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Remember four things: 1) "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." JFK 1961,
2)... Govt of the people, by the people, for the people..." Lincoln 1863,
3) "What I hear I forget, what I see I remember, what I do I understand.” Confucius 451 BCE, and 4) "Voting intelligently is the most important citizen responsibility- it is also the most important right (freedom) you have." Mr. Achs 2003.
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American Government
General Information: SyllabusPart2 (Students are required to read & review this supplimental syllabus. It contains additional information, requirements, and references. Contents of this syllabus will be presented verbally the first two days of class. This syllabus contains no due dates, students must refer to the main syllabus, and is common to all the classes I teach at West.) PortfolioSchedule (Includes class schedule and when assignments are due) The rest of the pages are inserts for the portfolio. AmGovtPacingGuide This student pacing guide and suggestions are designed for IEP/504 students to help manage the workload of this class. However, other students may find this useful. Essay Help (A good place to start to write your essay) HowToGetGoodGrades (3.4mb) HowToMakePowerPointPresentation Assignments & Handouts: Note: Some of these files are very large, "right click" and download to your PC, then open them! StudentAnalysisLP (to analyze student learning profile) StudentSurveyIntro/Student Survey Part3 WebQuest1 (extra credit) CitizenshipPart1 (extra credit) CitizenshipPart2 (extra credit) HandoutPoliticalIdeology 30pts, Use this to do the Political Survey Project (see below) HandoutTypesGovt 20pts HandoutIowaCaucus 20pts ClassReadingAssignments These are the assigned Class Readings (CR) that are online, see schedule for due dates. Also contains the what to do for CR#3, Bush at War/911 Report. HistoricalBackground 20pts (1.8mb) Class Reading #1 HistBackgroundMSWord (1.4mb) Class Reading #1 ConstitutionHandout 20pts (1.8mb) Class Reading #2 ConstHandoutMSWord (1mb) Class Reading #2 BushAtWar911Report Class Reading #3 BusWeekVoting 50pts (1.1mb) Class Reading #4 "BusWeekVotingMSWord" (2.9mb) Class Reading #4 Note: This file is too BIG, if you need this in MSWord, see Mr. Achs or go to the eDesk PoliticalSocialization 55pts (3.6mb) Class Reading #5 "PoliticalSocializationMSWord" (2.1mb) Class Reading #5 Note: This file is too BIG, if you need this in MSWord, see Mr. Achs or go to the eDesk ConstitutionInBrief Use this to study for Test#2 & Final ConstitutionInBriefMSWord Use this to study for Test#2 & Final PoliticalPartiesIssuesBeliefs Use this to study for Test#3 & Final OurNew44thPresident Extra Credit assignment (25pts) CivilRightsHandout Extra Credit assignment (30pts) (1.9mb) Projects: BookReview (End of Term Project, 200pts) PositionPaper (Alternative End of Term Project or EC Project, see Mr. Achs for details) VisitHistoricalSite (Extra Credit Project) Test Prep/Citizenship/Iowa&QC Test: "AmGovtStudyGuideTest1" "AmGovtStudyGuideTest2" "AmGovtStudyGuideTest3" CitTestStudyGuide (pdf, 1.5mb) Lecture Notes: Note: Some of files are very large, "right click" and download to your PC, then open them! Additionally, if you only view these files directly from your browser you will not see the complete slide (all the information)! You must download these lecture notes, then open and view/print. Introduction (2.2mb) WhyWeNeedEd (1.5mb) StudentLearnerProfiles (2.7mb) CitizenshipLecturePart1 (1.9mb) CitizenshipLecturePart2 (3.8mb) ExecPart3 (1.4mb) [Macro error: Can't include file "[[num]]" because it has been deleted.] (4.8mb) Judicial (1.3mb) StateLocalGovt (3.5mb) |
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