Abbott Lawrence Academy Curriculum Map - Year at a Glance Subject: Pre-Ap United States Government and Politics - Grade 11

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1 Abbott Lawrence Academy Curriculum Map - Year at a Glance Subject: Pre-Ap United States Government and Politics - Grade 11 Unit Title Time Allocation (# 0f weeks based on 8 weeks in school year) Essential Questions (for unit) Core Text/Supplemental Learnings (include major references) Performance Tasks (How will you know that students have mastered the taught concept s) 1. Foundations of U.S. Government: The Constitution and Federalism 5 1. What are the key functions of government and what is the appropriate scope of government? 2. What are the key political theories that form the basis for our government?. How can citizens impact government policy? 4. What is the impact of federalism on U.S. policy? Chapter Readings: 1. Introducing Government in America. 2. The Constitution.. Federalism. United States Constitution - First three Articles and the Bill of Rights Declaration of Independence Federalist Papers - 10 and 51 McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and notes - assigned 2. Cartoon Analysis - Perceptions of the U.S. President, Hurricaine Harvey. Video Analysis Sheet - Perspectives on Arizona Rally, responses to Hurricane Harvey 4. Class debate - Healthcare 5. Student Presentations - conflicts between selected state and federal laws 7. Weekly Chapter Quizzes 8. Unit quiz 2. Foundations of Government: Civil Liberties and Public Policy; Civil Rights and Public Policy What is the difference between civil rights and civil liberties? 2. What rights are guaranteed to Policy. U.S. citizens by the First and Second Amendments?. What rights are guaranteed tothe Seneca Falls the criminally accused? Declaration of Sentiments 4. What is the Right to Privacy and what protections does it and Resolutions (1848) 5. give U.S. citizens? West Virginia Board of How have African-Americans, Education v. Barnette (194) women, gays, the disabled, and other groups been treated unequally by the Justice Oliver Wendell government and citizens, and what protections are now provided to these Americans by the United States Constitution? 6. How do governmental policies affect civil rights and liberties? 4. Civil Liberties and Public Policy. 5. Civil Rights and Public Holmes dissenting opinion in the case of Abrams v. United States (1919) Martin Luther King, Jr's Letter from Birmingham City Jail (196) and. HIPP Analysis - MLK Letter 4. Position Paper - Second Amendment 5. Analysis of Hypotheticals - Rights of the Criminally Accused 6. Class Debate -Second Amendment 7. Protest Posters - rights of racial minorities. 8. Timeline of Women s Rights

2 Texas v. Johnson 9. Binder check 10. Unit quiz. U.S. Citizens and U.S. Politics: Public Opinion, Political Action, the Mass Media, and Political Agendas 1. How does socialization shape political ideology and behavior? 2. How is public opinion measured in the U.S. and how does it lead to political action or inaction?. How is political participation classified and measured? 4. How do individual politicians, citizens, and policymakers use the media to their advantage? 5. What impact does the Mass media have on the political agenda? 6. Public Opinion and Political Action. 7. The Mass Media and the Political Agenda. Gallup.com Article - Trump Presidency Draws Strong Support, Stronger Opposition by Jim Norman Population Characteristics by State - from Census.gov Abrajano, Melissa - The HIspanic Electorate in America (Excerpt) and. Online Treasure Hunt - Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin Census Data 4. Cartoon/Meme Analysis - Fake News 5. Video Analysis Sheet- How Many Companies Own the Media? 4. U.S. Citizens and U.S. Politics: Political Parties, Campaigns, Voting, and Interest Groups 4 1. What functions do U.S political parties perform, and what is their structure? 2. What is the impact of party identification on voter behavior?. Are political parties effective in achieving their goals? 4. What is the Electoral College and should it be abolished? 5. What are the most powerful interest groups in the U.S., what do they stand for, and what is their role in American politics? 8. Political Parties. 9. Campaigns and Voting Behavior 10. Interest Groups Republican Party Platform from GOP Website 2016 Democratic Party Platform from Democrat s Website Baumgartner, Frank - Lobbying and Policy Change Citizens United v. FEC Tocqueville - Democracy in America - Volume II - Chapter IV What is a PAC? - from Opensecrets.org and. DBQ -Citizens United v Federal Election Commission 4. Cartoon/Meme Analysis - Political Parties 5. Video Analysis Sheet - Voting Trends of Americans 6. Class debate - Electoral College 7. Political Commercial Storyboard Project 8. Binder check 9. Unit quiz

