Week of November 29th
Monday, November 29
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs and Forces that Impact Political Participation
Procedure:
1. Country groups should make a list of examples of political violence that happened in their states. Include- major revolutions, coups, substantial protests as well as referendums.
2. Develop an argument as to whether political protests are more effective in democratic or authoritarian regimes.
Use one or more of the following course concepts in your response:
• Political legitimacy
• Political culture
• Political stability
In your response you should do the following.
• Respond to the prompt with a defensible claim or thesis that establishes a line of reasoning using one or more of the provided course concepts.
• Support your claim with at least two pieces of specific and relevant evidence from one or more course countries.
• Use reasoning to explain why your evidence supports your claim or thesis, using one or more of the provided course concepts.
• Respond to an opposing or alternate perspective, using refutation, concession, or rebuttal.
Homework:
Watch 3.6 Daily Videos. Take notes on any information that should be added to a presentation. As you review the sample questions, make a list of concepts and content that needs reviewing to understand this topic.
Tuesday, November 30
Objective: Civil Rights and Liberties
Procedure:
1. Read page 4 from the Constitution Center’s lesson plan on civil liberties and rights.
2. In pairs, Research your assigned basic civil liberty (freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, petition, or due process trial rights). Then compare how each is worded in the six core countries.
Debrief and discuss the difference between a country with a constitution and one with a constitutional government (follows rule of law). Prompt students to remember which data sites could be used to see if civil rights and liberties are protected in a country. Introduce the concept of transparency and compare countries on their open government score on the rule of law index. (worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index)
Homework:
Review your notes from Unit 1 on the differences between democratic and authoritarian regimes and their protection of individual rights. Assign Topic 3.7 AP® Daily Videos and summarize the major points. Read a section in the textbook (p. 202–206) and add to the video notes.
Wednesday, December 1
Objective: Political and Social Cleavages
Procedure:
1. Unit 3 PowerPoint
2. Watch 3.8 AP Daily Videos and create a graphic organizer that compares the major cleavages for all six core countries. Leave space on your chart to add textbook notes (p. 72–75).
Homework:
Watch 3.8 AP Daily Videos and create a graphic organizer that compares the major cleavages for all six core countries. Leave space on your chart to add textbook notes (p. 72–75).
Thursday, December 2
Objective: Challenges from Political and Social Cleavages
Procedure:
1. Read “Can Federalism Solve Ethnic Conflict?” (p. 96–97) and answer the questions. Your answers must have concrete examples to use as evidence in your writing.
Homework:
Watch 3.9 AP® Daily Videos and take notes.
Friday, December 3
Objective: Challenges from Political and Social Cleavages
Procedure:
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs and Forces that Impact Political Participation
Procedure:
1. Country groups should make a list of examples of political violence that happened in their states. Include- major revolutions, coups, substantial protests as well as referendums.
2. Develop an argument as to whether political protests are more effective in democratic or authoritarian regimes.
Use one or more of the following course concepts in your response:
• Political legitimacy
• Political culture
• Political stability
In your response you should do the following.
• Respond to the prompt with a defensible claim or thesis that establishes a line of reasoning using one or more of the provided course concepts.
• Support your claim with at least two pieces of specific and relevant evidence from one or more course countries.
• Use reasoning to explain why your evidence supports your claim or thesis, using one or more of the provided course concepts.
• Respond to an opposing or alternate perspective, using refutation, concession, or rebuttal.
Homework:
Watch 3.6 Daily Videos. Take notes on any information that should be added to a presentation. As you review the sample questions, make a list of concepts and content that needs reviewing to understand this topic.
Tuesday, November 30
Objective: Civil Rights and Liberties
Procedure:
1. Read page 4 from the Constitution Center’s lesson plan on civil liberties and rights.
2. In pairs, Research your assigned basic civil liberty (freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, petition, or due process trial rights). Then compare how each is worded in the six core countries.
Debrief and discuss the difference between a country with a constitution and one with a constitutional government (follows rule of law). Prompt students to remember which data sites could be used to see if civil rights and liberties are protected in a country. Introduce the concept of transparency and compare countries on their open government score on the rule of law index. (worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index)
Homework:
Review your notes from Unit 1 on the differences between democratic and authoritarian regimes and their protection of individual rights. Assign Topic 3.7 AP® Daily Videos and summarize the major points. Read a section in the textbook (p. 202–206) and add to the video notes.
