$20,000 Chipotle scholarship

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-chipotle-essay-contest-20150504-story.html

AP exam review

Unit 1 - Foundations of government and the Constitution
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/17PkcE7lw7MuZrUP0hUxTMF4ikNCa-0TS8n24vVzySe0/pub

Non-textbook readings - http://grantapgov.blogspot.com/2014/09/homework-unit-1-non-textbook-readings.html

Exam - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1agNHyOrzS0b5qdKN-MSFt376Foo3CVrjFNTlr07Yzro/pub

Slide notes 1 - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_4CD6G7mVMa8Hqn9Hqrr6c_C7JRXcRSXQ63qmG2lOGg/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Slide notes 2 - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BRAcVxeyPaZxNQbQ7udQIJDIeWgjACV_6WzyI09W6xw/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Slide notes 3 - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GUFNvtDl9FGwlNvAoRD256temoXUeD-lFwltrqlz3Qc/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000


Unit 2 - Federalism
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1W8lpINc8yGrzMyhzSrPS7A7kI1iFz-iI4tNXyCZ3GDI/pub

Non-textbook readings - http://grantapgov.blogspot.com/2014/09/homework-unit-2-non-textbook-readings.html

Exam - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ltC-QUQRYAxTumPwqIk51-7vAdH7fIBUYWw8rBJbF8Y/pub

Types of federalism - https://docs.google.com/document/d/17FarI674UEHikEc95iEX5JSzuKRMfrsEZvgyVEhtsPA/pub

Lecture notes - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1on-APuiemDxr4cEeUQ_-OiRINJHel4mr1FFPnYPGYG8/pub


Unit 3 - Political culture and media
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/10HV_aFTv0oZAGckm-MgXgrorgewS2ZFDIXZLgCOJ3Io/pub

Non-textbook readings - http://grantapgov.blogspot.com/2014/10/unit-3-non-textbook-readings.html

Exam - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1lC7p14jstrthecYhzHfK-WH9qqDY0keaFW4006g8ffM/pub

Review of Units 1, 2, and 3 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HPNe0O2XlAmcdV3ixLIwXOwtleoDXTEWF0wntJmv-Gs/pub


Unit 4 - Elections
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1911boZH9bCZe3C1m8F_v13_tizMGzAZUsg8pJAEBZzU/pub

Non-textbook readings - http://grantapgov.blogspot.com/2014/11/unit-4-non-textbook-readings.html

Exam - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/16FK5LUeAmhbRKPQNSpcX_tO7ogx5ZHVCIdMUpb2mGb0/pub

Gerrymandering film - http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/gerrymandering

Election links - http://grantapgov.blogspot.com/2014/10/oct-24-links.html


Unit 5 - Political parties and special interests
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1mBYmr4o8KhwraSyWWMvNylPmHwmG9CJY6SKMK7bMCtA/pub

Exam - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jZsoBLjlXnm_W2-tnPWPtYACEugYrTN2-V8NKUy08dM/pub


Unit 6 - Congress
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RPnZGcCKFwwfNjfdrxkz6dYbz3OuMJQ7XSLH8SzpiBU/pub

Exam - Not yet taken by Lisa Fukumoto

Legislation to know - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CkBAeeZe1BZvI-zegdyplWaRjyCiROBjeV27EHjTwwo/pub


Unit 7 - Presidency
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AU9EUMGYRRDWBU9Cvnv_qc5H-XcWb5yPjM8-8PCUzVQ/pub

Exam - Not yet taken by Sky Weinstein

Lecture notes - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZuomvRKWTcQdaarXAvJCNQF391nYYLpK265iVfYBnP8/pub


Unit 8 - Bureaucracy and the budget
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YzFNTQ3eUKLsIrUdeWi1_O4eMPwEZgvt4MK_ghoLnO0/pub

Exam - Not yet taken by Hunter Stewart, Yuki Harry, Sky Weinstein

Lecture notes - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zRz-gSVto4AsJ4kxM80D_iaaMdrjipFFozZBlh6BLkA/pub

