AP Week - Class 1

1. Read: Article on Multitasking
• What can we learn from this article?
• How Does Multitaking Change the Way Students Learn
2. Practice: Free Response Questions
• How would you do in 2003?
• Silently create outlines for each Free Response Question
• Correct outlines with Scoring Guidelines
• #4 Samples & Scoring Commentary
3. Hot Seat Competition: Multiple Choice
• How prepared are you for multiple choice?
• 5 Steps to a 5 App

Unit IV Review - Class 2

I. Final Exam: Class 3 

• 60 Multiple Choice Questions
• 1 FRQ
• Suggestions:
• Continue to review Essential Questions & Vocab
• Optional: 5 Steps to a 5 (book or app)

I. Review: Ch 11 - Presidency

1. What is the structure of the executive branch? 
2. How have the formal and informal powers of the president evolved since the founding of the country?
3. How has the president recently clashed with Congress on the issue of war? The federal budget?

II. Review: Ch 12 - Federal Bureaucracy

1. What are the four different types of federal agencies?
2. Why and how does the federal bureaucracy create rules?
3. How is the federal bureaucracy checked by other institutions?
4. What are common criticisms of the federal bureaucracy?

III. Review: Ch 13 - Federal Courts

1. How does a case reach the Supreme Court, and how does it hear/decide the case?
2. What is the relationship between federal courts and state courts?
3. How has the appointment and confirmation process for federal judges evolved over time?

Unit IV Review - Class 1

Related: Obama's Deal

Related: How the NRA Won

Related: How Immigration Deal Got Made

I. Review: Ch 10 - Congress

1. How does a bill become a law in theory and in practice?
• Case Study: Healthcare
• Case Study: Gun Control
• Case Study: Immigration
2. What are key differences between the Senate and the House?
3. What are common criticisms of Congress?