*** POST YOUR IDEAS AND QUESTIONS HERE FOR BROMLEY FEEDBACK AND SHARING OF IDEAS & DIRECTIONS *** Due Dates: Draft or Outline: Tues, July 16, 7pm by email Final Essay: Friday, July 19, 9:45 pm by email Required elements: typed, double spaced, 10-15 pages fully cited all sources (with end or footnotes: note, most teachers …
Two things: 1) Added “links” to the top pages, starting with a link that might be a useful place for opposition research for your debate research, ProCon.org. 2) Tornado mentioned in class that he took a personal politics test and it returned that he is a libertarian. Here’s the test: theadvocates.org If you want to …
Pick up handout from Tank. There are two sets from Tank, one about 7 pages w/ Court cases and the other quite large, which will be for some required readings and reference for your term paper. For tonight’s readings: 1. Active reading on the page 2. Five Qs or 1-2 paragraph evaluation here. – Bromley
Chapt 10 on the Presidency: read for information. Be prepared for quiz in class Friday a.m. based on the review questions and chapter vocab. Post clarification questions here (not required). – Bromley
Read Chapt 5 for information. * Optional: Post clarification questions here, or any questions you want to discuss in class. * Mandatory: 1-2 paragraph evaluation of Chapt 5 “Public Opinion” discussion, either a particular matter or the general topic. Go! – Bromley
*** required *** post at least one original post and one reply *** This is awesome politics. Walmart had planned on building three stores in DC (which is interesting unto itself in terms of the Walmart business model: going urban reflects the demographic change in the last 5-10 years in the repopulation of cities). Its …
Read all of Chapt 7. Post any clarification Qs here and FIVE thoughtful Qs. – Bromley
Alex forwards the following fascinating look at cartographic depictions of the 2012 electoral college results in populations and local districts by partisan votes: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/ Very cool, except the last map has purple, which I can’t see. – Bromley
Post your questions, concerns and ideas on the midterm here! Your midterm will consist of: * Objective questions from 1) your textbook review questions at the end of each chapter 1-3; and 2) a few past AP USG exams related to content we have covered. * Know your vocab! Some you will define, some you …
These are two important readings, pp 113-127 in your handouts. Please put clarification questions below. YOU MUST READ THESE, as they will clarify and synthesize many of the ideas we have touched upon in class but not fully addressed. Use your textbook Chapt 3 (all) for additional support. – Bromley
For the midterm, use this list with required words highlighted (.pdf file): vocab-running-list_20130708_MIDTERM-HIGHLIGHTED I am not giving you just those words for the Midterm because I want you to see all the other words, as well, to build context and to expand your vocabulary and, thus, understanding. Please contact me right away if you have …
You will be expected to know the highlighted words in your updated Vocab List, which is posted on the Vocab page above. Only a few of these words will be on the test, but be prepared for all of them. Know the vocabulary and you will know the subject. Vocabulary is how we express its …
*** REQUIRES COMMENTS & Qs *** 1. Read for information and PK/NK 2. Post five comments or Qs here. May include clarification Qs. (Hartz not as fun as The Man, but Louis H. is an important observer). – Bromley A note on Hartz Hartz points to the dichotomy in American self-conception as guiding light for …
*** REQUIRES COMMENTS & Qs *** 1. Active Reading per syllabus instructions 2. Five comments and/or Qs here. You can either comment or question, doesn’t matter. 3. Hartz reading attached to The Man handout, but please respond to Hartz on separate blog post. Da Man!
Fri h/w: 1. pick up your Constitution printout from Tank. 2. read actively w/ PK, NK, Comments, & Qs 3. Post your “what” clarification Qs here tonight. 4. Use the Constitution popup study guide for help. Find it on the top menu bar above. **Note:as of 6pm popups are working!!** 5. Don’t forget to …
** Friday update *** Post your 5 top Qs below. If you have any clarification Qs, post or email them to me separately. Original instructions: You are to read actively, per the syllabus, all the Federalist papers in the packet. Apologies for the cut-off of p. 89, which below: No need to Questions posted here …
Thomas Jefferson’s observations on the institution of slavery, 1781: “And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? …
The NY Times is running today a rather beautiful slideshow presentation of what happened to some of the signers of the Declaration during and after the war. The Cost of Revolution Bad things didn’t happen to all the signers, of course, most of whom lived to see the fruit of their invention. But a good …
Great job on the Dahl fight! Tonight, you should: 1. Chapt 2: pp, 27-40: w/ margin notes & Qs pp. 41-48: read for NK, mark PK and any questions, especially “what” clarification. pp. 49-52: w/ margin notes & Qs pp. 53-56: read for NK, mark PK and any questions, especially “what” clarifications 2.Chapt 3: pp …
*** REQUIRES COMMENTS & Qs *** 1. Active reading, per syllabus instructions on the handout. 2. Use your t.b. Chapt 2 to reinforce. 2. Post your Hofstadter questions here. – Bromley