Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics, Book 2 (Teacher Guide)

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Description:

Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics is a two-volume college-level set that supplements the adopted course textbook. Book 2 stresses content-based study of current issues through readings and written responses, role-plays, and debates. Book 2 is intended to reinforce the skills developed in Book 1. Lessons are arranged to match the divisions used by the College Board in the course description for U.S. Government and Politics.

Part 1 deals with the constitutional underpinnings of the U.S. government. Lessons include Separation of Powers: The Original Intent of the Founders and Theories of Governance: Who Governs? Part 2 explores political beliefs and behaviors. Lessons include Are Younger Voters Really Apathetic?, Formation of Political Beliefs: A Study in Seuss, and Politics and Religion. Part 3 focuses on political parties, interest groups, and mass media. Lessons include Campaign Financing and Demographics of Voters. Part 4 reviews the institutions of national government. Lessons include Why Great Individuals Do Not Always Become President, Separation of Powers: Let’s Change the Constitution, and Analyzing a Supreme Court Case. Part 5 studies public policy. Lessons include Bureaucratic Pathology and Interest Groups: The Madison Perspective. Part 6 examines civil rights and civil liberties. Lessons include Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure and Applied Affirmative Action.

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Activities:

Designed for Advanced Placement students, lessons contain more reading, more complex analysis and reasoning, and more writing than standard-level lessons. Special attention is given to the writing process as it applies to the field of political science. Both individual and group activities prepare students for success on the Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics Examination.Students read articles on current issues and respond to focus questions. They examine the constitutional underpinnings of government and the original intent of the framers of the Constitution. They role-play, debate, and examine public policy.