12th grade Government (Period 1) Assignments
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- Ms. Quinn Riddle-Ortiz
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- ESAT Fall Semester '18-'19
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Connecting Current Events to Unit 1 & 2 Concepts
Extra Credit/Credit Recovery
Reg. Gov’t DUE 11/26 at the start of class
AP Gov’t DUE 11/27 at the start of class
Please email to [email protected] or print it out to hand in.
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Mid-Term Elections
Extra Credit/Credit Recovery--DUE 10/25 at the start of class
Please email to [email protected] or print it out to hand in.
Option 1-60 minute interview of President Donald Trump (not on original handout, but feel free to use this to correct a reflection too!): https://www.cbsnews.com/video/donald-trump-interview-full-video-of-60-minutes-lesley-stahls-interview-with-the-president/
Option 2- Beto O'Rourke (D) debates Ted Cruz (R) for Senate seat in Texas- https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/17/texas-beto-orourke-ted-cruz-senate-debate/
Option 3-Beto O'Rourke Town hall (Texas Senate) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FutjIv63Dgk
Option 4-Mayor Andrew Gillum (D) and Rep. Ron Desantis (R) debate for Florida Governor https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/10/22/florida_governor_candidates_andrew_gillum_and_ron_desantis_face_off_in_heated_debate.html
Option 5-Incumbent Congressman Jeff Denham and Democratic challenger Josh Harder meet on stage for the first and only live-audience debate of the CA-10 Congressional race.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZa2DOc1Lok
Option 6-San Diego's 50th district Congressman Duncan Hunter (incumbent) https://www.yhttps://www.c-span.org/video/?c4476038/rep-duncan-hunter-middle-eastern-culture-lie COMPARE with challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynX3hfpkkic&feature=youtu.be
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Gov - Ch. 6 – Political Socialization Project
Political Socialization, Ideology, &/or Public Opinion
Annotated Instructions Due 10/8 Final Project Due 10/17
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GOV Unit 2 Hwk Calendar–
Sept. 30-Oct 13
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Directions: Watch former Democratic President Obama & current Republican President Trump speak publicly as the heads of their parties, as they try to drum up support for their party’s candidates ahead of the mid-term elections this November 6th. They are both attempting to get the public to go out to vote for candidates from their party. At the same time, they lay out the arguments as to WHY their party’s candidates are better than the others, and why and how those listening should vote.
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Extra Credit Assignment
Hamilton & Unit 1 Review
Reg. Gov. DUE 9/4 at the start of class
AP Gov. DUE 9/5 at the start of class
Please email to qriddle.[email protected] or print it out to hand in.
Directions: Listen to at least five songs from the Original soundtrack/Broadway musical Hamilton (available on Spotify) and make connections between the songs to 10 or more key terms from your unit 1 map. Please note, there is some mature content within the play/some songs. The album is composed of two disks, choices that have heavily gov’t related material include:
Disk #1: 1-8, & 23
Disk #2: 1-3, 5, 7-8, 11, 19
- For each song you choose, discuss the key terms that relate, provide definitions, how each term connects to the song, theme, and/or story, & their significance…why any of it matters! Underline/bold/highlight the key terms in your
- Make sure you discuss a minimum of 10 key terms Some songs may just be related to one term, while other songs hit many.
- Your analysis of the songs and terms should be at least 1 page in length (typed double space, font 12) OR hand written, 2 pages
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Constitutional Questions Debate
9.6.18
Annotated Instructions DUE by 8.27.18
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