Monomoy Regional High School

Advanced Placement United States Government Curriculum

John Dickson
Long-Block Adapted Lesson Sequence
2014-2015

Unit One: Political Philosophy 7 Classes
Lesson Homework
1 Intro; Syllabus; Classroom Policies; 1984 Review; W/H/L Preview Wolff, Hobbes, Locke
2 Wolff Review; Hobbes Review; Locke Review; Smith/Marx
Preview
Smith/Marx
3 Smith/Marx Review; Chimpanzees; Chapter 1 Preview Chapter 1
4 Chapter 1 Quiz/Review Types of Govts; Thoreau; Essay Writing Essay Outline
5 Essay Outline One on Ones; Test Review sheets Essay
6 Essay Sharing; Test Review Study
7 TEST; Citizenship Project Citizenship Project

Unit Two: The Constitution 8 classes

1 Unit Overview; Read The Constitution; Preamble; Chapter 2
Preview
Chapter 2
2 Chapter 2 Quiz/Review; Constitution Review and example
cases; Federalist Papers Preview
Federalist Papers
3 Federalist 10,51 Review; Framing the Constitution PPT; Anti-
federalist/Brown Preview
Anti-federalist; Brown, Shays
Rebellion
4 Anti-federalist/Brown Review; Massachusetts Ratification
Convention; Chapter 3 Preview
Chapter 3
5 Chapter 3 Quiz/Review; Massachusetts Ratification Convention;
Essay Assignment
Essay
6 Essay Sharing; Example Supreme Court Cases; Chapter 4
Preview
Chapter 4
7 Chapter 4 Quiz/Review; de Tocqueville; Test Review Study
8 TEST; Citizenship Project Citizenship Project

Unit Three: Political Participation 10 classes
Lesson Homework
1 Unit Preview; Citizenship Project; Man With A Plan video; Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Preview
2 Chapter 7 Quiz/Review; Ideology Exercise; Major Party
Platforms; Candidate Debates; Elections and Parties Project;
Chapter 8 Preview
Chapter 8
3 Chapter 8 Quiz/Review; Elections and Parties Project; Article on
Voting Preview
Chapter 9
4 Chapter 9 Quiz/Review; Elections and Parties Project
Presentations; Exit Polls; Survey Overview
Political Surveys
5 Survey Data Input; Exit Poll Analysis; Chapter 10 Preview Chapter 10
6 Chapter 10 Quiz/Review; Voter Registration; Citizenship
Project; Lanahan Readings Preview
Lanahan Readings
7 Lanahan Readings Review; Survey Analysis; Citizenship Project
Essay Assignment
Essay
8 Essay Sharing; Media Project/Discussion; Chapter 11 Preview Chapter 11
9 Chapter 11 Quiz/Review; Test Review Study
10 TEST; Citizenship Project Citizenship Project
Notes Break up review notes go over as part of chapter reviews
Unit Four: Congress 8 classes
Lesson Homework
1 Unit Overview; Mr. Smith Goes To Washington video; Chapter
13 Part 1 Preview
Chapter 13 Part 1
2 Chapter 13 Part 1 Quiz/Review; Mr. Smith finish; How a Bill
Becomes a Law overview; Im Just a Bill; Model Congress
Exercise Intro; Lanahan Articles Part 1Preview
Lanahan Articles Part 1
3 Lanahan Articles Part 1Review; Model Congress Exercise;
Chapter 13 Part 2 Preview
Chapter 13 Part 2
4 Chapter 13 Part 2 Quiz/Review; Model Congress Exercise
finish; Lanahan Articles Part 2 Preview
Lanahan Articles Part 2
5 Lanahan Articles Part 2 Review; Powers of Congress; Heart of
Atlanta v. U.S. Oral Arguments; Mann/Ornstein Reading
Preview
Mann/Ornstein Reading
6 Chapter 12 Review; Is Congress Broken?; Essay Assignment Essay
7 Essay Sharing; Test Review Study
8 TEST; Citizenship Project Citizenship Project

