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US Government A

Mrs. Champagne - kchampagne at aacps dot org

Homework

We are beginning to review for the High School Assessment. All government students will be issued a packet on April 24 (A) or April 25 (B).

April 22/23 - Test on the Federal and State courts systems, our legal heritage and principles of the legal system the First Amendment (what is protected and not protected), six Supreme Court Cases. There is a review packet for this test.

April 2/3 - Unit Test on Public Policy - the last grade for the third marking period. Study!

March 31/April 1 - Unit Test on Public Policy - the last grade for the third marking period. Study! Use these sites to help you: Public Policy Jeopardy, HSA Questions - do the Mini-Assessments for different years focusing on Expectation 3.1 (Impact of Geography on Governmental Policy).

March 27/28: Finish the packet on Monetary Policy, especially the scenarios on the last page. You will receive a review packet for our public policy test (due April 2/3)

Homework due on March 18th and 19th: Finish your review of "A Time for Justice"

Homework due on March 6/7 - Interpreting Political Cartoons (21)

Links for the Poverty Lesson for March 4th and 5th:
CBS Report "Working but Poor" - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/12/politics/main648711.shtml
CNN Poverty Report - http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/26/news/economy/poverty_survey/
National Center for Children in Poverty - http://www.nccp.org

March 4/5 - "Imagining America without Illegal Immigrants" article with questions

Feb. 29/March 3 - "Taming the Jungle" article with questions

Feb. 21 & 22 - Government test. Check out the practice questions on this site: http://mdk12.org/assessments/high_school/look_like/government/intro.html (Go to the Mini-assessments for the different years. Click on the link for "Systems of Government and US Foreign Policy)

February 13 & 19 are the dates for after-school remediation.

Feb. 14/15 - United Nations worksheet

Feb. 11/13 - Foreign policy and defense terms (12 word puzzle)

Feb. 6/7 - History of Foreign Policy chart (pages 609 - 613)

Feb. 5/6 - Pieces of the Foreign Policy Puzzle worksheet is due. This worksheet reviews the different people or departments that help create our nation's foreign policy.

Feb. 1/4 - Many of you received letters about your performance on the most recent county assessment. This letter needs to be signed and returned to me as soon as possible. Parents: please email me if you want verification about this letter. Thanks!

Jan. 30/31 - Complete the "Current Goals" worksheet using your textbook pages 607 - 609. Make sure your map is finished and your course outline signed.

Government HSA

The US Government HSA will be administered on Monday, May 19th, 2008. Please visit these resources to help you prepare for this important assessment!

I will post other sites as the year progresses.

AP European History

Assignments

Attention: The Advanced Placement test is May 9th. Students will be completing a review unit on their own while we push on with Chapters 29, 30 and 31. On Monday, April 24th, I will give students an instruction sheet for this unit.

April 24th - Test on Chapters 28 and 29

April 22nd - Part 3 on World War II due.

April 16th - Part 2 due (focuses on the rise of Hitler)

April 14th - Part 1 (chapter 29) due

April 10th - Age of Anxiety homework packet. We will not have time in class today to review the artwork from this period. Here is a power point you can view.

March 25th - Power test on the 1800s - 80 questions (multiple choice). Here is a review guide you can use to help you prepare!

March 14 - Your pink form for taking the AP test in May is due to Mr. Lay in the Main Office.

March 12 - In class timed DBQ (test grade)

March 10 - Test on Chapter 25. Need some ideas for review?

March 4 - The IDs for the rest of Chapter 25

February 27 - Modernization of Russia

February 25 - Chapter 25 IDs (Do the terms on France, Italy and Germany - the first third of the packet)

February 21 - Chapter 23 Test

February 14th - Chart on upheavals due (it on the second page of this handout that you already have). Here is a PowerPoint on Marxism which might really help you understand scientific socialism and communism

February 11th - Chapter 23 IDs. .

February 7th - Congress of Vienna packet due.

February 5th - Test on Chapters 22 & 24.

February 1st - Chapter 24 charts. There will be a test on both Chapters 22 and 24 on February 5th.

You can purchase Cliffs AP European History from Amazon.com. The Barnes and Noble at Harbor Center has a copies available for purchase.

Course Documents

Power Test Review 1800.doc (application/msword)
Power Test Review

Helpful Links

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