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    • Period 1/1491-1607/Ch. 1
    • Period 2/1607-1754/Ch. 2-3
    • Period 3/1754-1800/Ch. 4-6
    • Period 4/1800-1848/Ch. 7-12
    • Period 5/1844-1877/Ch. 13-15
    • Period 6/1865-1898/Ch. 16-18
    • Period 7/1890-1945/Ch. 19-26
    • Period 8/1945-1980/Ch. 27-30
    • Period 9/1980-Present/Ch. 31-32
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    • Fall Semester >
      • Unit 1/Constitutional Underpinnings/Ch. 2-3
      • Unit 2/Political Behavior and Socialization/Ch. 6 and 8
      • Unit 3/Elections, Interest Groups and Media/Ch. 9, 10 and 11
      • Unit 4/Congress/Ch. 12
      • Unit 5/Presidency and the Bureaucracy/Ch. 13 and 15
      • Unit 6/Public Policy/Ch. 17, 18 and 20
      • Units 7 and 8/ Civil Rights/Liberties and the Judiciary/Ch. 4, 5 and 16
    • Spring Semester >
      • Unit 1/Constitutional Underpinnings/Ch. 2-3
      • Unit 2/Political Behavior and Socialization/Ch. 6 and 8
      • Unit 3/Elections, Interest Groups and Media/Ch. 9, 10 and 11
      • Unit 4/Congress/Ch. 12
      • Unit 5/Presidency and the Bureaucracy/Ch. 13 and 15
      • Unit 6/Public Policy/Ch. 17, 18 and 20
      • Units 7 and 8/ Civil Rights/Liberties and the Judiciary/Ch. 4, 5 and 16
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The Courts, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Civil Rights and Liberties booklet (Ch. 4-5)
File Size: 32 kb
File Type: docx
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The Courts booklet (Ch. 16)
File Size: 150 kb
File Type: docx
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Unit 7/8 Test Review
File Size: 90 kb
File Type: pdf
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Week of April 13
Monday - Foreign Policy discussion

Tuesday - Search and Seizure scenarios and discussion

Wednesday - Establishment Clause cases; the Indiana Religious Restoration law


Thursday - Civil Liberties and Public Policy notes


Friday - You may work on your supplemental reading, which is due on Sunday, or you may work on the assignment below, which is due on Monday. Yes, I will be taking this up for a grade.

Major civil liberties/rights cases: Open and complete the chart to the right. You may do this on paper or digitally.
To find the cases, go to Google and search for "(case name) oyez"; the first hit should take you to the correct page.
Search and Seizure
File Size: 253 kb
File Type: pdf
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Important Civil Rights Cases
File Size: 14 kb
File Type: docx
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Week of April 20
Monday: 

Tuesday: 

Wednesday: Unit 7-8 Kahoot

Thursday: Ch. 4-5 Skyward and FRQ

Friday: TEST Unit 7-8

Week of April 27
Monday - APGOV Review: Top 20 Topics (1-3)

Tuesday - Practice Test 
YES, you need to make this up if you were absent, it is a grade

Wednesday - 

Thursday - AP Review session

Friday - AP Review session
APGOV checkpoint
File Size: 600 kb
File Type: pdf
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Week of May 4
Monday - Top 20 Topics (4-8)


Tuesday - Exam review

Wednesday - Exam review

Thursday - FRQ student samples

Friday - Kahoot review 1

Week of May 11
Monday - Kahoot review 2

Tuesday - AP exam

Wednesday - Begin Recount
* 2000 election Google Form due by Friday 11:59PM

Thursday - Continue Recount

Friday - Finish Recount, Don't forget about your Google Form from Wednesday

Week of May 18
Monday - Debate topics assigned......if you are here :)


Tuesday -  Debate topics assigned for anyone absent Monday, begin topic research

Wednesday - Finish topic research

Thursday - Debate

Friday - 

Week of May 25
Monday - Memorial Day NO SCHOOL

Tuesday - Wag the Dog

Wednesday - Wag the Dog

Thursday - Wag the Dog

Friday - Senior Scram!

Week of June 1
Monday - Exams

Tuesday - Exams

Wednesday - Exams

Thursday - Exams

Friday - GRADUATION! WOO HOO!
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