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Elections 2006
AP Exam Review
Assignments!
In The News
Read the following articles in Newsweek.
Table of Contents
Constitutional Underpinnings
Constitutional Democracy
September 5
- Write short Biography of one of the "Players" discussed in class on
Wednesday.
- List Congressional leaders and Members of the Supreme Court.
- Read Newsweek articles listed above.
- Class discussion and quiz on Friday.
September 6
September 7
September 8
- Class discussion
- Current Events Game
The Constitution
September 11
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
- Class discussion
- Current Events Game
Federalism
September 18
September 19
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 25
- Current Events
- Test Review
September 26
- Constitutional Underpinnings Test
September 27
Political Beliefs and Behaviors
Political Culture and Ideology
September 28
- Read Chapter Four in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Four.
- Class discussion
September 29
October 2
October 3
- Chapter Four Quiz
- Current Events Game
The American Political Landscape
October 4
- Read Chapter Five in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Five.
- Class Discussion
October 5
- Analyze Handout
- Class Discussion
October 6
Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting
October 9
October 10
- Read Chapter Eight in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Eight.
October 11
- Read Democratic Practice and Democratic Theory by
Berelson, Lazarsfeld, and McPhee
- Class Discussion
- The Candidate
October 12
October 13
October 16
October 17
Campaigns and Elections
October 18
October 19
- Read Chapter Nine in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Nine.
- Class Discussion
October 20
- Journals Due!
- Class discussion
October 23
October 24
- Read The Responsible Electorate by V.O. Key, Jr.
- Read Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
- Read Campaign Finance Reform by Sabato and Simpson
- Class Discussion
October 25
- Read Political Parties and Campaign Finance by Frank
J. Sorauf
- Read Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v.
Federal Election Commission (1996)
- Test Review
October 26
- Test on Political Beliefs and Behaviors
October 27
Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass
Media
Interest Groups
October 30
October 31
- Read Chapter Six in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Six.
- Read Madison's Dilemma by Jeffrey M. Berry
- Class discussion
November 1
- Read The Governmental Process by David B. Truman
- Read The End of Liberalism: The Indictment by
Theodore J. Lowi
- Class discussion
November 2
- Read Interest Groups and the American Political System by
Rozell and Wilcox
- Read The Misplaced Obsession with PACs by Larry J.
Sabato
- Class discussion
November 3
Political Parties
November 6
November 7
- Read Chapter Seven in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Seven.
- Class discussion
November 8
- Read Federalist 10 by James Madison
- Read Party Government by E.E. Schattschneider
- Class discussion
November 9
- Read California Democratic Party et. al. v. Jones,
Secretary of State of California, et. al. (2000)
- Read Toward A More Responsible Two-Party System by
the American Political Science Association
- Read Perspectives on American Political Parties by
Martin P. Wattenberg
- Class discussion
November 10
- Read Divided We Govern by David B. Mayhew
- Read A Theory of Critical Elections by V.O. Key
November 13
November 14
- Read Politics by Other Means by Ginsberg and Shefter
- Class Discussion
November 15
- Chapters Six and Seven Quiz
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The Media
November 16
- Read Chapter Ten in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Ten.
November 17
- Read Feeding the Beast by Kenneth T. Walsh
- All the President's Men
November 20
- Read Media Power and Congressional Power by Timothy
E. Cook
- All the President's Men
November 21
November 22
November 23 and 24
November 27
- Current Events
- Test Review
- Chapters 6,7,10 in Burns
- Other Readings and Assignments
- Political Parties,
Interest Groups and the Media Outline
- Madison's Dilemma by Jeffrey M. Berry
- The Governmental Process by David B. Truman
- The End of Liberalism: The Indictment by
Theodore J. Lowi
- Interest Groups and the American Political System by
Rozell and Wilcox
- The Misplaced Obsession with PACs by Larry J.
Sabato
- Federalist 10
- Party Government by E.E. Schattschneider
- California Democratic Party et. al. v. Jones,
Secretary of State of California, et. al. (2000)
- Toward A More Responsible Two-Party System by
the American Political Science Association
- Perspectives on American Political Parties by
Martin P. Wattenberg
- Divided We Govern by David B. Mayhew
- A Theory of Critical Elections by V.O. Key
- Politics by Other Means by Ginsberg and Shefter
- Feeding the Beast by Kenneth T. Walsh
- Media Power and Congressional Power by Timothy
E. Cook
- All the President's Men
- AP Questions 1988-2006
November 28
- Test on Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media
November 29
November 30 - December 13
Institutions of Government
Congress
January 3
January 4
- Read Chapter Eleven in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Eleven.
- Class Discussion
January 5
January 8
January 9
- Read The Rise of the Washington Establishment by Morris P. Fiorina.
- Read Congress: The Electoral Connection by David Mathew.
- Class Discussion
January 10
- Read Congress and the Quest for Power by Lawrence Dodd.
- Answer Questions
- Class Discussion
January 11
- Read If, As Ralph Nader Says, Congress Is “The Broken Branch,” How
Come We Love Our Congressmen So Much? by Richard F. Fenno, Jr.
