AP Gov & Economics Feb.

2014
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UNIT 5: Congress
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due Tutoring: 3:30-5 HW: Notes Ch. 12 (333- 341) 4 5 (laptops) - Gerrymandering and redistricting 6

- Art. I annotations - A Day in the Life of a Congress member - learner.org videos

HW: Notes Ch. 12 (341-352), Metacog from unit exam 7 (APES and AP BIO field trip) - Ch. 12 and Additional Key Terms Project due - www.cagw.org (laptops) - www.maplight.org (laptops) - West Wing: Stackhouse Filibuster HW: Ch. 12 Study Guide, Ch. 12 Quia 13 <3 Day 14 Unit 6: Executive Branch - Annotate, discuss, and FRQ for College Board article HW: Annotate and FRQ for College Board article, Annotate Crash Course or 5 Steps on Executive, Ch. 13 Study Guide 15 3-day wknd 8

- Metacog due (MC+FRQ) - Im Just a Bill song - Sell me a house! brochure/pitch work time - Key Terms Work time (laptops)
HW: Notes Ch. 12 (352-360), Annotate Crash Course or 5 Steps on Congress 9 10 11

HW: Ch. 12 Study Guide, Ch. 12 + Additional Key Terms Project 12 Begin Unit 6: Executive Branch

Tutoring: 3:30-5

- Sell me a house! brochure/pitch

- Ch. 12 Congress Study Guide and Portfolio due

- Art. II annotations

- Mandate: The President and the People HW: Notes Ch. 13 (381-399).

Tutoring: 3:30-5

HW: Notes Ch. 13 (365-380).

Defining & Connecting or Concept Mapping Key Terms Instructions: For the Congress Key Terms (including the additional terms), you must either connect corresponding terms together into smaller themed lists or create a concept map for the chapter. (i.e. I would connect Committee Chairs, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, Whips, and President Pro Tempore because they are all leadership positions in Congress.) Ch. 12 Key Terms - Congress

(Congressional) Caucus: Bicameral legislature: Bill: Casework: Committee chairs: Conference committee: Filibuster: House Rules Committee: Incumbents Joint committee: Legislative oversight: Majority leader: Minority leader: Pork barrel: Select committee: Seniority System: Speaker of the House: Standing committees: Whips: Additional Key Terms Congress Baker v. Carr: Cloture: Commerce Clause: Congressional caucus: Constituents: Cracking (in gerrymandering): Credit claiming: Delegate model (theory of cong. representation): Elastic Clause: Franking privilege:

Gerrymandering: Impeachment: Incumbency effect: Legislative immunity: Legislative veto: New Jersey Plan: Packing (in gerrymandering): President Pro Tempore: Reapportionment: Redistricting: Revolving door: Senatorial courtesy: Seventeenth Amendment: Trustee model (theory of cong. representation): Virginia Plan: Wesberry v. Sanders: