Obama Super Bowl II

Answer the following questions with your name (YOUR NAME) clearly added to the post:

Analysis:

1. What strategy did Obama announce?

2. What was his argument and was he convincing? How so?

Opinion:

3. Where do you stand on the Afghanistan war?

4. Did Obama change your mind in regards to the war?

5. Give the speech a grade and explain the grade.

This assignment is worth 25 quiz points (:O :O) .

Presidency PPT Notes

Reading Quiz Postponed

Quiz will now be on MONDAY, November 23rd. Page numbers may be invalid. Use your AP Bellaire student brains and look at the table of contents ;) .

Reading Quiz Friday Nov. 20th

Readings to be done by Friday:

Woll Reader pages 261-269, 310-314

Richard Neustadt, Presidential Power

Clinton Rossiter, The Presidency

Peter Woll, Constitutional Democracy and Bureaucratic Power

Presidency Unit

The goal is to take the test by Tuesday November the 24th. Im hoping to be done before then and will go ahead and start on the last two major topics we will have to talk about:

-Elections/Voting

-The Judiciary

Only homework assignment so far for the Presidency is a Current Event due by November 20th.

Again, current event due November 20th!

BLAME HISD AND GRADESPEED

THE REVIEW POWERPOINT FOR CONGRESS

Party Platforms Assignment-Due Monday 10/26

Pick an issue that you care about and in two paragraphs explain the stance of the Democrat party platform and the Republican party platform. Here's a link to each of the 2008 platforms. Note, some of the issues we've talked about in class may not be in the platform so be prepared to switch issues.

Republican Platform

Democratic Platform

This assignment is due Monday 10/26 and is worth Daily points.

HW for Linkage Institutions

The following are due on these dates:

Friday 10/15-Quiz on pg. 12 and 13 of your packet. I recommend highlighting and taking notes from the pages

Monday 10/18-Complete pg. 18 of your packet INDEPENDENTLY. Actually putting your brain through the process of answering these questions is important for the AP exam.

Friday 10/22-Complete a current event paragraph dealing with Linkage Institutions. Must relate, use 5 vocabulary terms, and share your opinion.

Court Cases for Test CR and CL Test

Cases are in chronological order WITHIN categories. Make sure you understand the chronology and the meaning of the case. Chunk them together to remember them.

Basics

Marbury v. Madison

Mccullough v. Maryland

Gibbons v. Ogden

Selective Incorporation

Barron v. Baltimore

Gitlow v. NY-Free Speech

Free Speech

WV v. Barnette

Clear and Present Danger

Schenk v. US

Obscenity

Roth v. US

Miller v. California

Reno v. ACLU

Prior Restraint

Near v. Minnesota

NY Times v. US

Hazelwood SD v. Kuhlmeier

Slander/Libel

NY Times v. Sullivan

Symbolic Speech

Skokie v. NAZI's (and assembly)

Tinker v. Des Moines

US v. Obrien

Texas v. Johnson

Establishment Clause

Engel v. Vitale

Lemon v. Kurtzman

Wallace v. Jaffree

Welsh v. US

Lee v. Weisman

Sante Fe ISD v. Doe

Elk Grove v. Newdow

Free Exercise Clause

Wisconsin v. Yoder

City of Boerne v. Flores

Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith

Search and Seizure

Exclusionary Rule

Weeks v. US

Wolf v. Colorado

Mapp v. Ohio-Incorporation

Terry v. Ohio

Leon v. US

5th Amendment-Self Incrimination

Miranda v. Arizone

6th Amendment-Right to Counsel

Gideon v. Wainwright

Escobedo v. Illinois

8th Amendment-Death Penalty

Furman v. Georgia

Gregg v. Georgia

Roper v. Simmons

Right to Privacy

Griswold v. Connecticutt

Roe v. Wade

Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

14th Amendment

Race History

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Plesey v. Ferguson

Brown v. Board of Education

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US

Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools

Race

Shaw v. Reno

Gender

Reed v. Reed

Craig v. Boren

GLBT

Bowers v. Hardwick

Lawrence v. Texas

Internment

Korematsu v. US

Disabilities

PGA Tour v. Martin

Age

Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia

Affirmative Action

Regents of UC v. Bakke

Aderand Contractors v. Pena

Gratz v. Bollinger

Civil Rights and Liberties Assignment-Due Friday October. 9th

Daily Grade-Worth 40 Points

Every unit we will have a homework assignment where we will make linkages between the unit we are covering and current events.

Our current unit is on civil rights and civil liberties

What to do:

1. Pick and read a current event relating to this unit.

2. Type up a response to the event that BRIEFLY (5 sentences max): explains how the article relates to this unit, uses at least five terms or court cases from the current unit and explains your opinion on the issue.

3. Print the response and the article, staple the article to the back and turn it in by Wednesday September 23rd.

Federalism Test

Monday-Federalism Essay worth 30 test points! Be ready! We will have a review for the first half of class so BRING YOUR QUESTIONS.

Tuesday-100 point Multiple Choice Test, whole period.

Wednesday-Start Civil Rights and Liberties!

Thursday- (Issues and Parties Day I'm thinking)

Friday-I'm gone to the SC so be good to the substitute

Federalism Assignment-Due Wednesday Sept. 23rd

Daily Grade-Worth 40 Points

Every unit we will have a homework assignment where we will make linkages between the unit we are covering and current events.

Our current unit is on federalism and the balance of power between the state and federal government.

What to do:

1. Pick and read a current event relating to federalism.

2. Type up a response to the event that BRIEFLY (5 sentences max): explains how the article relates to federalism, uses at least five terms from the current unit and explains your opinion on the issue.

3. Print the response and the article, staple the article to the back and turn it in by Wednesday September 23rd.

Obama super bowl response - Grade the speech and in a paragraph explain your grade-A-F

Week 3 Plans and Homework

Tuesday: In-class Essay Prep/Ask questions before the test

Wednesday: Unit One Test

Hw: Watch the Obama Super Bowl at 8 on all channels. Be ready to talk about who you think won and lost

Thursday: Discuss Super Bowl. Three potential essay topics will be given out.

Friday: In-Class Essay for a grade.

Week 2 Homework

By Wednesday:

In up to five sentences, pick a recent decision by the government. Explain what the decision dealt with, what the decision was, and which theory of democracy it applies to. MAXIMUM FIVE SENTENCES.

By Thursday:

-Read Federalist #10

-Read Federalist #51

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