Fri 1/13 – Test on Chapters 9 & 10 on Tuesday 1/17 – Check back here for more info. – Download answers to multiple choice questions for Chapter 9 and 10. – Possible essay questions for this test are from your Chapter 9 Hand-out (#1, #3) and from Chapter 10 Hand-out (#2, #4, #6) – [...]

Fri 12/23 Choose a Republican candidate for president and get to know them. What is your candidate background? What are his/her political agendas?  You can find out more about them here. Mon 12/19 Chapter 8 Test Review Study all vocab words, click here for the online flash cards. Understand tasks of the parties (p. 243), [...]

Fri 12/8 — Understanding Mass Media The media act as key linkage institutions between the people and the policymakers and have a profound impact on the political agenda. Benard Cohen once said “No major act of the American Congress, no foreign adventure, no act of diplomacy, no great social reform can succeed unless the press [...]

Fri 11/18 Test on Monday 11/28 on Chapter 16 Essay #3 due Monday 11/28. Prompt: “In Federalist No. 78, Alexander Hamilton claimed the judiciary would be the “least dangerous branch.” Was Hamilton right or wrong? Has the Court become too powerful? Or has it been too weak? “ Chapter 16 Worksheet with Learning Objectives also [...]