- Read Congress-Bashing for Beginners by Nelson W. Polsby.
- Class Discussion
January 12
- Read Home Style and Washington Career by Richard F. Fenno, Jr.
- Read Speech to the Electors of Bristol by Edmund Burke.
- Class Discussion
January 15
January 16
The Presidency
January 17
- Read Chapter Twelve in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Twelve.
- Class Discussion
January 18
January 19
- Read The Presidency-Focus of Leadership by Clinton Rossiter.
- Read Presidential Power by Richard Neustadt.
- Class Discussion
January 22
January 23
- Read Presidential Paradoxes by Thomas E. Cronin and Michael
A. Genovese.
- Read The Presidential Character by James David Barber.
- Class Discussion
January 24
- Read American Presidential Elections: The Last One and the Next One by
Nelson W. Polsby.
- Class Discussion
January 25
- Read The Two Presidencies by Aaron Wildavsky.
- Read The Presidency and Political Parties by Sidney M. Milkis.
- Class Discussion
January 26
- Chapter Twelvw Quiz
- Current Events Game
The Bureaucracy
January 29
January 30
- Read Chapter Thirteen in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Thirteen.
- Class Discussion
January 31
- Read Constitutional Democracy and Bureaucratic Power by Peter Woll.
- Class discussion
February 1
- Read The Rise of the Bureaucratic State by James Q. Wilson.
- Class discussion
February 2
- Chapter Thirteen Quiz
- Current Events Game
The Judiciary
February 18
- Movie about Judiciary
- Roe v Wade
- Flynt v Falwell
February 22
- Multiple Choice Questions Due
- Multiple Choice Game and Discussion of Chapter
February 23
February 24
- Read Judicial Self-Restraint by John P. Roche.
- Read How the Supreme Court Arrives at Decisions by William J.
Brennan, Jr.
- Answer Questions
- Discussion of readings and chapter
February 25
- Read Bush v Gore (2000)
- Answer Questions
- Discussion of readings and chapter
February 28
- Read Roe
v. Wade (1973).
- Read Constitutional Liberty and the Right to Abortion by Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor.
- Read Liberty, Privacy, and the Right to Abortion by Chief Justice
William H. Rehnquist.
- Read Liberty and Abortion: A Strict Constructionist's View by
Justice Antonin Scalia.
- Answer Questions
- Discussion of readings and chapter
- Listen to oral arguments in Roe
v. Wade (1973).
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
First Amendment Rights
March 1
- Inherit
the Wind
- Read Speech before the House of Representatives Proposing a Bill of
Rights by James Madison
- Answer Questions
- Discussion of reading
March 2
- Inherit
the Wind
- Read the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
- Grading AP Essay Questions with Rubrics
March 3
March 4
March 14
- Read The Need to Maintain a Free Marketplace of Ideas by Oliver
Wendell Holmes
- Multiple Choice Questions Due
- Answer Questions
- Discussion of readings and chapter
- Listen to Texas
v. Johnson (1989).
March 15
- Read Engel v. Vitale (1962)
- Read Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)
- Answer Questions
- Discussion of readings and chapter
March 16
- Read New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
- Answer Questions
- Discussion of readings and chapter
Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property
March 17
March 18
- Multiple Choice Questions Due
- Discussion of reading
Equal Rights Under the Law
March 21
March 22
- Watch Eyes on the Prize.
- Multiple Choice Questions Due
- Discussion of reading
March 23
March 24
March 29
March 30
- Briefs Due
- Independent Study
March 31
- Test on The Judiciary and Civil Rights and Liberties
April 1
- Mock Supreme Court
- Case
- Roles
- Nine justices
- Six lawyers
- One reporter
- Assignments
- Each justice will research all aspects of the case, read briefs, listen to arguments from each side,
ask questions of the lawyers during oral arguments, briefly discuss
the case, and write a formal opinion.
- Each lawyer will research various aspects of the case, write a
brief supporting his or her position, and argue that position before
the court.
- The reporter will research all aspects of the case, observe the
oral arguments, and write an article about the case after
the opinions have been written.
- Activities and Dates
- March 29 - Research
- March 30 - Briefs Due and Prep
- April 1 - Oral Arguments
- April 4 - Opinions Due
- April 6 - Article Due
April 4
- Opinions Due
- Watch video of Mock Court
April 6
Public Policy
Making Economic and Regulatory Policy
April 20
- Read Chapter Nineteen in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Nineteen.
Making Social Policy
April 22
- Read Chapter Twenty in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Twenty.
April 26
Making Foreign and Defense Policy
April 27
- Read Chapter Twenty One in Burns.
- Review the Learning Objectives, web sites, and Chapter Outline in the Exam
Review section of this site.
- Take Home Quiz on Chapter Twenty One.
April 30
Exam Review
May 1 - 13
May 14
Government
Links
I will periodically post relevant class links here. For a more
extensive list, click on the link above.
Government by the
People
First Gov
Political Resources on the Web
This Nation
Polisci.com
American Political Science Association
Chapter One in The
Power Game
Interest
Group Links
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