AP Homework:
Graded Classwork
Major Assessments (formal)
Resources (AP Gov)
Semester 2: AP Microeconomics
Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Week 1: Introduction to Economics
Week 2: Specialization and Trade
Week 3-- Incentives
Unit 2: Supply and Demand
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Unit 6: Market Failure and the Role of Government
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
March 11-15 (Holiday)
Week 11
Unit 3: Production, Cost, and the Perfect Competition Model
Week 12
Week 13
Week 15
Unit 4: Imperfect Competition
Week 16
Unit 5: Factor Markets
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Semester 1
Unit One: The Foundations of American Democracy
Week 1: The Constitution
Week 2: The Constitution
Week 3: Federalism
Week 4: Federalism
Week 5: Local Government
Unit 2: Interaction Among Branches of Government
Week 6: Congress
Week 7: The Presidency
Week 8: Foreign Policy/ The Courts
Unit 3: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Week 9: Civil Liberties
Week 10: The First Amendment
Week 11- Trial rights
Week 12: Civil Rights
Week 13- Public Opinion and the Media
Unit 4: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
Week 14: Political Parties and Elections
Unit 5 : Political Participation
Week 15: Interest Groups and Citizens United
November 20- 24 (Holiday)
Week 16 Debate/Final test
Unit 6 Economic and Social Policy Paper 12/4-12/15
● Students will write a final paper demonstrating their skill and content development applying their knowledge to a current issue. The full project is described here
Final Paper (15% of final grade)
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
December 20-31 (Holiday)
- 4/24 Chapter 17: RG 347-364 (no class time)
- 4/29 RG 373-411Notes
- 4/30 5.1 Video and Quiz
- 5/1 Extra credit Questions for Rep. Crane
Graded Classwork
- 3/29 Unit 2 FRQ (formal open notes) and MCQ (completion, closed notes, 10-12 not covered)
- 4/11 Complete Unit 3 Progress Check, MCQ and FRQ
Major Assessments (formal)
- 3/29 Externality paper
- 3/29 Open note unit 2 FRQ
- 4/5 FRQ Set (take home/open notes)
- 4/5 AP Gov students take practice MCQ # 1
- 4/18 Test # 3
- 4/26 Open Notes but timed FRQ for 35/100 Final Exam Points
- 5/3 Final Exam (AP style MCQ for 65/100 Final Exam Points)
- 5/10 Retirement Portfolio
Resources (AP Gov)
- CCC/AP Government Syllabus
- Classroom Policies
- How to Join AP Classroom
- AP College Board Website for American Government and Politics
- AP Course Description
- AP FRQ with Sample Responses
- Crash Course Government
Semester 2: AP Microeconomics
Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Week 1: Introduction to Economics
- January 1– No school
- January 2– No school
- January 3- No school
- January 4 (late start) Introduction to Economics (PPT)
- January 5– Introduction to Economics (PPT) 1.1 Scarcity and TOPIC 1.3 Production Possibilities Curve
- Graded Classwork: 1/5 PPC worksheet
Week 2: Specialization and Trade
- January 8 RG chapter 1-2: 1-45
- HW 1/10: RG chapter 1-2: 1-45
- January 9 RG chapter 3 47-61
- January 10 Principles of Economics and Economic Systems
- HW 1/12 RG chapter 3 47-61
- January 11 Principles of Economics and Economic Systems and PPC Practice
- January 12– Chp 4: 65-88
- HW - 1/19 Chp 4: 65-88
Week 3-- Incentives
- January 15 (Holiday)
- January 16 –TOPIC 1.4 Comparative Advantage and Trade
- 1/19 Chp 4: 65-88
- January 17– TOPIC 1.4 Comparative Advantage and Trade
- January 18 - TOPIC 1.5 Cost-Benefit Analysis
- 1/18 -- Is College still worth the Cost?
