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Mr. Della Torre's History Site

Week of September 6th

Monday, September 6
No School- Labor Day 
What is Labor Day and why do we celebrate it?
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Tuesday, September 7 
Objectives: Students should be able to 
1. Follow classroom rules and procedures

Procedure: 
1. Introductions
2. Distribution of textbooks
3. CoPoGo Syllabus and Specifics 
4. 
Please respond to the following questions in a few thoughtful sentences or a short paragraph.
  1. Why are you taking AP CoGoPo? What do you hope to get out of this course?
  2. What do you know about global politics? Briefly explain your understanding of world politics (it is ok if you don’t know much!)
Homework -
Democratization Briefing Paper Assignment - Due Friday, September 10by class time. 

Wednesday, September 8 
Objectives: Students should be able to 
1.  Identify comparative gov't terms and concepts 

Procedure: 
1. Comparative Method discussion PowerPoint
2. Teacher-generated discussion - empirical data, normative methods, variables, correlations, causations
3. Scenario Analysis - variables, hypotheses, correlation and causation 

Homework: 
1. Read text pages 12-21 (Topic Two - through "Core Areas")- Tomorrow 9/9
2. Democratization Briefing Paper Assignment - Due Friday 9/10 by class time.  

Thursday, September 9 
Objectives: Students should be able to 
1.  Identify comparative gov't terms and concepts 

Procedure: 
1. Comparative Method discussion PowerPoint
2. Teacher-generated discussion - empirical data, normative methods, variables, correlations, causations
3. Scenario Analysis - variables, hypotheses, correlation and causation 
4. Democratization Briefing Paper Assignment 

Homework: 
1. Democratization Briefing Paper Assignment - Due Friday 9/10 by class time. 

Friday, September 10 
Objectives: Students should be able to 
1.  Identify comparative gov't terms and concepts 

Procedure: 
​1. Pair and share- Democratization paper 
2. Article Summaries- Due Monday, September 13 

Homework: 
 1. Read and take notes on pages 12-17 of text through the end of TOPIC ONE) - be prepared to discuss main ideas of the major approaches on Monday 9/16.
2. ​Article Summaries- Due Monday, September 13 
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