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AP US Government and Politics Curriculum and Exam Structure JUNE 10 AP U S GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Advanced Placement Summer Institute Wake Forest University Winston‐Salem, North Carolina J o n a t h a n M i l n e r m i l n e r j @ u n c s a . e d u CONTENTS Table of Contents 1 Welcome 2 Schedule 3 Your Goals 4 Planning 5 College Board Goals 6 Change You Can Teach To 7 AP Learning Strategies 8 Building an AP Schedule 9 Year Long Schedule 10 Semester Long Schedule 11 Unit Building 12 Model Syllabus 13-17 Politics in the Politics Classroom 18 Answering the unanswerable 19 Free Response Workshop 20 AP Free Response Themes 21 Reviewing for the AP Exam 22 Journal Review 23 Landmark Supreme Court Case Project 24 Different Forms of Government 25 Checks and Balances 26 Geography of Federalism 27 Federalism Terms 28 Realigning Elections 29 Leadership 30 How we vote 31 Presidential Collage 32 Presidential Powers Jigsaw 33 Divided Government 34 Freedom of Religion Pretest 35 Freedom of Speech Pretest 36 Life Liberty, & Property Quiz 37-38 Civil Rights 39 Iron Triangles 40 Money in Politics Chart 41 Elections 42 Social Capital Quiz 43 Causes of Declining Social Capital 44 Bling, Bling 45-46 Institutions Project 47 1 WELCOME Wake Forest University Summer Advanced Placement Institute 2010 US Government and Politics Jonathan Milner Welcome to the US Government and Politics section of the Wake Forest AP Summer Institute. At the institute you all will • become familiar with the AP US Government and Politics curriculum and exam structure. • receive exams, lessons and supplementary materials. • design lessons, exams and strategies to build student success. • Learn AP US government content. • practice integrating technology into the AP US Government curriculum. This week we will cover • Goals • Concerns, expectations, questions • AP philosophy • AP exam structure • National AP statistics • Student selection • Curriculum content, content, content • Methodology • Syllabus • 2006 Free Response Review • 2002 multiple choice exam review • AP Free Response Exam Workshop • AP Multiple Choice Exam Workshop • Model lessons • Journal reviews • Outside readings • Textbook selection • Building critical thinking • Supplementary materials and programs • Technology, technology, technology • Connections to AP Comparative Politics • Beyond AP • Engaging students and creating citizens [email protected] 2 SCHEDULE DAY OBJECTIVES ASSIGNMENT DUE Introductions Orientation Materials Goals Monday None Assignments Building success Model syllabus and unit Content Schedules Thematic approach Rough draft of your GoPo Tuesday Supplementary materials schedule Content AP Exam workshop Multiple Choice Exam + Free Integrating technology into AP Response question (TBD) in Wednesday On-line content AP Professional Development Content Book Supplementary materials Thursday AP Comparative Content Off the grid Connecting Friday Content Evaluations Farewell Daily schedule* 8:30-10:00 10:15-11:45 12:45-2:15 2:30-3:30 *tentative and subject to change 3 YOUR GOALS AND QUESTIONS Institute Goals What do you want to get out of this institute? AP Politics Goals What are your goals as an AP government teacher? Concerns What are some of your major concerns and questions about teaching AP Politics? Content What specific content facts or topics would you most like me to address this week? 4 PLANNING First Steps 1. You’re here. That’s a great start. You’ve got all summer, don’t panic. 2. Select a textbook and read it. 3. Take the 1999 and 2002 released AP multiple choice tests (internalize the test) and look for patterns. 4. Take some old AP free response tests, read over the rubrics and scoring guidelines. 5. Befriend AP central at www.apcentral.collegeboard.com 6. Use the big AP Professional Development Book as a resource. 7. Think about what you really want and need to teach your students. 8. Plan your schedule as carefully as possible by breaking down the course into units. 9. Plan the assignments and assessments for the course. 10. Register for free on-line New York Times at www.nytimes.com and print a few articles for each unit. 11. Browse another textbook to supplement your students’ textbook. 12. Familiarize yourself with the Economist web site www.economist.com You probably don’t have time to take all of these steps, so start at the beginning and work your way down until you are out of time. It gets easier each year you teach AP GoPo. 5 COLLEGE BOARD GOALS College Board Goals Quiz Look in the AP Professional Development Book Look in the section entitled General AP Program Information Answer the following questions first! The first team to answer the questions correctly is the winner!!!! 