- January 19 – RG Chapter 5: Pg. 89- 110
Unit 2: Supply and Demand
Week 4
- January 22– Marginal Analysis and Consumer Choice (WS)
- 1/24 HW– Price Discrimination Worksheet and RG Chapter 5: Pg. 89- 110
- January 23– TOPIC 2.1 Demand TOPIC 2.2 Supply
- January 24 – TOPIC 2.1 Demand TOPIC 2.2 Supply
- HW-- 1/26-- 2 FRQ's on AP classroom and MCQ Unit 1-- email Kuluris any requests for review on 1/31
- January 25– 2019 Practice FRQ question 2 and Supply and Demand (WS)
- January 26 – RG Chapter 6 111-130
- HW -- 1/31 RG Chapter 6 111-130 + Price Discrimination Worksheet
Week 5
- January 31 – Review
- February 1– Review/ Finish Elasticity
- February 2– Test # 1
Week 6
- February 5– RG 133-152
- 2/12 RG 133-152
- February 6- Test # 1
- February 7 – Snow Day; RG 155-169
- 2/14 RG 155-169
- February 8– Snow Day
- February 9-- Snow Day
Week 7
- February 12– Test Review
- HW– Taxation (WS)
- February 14 – Taxation (WS) + Minimum Wage (WS) and RG 171-190
- HW: 2/16 Taxation (WS) + Minimum Wage (WS)
- February 15 – TOPIC 2.8 The Effects of Government Intervention in Markets (price Ceilings and Floors)
- February 16 -- Test Retake/ RG 171-190
- HW: 2/23 RG 171-190 + Unit 2 MCQ
Unit 6: Market Failure and the Role of Government
Week 8
- February 19 (Holiday)
Week 9
- February 26– TOPIC 2.9 International Trade and Public Policy
- February 27– Government in the Economy Overview (PPT) 6.1 Socially Efficient and Inefficient Market Outcomes
- February 28– RG 215-229
- HW: 3/1 RG 215-229 + FRQ's
- February 29– Government in the Economy Overview (PPT) ( 6.2 Externalities)
- Graded Work: Externalities Economics of the Environment
- March 1– Government in the Economy Overview (PPT) (6.3 Public and Private Goods)
Week 10
- March 4– Externality Paper
- March 5– Review
- March 6– Externality Paper
- March 7– Test # 2
- March 8– Externality Paper
March 11-15 (Holiday)
Week 11
- March 18–RG 233-255
- HW-- 3/20 RG 233-255
- March 19– Externality Practice FRQ
- March 20– RG 413-424
- HW-- 3/22 RG 413-424
- March 22– TOPIC 6.5 Inequality
- Graded Classwork: Inequality Reading and Examining Racial Wealth Inequality
Unit 3: Production, Cost, and the Perfect Competition Model
Week 12
- March 25– TOPIC 6.5 Inequality
- HW-- 3/27 Chp 13: RG 259-275
- March 26–Chp 13: RG 259-275
- March 27– TOPIC 6.5 Inequality
- HW: 4/3 Chp 14: RG 277-298
- March 28– TOPIC 6.5 Tax Structure
- March 29- Unit 2 FRQ and MCQ (10-12 not covered)
Week 13
- April 1– TOPIC 6.5 Tax Structure
- April 2– HW 4/3 Chp 14: RG 277-298
- HW: 4/19 Chp 15 and 16 RG 299–345
- April 4– TOPIC 3.2 Short-Run Production Costs
- April 5 --
Week 15
- April 8 –TOPIC 3.3 Long-Run Production Costs
- April 9– TOPIC 3.3 Long-Run Production Costs
- April 10–TOPIC 3.5 Profit Maximization
- April 11–TOPIC 3.6 Firms’ Short-Run Decisions to Produce and Long-Run Decisions to Enter or Exit a Market, TOPIC 3.7 Perfect Competition
- April 12– Unit 3 FRQ's and review.
