Lesson on Friday, April 27, 2018

Aim: How does constitutional authority over foreign policy differ between the executive and legislative branches?  

Bell Ringer: Current Events - CNN 10 (10 min)

Objectives:

19.1 Compare the constitutional authority over foreign policy granted to the executive branch with that of the legislative branch. 

19.2 Identify the executive branch agencies that formulate foreign policy and describe the principal functions of each.


Agenda:

1. Finish grading FRQ (10 min) 

19.1

Lecture Launcher: What is the relationship between most presidents and the State Department? What should the relationship look like?

2. Foreign policy intercourse between the Senate and the Executive Branch:

Congress shall 1. give advice and consent to treaties made by the president. 2. give advice and consent to the appointment of ambassadors and various other public officials involved in foreign policy. 

*The Senate can break treaties or reject treaties made by the president. 

*Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations. Who won? 

*War Powers Resolution (1973)

19.2

The Department of State, The Department of Defense, The National Security Council, The Intelligence Community, 

3. Journal 127 - What are the different roles played by the various foreign-policy bureaucracies? 

4. Journal 128 - What are the obstacles faced in having so many bureaucracies involved in foreign policy making?

5. AP GOV Foreign Policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMhIQNkO_Y0 (10 min)

Terms to know: executive agreement, proclamation, Intelligence Community, isolationism, containment, NATO, nation building, Nixon Doctrine, detente, peace through strength, enlargement and engagement, preemptive action, sovereign wealth funds, comparative advantage, fair trade, protectionists. (16)

*note: The 'previous chapter review' section of this final vocabulary quiz will consist of the two most important terms of each chapter between chapters 7 and 15, WITH a word bank (18, 2 from each chapter) = 34 terms. 

*Chapter 19 Vocabulary Quiz: Monday, April 30, 2018 / NO MAKE-UP; IF YOU'RE ABSENT, YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO. 


Home Learning: 

1. Read 19.3, 19.4, and 19.5

2. Journal 129 - How might we distinguish between foreign policy and global policy? (19.3)

3. Journal 130 - Why has the United States backed away from international climate treaties? (19.4)

4. Journal 131 - In evaluating the two models of democracy, majoritarianism and pluralism, which better fits foreign policy making in the United States? (19.5)

Lesson on Thursday, April 26, 2018

Aim: How is poverty defined and what is the evolution of public assistance programs designed to address poverty? 

Bell Ringer: Current Events - CNN 10

Objectives:

18.6 Describe the role of the federal government in shaping education policy at the state and local government levels. 

18.7 Assess alternative policies for addressing illegal immigration into the United States. 

18.8 Explain how about the issue of fairness shapes perspectives on government benefits. 

Agenda:

1. Grade Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz

2. Chapter 1: How to Approach Multiple Choice Questions

3. Finish grading FRQs


Home Learning: 

1. Catch up on reading your designated chapters of the AP Gov & Politics Review Book

2. Read 19.1 and 19.2

3. Journal 127 - What are the different roles played by the various foreign-policy bureaucracies? 

4. Journal 128 - What are the obstacles faced in having so many bureaucracies involved in foreign policy making?

Lesson on Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Aim: How is poverty defined and what is the evolution of public assistance programs designed to address poverty? 

Bell Ringer: Finish reviewing multiple choice questions (15 min)

Objectives:

18.6 Describe the role of the federal government in shaping education policy at the state and local government levels. 

18.7 Assess alternative policies for addressing illegal immigration into the United States. 

18.8 Explain how about the issue of fairness shapes perspectives on government benefits. 
Agenda:

Elementary and Secondary Education

1. Evolution of ESEA of 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89BQWzKY-wA (5 min)

2. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0WUqNO0qo4 (4 min)

3. Review Journal 125 - What was the main feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and why has it been controversial? (18.6)

Benefits and Fairness

4. Journal 126 - Contrast means-tested and non-means tested benefits. (18.8)

5. Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz


Terms to know: distributive policies, redistributional policies, regulation, agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation, policy evaluation, feedback, fragmentation, issue network, welfare state, social welfare programs, Great Depression, New Deal, Great Society, War on Poverty, social insurance, entitlements, Social Security, Social Security Act, public assistance, poverty level, feminization of poverty, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicare, Medicaid, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, means-tested benefits, non-means-tested benefits.

note: in the Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz, you will be asked to list the four steps of the Policymaking Process (listed above in the correct order and in bold) all as the answer to one question. You must list them in the correct order in order to get the answer correct. 


