AP Civics/Honors Economics (Section P. 0) Assignments

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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
  • Possible topics
    • 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
Attached is a copy of a chart on Factors Increasing and Decreasing Presidential Approval Ratings that you should find extremely useful for the assignment.

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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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Ideology Grid
  • See attached

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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

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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)
It is very important that you download and print the Chapters 4-6 Study Sheets and Chapters 4-6 Notes. 

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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
It is very important that you download and print the Adam Smith Questions, Chapters 2/3 Notes, and Chapters 2/3 Supplemental.  The Adam Smith Reading material can be read directly from the computer and does not need to be printed.

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Test
  • Chapters 1-3
  • Adam Smith Worksheet due

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Socratic Seminar
  • Adam Smith
  • 3 Questions