AP US Government

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AP US Government Politics

• Welcome Class of 2015!

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Introduction of Course

• Discuss weekly schedule.
• Please complete the student survey honestly. No
  one will see these but me.
• Discuss syllabus website.
• Reasons to take this class
• College credit/readiness
• GPA Booster
• Exposure to college-level work
• In it for the trip THINK AGAIN!!

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Thanks for taking the AP challenge!
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Summer Work

• Collect in this order discuss each
• We the People notes
• Handed back Thursday These are not graded but
  checked for thoroughness and completion
• May use on timed MC portion of next Tuesdays
  test
• Must turn in again after test
• Discuss the summer blog assignment!

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Textbooks

• Grab paper textbook.
• Go to library to check it out.
• May purchase your own to mark in from Amazon,
  Half.com or other sites if you want to mark it
  up. Get the correct edition (Thirteenth Edition)!

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Political Power
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What is it?
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Who has power over you?
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Why do they have power over you?
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Who gave them this authority?
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Is their authority legitimate?
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What Who determines who will have power in our
country?
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Why should you care?
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Assignment

• Read pp. 2-10 top in your Wilson textbook
  direct democracy handout.
• Take notes on key facts, names, vocabulary, etc.
  Answer questions.
• Remember There is no wrong way to take notes in
  this class whatever works for you!