Government+(Honors)



This week we're beginning our unit on Economics!! I am so excited for you to learn all the things that make our economy work! To help prepare yourself for our first week, read up on Chapter 22, Section 1 and 2. Or, look at the first seven vocabulary words from the Unit. Don't just copy glossary definitions - you know better! Use the glossary definitions and read the paragraphs around the word in the text and create your own definition. Email me if you need help!

Your Current Event this week should be a news article about the Economy. There are a LOT of things going on about budgets all around us - the national budget, the state or local budgets, even school board budgets. You could write on economy of the United States or the economy of another country. Just write on something that interests you!

Notebooks are Due on MONDAY!! Here is a Sample of what your Table of Contents should look like. If you are missing any worksheets, let me know as soon as you can! Get notes from classmates, or ask to borrow the class copy.

Table of Contents: UNIT FIVE: 1. “The President’s Job Description” worksheet 2. Political cartoon about one of the President’s Roles 3. Presidential Succession list with names of Current Office Holders 4. Vice Presidential Duties 5. Presidential Nominations – primaries/caucuses venn diagram 6. Virginia’s Primaries information 7. Electoral College 8. Analysis of the Electoral College Process 9. “Executive Authority” narrative 10. Cornell notes from “Executive Authority” narrative  What have I learned? Essay <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">12. “The Federal Bureaucracy” fill in the blanks <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">13. Bureaucracy pyramids <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">14. Public Policy – how individuals, interest groups and media influence public policy w/ sticky notes <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">15. Bureaucracy “cake” – federal, state and local bureaucracies <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">16. Foreign Policy – isolationism and internationalism, which policy should U.S. take? paragraph <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">17. National Security – Freedom vs. Security freewrite <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">18. U.S. Role in the Global Economy – imports/exports list <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">19. Foreign Aid/Security Alliances/International Trade Initiatives/United Nations worksheet <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">20. My own country…

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0in;">UNIT SIX: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Vocabulary <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. “The National Judiciary” outline <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Judicial Philosophy t-chart – Judicial Restraint vs. Judicial Activism <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. “Structure of the Dual Court System” – left side = federal, right side = state <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">5. The Supreme Court – diagram of the process of how Supreme Court hears cases <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">6. If I were a Justice…

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0in;">UNIT SEVEN: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Class definitions – civil liberties, civil rights, due process, free exercise clause, establishment clause <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. First amendment freedoms – illustrations and what the amendment means in your own words <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. “Type of Expression/Limitation” chart worksheet <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. Equal Protection Clause – definition, Civil Rights Movement/Affirmative Action information

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">UNIT EIGHT is NOT part of the notebook check!!