Unit #2: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs AP US Government & Politics Mr. Coia

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1 Unit #2: American Plitical Idelgies and Beliefs AP US Gvernment & Plitics Mr. Cia Name: Date: Perid: Thurs 10/18 Learning bjective: MPA-A: Explain the relatinship between cre beliefs f U.S. citizens and attitudes abut the rle f gvernment. Unit 1 Fundatins Test review Presenting plitical cartns Explain Electin Interview sheet Take isidewith.cm quiz n candidates HW: American Gvernment chap 14-28; Electin Interview sheet; stateside address (t find ut yur lcal electins) Tues 10/23 Learning bjective: PMI-E: Explain hw plitical idelgies vary n the rle f the gvernment in addressing scial issues. Reading Quiz Presenting plitical cartns Ntebk Check #2 Lecture/Discussin tpic: Idelgy & the American Peple Watch: Jimmy Kimmel-Obamacare Key Terms fr unit 2 Mn 10/29 Learning bjective: MPA-A: Describe the elements f a scientific pll. MPA-B: Explain the quality and credibility f claims based n public pinin data. Reading Quiz Lecture/Discussin tpic: Plitical Scializatin & Vter Behavir (cntinued); Public Opinin & Plling Hw t answer Quantitative Analysis FRQ frm charts and graphs Practice FRQ HW: AG, ; Electin Interview Sheet TYPE RESULTS Wed 10/31 Electin Interview typed wrk due Lking at Exit Plls frm 2016 electin Cmmn results? FRQ assessment HW: AG, (due Mn 11/5) HW: Wrk n index cards fr key terms; Electin Interview sheet; Thurs 10/25 Learning bjective: MPA-B: Explain hw cultural factrs influence plitical attitudes and scializatin. Reading Quiz Key terms unit 2 cmpleted; card activity Lecture/Discussin tpic: Plitical Scializatin & Vter Behavir IC: Electin Day 2018 races chart. Quarter 1 Ends. HW: AG, ; wrk n index cards; Interviews fr prject must be dne by this weekend 1

2 Ntebk and Supply Check Yu ll need the fllwing fr ur ntebk check Tues 10/2 Remember, yu need ALL the pieces t receive credit. N partial credit ffered n this. Yu need three tabs with the fllwing: GOV Handuts: Unit Guide 2 Unit guide 1 Cnservative/Liberal Chart Understanding the Amendments (unit guide 1, p.13) Federalist Papers #10, 51, Brutus (unit 1, p. 5-12) Key Terms: Fundatins f American Demcracy (unit 1, p. 5-6) Chapter 3: Federalism sectin handut AP GOV Syllabus Class Rules sheet, initialed GOV Classwrk: Ntes frm lectures, presentatins, mini-lessns. Remember yu shuld be taking ntes each class perid. Yu will als have at least 25 sheets f lse-leaf paper in yur binder, and yur pens, pencils, highlighter, etc. GOV Outlines: Unit 1: Fundatins f American Demcracy utlines (this includes all f yur SIX utlines put in rder with a cver page stapled t the tp). This will help yu review fr semester tests and the AP exam in May. 2

3 Creating yur first set: KEY TERMS: UNIT 2: American Plitical Idelgies and Beliefs Create flash cards, ne per term On the frnt, include the term and number On the back, include the definitin f the term. This shuld have my definitin as the least, and yu can certainly add t it. Be sure that it is neat and clear. Yu may want t add clr t assist in memrizing Have a title card with yur name and perid # alng with the title Key Terms Unit #2: American Plitical Idelgies & Beliefs Tmmy Jeffersn AP GOV Perid B3 Centralists 4 Thse wh favr greater natinal authrity rather than state authrity. (a CENTRAL pwer is mre imprtant than individual States) Attentive public: thse wh fllw plitics and public affairs carefully. Demgraphics: characteristics f ppulatins, e.g., race, sex, incme. Gender gap: difference in vting patterns fr men and wmen, particularly in the greater tendency f the latter t vte fr Demcratic presidential candidates. Idelgy: set f beliefs abut plitical values and the rle f gvernment. Independent: ne is nt registered with a plitical party. Independent leaners tend t vte fr candidates f ne particular party, whereas pure independents have n cnsistent pattern f party vting. 6. Party identificatin: a sense f affiliatin that a persn has with a particular plitical party. 7. Party platfrm: a list f psitins and prgrams that the party adpts at the natinal cnventin. Each psitin is called a plank. 8. Plitical culture: the widely shared beliefs, values, and nrms that citizens share abut their gvernment. 9. Plitical efficacy: capacity t understand and influence plitical events 3