Unit 4: Imperfect Competition
Week 16
- April 15– Chp 15 and 16 RG 299–345
- HW: 4/19 Chp 15 and 16 RG 299–345
- April 16– Test
- April 17– Financial Markets Lecture (Slides)
- April 18– Financial Markets Lecture (Slides)
- April 19– Retirement Accounts
- HW-- 4/24 RG 347-364
Unit 5: Factor Markets
Week 17
- April 22– TOPIC 4.1 Introduction to Imperfectly Competitive Markets, 4.2 Monopoly
- HW-- 4/26 RG 373-411
- April 23-- TOPIC 6.4 The Effects of Government Intervention in Different Market Structures
- April 24– TOPIC 4.3 Price Discrimination, TOPIC 4.4 Monopolistic Competition
- April 25– TOPIC 4.5 Oligopoly and Game Theory
- April 26– Test
Week 18
- April 29– TOPIC 5.1 Introduction to Factor Markets
- May 3– Test
Week 19
- May 6– AP Gov Exam
- May 7–Micro Economics EXAM
- May 8– Budgeting
- May 9– Retirement Portfolio
- May 10– Retirement Portfolio
Week 20
- May 13-- Credit/ Seniors Last Day
- May 14-- No school for Seniors
- May 15– No school for Seniors
- May 16 No school for Seniors
- May 17-No school for Seniors
Semester 1
Unit One: The Foundations of American Democracy
Week 1: The Constitution
- August 7 – No School
- August 8(Early) – Introductions to Class
- August 9 – Intro To Politics and Government (Hobbes to Locke): LOR-1.B
- In Class Readings: Hobbes, Locke and Montesquieu
- Document Reader: Unit 1 Document Reader
- August 10 – Intro To Politics and Government
- August 11 – Intro To Politics and Government
- HW: 8/16: Chp. 3
Week 2: The Constitution
- August 14 – Historical Context of the Constitution: LOR-1.A and CON-1.B
- Foundational Documents:
- Declaration of Independence
- August 15 – The Constitutional Convention and Articles of Confederation
- Foundational Documents:
- The Constitution of the United States (CR 10)
- The Articles of Confederation (CR 10)
- Foundational Documents:
- August 16 – The Constitution and The Federalist Papers
- HW 8/18 -- Constitutional Podcast: Framed (64 min)
- August 17 – The Constitution and The Federalist Papers
- Graded Classwork: Constitutional Primary
- August 18 –The Constitution
Week 3: Federalism
- August 21– Free Response Question
- HW 8/23: Finish Free Response Question
- August 22 – Constitutional Federalism (Nuts and Bolts): CON-2.A
- August 23 – Constitutional Federalism (Nuts and Bolts): CON-2.A
- HW: 8/25 Current Event : The Constitution (CON-1.C)
- August 24– The Courts interpret Federalism: CON-2.B
- Supreme Court Case Study:
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
- Supreme Court Case Study:
- August 25–The Courts interpret Federalism: CON-2.B
- Supreme Court Case Study:
- United States v. Lopez (1995)
- Supreme Court Case Study:
Week 4: Federalism
- August 28– Federalism listening guide– CON-2.C
- HW: 8/30 Practice Quiz
- August 29– Federalism Case Study– CON-2.C
- August 30- Federalism Case Study– CON-2.C
- 9/6 Federalism Case Study (you will have Tuesday and Wednesday class time to work)
- August 31– Federalism Case Study
- September 1- Quiz (20 MCQ, 1 concept application) 50 formal points
Week 5: Local Government
- September 4– Holiday
- September 5- : State Government
- HW: 10/31 Local Civic Participation
- September 6 –State Gov/Local Government: CON-2.A
- HW: 9/8 Chp 6 RG
- Graded Classwork: Local Governments
- September 7– Flagstaff Government
- September 8– Intro to Congress: CON-3.B and PMI-2.C
Unit 2: Interaction Among Branches of Government
Week 6: Congress
- September 11 (golf noon release) – 9/11 lesson
- HW: 9/13-- Textbook Reading: Chp 7
