Day 35 - AP Exam Prep 

Opener:  Be Ready, Be Confident, Be Specific!

This is the last posting prior to the AP US Government and Politics Exam.  There are no assignments except to prepare for the exam this Monday @ 3:00 pm.

I realize that for many of you this may trigger a certain level of anxiety and excitement.  Just remember that the best solution to this kind of stress is preparation and a sound plan.  Feeling prepared only happens when you prepare.  You can get a great deal done in 5 days.

Activity #1:  Exam Walkthrough

Students will receive their AP Exam ticket in their email 2 days prior to their test. It will look similar to the one below. It will have your AP ID on it and you will click on the yellow bar to get to your exam. Please make sure you get into your exam 30 min before your scheduled time. This will only be good for the May exam dates. If you have not been getting emails from College Board about your test, please login to myap.collegeboard.org and update your email address. 

There will be 3 different ways to submit your test.

1. Type your responses in a different document then copy and paste it into the exam browser. You will not be able to type directly into the browser.
2. Save a document and attach it. If your test has 2 questions you will need to attach 2 different documents.
3. Hand write your response in pencil or pen on white lines paper and upload of photo of your writing.

For all 3 options your AP ID and your initials will need to be at the top of every page.

You don’t need the complete the test, but you do need to submit before time runs out. There will be a timer going and you will receive a 5 minute warning to start uploading your response if you haven’t already.

If you qualify for extended time, that time will automatically be added on to your timer.

Activity #2:  Face to Face - Preparation and Test Tips

Tomorrow (Friday) at 9:00 A.M.

Mr Clark is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.  

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78781929511?pwd=SVZseVNqcnI3eUN6RFVEd0pzZ3ZqUT09

Meeting ID: 787 8192 9511
Password: 076150


https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-2020exam-sample-questions-us-government-politics.pdf

Close:  The Remainder

Following the exam on Monday, the remainder of the academic school year will be spent on completing missing or unfinished assignments for those students who want, or need, to improve their final grade.  More guidance on this will be given Tuesday of next week.

Day 34 - Government Protects Citizens from Government...and each other

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Learning Targets:  Students will be able to....

• Explain how the U.S. Constitution protects individual liberties and rights.
• Describe the rights protected in the Bill of Rights.
• Explain the extent to which the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First and Second Amendments reflects a commitment to individual liberty.

Through the U.S. Constitution, but primarily through the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment, citizens and groups have attempted to limit national and state governments to prevent them from infringing upon individual rights and from denying equal protection under the law. 

However, it has sometimes been argued that these legal protections have been used to slow reforms and restrict freedoms of others in the name of social order.

Opener:  American Freedom
Which do you think American citizens value more, their Civil Rights or their Civil Liberties?  Make sure that your response draws a distinction between the two.

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

• 14th Amendment - Ratified in 1868

Activity #1 -  Civil Liberties Key Components - 5 questions you need to answer

1.  How does the Bill of Rights protect citizens and states from an overpowering national government?  Hint:  Recall the reason that these 10 amendments were added to the US Constitution in the first place.....cough...cough...Antifederalists....cough.....

2.  To what extent has the use of 14th amendment undermined the intentions of the 10th?  Hint:  "Incorporation"

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws . - 14th Amendment - Ratified in 1868

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. - 10th Amendment - Ratified 1791

3.  What limitations are there on our freedom of speech and religion?  Hint: Think setting.

4.  Why are the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th considered the "rights of the accused"?  Hint:  Think like someone wrongfully accused.

5.  In what ways is the 2nd amendment different than the other civil liberties expressed in the Bill of Rights?  Hint:  "infringed"

Activity #2 -  Civil Rights Key Components - 5 questions we all need to answer

1.  Why did the court reverse the Plessy v Ferguson (1896) separate but equal doctrine the case of Brown v Board of Education (1954)?  Hint:  It is "inherently unequal"

2.  Under what power granted to them under the US Constitution did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?  What were the limits?  Hint:  "Public Accommodation"

3.  What do you think were MLK's motives and purposes behind "A Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?  Hint:  Civil Disobedience

4.  The 19th Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and "Title IX" have all expanded civil rights beyond the issue of race addressed in the previous questions.  Which group in American society do you think more clearly saw immediate benefits?

5.  The 24th Amendment abolished the poll tax.  Why were these taxes, and literacy tests, seen as a deliberate attempt to limit minority voting?  Hint:  Look at the states that had poll taxes.

Close:  AP Test - Helper Sheet and Watch This Video!!!!

Print this out or make your own copy.  Might come in handy...on May 11th....during an event.....  

Just have it handy.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13jmerKIFY0Rz_7bu0SPKCRDCGGJdFp-UmA0kC7Ur0pQ/edit?usp=sharing