Discretionary spending graphic - http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0177/6150/t/2/assets/Watermark-DeathTaxes-2015.jpg?2684810852230635417

Iron triangle diagram - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/16ES6Vs6lKrXabPFw04NVv5mCkQhUW_c-Bt-rSlw3iMQ/pub


Unit 9 - Judiciary
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yaj6iuTioux1qdfv253C6mKj1FQaqn1ome5FVndx59g/pub

Exam - Not yet taken by Hunter Stewart, Lisa Fukumoto

Lecture notes - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z770EeKCb9B4jrF5dwAZATVAKs5--vmGUlHKVkiTmNs/pub

Supreme Court cases to know: http://grantapgov.blogspot.com/2015/03/supreme-court-cases-you-should-already.html


Unit 10 - Civil rights and civil liberties
Study guide - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VH7GL3eSFuwMQF1GyWulfCRVOtWNQn2UASNUJSUK1pk/pub

Exam - Not yet taken by half the damn class

Lecture notes - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F6l6t_kWnXZQ6V2BM1AciIX1NFhrGmAY61BQBA1MQDk/pub

CR/CL Supreme Court cases to know: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1IltIbQMi1NiIFFOm6okzl-2Lduo-e2bbYHT3e5i7ptU/pub


General information
How to write an FRQ - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1lS_Fi-wccBVXeL0vroNxXITpi_A0sRGaQnRno7_e050/pub

Practice FRQs - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1scKmp1OGkWb8sGIeMDr47bt-ubP0dNSe8zXKvtzHRqU/pub and https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1bOPzDAeqowtd-T6MOeu-kO1ldQl_jz5d_cGweXSDFQI/pub

1st semester final exam - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WJwdhVOt63GOBE1Hj2e7ZxappZygT4ePPQQebpsWhmA/pub

C-SPAN 2011 AP Gov review - http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Video/1040/2011+AP+Government+Exam+Review.aspx

C-SPAN 2012 AP Gov review - http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Teachable/1352/2012+AP+Government+Exam+Review.aspx

C-SPAN 2013 AP Gov review - http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Teachable/1558/2013+AP+Government+Exam+Review.aspx

C-SPAN 2014 AP Gov review - http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4498048/2014-cram-exam

Practice tests - http://www.appracticeexams.com/ap-government

Homework: Japanese internment questions

Date assigned
Wednesday, April 1


Assignment
Next Wednesday, April 8, we will have guest speakers in the choir room during 8th period who were interned by President Franklin Roosevelt's executive order 9066 in 1944.  Your tasks:

1) Read executive order 9066: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5154

2) Read Justice's Black's majority decision from the Supreme Court case Korematsu vs. US: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5151

3) Write 5 questions you want to ask our speakers about their experience in the internment camp, the aftermath (reintegrating into American society), or anything else you can think of.


Due date
Wednesday, April 8

Civil rights/civil liberties Supreme Court cases

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IltIbQMi1NiIFFOm6okzl-2Lduo-e2bbYHT3e5i7ptU/pub

Unit 10 study guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VH7GL3eSFuwMQF1GyWulfCRVOtWNQn2UASNUJSUK1pk/pub

Monday, March 30

If anyone is interested in seeing the first of this year's World Affairs Council of Oregon International Speaker Series (Peter Singer​, "The Future of War," Monday, March 30, 7pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall), just let me know.  I can get free tickets.

http://worldoregon.org/events/programs/international-speaker-series/peter-w-singer-opens-2015-international-speaker-series-​

Judiciary lecture notes

I'm sorry I wasn't in class today - I've been absolutely floored by the flu.  I got an email from a student in 5th period asking about some of the concepts.  Unfortunately, my brain is too fried to answer her questions intelligently.  So instead, here are some lecture notes for you to supplement your knowledge with:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z770EeKCb9B4jrF5dwAZATVAKs5--vmGUlHKVkiTmNs/pub