- September 12 – Intro to Congress: CON-3.B and PMI-2.C
- September 13 – Intro to Congress: CON-3.B and PMI-2.C
- HW: 9/15 Chp 8 and The rise of Fourth Branch of government: PMI-2.E
- September 14 – Intro to Congress: CON-3.B and PMI-2.C
- September 15– The Legislative Process: CON-3.B and PMI-2.C
Week 7: The Presidency
- September 18 (In Service)
- HW: 9/20 Chp 16
- September 19 – Gerrymandering: CON-3.C
- Supreme Court Case Studies
- Shaw v. Reno (1993)
- Baker v. Carr (1961)
- Supreme Court Case Studies
- September 20 – Introduction to the Presidency: CON-4.C
- HW 9/22 Foreign Policy Case Study research
- Foundational Documents:
- Federalist No. 70: The Executive Department Further Considered
- Foundational Documents:
- HW 9/22 Foreign Policy Case Study research
- September 21 – Presidential Case Studies: CON-4.A, CON-4.D
- September 22 – The Bureaucracy: PMI-2.A PMI-2.B PMI-2.D and PMI-2.E
Week 8: Foreign Policy/ The Courts
- September 25– Foreign Policy Case Study: CON-4.B
- HW: 9/27 Chp 9 and register to Vote
- September 26– Foreign Policy Case Study: CON-4.B
- 9/29: Unit 2 Progress Checks
- Formal: 9/29 Foreign Policy Case Study Handout
- September 27 – Foreign Policy Case Study: CON-4.B
- September 28 -The Bureaucracy: PMI-2.A PMI-2.B PMI-2.D and PMI-2.E
- September 29: The Bureaucracy: PMI-2.A PMI-2.B PMI-2.D and PMI-2.E
Unit 3: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Week 9: Civil Liberties
- October 2:– The Courts background: CON-5.A
- HW: 10/4 Chapter 15
- Required Supreme Court Case:
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- Foundational Documents:
- October 3– The Court Continued: CON-5.A and CON-5.C/The Courts Politicized: Political Cartoon Analysis: CON-5.B
- October 4 – The Court Continued: CON-5.A and CON-5.C/The Courts Politicized: Political Cartoon Analysis: CON-5.B
- October 5 –Test # 1: MCQ and Concept Application FRQ
- 10/5 FRQ's Argumentative and SCOTUS (take home)
- HW: 10/6 Chp. 4
- 10/5 FRQ's Argumentative and SCOTUS (take home)
- October 6 – The Court Continued: CON-5.A and CON-5.C/The Courts Politicized: Political Cartoon Analysis: CON-5.B
Week 10: The First Amendment
- October 9 – Social And Economic Policy
- HW: Listen to and take notes on Constitutional Ep. 8 Fair Trial
- October 10 – Civil Liberties Introduction and LOR-2.A, LOR-2.C, LOR-3.A: LOR-3.B (Parent conferences, early release)
- Supreme Court Case Studies
- Graded Work: the Bill of Rights
- Supreme Court Case Studies
- October 11 –Civil Liberties (Parent conferences, early release)
- Supreme Court Case Studies:
- October 12, 13 ( Holiday)
Week 11- Trial rights
- October 16 – Civil Liberties
- October 17 –Civil Liberties
- 10/17 1st Amendment Videos and Quiz
- HW: 10/18: Current Event Interactions among branches of government
- 10/17 1st Amendment Videos and Quiz
- October 18 – Flagstaff Elections
- HW: 10/20 Current Event Civil Liberties
- and Civil Liberties FRQ's posted on AP Classroom if not finished in class
- HW: 10/20 Current Event Civil Liberties
- October 19 – Civil Liberties Introduction
- October 20 – Civil Liberties Introduction
- Supreme Court Case Studies:
- Engel v. Vitale (1962)
- Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
- New York Times Company v. United States (1971)
- Schenck v. United States (1919)
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
- Frederick V Morse
- Supreme Court Case Studies:
Week 12: Civil Rights
- October 23 – Rights of the Accused LOR-2.B, LOR-2.D
