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= AP American Government and Politics Unit Guide (2010-2011)=

Click on the Assignment Page link for each Unit to in order to access assignments, handouts, presentations, and websites that may prove useful to your study of American Government and Politics. The second bullet under each unit features fast access to //all// of the online quizzes, essays, and the review guides for that particular unit. Make sure you check those tabs out before and after your read a chapter!

Additional information that will help you in this course:
 * AP Government and Politics course info - Information about the class at Newark High School
 * [|AP Government and Politics themes] - Themes tested on the exam according to the College Board
 * Test Guide for the AP Exam - A unit-by-unit breakdown of review guides that will help you prep for not only unit exams but also the AP Exam
 * AP Podcasting: Concept Quick Review's - Extra credit opportunity, if you are interested!

(updated at the beginning of each marking period)

First and Second Marking Period (1st Semester)

 * Marking Period #1 Special Assignments
 * Three Grandfather's Assignment
 * Mock Constitutional Convention
 * [|2010 Midterm Election.docx]


 * Marking Period #2 Special Assignments -
 * Mock Legislature Activity
 * [|Supreme Court Project.doc]
 * Extra Credit: Generation Me 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 Review Packets and 8 SRQs

Unit II - Influences on Politics: Public Opinion, Interest Groups, and Mass Media

 * Unit II Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 5, 6, 9, and 10)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit II - 4 Review Packets and 12 SRQs

Unit III - Institutions of National Government: Political Parties and Elections

 * Unit III Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 7 and 8)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit III - 2 Review Packets and 2 SRQs

Unit IV - Political Identification: Beliefs and Behaviors

 * Unit IV Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 4, 18, 19)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit IV - 3 Review Packets and 6 SRQs

Third and Fourth Marking Period (2nd Semester)

 * Marking Period #3 Special Assignments
 * Mock Legislature Activity
 * How a Bill becomes Law Assignment
 * Government-in-Action Hours / Civic Action Reaction Paper


 * Marking Period #4 Special Assignments
 * Constructing Your Own AP Go-Po Exam
 * Extra credit: Freakonomics Assignment

Unit V - How the system works: Congress, Policy, and Social Welfare

 * Unit V Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 11, 15, and 17)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit V - 3 Review Packets and 8 SRQs

Unit VI - The Executive Branch, the Bureaucracy, and the Supreme Court

 * Unit VI Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 12, 13, and 20)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit VI - 3 Review Packets and 6 SRQs

Unit VII - The Federal Budget and the Judicial System

 * Unit VII Assignment Page (with notes and assignments corresponding to Chapters 14 and 16)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit VII - 3 Review Packets and 4 SRQs

Unit VII - Exam Prep

 * 2010 Go-Po Student Exams / 2009 Go-Po Student Exams
 * AP Exam Guide

Unit VIII - Economics Crash Course

 * Economics Crash Course Assignment Page

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