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)