AP Government Schedule- Unit I

The Constitution, Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Unit Goals: Students will be able to analyze and explain the Constitutional Underpinning of the United States Government including the considerations that influenced the design and adoption of the Constitution, separation of powers, checks and balances, Federalism and theories of democratic government. Students will be able to analyze and explain the development of civil liberties and civil rights by judicial interpretation, know, understand and evaluate substantive rights and liberties, and be able to explain the impact of the Fourteenth Amendment on the development of rights and liberties. Tuesday Sept 5 Pre-Test Wednesday Sept 6 Intro/Syllabus/Current Events Hand out Packets HW: Read and take notes on pp.17-30 in your textbook. Thursday Sept 7 Political Basics/Constitutional Convention Enlightened Underpinnings of the Constitution HW: John Locke, Excerpts from Second Treatise (in packet)

Read Fed 10 and 51 (Appendix A21-A29) Friday Sept 8 Finish Enlightened Underpinnings HW: Read and take notes on pp.30-45 in your text. Read Fed 78, Anti-Fed I (for Tuesday) HW: Current Event #1 for Monday Mon Sept 11 Current Event Due Freedom and Security HW: Read and take notes on pp.30-45 in your text. Read Fed 78, Anti-Fed I (in packet for Tuesday) Tue Sep 12 Feds and Anti-Feds- HW: Prep for Constitutional Time Warp Fed 16, 17 (excerpts- packet) Anti-Federalist #17 (Excerpt- Packet) Wednesday Sept 13 Con. Time Warp HW: Write Post Time Warp Thursday Sept 14 Hardball Discussion HW: Read the Constitution and Amendments (pp.A4 – A20) Listen to Podcast- “Political Thicket” Friday Sept 15 Principles of the Constitution

National vs. State Power HW: Judge Judy/Singing with Supremes –Assigned (#1 Due Monday) Read and take Notes on textbook pp 497-509 Current Event #2

Mon Sept 18 Current Event #2 Due Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Rights Discussion- Judge Judy/Singing with Supremes Due (1ST One)

Read and take notes on textbook pp 509-520

Tue Sept 19 Rights Discussion- Crime, Due Process and Civil Liberties HW: Read and take notes on textbook pp 523-539

Prepare 2nd Court Case Judge Judy/Singing with Supremes Wednesday Sept 20 Continue Rights Discussion- Crime, Due Process and Civil Liberties

Begin Civil Rights Movement School Desegregation – Plessy, Brown, Brown (Handouts) Thursday Sept 21 No School Friday Sept 22 Rights Discussion - Equality and Civil Rights

Finish Judge Judy/Singing with Supremes Due (2nd one) HW: Hear Ye, Hear Ye Analysis (for Tuesday) 3rd Current Event (for Monday) Monday Sept 25 3rd Current Event Due Civil Rights in the Modern Age Tuesday Sept 26 Rights Discussion - Equality and Civil Rights Hear Ye Hear Ye DUE

Wednesday Sept 27 Finish Civil Rights- Review for Test Thursday Sept 28th Unit Test- Constitution, Civil Liberties and Civil Rights