AP Government & Politics (Period Per. 1) Assignments

Unit IV Exam (Part I - Congress and the Presidency)

TF Q's

Be sure to please ask me for a scantron on Monday

• Who Gets Appointed
• The Power to Say No
• Presidential Transition

• World War II Presidents (please list from time of attack on Pearl Harbor until the present)
• The Evolution of the Presidency
• The Office of the President

Unit IV Homework (Congress)
• The Evolution of Congress (both)
• Getting Elected to Congress
• Reforming Congress
• T/F Q's (be sure to ask me for a scan-tron in class)

Unit III make-up test
Also Unit III test (for those who missed version 1)

As for the test scores, some of you did exceptionally well; others struggled. The average was 17.6%.

Mr. Irie's classes averaged almost exactly the same.

Our essay scores this time around were, however, a bit higher.

The point not to be lost - on this test, we are right there with Irie's three classes . . .

In any event, the make-up will consist of essentially the very same questions, with the exception of about four to five that I will change.

You have two homework assignments entitled The Evolution of Congress. The first one requires you to do work appearing on page 279 of your text.

The other one should have been entitled Who is In Congress. Please rename. This is the one with work beginning on page 284 of the text.

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Download, print out, and bring to class the (D) lecture notes for Ch. 10 - The Media. Also please complete the t/f questions as directed.

1. Print out and download the file entited Unit III Homework (part 1).
2. Answer the questions as directed.
3. Copy your answers to a scantron.

To help you prep for the test, here are 45 TF questions.

Tomorrow, I will tell you on what page in the book to find the answers (sorry, just no time now). In the meantime, just this. All these questions are with Chapter 5 in mind.

Tomorrow, after school, I will post another set of TF questions; questoins written with Chapter 6 in mind.

Political participation TF Q's.

Also, a reminder:

For anyone wanting to review for the Unit II Test, I'll be in my room at 6:00 PM Sunday.

You will need to enter the campus from the gate located just off the alley, west side of the campus, just north of Mr. Holcomb's room.

Unit II Test

As with the Unit I test, this test also consists of:

• Twenty-five (25) multiple choice questions
ª One twenty-five (25) minute essay.

To best prepare for the test, I again suggest (and in this order) you do the following:

1. Pour over the Unit II Flashcards.
2. Look over your notes.
3. Be sure to comple all homework assignments.
4. Look over your homework assignments.

Unit II Homework (see attached pdf)

Quiz

20 TF Questions
Chapter 4 (Polticial Culture)

Download, print out, and bring to class the file entitled Unit II (C) Lecture.

Download, print out, and bring to class the file entitled Unit II (B) Lecture.

TPA #1

(for instructions, see Week One Packet)

Class Average with all Unit I test/homework etc. taken into account = 78%

Anyone wanting to take the Unit I test over again, you may do so in my room during lunch Wednesday February 17. If you score higher on this test, I will average it with your previous test. If you get a lower score, I will disregard.

If you are interested in taking the test again you must

A. Let me know by end of the period Friday.
B. Download and print out the "Retake Assignment."
C. Complete the Retake Assignment.
D. Hand-in the Retake Assignment on the day you take the test.

Download, print out, and bring to class the file entitled Unit II (A) Lecture.

I've posted your scores for the multiple choice section of the Unit I Exam (see Powerschool).

The good news is that the class as a whole averaged a 38/50; Mr. Irie's classes slighly less.

So given how well his students normally do in re the Spring AP test, we're off to a good start.

We'll go over the mc section of the test tomorrow in class. We'll aslo score the essay section.

Unit I Test

The test consists of:

• Twenty-five (25) multiple choice questions
ª One twenty-five (25) minute essay.

To best prepare for the test, I suggest (in this order) you do the following:

1. Pour over the Unit I Flashcards.
2. Look over your notes.
3. Be sure to comple all homework assignments.
4. Look over your homework assignments.

The fact is that that in order to do well in the AP Government & Politics, you're going to have to take in a lot of facts and memorize a chunk of it.

To that end, much time has gone into the preparation of the flashcards. I cannot emphasize enough how much I think these will help you. Yes, the Unit I flashcards are about 12 pages in length, but then I'm also committed to covering much of what's contained therein via in-class lecture and activity.

Last but not least, I strongly suggest you print out the flashcards, put them into the Unit I section of your binder, and bring to class. For the first several days of class, my lecture will make signifant reference to the flashcards and so having them in class is all but a necessity.

Still, whether it be in terms of Mr. Irie's class or mine, the average on the Unit I test is normally about 75%.

Unit I Homework (see attached pdf)

1. Download and print out the file entitled AP Gov (Week One Packet).

2. Get a 2 inch thick binder and 10 tabs. Title each tab as appears below.

Tab #1 - Unit I
Tab #2 - Unit II
Tab #3 - Unit III
Tab #4 - Unit IV
Tab #5 - Unit V
Tab #6 - Unit VI
Tab #7 - Projects
Tab #8 - Essays
Tab #9 - Review
Tab #10 - Misc.

Insert the printed out pages accordingly.

Place the Course Outline in the Misc. section of the binder.

The AP Gov (Week One Packet) will remain online for only one week.