Types of Democracy 🐻

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how models of representative democracy are visible in major institutions, policies, events, or debates in the U.S.

⏰ What We Did

• Take notes during a teacher-led discussion on the foundations of American Democracy
• Created gummy bear representations of the three types of democracy

⚙️ Resources

• Gummy Bear Democracy

Government Power and Individual Rights 🤝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how Federalist and Anti- Federalist views on central government and democracy are reflected in U.S. foundational documents

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on a teacher-led comparison between Federalist No. 10 and Brutus No. 1

⚙️ Resources

• 3 Government Power and Individual Rights slides

Ideals of Democracy ⭐️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Students will compare the ideas of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau and examine the Mayflower Compact and Declaration of Independence

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes during a lecture on the foundations of American Democracy

⚙️ Resources

• 2 Ideals of Democracy slides

9/11: America Remembers 🇺🇸

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

🎯 Learning Targets

• Students will explore primary and secondary sources regarding the federal government's response to the events of September 11, 2001

⏰ What We Did

• Watched a CNN-produced video on the response of the United States government to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, providing a common standpoint for the concepts presented in Unit 1

⚙️ Resources

• 9/11: America Remembers (CNN)

Introduction to American Government 🏛

🎯 Learning Targets

• Students will examine the foundations of American Democracy

⏰ What We Did

• Take notes during a teacher-led discussion and video clips regarding the foundations of American Democracy

⚙️ Resources

• 1 Intro to American Government slides

GoPo Binder Set-up 🗂

🎯 Learning Targets

• Students will become familiar with the organziation system of AP U.S. GoPo

⏰ What We Did

• Assign students to desks, to assist the teacher in matching names to faces
• Distribute five-tab dividers and assign each tab with a specific GoPo unit
• Distribute and discuss the course syllabus

College Board Sign-up 💻

🎯 Learning Targets

• Register as a student in AP U.S. Government and Politics with College Board

⏰ What We Did

• Signed up and registered in GoPo on the My AP website 

💻 Homework

• Purchase a 2"+ three-ring binder before class on M 9 September 2024

Website Tour 💻

🎯 Learning Targets

• Gain familiarity with the course website, identifying its layout and features
• Identify traits of individual strengths within both others and self

⏰ What We Did

• Introduce the class to their website and identify its key features
• Complete a strengths-spotting exercise

⚙️ Resources

• Three Good People

💻 Homework

• Purchase a 2"+ three-ring binder before class on M 9 September 2024

Team Building 👥

🎯 Learning Targets

• Encourage student engagement, promote social interaction, and create a welcoming atmosphere

⏰ What We Did

• Finish yesterday's AP GoPo "Face Test" icebreaker
• In teams/groups, participate in a general trivia game to develop academic relationships

💻 Homework

• Purchase a 2"+ three-ring binder before class on M 9 September 2024

Welcome Back, Dragons! 🐲

🎯 Learning Targets

• Encourage student engagement, promote social interaction, and create a welcoming atmosphere

⏰ What We Did

• Provide a brief overview of the units to be covered in AP United States Government & Politics
• Examine the political events that have occurred over the summer
• Guage student familiarity with political figures through a "Face Test" icebreaker

⚙️ Resources

• AP GoPo Summer 2024 Rewind

💻 Homework

• Purchase a 2"+ three-ring binder before class on M 9 September 2024