1. What are the qualifications necessary to being an AP reader? 2. What are two official goals of the AP United States Government course? 3. How can you order AP materials for your classroom? 4. What is the AP Course Audit? 5. What are three things you could find on the AP Central website? 6. What does access and equity mean to the College Board? 7. What are some barriers to access and equity? 8. How can we lower these barriers? 6 CHANGE YOU CAN TEACH TO Traditional Contemporary Teachers choose students Students choose teachers Elite Diverse Small classes Larger classes Lecture Current Events Lecture Engagement Lecture Connection Lecture Discussion Lecture Cartoons Lecture Charts/graphs Lecture Films Lecture Internet Lecture Outside readings Lecture Journal reviews Lecture Projects Lecture Peer tutoring 7 AP LEARNING STRATEGIES Fill in the chart about appropriate learning strategies to use in an AP class. Strategy Example Percent Use Effectiveness Rank Discussions Lectures Team Work Wikis Simulations Debates Presentations Papers Projects 8 Building an AP US Politics Schedule Schedule You will need your textbook, calendar, and AP Government Course Description in the AP Professional Development Book. List how many weeks you have to cover your course. List the major topics that you plan to cover next year in order of importance. Pay attention to the course outline and the summary outline in the AP Politics guide. Topics/Units % of exam Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fit the units you plan to cover into your calendar Make a weekly outline of dates, topics and accompanying textbook chapters. Week Dates Topic Assignments Readings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 If you have more than 18 weeks, congratulations and plan accordingly This is due on Wednesday 9 YEAR LONG SCHEDULE AP GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 2008-2009 Texts Government by the People by Burns and Peltason (Prentice Hall) American Government: Readings and Cases by Peter Woll (Longman Publishers) DATES TOPIC UNIT CHAPTERS FALL TERM 8/28-8/31 Introduction I. Constitution 9/5-9/7 Constitutional Democracy 1 9/10-9/14 The Living Constitution 2 9/17-9/21 American Federalism Unit Test 3 9/24-9/28 Political Culture II. Political Culture 4 10/1-10/5 Political Culture Social Capital Project 4 10/8-10/12 Political Landscape Unit Test 5 10/15-10/19 Interest Groups III. Political Process 6 10/22-10/26 Political Parties 7 10/29-11/2 Public Opinion 8 11/6-11/9 Campaigns and Elections 9 11/13-11/16 The Media 10 11/19-11/21 Exams WINTER TERM 1/3-1/4 Congress IV. Political Institutions 11 1/7-1/11 Congress 11 1/14-1/18 Congress Unit Test 11 1/22-1/25 The Presidency Mock Elections Project 12 1/28-2/1 The Presidency 12 2/4-2/8 The Presidency Unit Test 12 2/11-2/15 The Federal Bureaucracy 13 2/18-2/22 The Judiciary 14 2/25-2/29 The Judiciary 14 3/3-3/7 The Judiciary 14 3/10-3/14 Exams SPRING TERM 3/25-3/28 First Amendment Freedoms V. Civil Rights &Liberties 15 3/31-4/4 First Amendment Freedoms Supreme Court Case Project 15 4/7-4/11 Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property 16 4/14-4/18 Equal Rights Unit Test 17 4/21-4/25 Making Policy 4/28-5/2 AP Review 5/5-5/9 AP EXAMS 5/12-5/16 AP EXAMS 5/19-5/23 Introduction to Comparative 5/26-5/29 Final Exams 10 SEMESTER SCHEDULE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS FALL 2005 SCHEDULE Text Government by the People by Burns and Peltason (Prentice Hall) WEEK DATES TOPIC CHAPTERS FIRST QUARTER 1/2 8/25-8/26 Introduction 0 1 8/29-9/2 Constitutional Democracy 1 2 9/6-9/9 The Living Constitution 2 3 9/12-9/16 American Federalism 3 4 9/19-9/23 Political Culture and Political Landscape 4 & 5 5 9/26-9/30 Interest Groups and Political Parties 6 & 7 6 10/3-10/7 Public Opinion 8 7 10/10-10/14 Campaigns and Elections 9 8 10/17-10/21 The Media 10 9 10/24-10/27 Congress 11 SECOND QUARTER 1/2 11/3-11/4 The Presidency 12 10 11/7-11/10 The Presidency 12 11 11/14-11/18 Congressional-Presidential Relations 13 12 11/21-11/23 The Judiciary 14 13 11/28-12/2 The Bureaucracy 15 14 12/5-12/9 First Amendment 16 15 12/12-12/16 Rights to Life Liberty and Property 17 16 12/19-12/22 Equal Rights Under the Law 18 17 1/2 -1/6 Economic, Social Policy & Defense Policy 19, 20 & 21 18 1/9-1/13 Midterm Exams 21 11 UNIT BUILDING These are the units we study in AP US GoPo Units I. Constitutional Underpinnings II. Political Beliefs and Behaviors III.
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