Last Class

Teacher's note: Perhaps US Government and Politics = Snakes?

1. Debrief the AP Exam
2. Watch West Wing Episode
3. Debrief the Class
4. Take Class Picture
5. Close with a Prayer

AP Week - Class 4

#CitizenU2014 FOUNDATIONS reVIEW placemats. All U can eat @ http://t.co/Xnn3PhX20w Key principle separation of powers pic.twitter.com/8NU3QnKQSb
— Citizen U (@politicoolprep) May 4, 2014

#CitizenU2014 Public Opinion reVIEW placemat. All U you can eat @ http://t.co/Xnn3PhX20w Key principle LABELS pic.twitter.com/fMrJd0fpnH
— Citizen U (@politicoolprep) May 4, 2014

MOTHER'S MILK OF POLITICS Interest groups use cash but they also have a cache of protections like the 1st Amendment. pic.twitter.com/0C80jzM5NB
— Citizen U (@politicoolprep) May 1, 2014

#CitizenU2014 POLITICAL PARTIES reVIEW placemat. All U can eat @ http://t.co/Xnn3PhX20w Key principle WIN ELECTIONS pic.twitter.com/QH99u3G2NI
— Citizen U (@politicoolprep) May 4, 2014

#CitizenU2014 CAMPAIGNS reVIEW placemat. All U can eat @ http://t.co/Xnn3PhX20w Key principle BRANDING pic.twitter.com/CT80JQjgB3
— Citizen U (@politicoolprep) May 4, 2014

#CitizenU2014 CONGRESS reVIEW placemat. All U can eat @ http://t.co/Xnn3PhX20w Key principle INCUMBENCY/casework pic.twitter.com/y1PSlkBAQ3
— Citizen U (@politicoolprep) May 4, 2014

#CitizenU2014 PRESIDENT reVIEW placemat. All U can eat http://t.co/Xnn3PhX20w Key principle INSTITUTIONALIZED power pic.twitter.com/hU2h6L9OWW
— Citizen U (@politicoolprep) May 4, 2014

#CitizenU2014 COURTS reVIEW placemat. All U can eat @ http://t.co/Xnn3PhX20w Key principle JUD REVIEW Pol Thicket pic.twitter.com/5RrgdggUmw
— Citizen U (@politicoolprep) May 4, 2014

APGov rev site I made w/packets, prac test, @politicoolprep vids & objectives in one spot http://t.co/upSwhO7RO5 #hsgovchat
— Liz Ramos (@historytechie) April 28, 2014

Here is the online link to this morning's Cram for the Exam with @aconneen http://t.co/QGpaBCNFBI #hsgovchat #sschat
— Mr. Anderson (@MrAndersonGov) May 10, 2014

My #apgov students have decided ap gov teachers are the nerdiest of ap teachers after seeing me, #hsgovchat and #cspancramfortheexam. #truth
— Tara Becker-Utess (@t_becker10) May 10, 2014

AP Week - Class 3

We will look at a packet of past FRQs.

AP Week - Class 2

1. Case Study: E-Cigarettes 
• What AP Gov concepts are present in this case study?
• Law
• Federalism
• Public Opinion
• Media
• Interest Groups
• Federal Bureaucracy
• House Subcommittee & Senate Subcommittee
2. Review: "Cram for the Exam"
• What can we learn from this C-SPAN special?
• 2009

AP Week - Class 1

1. Review: Final Exam
• What do we need to review further after looking at your final exam?
• Walk-through
2. Current Events: White House Press Correspondents Dinner
• Do you understand the references?
• History
• 2014 (Start at 35:00) 

Unit IV and V Review & Test

1. Q & A: Unit IV
• Enduring Understanding
• Ch 12 - Legislative Branch
• Ch 13 - Executive Branch
• Ch 14 - Federal Bureaucracy
• Ch 15 - Judicial Branch
2. Q & A: Unit V
• Enduring Understanding
• Civil Liberties Court Cases
• Civil Rights Court Cases
3. Mastery Test: Unit IV & V
• Catlink (opened by teacher)

Unit III Test

1. Mastery Test: Unit III
• Catlink (opened by teacher)

Unit III Review

1. Q & A: Unit III
• Enduring Understanding
• Ch 08 - Political Parties
• Ch 09 - Campaigns & Elections
• Ch 10 - Interest Groups
• Ch 11 - Media

Unit II Review & Test

1. Q & A: Unit II
• Enduring Understanding
• Ch 06 - Beliefs & Behaviors
• Ch 07 - Public Opinion & Polling
2. Mastery Test: Unit II
• Catlink (opened by teacher)
3. Analyze: Comedy
• What AP Gov concepts do you recognize in these clips?
• Barack Obama
• Jeb Bush
• Matt Bevin

Unit I Review & Test

1. Q & A: Unit I
• Enduring Understanding
• Ch 03 - Convention & Ratification
• Ch 04 - Constitution
• Ch 05 - Federalism
2. Mastery Test: Unit I
• Catlink (opened by teacher)

Fiscal Policy & Monetary Policy

1. Who oversees fiscal policy?

2. Who oversees monetary policy?

1. Summarize: Fiscal Policy
• What did we learn from watching Shutdown?
• Who proposes the federal budget?
• Who passes the federal budget?
• Who signs/vetoes the federal budget?
• What are the sources of revenue (types of taxes)?  What are the sources of spending (entitlements, defense, etc)?
• President's 2014 Budget (Washington Post)
• How would you fix the budget?
• Budget Puzzle (NY Times)
2. Summarize: Monetary Policy
• Who regulates monetary policy?  How?
3. Review: AP Exam
• What is our schedule?
• When is the final?
• When is our AP Exam?