Wednesday, December 1
Objective: Political and Social Cleavages
Procedure:
1. Unit 3 PowerPoint
2. Watch 3.8 AP Daily Videos and create a graphic organizer that compares the major cleavages for all six core countries. Leave space on your chart to add textbook notes (p. 72–75).
Homework:
Watch 3.8 AP Daily Videos and create a graphic organizer that compares the major cleavages for all six core countries. Leave space on your chart to add textbook notes (p. 72–75).
Thursday, December 2
Objective: Challenges from Political and Social Cleavages
Procedure:
1. Read “Can Federalism Solve Ethnic Conflict?” (p. 96–97) and answer the questions. Your answers must have concrete examples to use as evidence in your writing.
Homework:
Watch 3.9 AP® Daily Videos and take notes.
Friday, December 3
Objective: Challenges from Political and Social Cleavages
Procedure:
Week of November 22nd
Monday, November 22
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Conduct a gallery walk of the drawings, then debrief. It should be clear that elements of liberty and order exist in both regime types, but that liberty should be emphasized for democratic regimes while order is emphasized for authoritarian regimes.
Homework:
None
Tuesday, November 23
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Protest comparison
2. Read Political Violence and make a list of political violence and the reasons people engage in it.
3. Read Referendums.
4. Country groups should make a list of examples of political violence that happened in their states. Include- major revolutions, coups, substantial protests as well as referendums.
Homework:
Watch all 3.5 videos. Take notes/ Outline. Due on Schoology by Sunday midnight
Wednesday, November 24
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Protest comparison
2. Read Political Violence and make a list of political violence and the reasons people engage in it.
3. Read Referendums.
4. Country groups should make a list of examples of political violence that happened in their states. Include- major revolutions, coups, substantial protests as well as referendums.
Homework:
Watch all 3.5 videos. Take notes/ Outline. Due on Schoology by Sunday midnight
Thursday, November 25
Thanksgiving- No School
Friday, November 26
Black Friday- No School
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Conduct a gallery walk of the drawings, then debrief. It should be clear that elements of liberty and order exist in both regime types, but that liberty should be emphasized for democratic regimes while order is emphasized for authoritarian regimes.
Homework:
None
Tuesday, November 23
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Protest comparison
2. Read Political Violence and make a list of political violence and the reasons people engage in it.
3. Read Referendums.
4. Country groups should make a list of examples of political violence that happened in their states. Include- major revolutions, coups, substantial protests as well as referendums.
Homework:
Watch all 3.5 videos. Take notes/ Outline. Due on Schoology by Sunday midnight
Wednesday, November 24
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Protest comparison
2. Read Political Violence and make a list of political violence and the reasons people engage in it.
3. Read Referendums.
4. Country groups should make a list of examples of political violence that happened in their states. Include- major revolutions, coups, substantial protests as well as referendums.
Homework:
Watch all 3.5 videos. Take notes/ Outline. Due on Schoology by Sunday midnight
Thursday, November 25
Thanksgiving- No School
Friday, November 26
Black Friday- No School
Week of November 15th
Monday, November 15
Objective: Political Culture
Procedure:
1. Present
2. Debrief the presentations by emphasizing the similarities and differences across regime types. Consider having group 2 make these explicit
comparisons with group 1. Continue the rotation with group 1 making the comparisons with all six core countries.
2.Create a one-pager comparing the different ideologies. Watch AP Classroom video 3.3 and use page 76 in CED to complete any information to differentiate between individualism, neoliberalism, communism, socialism, fascism, and populism.
Homework:
1.Create a one-pager comparing the different ideologies. Watch AP Classroom video 3.3 and use page 76 in CED to complete any information to differentiate between individualism, neoliberalism, communism, socialism, fascism, and populism. Due Wednesday
Tuesday, November 16
Objective: Political Culture
Procedure:
1. Answer the following Free-Response question:
A. Define political culture. B. Describe how political culture is transmitted between generations within a country. C. Explain how government officials reinforce political culture in policy making. D. Explain how political culture can strengthen the legitimacy of the state.
2. What are Agents of Socialization? For your assigned country- research the government's requirements for textbooks? How does this reflect values of the government and society?
