Go-Po+2009

= AP United States Government and Politics Unit Guide (2008-2009)=

Click on each Unit (which will become active as we cover the material) to access assignments, handouts, and websites that may prove useful to your study of Government and Politics. A full Test Guide for the AP Exam features fast access to //all// of the online quizzes, essays, and the review guides found in each of the units below.

Wilson = [|American Government: Institutions and Policies, 9th edition]
 * Mr. Freccia's Textbook Nickname**

== [|First Marking Period Plan for AP Go-Po.xls]==
 * Summer Assignment - National Constitutional Center Scavenger Hunt
 * Marking Period #1 Special Assignments
 * [|Debate Scorecard] (complete for three out of the four debates)
 * [|Senate Research Assignment] (research a state, examining demographic indicators)
 * Group Polling Assignment

Unit I - Constitutional Underpinnings of United States Government

 * Unit I Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 1-3)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit I - 3 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 7 FRQs

Unit II - Political Identification: Beliefs and Behaviors

 * Unit II Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 4-5 and 7-8)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit II - 4 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 6 FRQs

== [|Second Marking Period Plan for AP Go-Po.xls]==
 * Marking Period #2 Special Assignments -
 * Newsweek Reading Assignments (just like the Wilson "Fresh Notes", just in magazine form)
 * [|Party Platform for Senate]
 * Midterm Madness VIII

Unit III - Influences on Politics: Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media

 * Unit III Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 6, 9, and 10)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit III - 3 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 11 FRQs

== [|Third and Fourth Marking Period Plan for AP Go-Po.xls]==
 * Marking Period #3 Special Assignments - Government-in-Action Hours / Civic Action Reaction Paper
 * Marking Period #4 Special Assignments - Constructing Your Own AP Go-Po Exam

Unit IV - Institutions of National Government: Congress and Public Policy

 * Unit IV Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 11, 15, and 17)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit IV - 3 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 9 FRQs

Unit V - Institutions of National Government: The Executive Branch and Bureaucracy

 * Unit V Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 12, 13, and 20)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit V - 3 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 5 FRQs

Unit VI - Institutions of National Government: The Judicial System, Civil Rights, and Liberties

 * Unit VI Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 14, 18, and 19)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit VI - 5 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 10 FRQs

Unit VII - Exam Prep

 * 2009 Go-Po Student Exams
 * AP Exam Guide

Unit VIII - Economics Crash Course

 * Economics Crash Course Assignment Page
 * Exam Guide for Economics Crash Course

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