Grafton High School AP American Government Class

Welcome to the new school year.  You will be receiving this update on a weekly basis throughout the school year to let you know what we are doing for the upcoming week. Sign up for Remind again:  I accidentally dumped all of the contacts in the class Remind.  Please sign up again by texting "@ghsgov2020" to 81010.  Our main textbooks will not be ready for some time, so we will be working with study manuals. Monday:  Be sure to bring any summer assignments, this will primarily be the Constitution study guide.  I will cover the expectations of the class. Tuesday:  Start Preambles.  Preambles are Bell Ringers for the class.  Review turned in Constitutions Wednesday:  Introduction to PIPS:  People in Public Service; notes on Politics and Democracy Thursday: Introduction to Current Events; schedule to be distributed.  Political Power in US and viewpoints Friday: Turn in Preambles.  Check out AMSCO books and cover ...

It's finally time for the AP Gov Exam!  I wish you all the best.  Watch the Cram for the Exam show on C-SPAN website for pointers.  We will meet on Monday morning for breakfast. Tuesday will be a speaker from First Community Bank about bank accounts. On Wednesday, semester exam study guides will be distributed.  Spring Semester Vocabulary Quiz Thursday, Review FRQs from exam Friday, Citizenship test

Last week was extremely difficult to go through and no one should ever go through anything like that.  It is okay to be composed and it is okay to be the opposite.  We all have different ways to deal with it.  If you need anything, feel free to talk to me or anyone else. Here is the agenda for the week Monday: Preamble Current Events - first half of the alphabet (Grading Period 6, CE#2) Discussion of comparing court cases on the AP Exam Tuesday: Preamble FRQ Practice Wednesday: Preamble FRQ Practice Thursday: Preamble AP Exam Practice Friday: Preamble AP Exam Practice Monday!!!! AP Exam.  If you are taking the exam on Monday, turn in your Current Events on Tuesday.  If you are not taking the exam, turn them in on Monday!

Current Events is due on Monday for the first half alphabet.  This is Grading Period 6, CE#1. Here is the agenda for the week: Monday: ·          Crash Course 16:  Types of Bureaucracies  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIvUo3bP4Eo   ·          EQ Notes 14-1:  The Bureaucrats   Read  pages  480  to  4 83 for  Tuesday Tuesday: ·          Preamble   ·          Crash Course 17:  Controlling Bureaucracies  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIvUo3bP4Eo     ·          EQ Notes 14-2:  How the Federal Bureaucracy is organized   Read pages 484 to 492 for  Wednesday   Wednesday: ·   Preamble ·          EQ Notes 14...

AP Pre-Administration will take place in the library at 8:00 on Monday.  You will need to bring the remainder of your fees to pay for the AP exam. No use of phones in class.  If you need to use a device, use the class iPads. Current Events for the second half of the alphabet are due on Monday.  This will be Grading Period 6, CR#1. Here is the agenda for the week: Monday: New Preamble Current Events Turn in chapter 5 packet Chapter 5 test Chapter 14 Vocabulary Tuesday: Preamble We will talk about a couple of topics such as religious freedom and fiscal federalism. We will begin the Bureaucracy chapter with a Crash Course Video. Read pages 472 to 480 for Wednesday. Wednesday: Preamble How is food regulated? Crash Couse video on types of bureaucracies EQ Notes 14-1 Read pages 480 to 483 for Thursday Thursday: Preamble Third Crash Course video EQ Nortes 14-2:  How the Federal bureaucracy is organized Read pages 4...

Current Events - The first half of the alphabet will turn in their Current Events on Monday.  This is Grading Period 5, CE#3. Here is the agenda for the week: Monday: New Preamble Read pages 165 to 169 and 175-179 EQ Notes 5-3:  What issues do other minority groups deal with?   Topic covered:   American Indian Movement, Henderson v.  Texas,  Korematsu  v. U.S., ADA, Stonewall Riots,  Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975  Tuesday: Preamble Revisit topics from Monday Read pages 170-175 for Wednesday Wednesday: Preamble EQ Notes 5-4:   What civil rights have women in the U.S. dealt with?    Complete Chapter 5 Study Guide Thursday (Early Dismissal Schedule): Preamble New Current Events Schedule Chapter 5 Essential Question Quiz Vocabulary Quiz Friday: Preamble - turn in Chapter 5 Test Chapter 14 Vocabulary

We've had a bit of excitement the past couple weeks at GHS.  We are going to get back on regular schedule this week with our activities. Here is the agenda for the week: Monday: Preamble Bring AMSCO Books Review FRQs from last week Introduce Civil Rights and complete to Civil Liberties Read pages 152 to 157 for Tuesday (yellow books) Tuesday: Preamble Chapter 5 study guide will be distributed EQ Notes 5-1:  What has America done to achieve equality? Wednesday: Preamble We will complete an activity about Civil Rights history/discussion (this will be recorded) Read pages 158 to 165 for Thursday Thursday: Preamble EQ Notes 5-2:  What was the treatment of African-Americans in American history? Bring AMSCO books for Friday.  Read pages 300 to 319. Friday:  Preamble - Turn in Civil rights discussion from AMSCO book – 13 th , 14 th , 15 th Amendments, Plessy v. Ferguson, NAACP, Brown v. Board of Education, Policy and ...