AP Comparative Government and Politics
Mr. Sommer
Draft: One (March 13th)
(I reserve the right to change any of this)
Calendar:
March
12 13 14 15 Off
19 20* 21 22 23
26 27 28 29 30
April
2 3 4 5 off (Golf?)
9 10 11 12 13 (end of qtr , this week)
off off off off off
23 24 25 26 27
April/May
30 1 2 3 4
7 APCP Test
The rest of the course: includes a Model United Nations simulation and the Project on the Conflict in the Middle East
7 8 9 10 11
14 15 16 17 18
21 22 23 24 25
28 29 30 31 1
June
4 5 6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15
18 19 20 21(appr)
Sooo… what are we going to do?
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Activities:
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Day and Focus |
What is due on that day: |
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March 12 Intro to China, Impact of the Past, Roskin p414-424 |
CE: China |
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March13 Key Institutions Roskin p424-429 |
Read for class, visual notes on structure, |
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March 14 Chinese Political Culture Roskin p430- 435 |
Read for class Soe p166 The Middle class waits in the wings |
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March 15 |
Possible quiz, read for class |
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Off |
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March 19 |
All key terms in student notebook, p446-447, CE China-Foreign Affairs (ICONN) |
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March 20 Substitute |
Do in class: Soe p169 March Toward Capitalism can turn in today/ or tomorrow |
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March 21 |
Quiz |
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March 22 Patterns of Interaction Roskin p436-440 |
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March 23 What the Chinese quarrel about Roskin p440- |
Turn in: China/Russia Compare and contrast (hand out reading) |
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March 26 Test China
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Written test question turned in |
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March 27 Intro Iran- Impact of the Past Roskin p518-525 Key Institutions Roskin p525-529 |
Read for class, |
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March 28 Iranian Political Culture Roskin p525-535 |
Paper: President of Iran’s Politics (includes nuclear question) |
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March 29 Patterns of Interaction Roskin p535- 541What Iranians Quarrel about p541-548 |
SOE Article 47 p210 Jihad vs. McWorld Summary Read for class |
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March 30 Iran Take Home Test |
Study, China/Iran Compare and Contrast, Key terms in notebook, |
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April 2 Intro to Mexico Hauss p469-473 |
Read selection |
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April 3 Evolution of Mexican Politics Hauss p473-478 |
Paper: Mexican Presidential race and new regime |
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April 4 Political Culture Hauss p478-482 |
Discuss paper, Quiz |
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April 5 Political Participation Hauss p482-488 |
Read selection |
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April 6 |
Read selection, CE-Mexico “Economist” |
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April 9 The Mexican State (Key institutions) Hauss p488, Public Policy Hauss p494-503 |
Read Selection |
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April 10 Mexico Test |
Key Terms in Notebook |
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April 11 Intro to Nigeria Hauss p433-438 |
Map Quiz |
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April 12 Evolution of the Nigerian State Hauss p438-452 |
Nigeria –“Foreign Affairs” Summary |
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April 13 Political Culture Hauss p452-456 |
Quiz |
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April 14 – April 22 |
Off, Spring break |
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April 23 The Fragile Nigerian State Hauss p456-460 |
Read Selection |
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April 24 Public Policy Hauss p460-465 |
Read Selection |
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April 25 Test Nigeria |
Key Terms in Notes |
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April 26 |
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April 27 Intro to The European Union Hauss p177-197 |
Quiz on “Who is in the EU?” |
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April 30 Structure of EU |
Paper: Where does the EU go from here? |
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May 1 EU 50 Point Quiz |
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May 2 International Organizations |
Paper: International Organization Profile, future |
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May 3MUN-Library |
Review for Test Takers: General Political Terms |
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May 4 MUN-Library |
Review for Test Takers: Country specific comparisons |
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May 7 THE TEST |
Its only a Test! |
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The class will participate in research and then simulate the United Nations (Tentative: May 3- May 18)
Middle East Project May 21 (Tentative) |
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I will be taking a School business day off in April, when I don’t know.
There will be an extra credit movie third quarter.
I forgot to factor in the second week of CAPT.
Brien McMahon High School Library
Directions for accessing the Iconn resources.
Remember you can access these resources here in school through the Brien
McMahon HS Library webpage, at home also through the school webpage and through
your local public library. For public library access you need to have a library
barcode.
Go to www.norwalkpublicschools.org
Click on “links”
Click on Brien McMahon High School
Click on the “Library”
Click on “Databases”
Click on Iconn
On the left hand side of the page click on the LINK for “InfoTrac One File
Another window will open with a title “Thompson Gale InfoTrac One File
Click on the “Publication” tab
Type in “Economist” (or Foreign Affairs)
The first hit is the Magazine
Click on the title “economist”
You will then have to choose the year(s) you would like to search. Be aware that you will have to advance a few pages to get the most recent issues of the Magazine.
Keep in mind that the broader your search terms, the more “hits” you will have, try to narrow down your topic so that you have less hits and a more relevant search.
As always we are here to help, feel free to ask for assistance any time.
Ms. Chadwick
Ms. Andronik