Mock Congress Begins!!!

Finally, it's time to start Mock Congress!  In order to begin your work as a member of Congress, you'll need the documents below.  If you can't open the documents on your browser, you can view the documents by cling here.

APGov: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties PPT

APGov Assignments

Week of April 29th - May 3rd

Monday: Sabato pp. 192-205
Wednesday: Sabato pp. 205-216
Friday: Sabato pp. 216-233

APGov Assignments

Week of April 22 to April 26

Tuesday: Sabato pp. 169-186
Thursday: Sabato pp. 186-191

APGov Assignments

Week of April 15 - April 19

Monday: Sabato pp. 358-367
Wednesday: Sabato pp. 367-375
Friday: Sabato pp. 152-169

APGov Assignments

Week of April 8 - April 12

Tuesday: Sabato pp. 334-345
Thursday: Sabato pp. 345-357

APGov Assignments

Week of April 2 - April 5

Wednesday: Sabato pp. 306-325 (Read and take notes)
Friday: Sabato pp. 325-333 (read and take notes), Presidency exam Tuesday

APGov: Biggest E.C. Opportunity of the Year!!

This Saturday at 8am the W-L Social Studies Department will be hosting an AP Mock Exam in the school cafeteria.  This exam is your opportunity to experience the administration of an AP exam before you take the real thing next month.  If you choose to take advantage of this opportunity, you will earn 3 points added on to your fourth quarter grade.  For example, if you earn a grade of 77 in the fourth quarter (normally a C+) your grade will be increased to a 80 (a B!).

The exam takes about three hours to administer and you'll be out the door and enjoying the weekend before noon!

APGov Assignments

Week of March 18 - March 22

Monday: Sabato pp. 300-305
Wednesday:
Friday:

Helpful AP Gov Links [REPOSTED 3/12]

The links listed below should help you start your research for your 3rd quarter project.

• The U.S. House of Representatives
• Printable maps of the 112th Congressional districts
• THOMAS: legislative information from the Library of Congress
• Fast Facts for Congress, as supplied by the U.S. Census Bureau
• The Hill: a newspaper dedicated to the goings-on of the Capitol
• Politico's news section on Congress
• National Republican Congressional Committee
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
• WhoRunsGov.com - a new site from the Washington Post

These links listed above should provide more than enough information to help get you on your way to becoming an expert on your member of Congress.

HOA Assignments

Week of March 11 - March 15

Period 1

Monday: Williamson pp. 397-400, Quarter Exam Friday

Wednesday: Quarter Exam Friday

Friday:

Period 4

Tuesday: Williamson pp. 397-400, Quarter Exam Monday

Thursday:

APGov: 3rd Qtr. Project Assignments

Here's the list so far:
Daphne - Nancy Pelosi (D)
Jasmine - Barbara Lee (D)
Marie - Steny Hoyer (D)
Ayesha - Mike Thompson (D)
Gabby - Anna Eshoo (D)
Alicia - George Miller (D)
Isaac - Jim Moran (D)
Anudari - John Boehner (R)
Max - John Dingell (D)
Hamede - Niki Tsongas (D)
Emily R. - John Lewis (D)
Matthew - Don Young (R)
Kieran - Tom Rooney (R)
Harmony - Jack Kingston (R)
Emily P.B. - Michele Bachman (R)
Munkhsar - Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)
Matias - Dan Benishek (R)
Cameron - Robert Aderholt (R)
Maya - Mike Coffman (R)
Sydney - Paul Ryan (R)

APGov: Representative Requests

Submit your 3 requests for 3rd Quarter Project Representatives on the form below or by clicking here.

APGov Assignments

Week of February 19 to February 22

Wednesday: Sabato pp. 249-262; submit Congress Project requests on Thursday afternoon
Friday: Sabato pp. 262-271

APGov Assignments

Week of February 11 - February 15

Monday: Sabato pp. 115-121
Wednesday: Sabato pp. 234-239; Federalism Exam Friday
Friday: Sabato pp. 239-249

APGov Assignments

Week of February 4th to February 8th

Tuesday: Sabato pp. 103-106
Thursday: Sabato pp. 106-115

APGov Assignments

Week of January 23 - January 25

Thursday: Constitution Mega-Quiz on Monday!  (you'll be able to use a copy of the Constitution, but this will be a time-limited quiz)

APGov Assignments

Week of January 14 - January 18

Monday: Sabato pp. 46-53
Wednesday: Sabato pp. 53-63
Friday: No Homework

APGov - Info Needed for Field Trip

This is the information that I need for our special field trip.  Be sure to bring it with you to class on Thursday:

• last name, first name, middle initial
• Date of birth
• Social Security number
• Are you a U.S. citizen?
• Nation of birth
• Gender
• City and state of residence

APGov Assignments

Week of January 7 - January 11

We'll be pausing our work through the Constitution chapter to start interest group presentations on Thursday.

Tuesday: Interest Group Presentations due Thursday
Thursday: Sabato pp. 39-46 (Read and take notes)