Leagans AP Government
Monday, December 9, 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Congress Review Sheet
Terms
Bicameralism
Incumbents
Reapportionment
Redistricting
Census
Gerrymandering
Congressional
whip
17th
Amendment
Pigeonhole
Discharge
petition
Mark-ups
Filibuster
Cloture
Presidential
Override
Pocket
Veto
Logrolling
Reciprocity
Earmarks
Pork
Barrel Spending
Germane
Requirements
Legislative
Riders
Caucus
CBO
Wesbury
v. Sanders
Shaw
v. Reno
Revenue
Expenditure
Debt
Deficit
Surplus
Fiscal
Policy
Monetary
Policy
Entitlements
Franking
Privilege
Concepts
- Understand how a bill
becomes a law.
- Understand the
election requirements for a Congressman.
- Understand how rules
are different between the House and the Senate.
- Understand which
Committees are important in each house.
- Understand the
advantages of incumbent Congressmen.
- Understand all the
leadership roles and their different powers.
- Understand the
processes and functions of a committee.
- Understand the
differences between the four types of committees.
- Understand all the
advantages the majority party holds.
- Understand and
explain why iron triangles are considered subgovernments.
- What are the major
components of the federal budgets revenues and expenditures?
- Understand and
explain the budget approval process.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Campaign Project
(100 pt. available)
Option 1: MAIN OPTION
You will select a candidate from a competitive Senate (or
House race if you so choose) race. You
will research on your own campaigns (or ask me for one) and get approval from
me for a specific candidate and campaign.
10% of all projects will come from correctly “picking”
elections. 5% for correctly picking the
presidential election and 5% for getting your campaign right.
Included in the presentation will be the following:
10% Biographical Information
30% Significant Policy Proposals/ Legislative Record
20% Major Donors and Interest Group Support
20% Polling Data through mid-October
10% Bibliography
Normally I’ve given resources but honestly, we’re in the age
of google. Find, cite and list all
sources in a bibliography at the end of your powerpoint.
Option two:
Pick a campaign/candidate (even Presidential). Create an ad that is 30-60 seconds long. Ad can either be positive or negative, must
have factual information included and involve some policy. Production values will be the deciding factor
in the grade (music, video quality, effective message).
Option 3-
If you have an idea for an alternative presentation
(Powerpoint) on some governmental topic I am open to different suggestions and
will work with you individually upon request to outline a rubric for your idea. Projects of interest would be ones that give
insight into issues that facts are very murky.
Campaign back and forth
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