AP U.S. Government and Politics and Honors Civics and Economics
Introductions and Unit 1
Course Description
Unit 1 Plan - American Citizenship
Unit 1 Class Presentation--Citizenship
Presentation-Intro to Politics
Chapter 5 Section 1
Proper Role of Government Handout
Democracy Readings
Democracy Readings Questions
AP Government and Politics Parent Letter
Video: "Why Ordinary People Need to Understand Power"
Authority and Legitimacy Reading
Authority and Legitimacy Questions
Immigration History of United States (video Link)
Digital History Link (make sure that the tab on left side of page is "Colonial Era" and tab at top is "Textbook")
Colonial America to Revolution Packet
American Revolution Online Readings
Ted Talk "Revolution"
Declaration of Independence Assignment (IGNORE THIS FOR NOW)
Declaration of Independence (document)
Video: Shay's Rebellion
Citizen Practice Test (Go to link then scroll to bottom of page to click "Start Practice Test": Take 2 tests and print results)
Images for Revolution Image Analysis Activity
Image Analysis Worksheet
Course Description
Unit 1 Plan - American Citizenship
Unit 1 Class Presentation--Citizenship
Presentation-Intro to Politics
Chapter 5 Section 1
Proper Role of Government Handout
Democracy Readings
Democracy Readings Questions
AP Government and Politics Parent Letter
Video: "Why Ordinary People Need to Understand Power"
Authority and Legitimacy Reading
Authority and Legitimacy Questions
Immigration History of United States (video Link)
Digital History Link (make sure that the tab on left side of page is "Colonial Era" and tab at top is "Textbook")
Colonial America to Revolution Packet
American Revolution Online Readings
Ted Talk "Revolution"
Declaration of Independence Assignment (IGNORE THIS FOR NOW)
Declaration of Independence (document)
Video: Shay's Rebellion
Citizen Practice Test (Go to link then scroll to bottom of page to click "Start Practice Test": Take 2 tests and print results)
Images for Revolution Image Analysis Activity
Image Analysis Worksheet
Unit 2: Constitutional Underpinnings
Unit 2 Plan
Presentation-Constitutional Convention
Presentation-Federalism
Supreme Court Case Packet (large file so do not print entire thing)
Unit 3: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Unit 3 Plan: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Presentation-Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Presentation-Civil Rights Movement
Lemon V. Kurtzman Case Study
Supreme Court Case Packet (DO NOT PRINT ENTIRE PACKET!!)
Unit 4: Political Beliefs and Behaviors
Updated and Official: Unit 4 Plan: Political Beliefs and Behaviors
Presentation--American Political Culture
Political Ideology Survey
Political Typology Quiz
Atlantic Article: Red State, Blue City
Article "Public Opinion and American Democracy"
Key Article Questions
"Why Americans Still Don't Vote and Why..." Cloward and Piven
The Electoral College: Top 3 Pros and Cons
Unit 5: Linkage Institutions (Media, Political Parties, and Interest Groups)
Unit 5 Plan: Linkage Institutions
Presentation-Political Parties
Presentation-Media
Presentation-Interest Groups
Reading: "Critical Elections and the Mainsprings of American Politics" by: Walter Dean Burnham
Unit 6: Congress (Legislative Branch)
Unit 6 Plan
Presentation--Congress
Crash Course "Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government and Politics #2"
Fenno Questions From Homestyle
Sarah Binder: From Stalemate
Senate Filibuster Explained
New Yorker: Hamilton Flays the Filibuster--and Slams the Senate
2 Pros and 3 Cons of Ending the Filibuster
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act--Policy Highlights
Article Analysis Sheet (Current Events Project)
Homestyle-Fenno
Unit 7: Executive Branch
Unit 7 Plan: Executive Branch
Presentation-The Executive Branch
Presentation-The Bureaucracy
Excerpt from: Presidential Command
"A Question of Power: The Robust Presidency"
