AP Civics/Honors Economics (Section P. 0) Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- 2011-2012 School Year Term
- Department
- Social Science
- Location
- Rm 217
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Attached are the materials for Honors Economics Chapters 9, 10, and 14
- Honors Economics Chapter 9 Notes
- Honors Economics Chapter 10 Notes
- Honors Economics Chapter 14 Notes
- Study Sheet on Karl Marx
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Final Exam
- Chapters 9, 10, & 14
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Attached are the following materials for Honors Economics Chapters 12 and 13.
- Honors Economics Chapter 12 Notes
- Honors Economics Chapter 13 Notes
- Honors Economics Study Sheet
- The Utopian Socialists
- Thorstein Veblen
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Test
- Chapters 12 and 13
- You may use a 3x5 notecard for the test
- Study Sheet on the Utopian Socialists and Thorstein Veblen is also due
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The following attach information can help you review for the AP Exam
- AP Civics FRQ Information
- AP Civics FRQ Writing Information
- AP Civics Landmark Supreme Court Cases
- AP Civics Landmark Supreme Court Cases #2
- AP Civics Recent President's Policies
- US Government and Politics Course Description and Sample Exam
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Attached are the notes for the following Chapters which will help review for the AP Test
- AP Civics Chapter 15 Notes
- AP Civics Chapter 16 Notes
- AP Civics Chapter 17 Notes
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Attached are the materials you will need to download for Chapters 4 and 5
- Chapter 4 Notes
- Chapter 5 Notes
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Attached are the materials you will need to download for Chapter 14.
- Chapter 14 Notes
- Chapter 14 Study Sheet
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Attached is the Study Guide for Chapter 14 Test. It should help you review for the test.
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Chapter 14 Test
- 41 m/c
- FRQ (1)
- Supreme Court and public opinion
- Supreme Court: deciding a case and decisions it hands down
- Study Sheet also due
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Chapter 13
- Main Points and Key Terms
- 1 Multiple Choice Question
- Attached are the notes for Chapter 13 that can be used to help group reviews of the Chapter.
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Attached are the materials you will need to download for Chapter 12.
- Chapter 12 Notes
- Chapter 12 Reading Assignment
- Chapter 12 Study Sheet
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FRQs: Chapter 12
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- Divided government
- Presidential approval ratings
- Electoral College - winner-take-all
- War Powers Act
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Test
- Chapter 12
- 61 MC
- Study Sheets also due
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Presidential Approval Ratings
- Graph each of the selected Presidents on one complete graph
- Identify one trend/pattern in the Graph
- Create a chart identifying factors that Increase and Decrease Presidential Approval Ratings
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Socratic Seminar
- The Presidential Character: James Barber
- 3 questions
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Attached are the materials you will need to download for Chapter 11.
- Chapter 11 Notes Congress
- Chapter 11 Reading Assignments
- Chapter 11 Study Sheet (Worksheet)
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FRQs
- Could be any of the following topics
- Differences between the rules for the Senate and House of Representatives
- Advantages of the majority party in Congress
- Framers and a bicameral legislature
- Incumbency advantages
- Leadership and Committees in Congress and the roles they play in the legislative process
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Test
- Chapter 11
- 61 MC
- Chapter 11 Study Sheet due
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Socratic Seminar
- Speech to the Electors of Bristol: Burke (2 questions)
- If Ralph Nader Says, Congress is "The Broken Branch", How Come We Love Our Congressmen so Much?: Fenno (2 questions)
- Congress-Bashing for Beginners: Polsby (2 questions)
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Current Events
- Please document your source if you do not attach the article to your current event paragraph.
- You can present your current event orally for extra credit.
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Attached are the materials you we need to download for Chapters 9 and 10
- Chapter 9 Notes
- Chapter 10 Notes
- Chapters 9 and 10 Study Worksheet
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Final Exam
- Chapters 9 and 10 (OB)
- No FRQ
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Chapters 9 and 10 Study Worksheet
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Attached are the materials that you will need to download for AP Civics, Chapter 8
- Chapters 8-10 Reading Assignments
- Chapter 8 Notes
- Chapter 8 Study Worksheet
- The Campaign Finance Law
- Contribution Limits for 2011-2012
- Buckley v. Valeo
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Test
- Chapter 8 (MC)
- Study Worksheets due
- FRQ: Minor Parties
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Attached are the materials that you will need to download for AP Civics, Chapters 6-7.
- Chapters 6-7 Reading Assignment
- Chapter 6 Notes
- Chapter 7 Notes
- Chapters 6 Supplemental - Political Ideologies
- Chapters 6-7 Worksheet
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FRQs
- Voter Turnout/Voters
- Political Participation
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Test
- Chapters 6 & 7
- 62 M/C
- Worksheets are due
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Socratic Seminar (Woll Book)
- Democratic Practice and Democratic Theory (2)
- The Responsible Electorate (2)
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Attached are the materials that you will need to download for AP Civics, Chapters 1-3
- Chapter 1 Notes
- Chapter 2 Notes
- Chapter 3 Notes
- Study Worksheet
- Grants-in-aid supplemental
- Federalist 10: What is Madison up to?
- Chapters 1-3 Reading Assignments
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FRQs
- Chapters 1-3
- 2 of the following 3 topics will be tested
- Amending and changing the meaning of the Constitution
- Grants-in-Aid and Mandates
- Federalism/Federal System
- Chapters 1-3 Worksheets due
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Test AP Civics
- Chapters 1-3
- Multiple Choice
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Attached are the following that will be needed for Chapters 15-17 Honors Economics. It is very important that you download and print the following material.
- Chapter 15 Notes
- Chapters 15-16 Supplemental Material
- Chapter 15 Supply-side Notes
- Chapter 16 Notes
- Chapter 16 Supplemental Material
- Chapter 17 (Trade) Notes
- Chapter 17 (Financing World Trade) Notes
- Chapter 17 Supplemental Material
- Chapters 15-17 Worksheet on John Maynard Keynes
- Honors Economics Chapter 17 Notes Financing World Trade.pdf
- Honors Economics Chapter 17 Supplemental Exchange Rates 2011.pdf
- Economics Chapter 16 Notes 2011.pdf
- Honors Economics Trade Notes 2011.pdf
- Supply-side Economics Notes 2011.pdf
- Honors Economics Supplemental Chapter 16.pdf
- Honors Ecomomics Supplemental to Chapters 15 and 16 2011.pdf
- Honors Economic Reading Assignment John Keynes Ch 15-17.pdf
- Honors Economics Chapter 15 Notes 2011.pdf
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Test
- Chapters 15, 16, and 17
- Reading Assignment Due
- John Maynard Keynes
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Socratic Seminar
- John Maynard Keynes
- 3 Questions
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Current Events
- Please document your source if you do not attach the article to your current event paragraph.
- You can present your current event orally for extra credit.
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Attached are the following that will be needed for Chapters 4-6 Honors Economics
- Chapter 4 Notes
- Chapter 5 Notes
- Chapter 6 Notes
- Chapters 4-6 Study Sheets (to be turned in)
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Test
- Chapters 4-6
- Multiple Choice
- Word Problems
- Study Sheet is also due
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Attached are the following that will be needed for Chapters 1-3 Honors Economics
- Adam Smith Reading (4 pages)
- Adam Smith Reading Questions
- Chapters 2/3 Notes (2011)
- Chapters 2/3 Supplemental
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Test
- Chapters 1-3
- Adam Smith Worksheet due
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Socratic Seminar
- Adam Smith
- 3 Questions