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=Welcome to Mr. R's Wikipage!= toc

Introduction:
This is a wikispace for your A.P. U.S. Politics and Government and I.B. Contemporary World History class. My hope is that this will be a resource for you to find all the readings, worksheets, and lectures necessary for you to be sucessful in this course.

-- Syllanbus for the class with all proceedures and practices.

U1: Constitutional Underpinnings (A.P.)
Lindberry Chapters 1-3

CH1: Principles of American Government
__Required Readings:__ These are readings are a absolutely basic and essential to sucess on the Unit Exam and the AP Test. They are neither long, nor complex, but they are required so please print out a copy of your own or use the ones I give you in class. -- An encyclopedia entry on **politics**. **(Doc 1)** - A MC test on the principles of **government** that we will do in class or you can take at home. **(Doc 2)** - A MC test on the origins of **American goverment** that we will do in class or you can take at home. **(Doc 3****)**
 * [[file:The Articles of Confederation.docx]]--** A simple reading on the weaknesses of the **Articles of the Confederation. (Doc 4)**

CH2: ﻿The Constitution
__Required Readings:__ These are readings are a absolutely basic and essential to sucess on the Unit Exam and the AP Test. They are neither long, nor complex, but they are required so please print out a copy of your own or use the ones I give you in class. - The lecture notes of Peter Pew -- A simple overview of the formation of the **constitution. (Doc 5)** -- A simple overview of the formation of the **constitution. (Doc 6)** -- A simple overview of the **amendments.** -- A simple diagram of **checks and balances.** - A MC test on the **constitution** that we will do in class or you can take at home. **(Doc 7)** -- A simple diagram of the **formal amendment** process**.**

CH3: Federalism
__Required Readings:__ These are readings are a absolutely basic and essential to sucess on the Unit Exam and the AP Test. They are neither long, nor complex, but they are required so please print out a copy of your own or use the ones I give you in class. -- A simple explanation of **McCulloch v. Maryland.** -- A MC test on **federalism** that we will do in class or you can take at home. **(Doc 8)**

Help: Writing an A.P. Free Response:
-- An explanation of how to write a free response. **(Doc 9)** -- An explanation of how to write a free response. **(Doc 10)**

Help: Recommended Readings:
These readings are interesting and informative. However, they are also long and complex. If you are ambitious enough or have some extra time then I suggest you check out a few. I have ranked them. Read #1s first and #5s last.

Year-Long Project: Chronology
Event identification is an essential part of being a good historian. Therefore, an ongoing project for this year will be to keep an events checklist. For __each__ event on this chronology list, you must put a check or an "x". A check indicates to me that you understand the causes, practices, and effects of this event. See the example I have created on the PDF. If you do not, please put and "x". You won't be penalized for having "x"s, it's just a way in which you can keep track of your own understanding -- List of Cold War events that you MUST know. **(Doc 11)**

**Year-Long Project: Primary Source**
Real history comes from being able to understand past events through the evidence that is left for us. Therefore, and ongoing project this year will be to read the primary sources on the Cold War. Pick two of the 6 questions available for each of the primary sources and answer them on your reading. This will help you stay connected to the text. -- Version 1 **(Doc 12)** -- Version 2

Required Readings
These are readings are a absolutely basic and essential to sucess on the Unit Exam and the IB Test. They are neither long, nor complex, but they are required so please print out a copy of your own or use the ones I give you in class.

-- An overview of the ideological differences. **(Doc 13)** -- George Kennan's view on the ideology of the Soviet Union. **(Doc 14)** -- Reading and primary source documents on the Origins of the Cold War. **(Doc 15)** -- Reading and primary source documents on the Origins of the Cold War. **(Doc 15)** -- This is the most concise and informative resource of the origins of the Cold War. -- It will be covered in our activity that we will do on 10-5, 10-6/7 **(Doc 16)** -- Excellent encyclopedia article from the Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy by Walter LaFeber **(Doc 17)** -- Excellent encyclopedia article from the Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy by Barton Bernstein **(Doc 18)** -- Here is an easy and excellent wrap-up of ideas to finish out the unit **(Doc 19)**
 * [[file:From War to Troubled Peace 1.pdf]] --** A textbook reading regarding the end of the WWII and the origin of the Cold War. **(Doc PTC2)**
 * [[file:From War to Troubled Peace 2.pdf]]--** A textbook reading regarding the end of the WWII and the origin of the Cold War. **(Doc PTC2)**
 * [[file:From Containment to Korea 1.pdf]]--** A textbook reading regarding the policy of Containment and the Korean War. **(Doc PTC3)**
 * [[file:From Containment to Korea 2.pdf]]--** A textbook reading regarding the policy of Containment and the Korean War. **(Doc PTC3)**

Help: Recommended Readings:
These readings are interesting and informative. However, they are also long and complex. If you are ambitious enough or have some extra time then I suggest you check out a few. I have ranked them. Read #1s first and #5s last.

Cold War CNN Series Interviews

In-Class Project
ADDITION: Copy and Paste this section and put it the area above the graphic organizer. Name: **  Origins of the Cold War   ** //  Unit Question: In what was, and for what reasons, did wartime allies deteriorate into Cold War enemies 1945-1949? // //   Activity Question (Practice Essay on Friday): “Before President Truman began his address to Congress to outline his doctrine of containment, the seeds of the Cold War had already been sown.” Evaluate the role of United States policy played in the origins of the Cold War before March 12th, 1947. //  **  Thoughts on writing:  ** This is practice is reading to find evidence. I know this appears to be a lot of work, but your reading must take this shape. Each passage of the readings is another piece of evidence that can be used towards supporting your arguments, or refuting counterarguments. Go in to this activity as a detective searching for evidence. We will use your notes in your writing. Directions: The sources are a mixture of primary and secondary. They all deal with U.S.-Soviet relations before 1946. With each document: 1. Determine what the document is talking about—the “topic”. 2. Summarize the document. What are you taken away from it that might help your answer both the activity question (Friday)? -Note: Also, as you read, consider how this activities lesson relates to the unit question.

U3: Political Participation, Political Parties, and Interest Groups (A.P.)
Lindberry Chapters 6, 8, 11

U5: Media, Campaigns, and Elections (A.P.)
Lindberry Chapters 6, 8, 11

U6: Congress and the Budget (A.P.)
Lindberry Chapters 12 and 14

U8: The Presidency and the Beauracracy (A.P.)
Lindberry Chapters 13 and 15

U9: The Federal Courts and Civil Liberties (A.P.)
Lindberry Chapters 16 and 4