Heads UP! I will be checking for outlines while you take the quiz!

Unit 3 test over the three branches of government will be on Thursday, November 12.  Click on this link for a copy of your study guide.  We will have a binder check, please use this rubric to help you organize for the check.

Here are the links for the powerpoints we've used in class:

Deconstructing the Constitution

The Executive Branch

Interpreting the Constitution

read and outline pp. 390-392; pp. 424-429

Complete study guide for extra credit; Remember to make outlines for essays!  Binder check will also be on test day.

 Notes:

Political Parties

"How to Party"

Elections

Expansion of Voter Rights

Two Big "Shapers" of Public Opinion, Mass Media & Interest Groups

Read and outline pp. 236-240 

Read and outline pp. 208-213 in your AG book. 

Quiz over elections and voter behavior (you may use outlines, pp. 178-186; 152-157)

Create your own third party to challenge the two party system here in the United States.  Your party's platform needs to include the following:

- What type of third party are you (see pages 132-135 for the four types)

- What is the name of your party?

- In your party's opinion, what is the role of government, (role in economic and personal decisions) --SEE THE PARTY QUIZ WE WENT OVER IN CLASS FOR HELP HERE

- What issue is your party concerned about and WHY?

1 paragraph, 30 points formative assessment

Quiz over pp. 126-131 (American Political Party system); pp. 132-135 (minor parties)

20 points, formative assessment

Federalist/Anti Federlist papers are due on Tuesday, September 22.  Handouts on the paper, as well as your rubric were distributed in class on Wednesday, September 16.  The goal of the paper is to persuade citizens of the United States to stand with your party's position on ratification of the Constitution. 

25 points, summative assessment

Study for test over government systems and the American founding.  Review guides are worth 20 points extra credit.  Outlines are permitted for the essay portion of the test.

100 points possible, Summative Assessment.

Be prepared for quiz over Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention

Bring in evidence of research for your assigned group.  We will be using this research in class (formative, 20 points)

Study for quiz over notes taken in class-- Why Government? Theories on Government, & Roots of English Government.

Short answer format   20 points, formative assessment.

SCENARIO:

Mrs. Call is tired of grading late work.  Even though she said in your syllabus that she would accept late work for half credit, she randomly decides to cancel this policy.  She tells you that from this day forward, no late work is going to be accepted.  Furthermore, any latework you turned in you will recieve a zero for -- she wants to make a statement about her attitude towards late work. 

This new policy will bring down your grade two points, from a B to a C.  Other students' grades in the class also suffered as a consequence.  They are talking about starting  a protest-- until Mrs. Call reinstates her original policy, they won't obide by their responsibilities as outlined in the class syllabus.  You are tempted to join them, but are worried about the consequences.  What will your parents think? What if you get a referral from Mrs. Call? Will your grade suffer?

Determine what you would do in this scenario.  Will you side with those in the class that want to rebel? Why? Or will you play it safe and stick with the new policy that Mrs. Call has put into place.  Explain your reasoning.

30 points, formative assessment.

Bring in your paragraph stating where in the world you would most like to visit.  In your paragraph, please include the following:

- The name of the country you would like to visit

- Three reasons why you would like to visit this place

- Three places you have visited before that you really liked & why

Paragraph is due on Monday, August 17-- 25 points in the formative category of your grade.

Bring in your signed syllabus for homework (formative) credit-- 15 points

Notebook for Global Econ needs to be organized as described in the handout.  Fifty points for formative credit. Your notebook needs to contain the following:

Tab One- Handouts

Tab Two- Notes

Tab Three- Graded work

Tab Four- Quizzes/Tests

Tab Five- CAS

All contents is to be organized chronologically.  Notebook should now contain notes from class (Why Government?) and your syllabus.