Welcome
to our AP Government class blog! Our activities on the blog will be in the
green box located below. Read the activity and follow its instructions. When
you are ready to answer the questions required, scroll down to the bottom of
the blog page and click on add comment. Type your answers in the box that pops
up and at the end of your answers, include your name. You MUST have your name
in the comments box or you will NOT receive credit for your work. This is just
like putting your name on your paper! ALSO, you must click anonymous from the
drop down boxes listed below the comments box, since the comments are submitted
to me for review and not published. If you leave the box for Google ID checked,
your answers will be lost in space for all eternity (until you redo it!). If
you have ANY questions, please let me know! Tip: If you have any doubts or
fears about losing your work, do as I do, and copy and paste your answers into
a Word document, Notepad, e-mail to yourself, etc., so you have an electronic
copy as backup. I will be posting to the class blog on a weekly basis from now
on, so stay tuned and check back frequently!
Be reminded that you lose
participation points when you are caught on YouTube, Facebook, and similar
sites. You may listen to music on a site like www.grooveshark.com that does NOT have
videos. If music starts to interfere with your ability to complete your work or
stay on task, you will lose that privilege.
Wednesday Schedule:
1st hour: 9:35-10:22
am C lunch: 1:15-1:40 pm
2nd hour: 10:27-11:04
am 6th
hour: 1:45-2:22 pm
3rd hour: 11:09-11:46
am 7th
hour: 2:27-3:05 pm
4th hour: 11:51-12:28
pm
5th hour: 12:33-1:10
pm
Activity:
AP Government –Here are the objectives for today: I can explain how a bill becomes a law. I can create a graphic organizer that demonstrates how a bill becomes a law. Tasks: click on the following link to read about how a bill becomes a law. Then, look at the Document #1 from the website and create your own flow chart (graphic organizer) either on Microsoft Word or on a sheet of copy paper) showing the information given from the Document #1. If you create it electronically, e-mail it to me at Charles.horner@lansingschools.net . If you do it on copy paper, please turn it in to me before you go. Test next Wednesday on Chapter 13 – Congress! Then, go to the following link to read about the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury vs. Madison, which established the precedent that the Supreme Court has the power of judicial review. In the comments box on the blog, explain Judicial Review in your own words.