Homework:
1.Create a one-pager comparing the different ideologies. Watch AP Classroom video 3.3 and use page 76 in CED to complete any information to differentiate between individualism, neoliberalism, communism, socialism, fascism, and populism. Due Wednesday
Wednesday, November 17
Objective: Political Ideologies
Procedure:
1. Unit 3 PowerPoint
2. Discuss political ideologies one pagers
3. Explore the Global Populism Database. Make a comparison between two case-study countries.
Homework:
1. Answer the MC question on Schoology (p54)
2. Watch AP Classroom video 3.4
Thursday, November 18
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Individually or small groups divide a piece of paper into thirds. Label the column on the left side “democratic regimes.” Label the column on the right side “authoritarian regimes.” Draw a visual representation of the tension between liberty and order for each regime type. Name the middle regime type
2. Conduct a gallery walk of the drawings, then debrief. It should be clear that elements of liberty and order exist in both regime types, but that liberty should be emphasized for democratic regimes while order is emphasized for authoritarian regimes.
Friday, November 19
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Unit 3 PowerPoint
2. Introduce the Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Index (heritage.org). Have students read the methodology of measuring economic freedom and then compare the scores of the six core countries. Focus on the four pillars of economic freedom: rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency, and open markets. Discuss their findings and ask the students to make connections between regime types and political values and beliefs.
Homework:
Answer the Free-Response question on Schoology
Objective: Political Culture
Procedure:
1. Present
2. Debrief the presentations by emphasizing the similarities and differences across regime types. Consider having group 2 make these explicit
comparisons with group 1. Continue the rotation with group 1 making the comparisons with all six core countries.
2.Create a one-pager comparing the different ideologies. Watch AP Classroom video 3.3 and use page 76 in CED to complete any information to differentiate between individualism, neoliberalism, communism, socialism, fascism, and populism.
Homework:
1.Create a one-pager comparing the different ideologies. Watch AP Classroom video 3.3 and use page 76 in CED to complete any information to differentiate between individualism, neoliberalism, communism, socialism, fascism, and populism. Due Wednesday
Tuesday, November 16
Objective: Political Culture
Procedure:
1. Answer the following Free-Response question:
A. Define political culture. B. Describe how political culture is transmitted between generations within a country. C. Explain how government officials reinforce political culture in policy making. D. Explain how political culture can strengthen the legitimacy of the state.
2. What are Agents of Socialization? For your assigned country- research the government's requirements for textbooks? How does this reflect values of the government and society?
Homework:
1.Create a one-pager comparing the different ideologies. Watch AP Classroom video 3.3 and use page 76 in CED to complete any information to differentiate between individualism, neoliberalism, communism, socialism, fascism, and populism. Due Wednesday
Wednesday, November 17
Objective: Political Ideologies
Procedure:
1. Unit 3 PowerPoint
2. Discuss political ideologies one pagers
3. Explore the Global Populism Database. Make a comparison between two case-study countries.
Homework:
1. Answer the MC question on Schoology (p54)
2. Watch AP Classroom video 3.4
Thursday, November 18
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Individually or small groups divide a piece of paper into thirds. Label the column on the left side “democratic regimes.” Label the column on the right side “authoritarian regimes.” Draw a visual representation of the tension between liberty and order for each regime type. Name the middle regime type
2. Conduct a gallery walk of the drawings, then debrief. It should be clear that elements of liberty and order exist in both regime types, but that liberty should be emphasized for democratic regimes while order is emphasized for authoritarian regimes.
Friday, November 19
Objective: Political Values and Beliefs
Procedure:
1. Unit 3 PowerPoint
2. Introduce the Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Index (heritage.org). Have students read the methodology of measuring economic freedom and then compare the scores of the six core countries. Focus on the four pillars of economic freedom: rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency, and open markets. Discuss their findings and ask the students to make connections between regime types and political values and beliefs.
Homework:
Answer the Free-Response question on Schoology
Week of November 8th
Monday, November 8
Objective: Civil Society
Procedure:
1. Unit 3 PowerPoint
2. Have students revisit their country data from Topic 1.3. What measures were used
to determine whether a country was democratic or not? What quantitative data do
they already have about the strength of civil society in each of the six core
countries?
In groups, have students craft empirical statements about the status of civil society in each of the six core countries using their data from Unit 1 or by referencing a website like Freedom House.
Homework:
AP classroom video 3.1- Take notes on Civil Society and its components, Pause video and answer the sample questions. Due tonight on Schoology.
