Pacing guide

	Monday - 44 minutes	Wednesday - 93 minutes	Friday - 93 minutes
Week 1 Sept 1-5	NO SCHOOL	INTRO - Course intro, syllabus, exam outline, pass rate, test focus, multiple choice, FRQs, news source list, JOHN LOCKE	Intro to Gov - Discuss Locke, get books, discuss pro- and anti-gov articles, citizenship test
Week 2 Sept 8-12	Intro to Gov - Review political systems, terminology, Political Compass results	Declaration of Independence - Review lead up to independence, Declaration itself, and demographic articles from Sunday	Constitution - Who won the Connecticut Compromise? Was it democratic?
Week 3 Sept 15-19	Constitution - Review Federalist papers	Constitution - In depth examination of Constitution	Constitution - Power grab, debate
Week 4 Sept 22-26	Constitution - Review Bill of Rights, judicial review, Marbury v. Madison	Constitution - Review unit	Unit 1 exam, types of federalism article
Week 5 Sept 29-Oct 3	Review Unit 1 exam and Federalism	Federalism	Federalism
Week 6 Oct 6-10	Federalism	Federalism	NO SCHOOL
Week 7 Oct 13-17	Federalism	Federalism	Unit 2 exam
Week 8 Oct 20-24	Unit 2 exam review	Political culture and media	Political culture and media
Week 9 Oct 27-31	Politcal culture and media	Political culture and media	NO SCHOOL
Week 10 Nov 3-7	Political culture and media	Political culture and media	Unit 3 exam
Week 11 Nov 10-14	NO SCHOOL	Elections	Elections
Week 12 Nov 17-21	Elections	Elections	Elections
Week 13 Nov 24-28	Elections	Unit 4 exam	THANKSGIVING
Week 14 Dec 1-5	Political parties	Political parties	Political parties
Week 15 Dec 8-12	Political parties	Political parties	Special Interests
Week 16 Dec 15-19	Special Interests - QUIZ	Review	Final exam
Dec 20-Jan 4	WINTER BREAK
Week 17 Jan 5-9	Congress - Go over 1st semester final, hand out Congress unit 6 study guide	Congress - "Key legislation to know" handout	Congress
Week 18 Jan 12-16	Congress	Congress	Congress
Week 19 Jan 19-23	NO SCHOOL	Congress	Congress - EXAM
Week 20 Jan 26-30	Presidency	Presidency	NO SCHOOL
Week 21 Feb 2-6	Presidency	Presidency	Presidency
Week 22 Feb 9-13	Presidency	Presidency	Presidency - EXAM
Week 23 Feb 16-20	NO SCHOOL	Bureaucracy and budget	Bureaucracy and budget
Week 24 Feb 23-27	Bureaucracy and budget	Bureaucracy and budget	Bureaucracy and budget
Week 25 Mar 2-6	Bureaucracy and budget	Bureaucracy and budget	Bureaucracy and budget - EXAM
Week 26 Mar 9-13	Judiciary	Judiciary	Judiciary
Week 27 Mar 16-20	Judiciary	Judiciary	Judiciary - EXAM
Week 28 Mar 23-27	SPRING BREAK
Week 29 Mar 30-Apr 3	Civil Liberties/Rights	Civil Liberties/Rights	Civil Liberties/Rights
Week 30 Apr 6-10	Civil Liberties/Rights	Civil Liberties/Rights	NO SCHOOL
Week 31 Apr 13-17	Civil Liberties/Rights	Civil Liberties/Rights	Civil Liberties/Rights - EXAM
Week 32 Apr 20-24	Review	Review	Review
Week 33 Apr 27-May 1	Review	Review	Review
Week 34 May 4-8	Review	Review	Final exam - 70 multiple choice questions
Week 35 May 11-15	Last minute panic review	Post test	Post test
Week 36 May 18-22	Post test	Post test	Post test
Week 37 May 25-29	NO SCHOOL	Post test	Post test
Week 38 June 1-5	Seniors' last day?