Scholarship opportunities!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y--pW39dq_7wZpUD2DpJ9gPjjTr1pmDWIFAIYYCdRYM/pub

Options for keeping up with the news

Alternative
Democracy Now - http://www.democracynow.org/

Al Jazeera - http://america.aljazeera.com/

Slate - http://www.slate.com/

ProPublica - http://www.propublica.org/

Mother Jones - http://www.motherjones.com/

The Nation - http://www.thenation.com/

TomDispatch - http://www.tomdispatch.com/

Vice - http://www.vice.com/en_us

Informed Comment - http://www.juancole.com/

Truthout - http://www.truth-out.org/

TruthDig - http://www.truthdig.com/



Traditional
New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/

Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/

National Public Radio - http://www.npr.org/

Wall Street Journal - http://online.wsj.com/home-page

BBC - http://www.bbc.com/news/

The Guardian - http://www.theguardian.com/us

Partisan
MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.com/

Fox News - http://www.foxnews.com/


Political

http://fivethirtyeight.com/politics/

http://www.politico.com/

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/

Homework: Political compass

Date assigned
Monday, August 29


Assignment
Take the test at politicalcompass.org and record your coordinates somewhere you won't lose them (probably your phone).  Email them to me (or post on Google Group) and bring them to class on Friday.


Due date
Friday, September 2

Homework: John Locke summary

Date assigned
Monday, August 29


Assignment
1) If you don't have Gmail, fix that oversight.

2) Apply for membership in the Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/grant-ap-gov

3) Read the excerpt of John Locke's "2nd Treatise on Government" - https://docs.google.com/document/d/161gdrikwRGSOIBsPYbBWbw1j32D691yAw5hLDapj9l4/pub

4) Post a summary of his main ideas (no more than 200 words) on the Google Group.


Due date
Wednesday, August 31

Syllabus

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1em-s7MgU9CxOt5nqjCnYPRJGNtW5HrshL2mZkwSN-Yg/pub

Unit 1 study guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17PkcE7lw7MuZrUP0hUxTMF4ikNCa-0TS8n24vVzySe0/pub

1st semester pacing guide

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week 1 Aug 29-Sep 2	Unit 1 - Foundations of Government and the US Constitution		Unit 1		Unit 1
Week 2 Sep 5-9	NO SCHOOL		Unit 1		Unit 1
Week 3 Sept 12-16		Unit 1		Unit 1
Week 4 Sept 19-23	Unit 1		Unit 1 exam		Unit 2 - Federalism
Week 5 Sept 26-30		Unit 2		Unit 2
Week 6 Oct 3-7	Unit 2		Unit 2		Unit 2
Week 7 Oct 10-14		Unit 2 exam		Unit 3 - Political culture and the media	NO SCHOOL
Week 8 Oct 17-21		Unit 3		Unit 3
Week 9 Oct 24-28	Unit 3		Unit 3		Unit 3 exam
Week 10 Oct 31-Nov 4		Unit 4 - Elections		Unit 4	NO SCHOOL
Week 11 Nov 7-11		Unit 4	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Week 12 Nov 14-18		Unit 4		Unit 4
Week 13 Nov 21-25	Unit 4 exam		NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL
Week 14 Nov 28-Dec 2	Unit 5 - Political parties and special interests		Unit 5		Unit 5
Week 15 Dec 5-9		Unit 5		Unit 5
Week 16 Dec 12-16	Unit 5 exam		Review Units 1-5		1st semester final exam