Tuesday, November 9
Objective: Civil Society
Procedure:
1. Define civil society. Explain one way in which civil society can strengthen democracy. Explain why democracies restrict civil society
2. Show scoring guidelines and self correct
Homework:
1. Define political culture and explain why it is important in the study of comparative politics.
2. Watch AP Classroom video 3.2- Add any details about political culture that add to your textbook notes.
Wednesday, November 10
Objective: Civil Society
Procedure:
1. In country groups- Create a new PowerPoint for Unit 3. Do the following:
- Using your textbook and study guide create a slide that tells us about your country's civil society.
2. Present
Homework:
1. Define political culture and explain why it is important in the study of comparative politics.
2. Watch AP Classroom video 3.2- Add any details about political culture that add to your textbook notes.
Thursday, November 11
Objective: Political Culture
Procedure:
1. Project a picture of the U.S. flag and ask students what the flag stands
for. Why are there 13 stripes, 50 stars, and the colors red, white, and blue? Discuss
how the flag symbolizes American political culture. Ask them what other symbols
embody American political culture. Ask them how they learned about the flag.
2. Unit 3 PowerPoint
3. Each country group should research the political culture and socialization of their country. Start with the flag on The World Factbook. (cia.gov/the-worldfactbook). Summarize the political culture section of the textbook as well as including some iconic national images in their presentation, along with national anthem.
Homework:
Complete presentations- be prepared to present tomorrow
Friday, November 12
Objective: Political Culture
Procedure:
1. Present
2. Debrief the presentations by emphasizing the similarities and differences across regime types. Consider having group 2 make these explicit
comparisons with group 1. Continue the rotation with group 1 making the comparisons with all six core countries.
Homework:
1.Create a one-pager comparing the different ideologies. Watch AP Classroom video 3.3 and use page 76 in CED to complete any information to differentiate between individualism, neoliberalism, communism, socialism, fascism, and populism.
Objective: Civil Society
Procedure:
1. Unit 3 PowerPoint
2. Have students revisit their country data from Topic 1.3. What measures were used
to determine whether a country was democratic or not? What quantitative data do
they already have about the strength of civil society in each of the six core
countries?
In groups, have students craft empirical statements about the status of civil society in each of the six core countries using their data from Unit 1 or by referencing a website like Freedom House.
Homework:
AP classroom video 3.1- Take notes on Civil Society and its components, Pause video and answer the sample questions. Due tonight on Schoology.
Tuesday, November 9
Objective: Civil Society
Procedure:
1. Define civil society. Explain one way in which civil society can strengthen democracy. Explain why democracies restrict civil society
2. Show scoring guidelines and self correct
Homework:
1. Define political culture and explain why it is important in the study of comparative politics.
2. Watch AP Classroom video 3.2- Add any details about political culture that add to your textbook notes.
Wednesday, November 10
Objective: Civil Society
Procedure:
1. In country groups- Create a new PowerPoint for Unit 3. Do the following:
- Using your textbook and study guide create a slide that tells us about your country's civil society.
2. Present
Homework:
1. Define political culture and explain why it is important in the study of comparative politics.
2. Watch AP Classroom video 3.2- Add any details about political culture that add to your textbook notes.
Thursday, November 11
Objective: Political Culture
Procedure:
1. Project a picture of the U.S. flag and ask students what the flag stands
for. Why are there 13 stripes, 50 stars, and the colors red, white, and blue? Discuss
how the flag symbolizes American political culture. Ask them what other symbols
embody American political culture. Ask them how they learned about the flag.
2. Unit 3 PowerPoint
3. Each country group should research the political culture and socialization of their country. Start with the flag on The World Factbook. (cia.gov/the-worldfactbook). Summarize the political culture section of the textbook as well as including some iconic national images in their presentation, along with national anthem.
Homework:
Complete presentations- be prepared to present tomorrow
Friday, November 12
Objective: Political Culture
Procedure:
1. Present
2. Debrief the presentations by emphasizing the similarities and differences across regime types. Consider having group 2 make these explicit
comparisons with group 1. Continue the rotation with group 1 making the comparisons with all six core countries.
Homework:
1.Create a one-pager comparing the different ideologies. Watch AP Classroom video 3.3 and use page 76 in CED to complete any information to differentiate between individualism, neoliberalism, communism, socialism, fascism, and populism.