West Wing (Kairos)

1. Analyze: Accuracy of the West Wing
• What is politically accurate about these two episodes?
• Homework for Monday
2. Mastery: Unit Tests
• How can you demonstrate mastery for Unit IV (if scored below B-)?
• Unit IV Vocabulary

Unit V Review

1. Review: Unit V 
• What questions do we have?
2. Test: Unit V
• How well do we understand civil liberties and civil rights?

Civil Rights - Class 3

3. How has suffrage expanded for different demographic groups in American history?

1. Summarize: Voting Rights
• What are the key amendments we should know?
• 15th Amendment (1870)
• 17th Amendment (1913)
• 19th Amendment (1920)
• 23th Amendment (1961)
• 24th Amendment (1964)
• 26th Amendment (1971)
2. 3-2-1 Blog Post: Same Sex Marriage
• What did we learn about strategy behind the civil rights movement for same-sex marriage?
• The Marriage Plot (Atlantic)
• What did the Supreme Court rule?
• Timeline (Oyez)
• Hollingsworth v. Perry (Oyez)
• U.S. v. Windsor (Oyez)
• Impact (New Yorker)

Civil Rights - Class 2

1. How does the Supreme Court have the constitutional power 

to make civil rights policy?

2. How do Congress and the President have the constitutional power 

to make civil rights policy?

1. Recap: Selective Incorporation
• How have civil liberties (the Bill of Rights) been selectively incorporated?
• "... nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without DUE PROCESS of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
• Gitlow v. New York
• How have civil rights been granted by the Supreme Court?
• "... nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the EQUAL PROTECTION of the laws."
• Brown v. Board of Education
2. 3-2-1 Blog Post: Segregation
• What is the difference between De Jure Segregation and De Facto Segregation?
• What did you learn from segregation today?
• 'Why don't we have any white kids?' (NY Times)
3. Create: Oral Arguments
• How has the Supreme Court ruled on affirmative action?
• UC Regents v. Bakke
• Gratz v. Bollinger
• Grutter v. Bollinger
• Fisher v. University of Texas

Civil Rights - Class 1

1. How does the Supreme Court have the constitutional power 

to make civil rights policy?

2. How do Congress and the President have the constitutional power 

to make civil rights policy?

1. Summarize: Policymaking Institutions & Civil Rights 
• How did the Supreme Court make policy with Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
• 14th Amendment
• How did Congress and the President make policy with the Civil Rights Act (1964)?
• Article I, Section 8
2. Case Study: Ex Parte Endo
• What was James Purcell's background? Mitsuye Endo? How did they connect?
• What was the question, path, and outcome of the Endo case?
• Summary
• Mr. Purcell's Brief
• Article I, Section 9
• What else can we learn from Mr. Purcell's life as a civil rights lawyer?

Civil Liberties - Class 3

4. How has the Supreme Court interpreted the 1st Amendment?

1. Create: Oral Arguments
• How has the Supreme Court ruled on the establishment clause?
• Greece v. Galloway
• How has the Supreme Court ruled on the free exercise clause?
• Employment Division v. Smith
2. Summarize: 1st Amendment
• What rights do students have? 
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
• Morse v. Frederick
• What rights do protestors have?
• Schenck v. U.S.
• Texas v. Johnson
• Clark v. CCNV
• What is the "establishment" clause?
• Engel v. Vitale
• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
• What is the "free exercise" clause?
• Reynolds v. U.S.
• Employment Division v. Smith
• What rights do news organizations have?
• NY Times v. Sullivan
• NY Times v. United States
• Hustler v. Falwell

Civil Liberties - Class 2

3. How has the Supreme Court interpreted the "right to privacy"?

1. Create: Oral Arguments
• How did the Supreme Court rule on the first "right to privacy" case?
• Griswold v. Connecticut 
2. Analyze: "Right to Privacy"
• How has the "right to privacy" evolved on the issue of abortion?
• Roe v. Wade 
• Planned Parenthood v. Casey 
• Stenberg v. Carhart & Gonzales v. Carhart 
3. Summarize: Current state of "Pro-Life" v. "Pro-Choice" Movements
• What did we learn from the HW?
• Why Abortion Rights Activists Have Been Losing the Battle Ever Since Roe v. Wade (TIME) 

Civil Liberties - Class 1

1. How does the Supreme Court use the due process clause of the 14th amendment to make policy?

2. How has the Supreme Court interpreted the rights of the accused? 

1. Analyze: Selective Incorporation
• How has the Supreme Court used the "due process" clause of the 14th Amendment to expand its power?
• Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
• Gitlow v. New York (1922)
2. Summarize: Rights of the Accused
• How has the Supreme Court interpreted the rights of the accused?
• Mapp v. Ohio (1960)
• Gideon v. Wainwright (1962)
• One Man Changes the Constitution (Annenberg) 
• How Americans Lost the Right to Counsel (The Atlantic)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1965)
3. Analyze: Documentary
• What can you learn about the current role of public defenders in the criminal justice system?
• Gideon's Army (HBO) NOTE: Start at 55:00

Unit IV Review

1. Return: Mid-Unit IV Test
2. Review: Unit IV
• Enduring Understanding
• Policy Making Institutions
• Essential Questions
• Congress
• President
• Federal Bureaucracy
• Federal Judiciary
3. Practice: Unit IV Vocabulary
• How well do you know the vocabulary?
• Unit IV Vocabulary Practice