Home Learning: 

1. Catch up on reading your designated chapters of the AP Gov & Politics Review Book

2-4 due on Friday

2. Read 19.1 and 19.2

3. Journal 127 - What are the different roles played by the various foreign-policy bureaucracies? 

4. Journal 128 - What are the obstacles faced in having so many bureaucracies involved in foreign policy making? 


Enrichment: 

1. ESEA & No Child Left Behind Act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co1G-t_C8qk (7 min)

2. ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWQGmU-J80Q (4 min)

Lesson on Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Aim: How is poverty defined and what is the evolution of public assistance programs designed to address poverty? 

Bell Ringer: SOCIAL INSURANCE ASSIGNMENT (present and collect)

Objectives:

18.3 Describe the origins and evolution of Social Security as well as the funding and benefit issues facing the program. 

18.4 Explain how poverty is defined and trace the evolution of public assistance programs designed to address it.

18.5 Differentiate among Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and explain how each program addresses the issues of health-care delivery. 

Agenda:

1. Review multiple choice questions

2. Grade FRQs  questions 1 and 2 (rest of class)

Terms to know: distributive policies, redistributional policies, regulation, agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation, policy evaluation, feedback, fragmentation, issue network, welfare state, social welfare programs, Great Depression, New Deal, Great Society, War on Poverty, social insurance, entitlements, Social Security, Social Security Act, public assistance, poverty level, feminization of poverty, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicare, Medicaid, 

note: in the Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz, you will be asked to list the four steps of the Policymaking Process (listed above in the correct order and in bold) all as the answer to one question. You must list them in the correct order in order to get the answer correct. 




Home Learning: 

1. Read 18.6 - 18.8

2. Journal 125 - What was the main feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and why has it been controversial? (18.6)

3. Journal 126 - Contrast means-tested and non-means tested benefits. (18.8)

1-3 are due on tomorrow, April 25, 2018; tomorrow we will grade our FRQs. 

Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz: tomorrow, April 25, 2018

Lesson on Monday, April 23, 2018

Aim: How is poverty defined and what is the evolution of public assistance programs designed to address poverty? 

Bell Ringer: Should the federal government confer benefits on individuals through social insurance and public assistance? Why or why not? What might happen if such benefits were not distributed? Let's discuss.

Objectives:

18.3 Describe the origins and evolution of Social Security as well as the funding and benefit issues facing the program. 

18.4 Explain how poverty is defined and trace the evolution of public assistance programs designed to address it.

18.5 Differentiate among Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and explain how each program addresses the issues of health-care delivery. 

Agenda:

Social Security 8.3

1. What are some of the difficulties associated with Social Security? Let's discuss

2. Review Journal 121 - Describe alternative proposed reforms to Social Security recently debated by policymakers. (18.3)

Public Assistance 8.4

3. How does social insurance differ from public assistance? 

4. What are some of the challenges surrounding the health care system in the United States? How does the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“Obamacare”) attempt to address these issues?

5. Review Journal 122 - What is the current poverty rate, and what is the current poverty threshold? (18.4)

6. Review Journal 123 - What does TANF stand for and how did this program change welfare policy? (18.4)

Health Care 8.5

7. Compared with What? Answer Critical Thinking Question on page 539.

8. Review Journal 124 - Identify at least three key features of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. 

CLASSWORK: "SOCIAL INSURANCE ASSIGNMENT" 

A: Ask students to use a variety of sources (newspapers, magazines, journals, and Internet resources) to track the implementation of the 1996 welfare reform legislation. What implementation problems were experienced on the state and local levels? Were these problems anticipated or unanticipated? What has been the response to these problems? Ask a state or local welfare official to address the class on his or her experience with implementation. 

OR

B: Ask students to use a variety of sources (newspapers, magazines, journals, and Internet resources) to track the implementation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”). What implementation problems were experienced on the state and local levels? Were these problems anticipated or unanticipated? What has been the response to these problems? Ask a doctor, nurse, or health administrator to address the class on his or her experience with implementation.

Due: tomorrow

Terms to know: distributive policies, redistributional policies, regulation, agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation, policy evaluation, feedback, fragmentation, issue network, welfare state, social welfare programs, Great Depression, New Deal, Great Society, War on Poverty, social insurance, entitlements, Social Security, Social Security Act, public assistance, poverty level, feminization of poverty, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicare, Medicaid, 

note: in the Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz, you will be asked to list the four steps of the Policymaking Process (listed above in the correct order and in bold) all as the answer to one question. You must list them in the correct order in order to get the answer correct. 

Home Learning: 

1. Read 18.6 - 18.8

2. Journal 125 - What was the main feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and why has it been controversial? (18.6)

3. Journal 126 - Contrast means-tested and non-means tested benefits. (18.8)

1-3 are due on Wednesday, April 25, 2018; tomorrow we will grade our FRQs. 

Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz: Wednesday, April 25, 2018


Enrichment: 

1. Social Policy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlxLX8Fto_A (9 min)

2. Social Welfare Policymaking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeS4YIlIFeA (15 min)

Lesson on Thursday, April 19, 2018

Aim: What are the different types of public policies and how are they formulated and implemented? 

Bell Ringer: Four Types of Public Policies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TR1Xm4qwgI

Objectives:

18.1 Categorize different types of public policies and outline the process by which policies are formulated and implemented. 

18.2 Trace the evolution of social welfare programs as a central element of public policy in the United States. 


Agenda:

1. Review journals: 

A. Journal 118 - What are the four main stages of the policy making process? (18.1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLUbviQoef8 (9 min)

Agenda Setting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etLqboZ62nU (1 min)

B. Journal 119 - Identify and explain at least two public policy tools used to achieve objectives.(18.1)

feedback, fragmentation, issue networks

"no one entity completely controls policymaking" page 525

C. Journal 120 - What are issue networks? Do they reflect the pluralist or majoritarian model of democracy? (18.1)

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18.2 (AP USH) Development of the American Welfare States

2. Is the Welfare State sustainable?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUUD_-q-eNQ 

3. Why its so hard to get off welfare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDmN3eWeCcA

Terms to know: distributive policies, redistributional policies, regulation, agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation, policy evaluation, feedback, fragmentation, issue network, welfare state, social welfare programs, Great Depression, New Deal, Great Society, War on Poverty

Home Learning: 

1. Read 18.3 - 18.5

2. Journal 121 - Describe alternative proposed reforms to Social Security recently debated by policymakers. (18.3)

3. Journal 122 - What is the current poverty rate, and what is the current poverty threshold? (18.4)

4. Journal 123 - What does TANF stand for and how did this program change welfare policy? (18.4

5. Journal 124 - Identify at least three key features of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. 

Lesson on Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Aim: What are the major areas of government outlays and the role of incremental budgeting and uncontrollable spending on the growth of government spending?

Bell Ringer: Chapter 17 Vocabulary Quiz (20 min) / grade journals 101-120

Objectives:

18.1

18.2


 Agenda:

1. FRQ Practice #1


Home Learning: 

1. Read 18.1 and 18.2

2. Journal 118 - What are the four main stages of the policy making process? (18.1)

3. Journal 119 - Identify and explain at least two public policy tools used to achieve objectives.(18.1)

4. Journal 120 - What are issue networks? Do they reflect the pluralist or majoritarian model of democracy? (18.1)

Lesson on Tuesday, April 17, 2018

COMPLETE MOCK EXAM 1

Aim: What are the major areas of government outlays and the role of incremental budgeting and uncontrollable spending on the growth of government spending?

Bell Ringer: Complete Mock Exam 1

Objectives:

17.4 Identify the major areas of government outlays and explain the role of incremental budgeting and uncontrollable spending on the growth of government spending. 

17.5 Identify the origins of the income tax, trace the influence of government spending and taxing policies on inequality, and examine these policies from the majoritarian and pluralist perspectives. 


Agenda:

1. Review Mock Exam 1 / Assign enrichment chapters

Review journals 115-117

2. Journal 115 - Since WWII, how has federal spending changed concerning payments to individuals and costs of national defense? (17.4)

"The effect of WWII is clear: spending for national defense rose sharply after 1940, peaked at about 90 percent of the budget in 1945, and fell to about 30 percent in peacetime." pages 504-505

*Analyze Figure 17.2, 17.3 and "Compared with What? on pages 504-506

"Americans have grown accustomed to certain government benefits, but they do not liek the idea of raising taxes to pay for them." page 507

3. Journal 116 - What is the legal basis of the federal income tax? (17.5)

*The 16th Amendment

*Figure 17.4

4. Journal 117 - What might happen if national tax policy were determined according to principles of majoritarian democracy and not pluralist democracy? (17.5)

*We will have Chapter 17 Vocabulary Quiz on Wednesday. I want to get the Mock Exam out of the way first. 

*You are going to have a separate mini-quiz on Thursday to review Chapter 7. 

Terms to know: efficient market hypothesis, economic depression, inflation, stagflation, business cycle, aggregate demand, productive capacity, gross domestic product (GDP), Keynesian theory, fiscal policies, monetary policies, deficit financing, Federal Reserve System, supply-side economics, fiscal year, budget authority, budget outlays, receipts, national debt, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), tax committees, mandatory spending, discretionary spending, entitlements, progressive taxation, incremental budgeting, earmark, discretionary outlays, mandatory outlays, transfer payment.

