A.P. Government: Notes & Assignments

        The following is an overview of our units of study.  Please note the readings and the times by which you should have completed them.  Later, hyperlinks will be included taking you to more detailed information about each unit.
Topic/ Chapters             Date                Readings                   Test 
Constitutional Principles--
Chs 1 - 3
August 16 - Sept. 2 Ch.1: by 8/20
Ch.2: by 8/26
Ch.3: by 9/1
Federalist 10 (by 8/23),16,17 
    (as assigned)
September 3rd (F)
"Political Culture & Landscape"--
   Chs 7 & 8
September 7 - 9 Ch. 8: by 9/8*
Ch. 7: by 9/9*
Include on next test
Interest Groups, Political Parties, Public Opinion, Campaigns, the Media--
    Chs 9-13
September 10 - 28 Ch. 9: by 9/13
Ch.10: by 9/15
Ch.11: by 9/17
Ch.12: by 9/21
Ch.13: by 9/27
"Governmental Process", "Two-Party System", Elections articles (as assigned)
September 29 (W)
Congress--
    Chapter 14
Sept. 30 - Oct. 13 Federalist 53,56,57,58 (by 10/1)
Chapter (as assigned)
October 14 (TH)
The President--
    Chapter 15
Oct. 18 - Nov. 3 Federalist 70 (by 10/18) November 4 (W)
Judicial Branch & Civil Rights--
    Chs 16, 4, 5, 
    & 6
Nov. 4 - 22 Federalist 78 (by 11/4)
Chapters (as assigned)
Supreme Court cases
     (as assigned)
November 23 (T)
The Bureaucracy--
     Chapter 17
Nov. 29 - Dec. 3 "Rise of the Bureaucratic State"    (by 11/29)
Chapter (as assigned)
Included on Final Exam
Making Federal Policy--
    Chs 18 -21
Dec. 6,7,8 Chapters (as needed) Presentations 
12/ 9 & 10
Dec. 13 - 17: Final Exam Week

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