Unit Five: Executive Branch 8 classes
Lesson Homework
1 Unit Overview; Comparing Presidents; Hail to the Chief Video;
Lanahan Readings Exec Branch Part 1 Preview
Lanahan Readings Exec Branch
Part 1
2 Lanahan Readings Exec Branch Part 1 Review; Hail to the Chief
Video; Presidential Grades; Chapter 14 Preview
Chapter 14
3 Chapter 14 Review/Quiz; State of the Union; Presidential Crisis
Exercise; Lanahan Readings Exec Branch Part 2 Preview
Lanahan Readings Exec Branch
Part 2
4 Lanahan Readings Exec Branch Part 2 Review; Presidential Crisis
Exercise; Executive Chapter 15 Preview
Chapter 15
5 Chapter 15 Review/Quiz; Congress v. President; Research a
President; Lanahan Readings Bureaucracy Preview
Lanahan Readings Bureaucracy
6 Lanahan Readings Bureaucracy Review; Research a President;
Essay Assignment
Essay
7 Essay Sharing; Test Review Study
8 TEST; Citizenship Project Citizenship Project

Unit Six: The Judiciary/Civil Liberties/Civil Rights 10 classes
Lesson Homework
1 Unit Overview; Intro Cases Texas v. Johnson, NJ v. TLO;
Lanahan Judiciary Readings Part 1 Preview
Lanahan Judiciary Readings Part
1
2 Lanahan Judiciary Readings Part 1 Review; Moot Court
Exercise; Chapter 16 Preview
Chapter 16
3 Chapter 16 Review/Quiz; Moot Court Exercise presentations;
Lanahan Judiciary Readings Part 2 Preview
Lanahan Judiciary Readings Part
2
4 Lanahan Judiciary Readings Part 2 Review; Moot Court Exercise
Landmark Cases; Essay Assignment
Essay
5 Essay Sharing; Oral Arguments Terry v. Ohio; Lanahan Civil
Liberties Readings Preview
Lanahan Civil Liberties Readings;
Supreme Court Case Summaries
6 Lanahan Civil Liberties Readings Review; Police Actions and Civil
Liberties; Chapter 5 Preview
Chapter 5
7 Chapter 5 Review/Quiz; Eyes on the Prize; Lanahan Civil Rights
Readings Preview
Lanahan Civil Rights Readings
8 Lanahan Civil Rights Readings Review; Eyes on the Prize;
Chapter 6 Preview
Chapter 6
9 Chapter 6 Review/Quiz; Test Review Study
10 TEST; Citizenship Project Citizenship Project

Unit Seven: Policy Unit Part 1 6 classes
Lesson Homework
Unit Overview; Policy Project; Chapter 17 Preview Chapter 17
Chapter 17 Review/Quiz; Policy Project; Chapter 18 Preview Chapter 18
Chapter 18 Review/Quiz; Policy Project; Chapter 19 Preview Chapter 19
Chapter 19 Review/Quiz; Policy Project Presentations; Essay
Assignment
Essay
Policy Project Presentations; Test Review Study
TEST; Citizenship Project Citizenship Project

Unit Eight: Policy Unit Part 2 5 classes
Lesson Homework
1 Unit Overview; Policy Project Presentations; Lanahan Policy
Readings Preview
Lanahan Policy Readings
2 Lanahan Policy Readings Review; Policy Project Presentations;
Chapter 20 Preview
Chapter 20
3 Chapter 20 Review/Quiz; Policy Project Presentations; Chapter
21 Preview
Chapter 21
4 Chapter 21 Review/Quiz; Test Review Study
5 TEST; Assign Review Packets Review Packets

Unit Nine: A.P. Exam Review 7 classes
Lesson Homework
1 MC Quiz; Review Packets Review Packets
2 FR TEST; Review Packets Review Packets
3 MC TEST; Review Packets Review Packets
4 Exam Review Study
5 FINAL EXAM Study
6 Final Exam Grading; Final Review Study
7 AP EXAM Citizenship Project

Unit Ten: Post-Exam Class Project 6 classes
Lesson Homework
1 Exam Review; Citizenship Project Sharing; Citizenship Project
Essay Assignment
Citizenship Project Essay
2 Citizenship Project Sharing; Post-Exam Class Project Citizenship Project Essay
3 Citizenship Project Sharing; Post-Exam Class Project
4 Post-Exam Class Project
5 Post-Exam Class Project
6 Post-Exam Class Project