2013 AP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Unit 6: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
 11/20 - 12/6

UNIT 6 CONTENT MAP

Vocabulary

PREFERRED POSITION
 DUE PROCESS
SELECTIVE INCORPORATION
PRIOR RESTRAINT
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
LIBEL/SLANDER
MALICE TEST
OBSCENITY
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
SYMBOLIC SPEECH
FREE-EXERCISE CLAUSE
ESTBLISHMENT CLAUSE
WALL-OF-SEPARATION

LEMON TEST
NEUTRALITY
CLARITY
LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS
PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS
SEARCH WARRANT
PROBABLE CAUSE
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
GOOD-FAITH EXCEPTION
SUSPECT CLASSIFICATION
STRICT SCRUTINY
SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL

DE JURE SEGREGATION
DE FACTO SEGREGATION
civil rights
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EQUAL PROTECTION
EQUAL ACCESS
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
REVERSE DISCRIMINATION
COLOR BLIND
DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT

Court Cases:
 SEE LIST

WEEK 16
11/20 - 11/22

LESSON

IN CLASS

HOMEWORK

Wednesday
Lesson 1
  • Debrief Unit 5 Test

Thursday
Lesson 2

Activity: As you watch the film,  use your knowledge of both the Constitution and American government to define, apply, and give an example from the film of the following vocabulary terms:

  • Efficacy
  • Incumbent Advantage
  • Political Party
  • Catch-All Party
  • Special Interest Group
  • Lobbyist
  • Federal Elections Campaign Act
  • Hard Money/Soft Money
  • PAC/512
  • Speaker of the House
  • Standing Committee
  • Bureaucratic Capture
  

Friday
Lesson 3

·       Distinguished Gentleman

WEEK 17
11/24 - 11/25

LESSON

IN CLASS

HOMEWORK

Monday
Lesson 4

 

Assignment: Use OYEZ to research your assigned case and prepare for your presentation. Your team MUST have your case outline reviewed, approved and posted online by tomorrow, Tuesday, 11/25.

 

Case Notes must be In Your Own Words; they may NOT be cut and pasted from any site.

Quicknotes: Unit 6 Powerpoint Part I Incorporation


 

Tuesday
Lesson 5

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Due: CaseNotes

Your CaseNotes will be posted online on Blackboard and Crawfordsworld for review by other students.

 

Assignment: Use Plotbot or another script program to start your script. Your team MUST have a final script by Monday, 12/2.

Incorporation Presentation Video Rubric

Read:  Magelby 25th,  Chapter 15 pp. 407-412 Civil Liberties

 

If you have a camera or phone, please bring it next week!

WEEK 18
12/2 - 12/6

LESSON

IN CLASS

HOMEWORK

Monday
Lesson 6

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Assignment: Incorporation Presentation, Part III

Due: Case Script

 

Case Script must be In Your Own Words; it may NOT be cut and pasted from any site.

 

Use cameras to film today; edited videos are due Wednesday, 12/4.

Incorporation Presentation Video Rubric

Read:  Magelby 25th, Chapter 15 pp. 413-417 Implied Rights

 

If you have a camera or phone, please bring it this week!

Tuesday
Lesson 7

Assignment: Incorporation Presentation, Part IV

 

Filming must be completed; Editing must begin today!!

Here are some editing tutorials:

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Incorporation Presentation Video Rubric

Read:  Magelby 25th,  Chapter 15 pp. 418-419 Procedural Due Process

 

Court Case Notes

Wednesday
Lesson 8
  • Amendment I: Speech and Press
    • Clear and Present Danger
    • Libel and Slander
    • Obscenity
    • Expression/Symbolic Speech
  • Amendment I: Church and State
    • Free Exercise
    •  Establishment Clause
    • The "Wall of Separation"
  • Amendment I: Minors

 

Activity: Begin discussing and completing CaseNotes. Watch the following Case Videos while evaluating using case video rubric.

PEER RUBRIC

Beginning

1

Developing

2

Exemplary

3

Creativity

Genre is absent.

Fails to present the case and rule.

Genre is unclear.

Confusing, does not effectively present case or rule.

Genre is clear and effective. Creativity improves understanding of both case and rule.

Content

Information is off-topic and inaccurate.

Precedent rule is absent.

Information is inaccurate or incomplete.

Precedent rule is unclear.

Information is presented clearly and creatively.

Precedent Rule is clear.

Construction

Visuals are dull,

transitions are confusing, sound is distracting

Visuals are confusing, transitions are uneven,

sound is inconsistent

Visuals hold attention, transitions are smooth,

sound is always clear.

Read:  Magelby 25th,  Chapter 15 pp. 419-422 The Death Penalty

 

Court Case Notes:

Assignment: Your Case Video MUST be completed and posted on YouTube by Midnight Today, Tuesday, December 3, as an UNLISTED video and the link sent to me by email:

rcrawford@nova.edu.

Here is a link to a tutorial on unlisted posting on YouTube.

Thursday
Lesson 9

 

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  • Amendment II: Guns

  • Amendment IX: Implied Rights

    • Amendment I: Marriage

    • Amendment III: Privacy

    • Right to Die

  • Civil Rights: Procedural Due Process

    • Amendment IV: Exclusionary Rule

    • Good Faith" Exception

       

Quiz: Quiz on assigned cases

Activity: Watch the following Case Videos

Read:  Magelby 25th,  Chapter 16 pp. 429-435 Civil Rights

 

Court Case Notes:

Friday
Lesson 10

 

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  • Civil Rights: Procedural Due Process
    • Amendment V: Double Jeopardy
    • Amendment VI: Right to an Attorney
    • Miranda Rights
  • Civil Rights: Substantive Due Process : Civil Rights
    • Amendment XIV and XV
    • Equal Protection
    • Equal Access
    • Segregation
    • Affirmative Action


Quiz: Quiz on assigned cases

Activity: Watch the following Case Videos

Read:  Magelby 25th,  Chapter 16 pp. 436-452 Equal Protection and Equal Access

 
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