3 5. Policy Makers in the U.S.: Congress, the President, and the Courts 1. How do the competing duties of representation and lawmaking affect the ability of Congresspersons to do their jobs? 2. What are the the numerous and competing duties, 11. Congress. 12. The Presidency. 15. The Federal Courts. Loomis, Burdett - The U.S. Senate - from Deliberation to powers, and roles of the U.S. Dysfunction President?. How does the Supreme Court Article on the Office of the decide cases and how do U.S. Presidency - TBA their decisions affect the lives of Americans? 4. How do the actions of elected Marbury v. Madison and unelected officials affect policy? and notes- assigned as. Position Papers - Election v. Appointment of Judges 4. Video Analysis - The Persona of the President 5. Mini Mock Trial - Gideon v. Wainwright 6. Policy Makers in the U.S. The Budget and the Federal Bureaucracy 2 1. Where are the consequences of government taxing and spending? 2. What is the process for establishing a governmental budget, and and how does it affect the scope of government?. How do bureaucracies function, and could they function more effectively? What are the four main types of bureaucracies? 4. What are iron triangles and how do they influence the effectiveness of bureaucracies? 5. What are the benefits and drawbacks of bureaucracies, and how do they affect U.S. policy making? 1. The Budget 14. The Federal Bureaucracy Bennett, Linda - Living with Leviathan and Big Government Goodsell, Charles - A Case for Bureaucracy and notes- assigned. DBQ - Excerpt from Max Weber Bureaucracies 4. Cartoon/Meme Analysis - Department of Motor Vehicles 5. Binder check 6. Unit quiz 7. U.S. Government Policies: Economic, Social Welfare, Healthcare, the Environment, and Energy 1. What are the main tools the U.S. government uses to address economic problems, and how are these tools affected by competing economic theories? 2. How does the American government address economic inequality and what is its role in lessening it?. What is the impact of economic and social welfare policies on democracy and the scope of government in the U.S.? 16. Economic and Social Welfare 17. Policymaking for Health Care, the Environment, and Energy. Department of Health and Human Services Annual Report to Congress on Indicators of Welfare dependence - anticipated 2/2018 Casamayou, Maureen - The Politics of Breast Cancer and notes- assigned. Position Paper - Universal Healthcare 4. Cartoon/Meme Analysis Sheet - Wind Turbines 5. Video Analysis - SNAP/Food Stamps 6. Class debates - Nuclear Power 7. Binder checks 8. Unit quiz

4 4. How effective has the U.S. government been in making healthcare, environmental, and energy policies? 8. U.S. Government Policies: National Security and Defense 2 1. Who and what at are the major instruments, actors, and policy makers in making national security policy in the U.S.? 2. What has been the evolution of major issues in American foreign policy since the Cold War?. What are the major obstacles to succeeding in the War on Terrorism? 4. What is the role of democratic politics in making national security policy, and what is the role of such policy in expanding our government? 18. National Security Policymaking. - National Counterterrorism Center Report on the Status of Terrorism and. Cartoon/Meme Analysis Sheet - Military Action since 9/11 4. Video Analysis - Department of Defense Budget 5. Class debates - Airport Security each unit 9. State and Local Government : Massachusetts and Lawrence - Structure and Policy-Making 2 1. What is the structure of the Massachusetts government, and what factors affect state policy making? 2. What is the structure of the City of Lawrence, and what factors affect local policy making?. What happens when state and/or local policy conflicts with national policy? 4. How do state and local politics directly impact the lives of Americans? Massachusetts Constitution Massachusetts State Government Organizational Chart City of Lawrence Organizational Chart Most recent City of Lawrence Newsletters and City Council Meeting Minutes 1. Supplemental Readings and Questions 2. Position Paper - Privatization of state organizations. Cartoon/Meme Analysis - Lawrence Mayoral Race 4. Class debates -Expansion of LHS 5. Attend School Committee Meeting and/or City Council Meeting. (View via local cable if students cannot make it.) Write a report on the meeting. 6. Voter Registration Drive Project. 7. City of Lawrence Website Treasure Hunt. 8. Watch a trial at the courthouse, if possible 9. Capstone Project - What is My Political Ideology?

Brief Contents. To the Student

Brief Contents. To the Student Brief Contents To the Student xiii 1 American Government and Politics in a Racially Divided World 1 2 The Constitution: Rights and Race Intertwined 27 3 Federalism: Balancing Power, Balancing Rights 57