Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Mitt vs. Mitt

Here's the video mentioned by Emily in yesterday's 3rd period APGov class.  (Thanks to Matt Z. for tweeting the link).


Monday, November 28, 2011

HOA Assignments

Week of November 28 - December 2

Period 4
Tuesday: America's History pp. 363-378 (read and take notes)
Thursday: America's History pp. 368-389 (read and take notes)

Period 7
Monday: America's History pp. 363-378 (read and take notes)
Wednesday: America's History pp. 378-389 (read and take notes)
Friday: America's History pp. 390-406 (read and take notes)

APGov Assignments

Week of November 28 - December 2

Period 1
Monday: Sabato pp. 508-515 (Read and take notes)
Wednesday: Sabato pp. 515-524 (Read and take notes)
Friday: Sabato pp. 525-529 (Read and take notes)

Period 3
Monday: Sabato pp. 515-524 (Read and take notes)
Tuesday: No Homework
Wednesday: Sabato pp. 525-529 (Read and take notes)
Thursday:
Friday:

Period 6
Tuesday: Sabato pp. 525-529 (Read and take notes)
Thursday:

Monday, November 21, 2011

APGov: Interest Group Assignments

Interest group assignments can be checked through GoogleDocs by clicking here.  Students were assigned their first pick for interest group in as many cases as possible.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

HOA Assignments

Week of November 14 - November 18

PERIOD 4
Monday: No Homework
Wednesday: America's History pp. 305-318
Friday: America's History pp. 347-361

PERIOD 7
Tuesday: America's History pp. 305-318
Thursday: America's History pp. 347-361

HOA - Topic 1 Questions

Click this link to view a list of HOA Paper 3 questions from the last 10 years that are taken from material you've covered in Topic 1.

Monday, November 14, 2011

APGov Assignments

Week of November 14 - November 18

Period 1
Tuesday: No reading assignment; class meets in the auditorium on Thursday
Thursday: Sabato pp. 502 - 508 (read and take notes)

Period 3
Monday: Sabato pp. 498-502 (read and take notes)
Tuesday: Sabato pp. 502-508 (read and take notes)
Wednesday: No Homework
Thursday: Sabato pp. 508-515 (read and take notes)
Friday: No Homework

Period 6
Monday: Sabato pp. 502-508 (read and take notes)
Wednesday: Sabato pp. 508-515 (read and take notes)
Friday: Sabato pp. 515-524 (read and take notes)

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Monday, November 7, 2011

APGov Assignments

Week of November 7 - November 11

Period 1
Monday: Voting and Elections exam on Thursday, Vocabulary worksheet also due
Thursday: Sabato pp. 492-502 (Read and take notes)

Period 3
Monday: Voting and Elections exam on Wednesday, Vocabulary worksheet also due
Wednesday: Turn in completed fieldtip form tomorrow
Thursday: Sabato pp. 492-502 (Read and take notes)

Period 6
Wednesday: Sabato pp. 492-502 (Read and take notes); turn in fieldtrip form on Monday

HOA Assignments

Week of November 7 - November 11

Period 4
Wednesday: Study for American Revolution quiz on Monday

Period 7
Monday: Study for American Revolution quiz on Thursday
Thursday:

Friday, November 4, 2011

West Wing Week

The White House tries to take its message straight to the public by producing their own videos of the President's week.  This video includes footage from Halloween at the White House, where students from Arlington Public Schools were in attendance.

Is Caucusing Really Easy?

How many details of how caucusing works are really provided in this video?


APGov Ch. 13 Vocab Worksheet

The Vocabulary Worksheet for Chapter 13 can be downloaded by clicking this link.  There was a lot of important vocabulary in this chapter, so it's longer than usual - budget your time accordingly.  The worksheet will be due on the day of your Voting and Elections exam.