AP Gov Update for February 18-22

There will be no school on Monday due to the Presidents Day holiday.

If you are the second half of the alphabet, you will have to turn in Current Events on Tuesday.  This is grading period 5, CE#1.

The end of the grading period is Tuesday.  If you have anything to turn in for the fourth grading period, please turn it in by 9:00 on Wednesday.

Here is the agenda for the week:

Monday:  No School


Tuesday:

  • New Preamble paper
  • Current Events
  • Turn in chapter 4 packet
  • Chapter 4 test 
  • Chapter 15 Vocabulary
  • Read pages 506 to 516 for Wednesday
Wednesday:
  • Preamble
  • Chapter 15 study guide
  • EQ Notes 15-1:  Who are the participants and what is the structure of the Federal Judicial System?
  • Read pages 516-521 for Thursday
Thursday:

  • ·       Preamble
  • ·       EQ Notes 15-2:  How are Federal judges elected?
  • Read pages 521-525 for Friday
F    Friday:
  • ·       Turn in Preamble
    ·       EQ Notes 15-3:  What are the backgrounds of Judges and Justices
  • Read pages 525 to 532 for Monday

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