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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 1st/4th 6-WKS UNIT 1: Foundations of American Government (1 – 2) (3 – 4) Chapter 1: Principles of Government Chapter 2: Origins of American Government Chapter 3: The Constitution Chapter 4: Federalism UNIT 2: Political Behavior: Government By The People (5 – 7) Chapter 5: Political Parties Chapter 6: Voters and Voter Behavior Chapter 7: The Electoral Process 2nd/5th 6-wks UNIT 2: CONT. (8 -9) Chapter 8: Mass Media and Public Opinion Chapter 9: Interest Groups UNIT 3: The Legislative Branch (10 – 12) Chapter 10: Congress Chapter 11: Powers of Congress Chapter 12: Congress in Action Movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" UNIT 4: The Executive (13 – 17) Chapter 13: The Presidency Chapter 14: the Presidency in Action TEST will follow completion of Chapter 17 3rd/6th 6-wks UNIT 4: The Executive; Cont. (13 – 17) Chapter 15: Government at Work: The Bureaucracy Chapter 16: Financing Government Chapter 17: Foreign Policy and National Defense UNIT 5: The Judicial Branch (18 ONLY) Chapter 18: The Federal Court System Movie: "12 Angry Men" UNIT 6: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (19 – 21) Chapter 19: Civil Liberties: First Amendment Freedoms Chapter 20: Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights Chapter 21: Civil Rights: Equal Justice Under Law UNIT 7: Comparative political, economic systems and Texas State government Chapters 22, 23, 24 Overview of Comparative Political and Economic systems Texas Government (comparisons made throughout the study) FINAL EXAM is comprehensive (covers all material in semester))) ****************************************************************************** TO REGISTER FOR THE AP EXAMS, SEE THE NEWSFLASH SECTION AP GOVERNMENT AP EXAM MAY 15, 2012 8:00 AM TEXT: Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy: Edwards, Wattenburg and Lineberry Supplemental: American Government: Readings and Cases: Peter Woll Internet: Library of Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov UNIT 1 – INTRODUCING GOV’T IN AMERICA Intro to Government; Government in America: Chapter 1 Woll: John Locke: Second Treatise of Civil Government, page 4 UNIT 2 – CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS Readings: Government in America: Chapters 2, 3 Woll: Federalist 47, 48, 51, page 41 Federalist 39, page 55 Roche: The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action, p.10 Beard: Framing the Constitution, page 31 Grodzins: The Federal System, page 74 UNIT 3 – POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: Ideology, Parties & Interest Groups Readings: Government in America Chapters 6, 8, 11 Woll: Federalist 10 page 164 Truman: The Governmental Process, page 246 Lowi: The End of Liberalism, page 252 V.O. Key: The Responsible Electorate, page 214 UNIT 4 – CAMPAIGN, ELECTIONS, AND THE MEDIA Readings: Government in America Chap. 9, 10, 7 Woll: Berelson, Democratic Practice and Democratic Theory, pg 207 Sabato: The Misplaced Obsession with PACs, page 260 Senator Mitch McConnell, et al v. Federal Election Commission pg UNIT 5 – CONGRESS Readings: Government in America Chapter 12 Woll: Federalist 53, 56, 58, 62 & 63, page 343 Polsby, Congress Bashing for Beginners, page 390 Cook, Media Power and Congressional Power, page 372 UNIT 6 – THE PRESIDENT, THE BUDGET AND THE BUREAUCRACY Readings: Government in America Chapters 13, 14, & 15 Woll: Federalist 70, page 272 Neustadt, Presidential Power, page 280 Wilson, The Rise of the Bureaucratic State, page 334 Barber, The Presidential Character page 288 United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. page 303 UNIT 7 – THE JUDICIARY Readings: Government in America Chap. 16 Woll: Federalist 78, page 409 Brennen, How the Supreme Court Arrives at a Decision, page 428 Roche, Judicial Self-Restraint, page 418 UNIT 8– CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS Readings: Government in America Chapters 4 & 5 The Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment UNIT 9 – THE MAKING OF POLICY Readings: Government in America: Chapters 17, 18, 19, & 20 Presidential Powers: Foreign Policy (handout) Constitution: Art 1: Sec 8; Art 2: Sec2 The list of reading requirements for each unit is ¬not absolute. Some readings may be omitted and others added during the semester. The days are the appropriate number of class days that we will spend on each unit. ****************************************************************************** AP MACROECONOMICS AP EXAM: MAY 17, 2012 8:00 AM (Based on College Board outline) Unit 1 Foundations Thinking like an Economist Chapters 1 – 4 Scarcity (choice, opportunity cost) Production possibilities curve Comparative advantage Market Interaction (supply and demand) AP EXAM 8 – 12% Unit 2 Measuring Economic Performance Chapters 23, 24, 28 Circular Flow Gross Domestic Product: Components/Real vs. Nominal Inflation Indices / Nominal and Real / Costs of Inflation Types of Inflation (Demand-pull, Cost-push) Unemployment Definition/measurement: Types /Natural Rate AP EXAM 12 – 16% Unit 3 Economic Growth Chapter 25 Investment in Capital (human and physical) Research and development, technology Growth policy AP EXAM 5 – 10% Unit 4 Financial Sector Chapter Money, banking, financial markets Definition of financial assets / Time value of money Measurements of money supply Creation of money by banks Money demand and market (Chapter 34) Loanable funds market Central bank and control of the money supply Tools / Quantity theory of money Real vs. Nominal Interest Rates AP EXAM 15 – 20% Unit 5 International Trade Chapters 9, 31, 32 Balance of Payments Foreign exchange market Exchange rate determination /appreciation vs. depreciation Net exports and capital flow Links to financial and goods markets AP EXAM 10 – 15% Unit 6 Short-Run Economic Fluctuations Chapters 33, 34, 35 Aggregate Demand Determinants / Multiplier and crowding out Aggregate Supply Short-Run and long-run Sticky vs. Flexible prices and wages / Determinates Macroeconomic equilibrium Real output and price level / Short and long run Actual vs. Full Employment Output 10 -15% Fiscal and Monetary Policies 20-30% Demand-side policy / Supply-side policy Government deficit and debt (chapter 26) Phillip’s curve: short and long run Role of expectation Review and Practice AP Macroeconomics Exams
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