AP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Unit 1: Political Theory and Culture
8/20 - 9/10
 
UNIT 1 CONTENT MASTERY MAP
POWER
LEGITIMACY
AUTHORITY
POLITICS
NATION
GOVERNMENT
CONSTITUTION
SOCIALISM
CAPITALISM		 DEMOCRACY
REPUBLIC
OLIGARCHY
-aristocracy
AUTOCRACY
-monarchy
REFERENDUM
RECALL
INITIATIVE		 POLITICAL CULTURE
IDEOLOGY
LIBERAL
CONSERVATIVE
LIBERTARIAN
STATIST (POPULIST)
SOCIALIZATION
DUTY
COMPETENCE
EFFICACY
WEEK 1
8/20 - 8/23
LESSON IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
TUESDAY
Lesson 1

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are our expectations?

 Homework:  Acquire Government by the People, 25th edition by Magleby.

(In the meantime, please feel free to use the 2009 Brief Edition posted here)

Return signed Academic Contract by Friday, August 23.
WEDNESDAY
Lesson 2

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are a Community's Goals?

 Discuss Esssential Questions and Work on Posters
THURSDAY
Lesson 3

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the essential Tasks of a Government?
FRIDAY
Lesson 4

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why is a Social Contract important?

  • LOST Presentations
  • LOST Ratification and Debrief
Due: Academic Contract
WEEK 2
8/26 - 8/30
LESSON IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
MONDAY
Lesson 5

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are we doing in the Media Center?

  • Mr. Glickman's Awesome Show
  • Naviance, Outlook Online, eTextbook
Report to the Media Center for class today!
TUESDAY
Lesson 6

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the main tasks of government?

  • Aristotle
  • The Tasks of Government
  • Types of Government Systems
Read:  Magleby 25th, Chapter 1 pp. 21-33 (This is Chapter 1, pp. 3-10 in the Brief Edition)

Quick Notes: Unit 1, Part 1
WEDNESDAY
Lesson 7

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the Philosophical Foundations of American Political Culture?

 Read:  Magleby 25th, Chapter 1 pp. 2-13
Assignment: In groups, read the excerpt from your assigned philosopher, and OUTLINE his ideas and conclusions to present to the class.

Answers must be In Your Own Words.

Your groups' outline MUST be turned in BEFORE the end of class today--any assignment turned in late will be entered as an NS in the gradebook.
THURSDAY
Lesson 8

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What is American Political Culture?

Read:  Magleby 25th,  Chapter 7, pp. 204-211

Quiz: Political Vocabulary

Assignment: In groups, read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence, and OUTLINE the fundamental goals of the document.

Quick Notes: Unit 1, Part 2

Assignment: Take the World’s Shortest Political Quiz and discuss your results. Did it match where you thought you were on the Political Spectrum? Why or why not?
FRIDAY
Lesson 9

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the Political Goals of the United States?

Read:  Magleby 25th,  Chapter 7, pp. 211-220

Quick Notes: Unit 1, Part 3
WEEK 3
9/2 - 9/6
LESSON IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
MONDAY
 MEMORIAL DAY  
TUESDAY
Lesson 10

FORMATIVE TASK: How to read for the rubric in AP American Government

 Read:  Reading for the Rubric
WEDNESDAY
Lesson 11

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do you write an effective AP American Government FRQ?

  
THURSDAY
 ROSH HASHANAH  
FRIDAY
Lesson 12

FORMATIVE TASK: Writing an effective AP American Government FRQ

  
WEEK 4
9/9 - 9/13
LESSON IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
MONDAY
Lesson 13
  • Review for Unit 1 Test

Review Unit 1: Use online chapter notes, GRQs, and Textbook site practice section quizzes.
TUESDAY
Lesson 14
  • Unit 1 Test
      • Magleby 25th, Chapter 1
      • Magleby 25th, Chapter 7

REQUIRED HOMEWORK! WATCH:

The President's Speech
President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney		 September 10, 2013
Topic: Syria
Air Time: 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time
TV Channels – The President's speech will be broadcast live on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, as well as all cable news channels including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.
Assignment: watch and consider what the President is saying about foreign and defense policy.  Consider how his proposals and descriptions fit with his Constitutional duties and be prepared to discuss in class tomorrow.

 

 Bring:  Pencil for Unit 2 test

This test will consist of 50 multiple choice questions in 40 minutes, and one 10 minute FRQ from the material and concepts in Unit 1.

The test will be counted out of 60 points.