"Paradoxes of the American Presidency"
Power and the Presidency Questions
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/power-and-the-presidency-from-kennedy-to-obama-75335897/
Unit 8: Judicial Branch
Unit 8 Plan--Judicial
Presentation-Judicial Branch
Presentation-U.S. Legal System
Presentation-Supreme Court in Action
"The Pursuit of Justices"
Storm Center
Civil and Criminal Procedure Powerpoint
American Law Powerpoint
Unit 9: Making Public Policy
Unit 9 Plan: Policy (COVID-19 CORRECT VERSION)
Fareed Zakaria The Post American World
Supply and Demand Packet
Economic Principles Packet
From: Bad Money Kevin Phillips
Presentation-Public Policy
Presentation-Domestic Policy
Presentation-Foreign Policy I
Presentation-Foreign Policy II
Foreign Policy Zoom Presentation (4/16/20)
Unit 11: Domestic Policy: Economics and Personal Finance
Economic Principles Packet
State and Local Packet
Personal Financial Literacy Textbook
Chapter 20: Personal Financial Literacy
Personal Finance Packet
Financial Literacy Packet
Unit 2 Plan
Presentation-Constitutional Convention
Presentation-Federalism
Supreme Court Case Packet (large file so do not print entire thing)
Unit 3: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Unit 3 Plan: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Presentation-Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Presentation-Civil Rights Movement
Lemon V. Kurtzman Case Study
Supreme Court Case Packet (DO NOT PRINT ENTIRE PACKET!!)
Unit 4: Political Beliefs and Behaviors
Updated and Official: Unit 4 Plan: Political Beliefs and Behaviors
Presentation--American Political Culture
Political Ideology Survey
Political Typology Quiz
Atlantic Article: Red State, Blue City
Article "Public Opinion and American Democracy"
Key Article Questions
"Why Americans Still Don't Vote and Why..." Cloward and Piven
The Electoral College: Top 3 Pros and Cons
Unit 5: Linkage Institutions (Media, Political Parties, and Interest Groups)
Unit 5 Plan: Linkage Institutions
Presentation-Political Parties
Presentation-Media
Presentation-Interest Groups
Reading: "Critical Elections and the Mainsprings of American Politics" by: Walter Dean Burnham
Unit 6: Congress (Legislative Branch)
Unit 6 Plan
Presentation--Congress
Crash Course "Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government and Politics #2"
Fenno Questions From Homestyle
Sarah Binder: From Stalemate
Senate Filibuster Explained
New Yorker: Hamilton Flays the Filibuster--and Slams the Senate
2 Pros and 3 Cons of Ending the Filibuster
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act--Policy Highlights
Article Analysis Sheet (Current Events Project)
Homestyle-Fenno
Unit 7: Executive Branch
Unit 7 Plan: Executive Branch
Presentation-The Executive Branch
Presentation-The Bureaucracy
Excerpt from: Presidential Command
"A Question of Power: The Robust Presidency"
"Paradoxes of the American Presidency"
Power and the Presidency Questions
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/power-and-the-presidency-from-kennedy-to-obama-75335897/
Unit 8: Judicial Branch
Unit 8 Plan--Judicial
Presentation-Judicial Branch
Presentation-U.S. Legal System
Presentation-Supreme Court in Action
"The Pursuit of Justices"
Storm Center
Civil and Criminal Procedure Powerpoint
American Law Powerpoint
Unit 9: Making Public Policy
Unit 9 Plan: Policy (COVID-19 CORRECT VERSION)
Fareed Zakaria The Post American World
Supply and Demand Packet
Economic Principles Packet
From: Bad Money Kevin Phillips
Presentation-Public Policy
Presentation-Domestic Policy
Presentation-Foreign Policy I
Presentation-Foreign Policy II
Foreign Policy Zoom Presentation (4/16/20)
Unit 11: Domestic Policy: Economics and Personal Finance
Economic Principles Packet
State and Local Packet
Personal Financial Literacy Textbook
Chapter 20: Personal Financial Literacy
Personal Finance Packet
Financial Literacy Packet