Southern California AP* Institute

Faculty


	AP* U.S. GOVERNMENT Karen Waples history Karen Waples has taught for 18 years and is the social studies department coordinator at Cherry Creek High School. She has taught three AP* classes: U.S. Government and Politics, Comparative Government and U.S. History. Ms. Waples has graded AP* U.S. Government and U.S. History exams. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Denver and a law degree from the University of Colorado. contact You can e-mail Karen at kwaples@cherrycreekschools.org session outline *Monday* (Introduction, Constitutional Foundations) The AP* Course Curriclum Break Introduction: Developing a Successful AP* Program (Packet 1) Lunch Introduction, Continued Discussion of Federalist Papers 10 and 51* Break Simulation of Marbury vs. Madison Review of Textbooks and Materials Homework: Read U.S. v. Lopez (T-34 through T-39) *Tuesday* (Federalism, Rights, Political Beliefs, Linkage Institutions) Discussion of Beard and Hofstadter Lecture on Federalism Break Discussion of U.S. v. Lopez Lunch Lesson Plans and Materials (Packet 2) Civil Rights Lecture Break Lesson Plans and Materials (packet 3) Multiple-choice Questions Homework: For Thursday, read Bowling Alone and The Ladd Report *Wednesday* (The Presidency, Bureaucracy, and Judiciary; Scoring the Exam) Lesson Plans and Materials (Packet 4) Discussion and Activity: Critical Elections Break The West Wing Lunch Discussion of Barber Article Scoring the Written Exam Break Lesson Plans and Materials (Packet 5) Lecture on the Affirmative Action *Thursday* (Civil Liberties, Civic Participation, Internet Resources, Lesson Sharing, and Evaluations) Law and Order: Gun Show Civil Liberties Break Socratic Seminar: Bowling Alone Lunch Lessons and Materials (Packet 6) Scoring the Exam Computer Lab Break The US in a Global World: Discussion of The World is Flat Opportunity to Share Lesson Plans and Materials, Professional Development Debriefing and Evaluations [ Art History ] . [ Biology ] . [ Calculus AB ] . [ Calculus BC ] . [ Chemistry ] . [ Economics ] . [ English Language ] . [ English Literature ] . [ Environmental Science ] . [ European History ] . [ French Language ] . [ Physics ] . [ Psychology ] . [ Spanish Language ] . [ Spanish Literature ] . [ Statistics ] . [ U.S. Government ] . [ U.S. History ] . [ World History ]

*College Board, AP, Advanced Placement Program, AP Vertical Teams, Pre-AP and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. Used with permission.