Unit V FRQ Study Guide

Good news. There will not be FRQs on the Unit V Test.

I would spend your time tonight carefully reviewing your notes and the "Reviewing and Using this Lesson" section at the end of Lessons 27-32.

Have fun!

Unit IV FRQ Study Guide

The Unit IV Test will consist of 25 multiple choice questions from Lessons 21-26.

The FRQs will ask about the following:

Congressional Powers

1. Enumerated, implied, enforcement, and inherent powers
2. The location of Congressional powers. Be prepared to explain why they're located where they are.

The Expansion of Presidential Powers

1. Be prepared to explain how presidential powers have expanded and why.
2. Executive orders
3. Checks & balances against the president

Unit III FRQ Study Guide

Be sure to understand the following:

Amending the Constitution - Formally/Informally

• Judicial review
• Proposing amendments
• Ratifying amendments

The Fourteenth Amendment - Due Process & Equal Protection of the Laws

• Due process
• Procedural due process
• Substantive due process
• Incorporation
• Equality of opportunity
• Equality of condition

Project Citizen Research Collaboration Sheets

In an effort to encourage collaboration on Project Citizen research, I have created Google Sheets for 1st and 6th period, so that you as students can share links to important research that you have discovered.  If you find a website that contains great information about your research, click the link below and write the name of the website, copy and paste its URL, and write any notes you feel might be helpful.  You will need to be signed in to your apastudents.org account.  Please email Mr. Scott Stone if you have any questions about the apastudents.org account or if you need your password reset.  His email address is sstone@apamail.org.

1st Period click here.

6th Period click here.

Unit II FRQ Study Guide

Below are things you definitely want to be sure you understand in preparation for the free response question section of the Unit II Test on Monday.  Please see your textbook for more details.

Representation in Congress

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Connecticut (Great) Compromise

Arguments For/Against the Constitution

• Anti-Federalists
• Strong central government
• Federalists
• Factions

Cornell Notes

In my government class, you will be required to take notes using Cornell formatting.  This video is a great introduction to Cornell notes, and will give you some practical instruction on how to do them.

Welcome to U.S. Government & Citizenship

Welcome to the 12th grade U.S. government and citizenship section of my website.  Here you will find important tools and resources that will help you be successful in this class, including the course calendar, and an online repository of any handouts or assignments that I give to you throughout the year.

The goal of this course is to foster informed, responsible participation in public life because knowing how to be a good citizen is essential to the preservation and improvement of United States democracy. Upon completion of this course, you should understand the major ideas, protections, privileges, structures, and economic systems that affect the life of a citizen in the United States political system.  It is an exciting subject and I am thrilled to be teaching it.

Feel free to explore the links on the right, my Twitter feed, and/or other pages on my website.  If you have any suggestions regarding how I can improve this site, please email me.  I'd love to hear from you!