth Amendment" (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, November 10th

• Read "Equal Rights Amendment" (will be given out in class) and answer questions (found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, November 10th

• Read and complete "Bill of Rights" (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, November 11th

• Test on Chapter 2 and U.S. Constitution:  Thursday, November 12th

 

 

Homework for Week of November 2nd

• Complete "Constitutional Amendment" (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, November 4th

• Complete "Informal Methods of Changing Constitution" (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, November 5th

• Review Constitutional Amendments (from warm-ups)

• Finish reading Chapter 2 (pages 52-63) by Thursday, November 5th

 

 

Homework for Week of October 26th

• Make sure you are revieing "Separation of Powers" and Checks and Balances" (given out in class)

• Make sure you bring "The Federalist Papers" to class on Tuesday, October 27th (you should have downloaded them last week-found under Course Documents)

• Read pages 35-52 by Friday, October 30th

• Watch the following Hippo Campus short videos by Wednesday, October 28th (1) "Compromise Reigns, (2)"Federalists versus Antifederalists" and (3) "Structure of the Constitution" (all can be found under "Web Links"

• Complete "Constitutional Amendment" (can be found under Course Documents) assignment by Wednesday, November 4th

• Complete "Informal Methods of Changing the U.S. Constitution" (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, November 5th

 

Homework for Week of October 19th 

• Make sure know the following terms by Friday, October 23rd:  Ex Post Facto Law, Writ of Habeas Corpus, and Bill of Attainder

•  "Constitution Outline" due on Monday, October 19th (assignment was posted last week)

• Make sure you have turned in Federalist 10 and 51 (collected on Thursday, October 15th)

• Make sure you have downloaded copy of U.S. Constitution for your notebook (found under Course Documents-reposted on 10/17)

• Complete "Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances" (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, October 21st

 

Homework for Week of October 12th

 

• PRINT OUT and read Federalist Papers (found under Course Documents); by Thursday, October 15th

• Watch Federalist 10 PowerPoint (found under Course PowerPoints); This will help you complete your homework; by Thursday, October 15th

• Complete written assignment Federalist 10 (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, October 15th

• Complete "Constitution Outline" (found under Course Documents); due Monday, October 19th

• Watch Federalist 51 PowerPoint (found under "PowerPoints") by Monday, October 12th

• Complete written assignment for Federalist 51 (found under Course Documents); due Monday, October 12th

• Current Events and Articles of Confederation QUIZ; Thursday, October 15th

 

Homework for Week of October 5th 

• Watch "Articles of Confederation" (found under Web Links) by Friday, October 9th
• Test Corrections due on Tuesday, October 6th
• WATCH "English and Enlightment Traditions" (found under Web Links) by Wednesday, October 7th
• Read Chapter 2, pages 28-51 by Friday, October 9th

 

Homework for Week of September 28th

• Read the New York Times "Boosting the Minimum Wage:  Good News or Bad News?"(given out in class) complete questions(found under Course Documents); due Tuesday, September 29th

• Read the New York Times "Under One Roof:  Legal and Illegal Immigrants" (given out in class-it can also be downloaded from Web Links); complete questions (found under Course Documents; due Thursday, October 1st

• Complete Constitution Vocabulary (found under Course Documents); due Friday, October 2nd

• Test Corrections for Chapter 1 Test due Tuesday, October 6th

 

Homework for Week of September 21st

 

• Read pages 2-21 in your textbook by Wednesday, September 23rd

• Policymaking System Project due Wednesday, September 23rd (visual can be found on page 13 of your textbook)

• Chapter 1 Assessment; Thursday, September 24th

 

 

Homework for Week of September 14th 

• Read Washington Times "Census:  40 Million in U.S. Now Live in Poverty" (found under Web Links-left side of your home page) and complete questions (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, September 16th

• Read Time Magazine Health Care "Can Obama Find a Cure?" (will be given out in class); complete questions (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, September 17th

• Current Events Quiz; Friday, September 18th

• Policymaking Project and rubric (found under Course Documents); due Wednesday, September 23rd

 

Homework for Week of September 7th

You can view/read President Obama's "Back to School" speech found under White House Official Website (go to Lists, then Web Links)

• Complete Chapter 1 Vocabulary (found under "Course Documents"), due Wednesday, September 9th

• Complete Demographics Chart (found under Course Documents); due Thursday, September 10th

• Read pages 184-187 in your textbook "How Citizens Learn About Politics:  Political Socialization" by Friday, September 11th

  

Homework for Week of August 31st

• Download Course Description and Course Requirements along with Syllabus; Read and sign; due back to Mrs. Klase on Tuesday, September 8th
• Download and read "Political Socialization" (found under "Documents"); then complete written assignment "Political Socialization Written Assignment" (found under "Documents"); Please type this assignment; due Friday, September 4th
• Read "Who We Are Now" (given out in class) by Friday, September 4th