Homework
SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT - No Summer Reading Assignment was given for the 2021/2022 school year due to the pandemic and not being provided list of new students.
- Purchase a LARGE Notebook and Binder that is separated into sections. Tab your binder for:
- KEY / MANDATORY SCOTUS Cases (15) - Must be maintained in Binder
- OTHER SCOTUS Cases - Must be maintained in Binder but separated from Key cases
- Amendments - Notebook or Binder
- Vocabulary - Notebook or Binder
- Key Terms - Notebook or Binder
- KEY / MANDATORY DOCUMENTS (9) - Must be maintained in Binder
- Notes - Notebook
- Summer Reading Assignments: Not applicable for 2021/2022 school year
Resources
| first_class_presentation.pptx |
| civil_liberties_1.key |
| bill_of_rights_intro_powerpoint.key |
| civil_liberties___civil_rights.pptx |
| emoluments_clause.pdf |
| cep_impeachment_rubric_2019.docx |
| scotus_template-3.docx |
| venn_-_ogden___mcculloch.pdf |
Wednesday - Friday, August 18 - August 20, 2021
- Read Chapter 1, The Political landscape, pages 1-24
- Vocabulary: Words will be found in a Word Document in Canvas Under Assignments, Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy. You are responsible for understanding and being able to explain each word/term.
- Create a Vocabulary/Term section in your Notebook or three-hole Binder. For each word you need to provide a definition. Label it by chapter. You will submit that assignment in class to be graded and put in Pinnacle.
- I will return that assignment to you so you can put it in your AP Gov. Exam Review Binder.
- Due by Monday, August 23 - 25 Points
- Vocabulary: Words will be found in a Word Document in Canvas Under Assignments, Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy. You are responsible for understanding and being able to explain each word/term.
- Research SCOTUS case, Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
- Complete SCOTUS case summary sheet (MUST BE TYPED and placed in your binder and separated from the Key 15 SCOTUS cases). Due Monday August 23 - 30 Points
- Submit in class for me to review, grade, and enter grade in Pinnacle.
- The SCOTUS template in the Resources section above MUST be used.
- Compare and Contrast Gibbons v. Ogden to McCulloch v. Maryland.
- You can use the Venn Diagram located above under Resources, or create a T-Chart to list out similarities and differences and then a brief paragraph that highlights the key similarity / difference.
- Hint: Read the main dissenting opinion(s) if there are any.
- You can use the Venn Diagram located above under Resources, or create a T-Chart to list out similarities and differences and then a brief paragraph that highlights the key similarity / difference.
- Compare and Contrast Gibbons v. Ogden to McCulloch v. Maryland.
- Complete SCOTUS case summary sheet (MUST BE TYPED and placed in your binder and separated from the Key 15 SCOTUS cases). Due Monday August 23 - 30 Points
- Read the Lock, Hobbes & Rousseau comparison document in the readings section of Chapter 1
- Be prepared to discuss in class
- Read the Declaration of Independence, Appendix 1, pages 640-641
- Read the Preamble to the Constitution and the Annotated Constitution, through Article 1, pages 62-69
- Answer Critical Thinking Questions 2 and 3 on page 5 - Due Friday, August 27 - 20 Points
- Due Date subject to change based on when you can get the textbook.
- Answer Critical Thinking Questions 2 and 3 on page 5 - Due Friday, August 27 - 20 Points
- Answer the following questions:
- What caused the American Revolution, and the creation of the form of government that the colonists initially created?
- Why was this form of government doomed to fail?
- If you could have had a voice in the forming of our first government, what would it have looked like?
- Due Friday, August 27 - 30 Points
- Hope you're enjoying your first Week 1 and a half :-)
- Don't panic about the amount of work shown above.... Wait until I have had a chance to meet with ya'll.... Don't worry about having this AP class and 2 or 3, or more AP classes and the extra curricular activities you are involved in, or working part-time.... We are in this together....
Monday, August 23 - Friday, September 10, 2021
- Identify and explain three (3) specific weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. How did the Constitution resolve each of these problems? Due Friday September 10 - 30 points
- The Constitution was a source of both conflict and compromise. Identify and explain several conflicts between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. Then explain how the Constitution attempted to create a compromise to the opposing positions of state delegates. Due Friday, September 10 - 20 points
- Identify and explain the concept of Federalism. Discuss why Madison believed that federalism could control the effects of Factions in America. Discuss how you think that a large republic could control the effects of Factions in America. Finally, give an example of a Faction today in American politics, and how both federalism and our republican form of government control them.... or does not provide a mechanism for control.
- Due Friday, September 10 - 75 points ** You can delay completing this assignment for turn in until we finish Chapter 2, The Constitution. This question ties in with CH 2 Re: Federalist #10 but also with CH 3, Federalism.
- This is worth 75 points for a reason! It requires you to research Federalist #10 (one of the nine Key Documents); Requires you to have a fundamental understanding of the concept of Federalism (later will be associated with Tenth Amendment, and various SCOTUS cases, and will be seen as a Multiple Choice question in some form or fashion and possibly in an FRQ.
- Research SCOTUS KEY Case #1, Marbury v. Madison , (1803)
- Complete SCOTUS case summary sheet (MUST BE TYPED and placed in your binder and placed in Key 15 SCOTUS cases section).
