U.S Government

U.S Government

25 Topics:

1) Checks & Balance Organizer

2) Cabinet Organizer

3) Bill or Rights Organizer

4) Election Process Organizer

5) Congress Organizer

6) Executive Branch Organizer

7) Supreme Court Organizer

8) Congressional Committees Organizer

9) State & Local Government Internet

10) State & Local Government Worksheet

11) State Law Search (optional)

12) UC Government Organizer

13) Bureaucracy (17)

14) California ((26)

15) Civil Rights (20)

16) Due Process (25)

17) Electoral College (26)

18) Presidential powers (28)

19) Landmark Court Cases (62)

20) Minor Parties (17)

21) Philosophers (20)

22) Parties (28)

23) Public Policy (20)

24) Filibuster (17)

25) Foreign Policy (22)

Required: 25 Articles related to the 25 topics of course with typed summary for each. (1 article for 1 topic)

Current articles within the last year (2018)….

Optional: May use cartoons, polls, graphs, etc…

Example:

1. Title: Checks & Balance Organizer

URL of the article.

Summary of the article

Must keep summary next to article url.

Summary should be a short paragraph.

Single words or a single sentence will be given a zero.

Journal (Notebook) Grading

Estimated sections, mark the point that best describes your Journal. I will fill in the actual Completeness: Homework assignments, writings and inotes. (0 to 20)

Neatness: Readable, good clean diagrams, drawing, highlighting, colors, typed (0 to 5 )

Outside Information: (Min 25) news articles, reports, data, drawings, extra notes, cartoons,etc.. Everything you do in this section must be fully explained or doesn’t count. (0 to 25 pts)

Total Points: 0 to 50