Home Learning: 

1. Read 18.1 and 18.2

2. Journal 118 - What are the four main stages of the policy making process? (18.1)

3. Journal 119 - Identify and explain at least two public policy tools used to achieve objectives.(18.1)

4. Journal 120 - What are issue networks? Do they reflect the pluralist or majoritarian model of democracy? (18.1)

5. Journals 101-120 graded tomorrow. 

Lesson on Monday, April 16, 2018

AP GOV MOCK EXAM

1. Review journals 112-114

2. Journal 112 - How does the "efficient market hypothesis" relate to laissez-faire economics? 

3. Analyze figure 17.1 / Does the president actually control the economy? Who does? 

4. Journal 113 - Distinguish between mandatory and discretionary spending. 

5. Journal 114 - What is the difference between a flat tax and a progressive tax? Which do you think is fairer? 

6. 17.1 - 17.3 pop quiz

7. AP GOV MOCK EXAM

Home Learning: 

1. By now you should have read 17.1 - 17.3. 

2. Read 17.4 and 17.5

3. Journal 115 - Since WWII, how has federal spending changed concerning payments to individuals and costs of national defense? (17.4)

4. Journal 116 - What is the legal basis of the federal income tax? (17.5)

5. Journal 117 - What might happen if national tax policy were determined according to principles of majoritarian democracy and not pluralist democracy? (17.5)

5. Chapter 17 Vocabulary Quiz: tomorrow! 

Terms to know: efficient market hypothesis, economic depression, inflation, stagflation, business cycle, aggregate demand, productive capacity, gross domestic product (GDP), Keynesian theory, fiscal policies, monetary policies, deficit financing, Federal Reserve System, supply-side economics, fiscal year, budget authority, budget outlays, receipts, national debt, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), tax committees, mandatory spending, discretionary spending, entitlements, progressive taxation, 

Enrichment:

1. "Fight of the Century": Keynes vs. Hayek Rap Battle Round Two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc 

Lesson on Thursday, April 12, 2018

Aim: How were the 1964 Civil Rights Act passed? What were the effects of the civil rights movement on other minority groups' struggles for equality?

Bell Ringer: Should people be allowed to discriminate against others in the use of their own private property? For example, should a private business be able to refuse to do business with people of a particular background? Why or why not?

Objectives: 

16.6 Trace the evolution of women's legal rights beginning with laws based on protectionism and concluding with Supreme Court rulings prohibiting gender-based discrimination. 

16.7 Compare and contrast the consequences that follow from policies aimed at equal opportunities versus those aimed at equal outcomes. 

Agenda:

1. "Economic equality was closely tied to social attitudes" p. 471 / Who was the first recorded women's rights activist? 

*Review Journal 109

2. Equal Pay Act of 1963 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR41T36LhMA (5 min)

3. Politics of Global Change, page 473: To what extent do gender quota laws limit freedom? Are these limitations justified by the desired outcome (i.e. a more representative legislature)?

4. Stereotypes Under Scrutiny

5. The Equal Rights Amendment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Sgl2C9i3U (6 min)

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6. Review Journal 110

7. What is Affirmative Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJgQR6xiZGs (7 min)

8. Journal 111 - What are some of the risks associated with affirmative action? How do different  institutional models address these risks? Which do you think matters more for bolstering group participation and opportunity: institutional or social change?

"It is not surprising that affirmative action has become controversial, since many Americans view it as a violation of their individual freedom." page 481

9. Chapter 16 Vocabulary Quiz

10. Women Studies In-Class Activity: 

Women have made great strides toward equality in the workplace and in other areas of life. Have students use the reference library to find out how many women are representatives in their local city council (or equivalent body), the state legislature, and Congress. Discuss whether the proportion of women in representative politics is likely to increase in the near future.

Terms to know: affirmative action, equality of opportunity, equality of outcome, invidious discrimination, civil rights, desegregation, de jure segregation, de facto segregation, boycott, civil disobedience, Nineteenth Amendment, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 

Home Learning: 

1. Begin reading Chapter 17

2. Tomorrow we will be taking a mock exam. 

3. By Monday you should have read 17.1, 17.2, and 17.3 and 

Journal 112 - How does the "efficient market hypothesis" relate to laissez-faire economics? 

Journal 113 - Distinguish between mandatory and discretionary spending. 

Journal 114 - What is the difference between a flat tax and a progressive tax? Which do you think is fairer? 


Enrichment: 

1. Affirmative Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-wfd8DJtP8 (10 min)