- Remember there are summary docs & short video clips that will give you more detail and provide you with the information to fill out the template accurately and concisely. This is your review document also.
- Due Friday, September 10 - 30 points
- Research SCOTUS KEY Case. #2, McCulloch v. Maryland, (1819)
- Complete SCOTUS case summary sheet (MUST BE TYPED and placed in your binder and placed in KEY 15 SCOTUS cases section).
- Due Friday, September 10 - 30 points
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Monday - Friday, September 13 - September 17, 2021
- Research SCOTUS KEY Case #3, Schenck v. United States , (1919)
- Complete SCOTUS case summary sheet (MUST BE TYPED and placed in your binder and placed in Key 15 SCOTUS cases section).
- Remember there are summary docs & short video clips for many of the SCOTUS cases on the website, that will give you more detail and provide you with the information to fill out the template accurately and concisely. This is your review document for the AP Exam.
- Due Friday, September 17 - 30 points
- Research SCOTUS Case, Barron v. Baltimore , (1833)
- Complete SCOTUS case summary sheet (MUST BE TYPED and placed in your binder and placed in with the Other SCOTUS cases section).
- Remember there are summary docs & short video clips that will give you more detail and provide you with the information to fill out the template accurately and concisely. This is your review document also.
- Due Friday, September 17 - 30 points
- Chapter 2, Response Questions - Article I, Clauses to the Constitution.
- Due Friday, September 17 - 25 points
Monday - Friday, September 20 - September 24, 2021
- After updating Pinnacle, I have decided to delay assigning additional assignments until the later part of this week. Many of you have assignments outstanding and to add more to this number would be unproductive. We will continue moving forward with the material in class, so it is in your best interests to pay attention.
- I did put in Canvas previously, VIS #2 - Constitution, that is still due to be done.
- Due Friday, September 24 - 25 points
Monday - Friday, September 27 - October 1, 2021
- Research the Emoluments Clause
- Explain the following:
- The Foreign Emoluments Clause, Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8
- The Domestic Emoluments Clause (a.k.a., the Presidential Emoluments Clause, Article II, Section 1, Clause 7
- The Ineligibility Clause, Article I, Section 6, Clause 2
- Answer the following Questions:
- What were some of the issues that were raised concerning actions taken by former President Trump that caused congressional concern of whether the Emoluments Clause had been violated?
- What, if any, action should Congress take if it believes that the Constitution has been violated?
- Due Friday, October 4 - 50 points
- Explain the following:
- Research SCOTUS Case, Engle v. Vitale , (1962)
- Complete SCOTUS case summary sheet (MUST BE TYPED and placed in your binder and placed in with the Other SCOTUS cases section).
- Remember there are summary docs & short video clips that will give you more detail and provide you with the information to fill out the template accurately and concisely. This is your review document also.
- MAKE SURE YOUR KEY ISSUE QUESTIONS(s) are accurate and directly relate to the reason that case was accepted to be heard by the Supreme Court.
- MAKE SURE YOUR KEY ISSUE QUESTIONS(s) are accurate and directly relate to the reason that case was accepted to be heard by the Supreme Court.
- Due Friday, October 1 - 30 points
- Research SCOTUS Case, Tinker v. DesMoines School District , (1969)
- Complete SCOTUS case summary sheet (MUST BE TYPED and placed in your binder and placed in with the Other SCOTUS cases section).
- Remember there are summary docs & short video clips that will give you more detail and provide you with the information to fill out the template accurately and concisely. This is your review document also.
- MAKE SURE YOUR KEY ISSUE QUESTIONS(s) are accurate and directly relate to the reason that case was accepted to be heard by the Supreme Court.
- MAKE SURE YOUR KEY ISSUE QUESTIONS(s) are accurate and directly relate to the reason that case was accepted to be heard by the Supreme Court.
- Due Friday, October 1 - 30 points
- We will have our first Democracy In Action breakout groups meet this Thursday, September 30. Each student should have done some initial research on a Bill Proposal by Thursday and be ready to discuss the status of your research in your breakout groups.
- You will find a Student Draft Bill Proposal in Canvas that Will be used. This document will need to be filled out and submitted in order to receive your Participation Points (75 Points). This will be turned in after each class has discussed and voted on the Bill(s) to be presented to the review panel later in October.
- You will find a Student Draft Bill Proposal in Canvas that Will be used. This document will need to be filled out and submitted in order to receive your Participation Points (75 Points). This will be turned in after each class has discussed and voted on the Bill(s) to be presented to the review panel later in October.
Monday - Friday, October 4 - October 8, 2021
Monday - Friday, October 11 - October 15, 2021
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Monday - Friday, October 18 - October 22, 2021
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Monday - Friday, October 25 - October 29, 2021
Monday - Friday, November 1 - November 5, 2021
Monday - Friday, November 8 - November 12, 2021
Monday - Friday, November 15 - November 19, 2021
Monday - Friday, November 22 - November 22, 2021 - Thanksgiving Break
Monday - Friday November 29 - December 3, 2021
Monday - Friday, December 6 - December 10, 2021
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Monday - Friday, December 13 - December 17, 2021
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