4 10. Plitical scializatin: prcess in which ne acquires his/her plitical beliefs. 1 Split ticket vting: casting vtes fr candidates f ne s wn party and fr candidates f ppsing parties, e.g., vting fr a Republican presidential candidate and a Demcratic cngressinal candidate. 1 Suffrage: the right t vte. 1 Scientific plling 1 Public pinin plls 1 Opinin plls 16. Tracking plls 17. Entrance and Exit plls 18. Push plls 19. Plling universe 20. Randm sample 2 Representative sample 2 Sampling errr 2 Reliability f data 2 Veracity f data 2 Plitical plarizatin 26. Single-issue vter 4

5 Name: Date: 2018 Electin Results Sheet AP US Gvernment & Plitics American Plitical Idelgies and Beliefs Unit Hme State f Yur Parents: G t t find yur district fr Huse race. Yu will need an address. Senate Race Include party and percentages f vtes. Circle winner Incumbent: Huse Race fr Yur District Include party and percentages f vtes. Circle winner Incumbent: Challengers: Challengers: Gvernr Race Include party and percentages f vtes. Circle winner Incumbent: Lcal and State Ballt measures Pick tw that are mst interesting t yu, and give percentage f vtes fr each Challengers: 5

6 American Plitical Idelgies and Beliefs Essential Knwledge fr this Unit MPA-A.1: Different interpretatins f cre values, including individualism, equality f pprtunity, free enterprise, rule f law, and limited gvernment, affect the relatinship between citizens and the federal gvernment and the relatinships citizens have with ne anther. MPA-B.1: Family, schls, peers, media, and scial envirnments (including civic and religius rganizatins) cntribute t the develpment f an individual s plitical attitudes and values thrugh the prcess f plitical scializatin. MPA-B.2: As a result f glbalizatin, U.S. plitical culture has bth influenced and been influenced by the values f ther cuntries. MPA-B.3: Generatinal and lifecycle effects als cntribute t the plitical scializatin that influences an individual s plitical attitudes. MPA-B.4: The relative imprtance f majr plitical events t the develpment f individual plitical attitudes is an example f plitical scializatin. MPA-A.1: Public pinin data that can impact electins and plicy debates is affected by such scientific plling types and methds as: w Type f pll (pinin plls, benchmark r tracking plls, entrance and exit plls) w Sampling techniques, identificatin f respndents, mass survey r fcus grup, sampling errr w Type and frmat f questins MPA-B.1: The relatinship between scientific plling and electins and plicy debates is affected by the: w Imprtance f public pinin as a surce f plitical influence in a given electin r plicy debate w Reliability and veracity f public pinin data PMI-A.1: The Demcratic Party (D r DEM) platfrms generally align mre clsely t liberal idelgical psitins, and the Republican Party (R r GOP) platfrms generally align mre clsely t cnservative idelgical psitins. PMI-B.1: Because the U.S. is a demcracy with a diverse sciety, public plicies generated at any given time reflect the attitudes and beliefs f citizens wh chse t participate in plitics at that time. PMI- B.2: The balancing dynamic f individual liberty and gvernment effrts t prmte stability and rder has been reflected in plicy debates and their utcmes ver time. PMI-C.1: Liberal idelgies favr mre gvernmental regulatin f the marketplace, cnservative idelgies favr fewer regulatins, and libertarian idelgies favr little r n regulatin f the marketplace beynd the prtectin f prperty rights and vluntary trade. PMI-D.1: Idelgical differences n marketplace regulatin are based n different theretical supprt, including Keynesian and supply-side psitins n mnetary and fiscal plicies prmted by the president, Cngress, and the Federal Reserve. PMI-E.1: Liberal idelgies tend t think that persnal privacy areas f behavir where gvernment shuld nt intrude extends further than cnservative idelgies d (except in arenas invlving religius and educatinal freedm); cnservative idelgies favr less gvernment invlvement t ensure scial and ecnmic equality; and libertarian idelgies disfavr any gvernmental interventin beynd the prtectin f private prperty and individual liberty. PMI-F.1: Plicy trends cncerning the level f gvernment invlvement in scial issues reflect the success f cnservative r liberal perspectives in plitical parties. 6

7 Name: Date: AP US Gvernment & Plitics American Plitical Idelgies and Beliefs Electin Interview Sheet Due Wednesday 10/31 Directins: Interview five adults f varius ages and experiences t find ut the fllwing infrmatin. If the interviewee prefers, this can be annymus. Get a variety f peple, nt all flks frm church, r teachers, r family. (A maximum f ne can be family; a maximum f ne can be a teacher). Yu must d this alne, meaning that YOU must be the ne asking questins. N tw interviewers fr ne interviewee. Name Demcrat r Republican? Cnservative r Liberal? Age, Gender, Gegraphical lcatin Other factrs (military service, religin, race, educatin level.) Imprtant factrs when selecting a president Last 5 Vtes fr President What is the Electral Cllege? What patterns r cnclusins d yu ntice? (Type 2-3 paragraphs n yur cnclusins abut the results and the assignment itself. Staple the writing prtin t the FRONT f yur TYPED chart). This is just a template yur wrk and yur findings are t be typed 7