- Supreme Court Case Studies:
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
- Mapp V Ohio
- HW:10/25 Chp 5 and Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Supreme Court Case Studies:
- October 24 – 2nd and 9th Amendment
- Supreme Court Case Study:
- McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
- Roe v wade
- Supreme Court Case Study:
- October 25 –The Civil Rights Core Principles PRD-1.A
- HW: 10/27 chp 10
- October 26 – The Civil Rights Core Principles
- Supreme Court Case Study: Brown v Board or Education
- Foundational Documents:
- Letters from Birmingham Jail
- October 27– Reading Guide work Day
- HW: 11/1 Chp. 11 and 13
Week 13- Public Opinion and the Media
- October 30 – The Civil Rights Movement and Civil Rights Laws
- Foundational Documents:
- Letters from Birmingham Jail
- October 31– Women’s Rights general framework and 19th amendment
- November 1 –The Modern Feminist Movement
- HW: 11/3 Chp 12
- November 2 – other civil rights
- November 3–11/3 Test # 2 ( 100 Formal) (Unit 1 and 2 + Civil Liberties)
Unit 4: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
Week 14: Political Parties and Elections
- November 6 – Political Ideology
- Political Typology Quiz
- HW: 11/9 Chp 14
- Political Typology Quiz
- November 7 – Political Parties: PMI-5.A-D. DPMI-4.F, PMI-4.B, PMI-4.E, PMI-4.F
- November 8 – Political Parties: PMI-5.A-D. DPMI-4.F, PMI-4.B, PMI-4.E, PMI-4.F
- November 9 –Introduction to polling and the media: MPA-1.A, MPA-1.A, PRD-3.A
- November 10 (Holiday)
Unit 5 : Political Participation
Week 15: Interest Groups and Citizens United
- November 13 – Public Opinion Poll Activity: MPA-2.A, MPA-2.B PRD-3.B
- HW: 11/15 Interest Group Research
- November 14 –Elections Pt. 1 MPA-3.A, MPA-3.B, MPA-3.C, PRD-2.A,PRD-2.B PRD-2.C
- November 15 – Elections Pt. 2: MPA-3.A, MPA-3.B, MPA-3.C, PRD-2.A,PRD-2.B PRD-2.C
- HW 11/17 Study for Exam (unit 4 MCQ posted)
- November 16 – Elections Pt. 2: MPA-3.A, MPA-3.B, MPA-3.C, PRD-2.A,PRD-2.B PRD-2.C
- November 17 – The Campaign: PRD-2.D
November 20- 24 (Holiday)
Week 16 Debate/Final test
- November 27– Interest Groups:PMI-5.A, , PMI-5.G
- November 28– Citizens United Debate Prep
- Supreme Court Case Study:
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
- Supreme Court Case Study:
- November 29– Citizens United Debate -- Groups here
- November 30– AP FRQ (75 Formal)
- December 1– AP style multiple choice (75 Formal)
Unit 6 Economic and Social Policy Paper 12/4-12/15
● Students will write a final paper demonstrating their skill and content development applying their knowledge to a current issue. The full project is described here
Final Paper (15% of final grade)
- Due by 12/4– Research Question approved (10 points)
- Due by 12/6 @ 11:59 PM Annotated bibliography in MLA format of at least 2 sources (25 points)
- Due 12/8 @ 11:59 PM: Annotated bibliography in MLA format of at least 7 sources, this includes your previous 2 (25 points)
- Due 12/12 @ 11:59 PM : Working Thesis and outline of your paper citing the SPECIFIC Evidence you will use in your paper (25 points)
- Due 12/14 before class Draft for Peer Review. Use the linked worksheet for peer review (15 Points)
- Final Paper is due 12/15 @ 11:59 PM (100 points)
Week 17
- December 4
- December 5
- December 6
- December 7
- December 8
Week 18
- December 11
- December 12
- December 13
- December 14
- December 15
Week 19
- December 18 (early)
- December 19 (early)
- December 20 (early)
December 20-31 (Holiday)