AP U.S. Government and AP Comparative Government
- What
- AP U.S. Government and AP Comparative Government
- When
- 8/12/2021, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
- Where
- AP U.S. Government and AP Comparative Government
AP U.S. Government
Class Work:
Students started or continued discussing the political spectrum diagram and the document on the various political parties and their core beliefs.
Homework:
Review today's discussion notes.
***********Quiz next Wednesday, 8-18-21 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd periods.
***********Quiz next Thursday 8-19-21 for 4th, 5th, and 7th periods.
AP Comparative Government
Class Work:
Students continued their discussion on Comparative Government nomenclature, including, but not limited to legitimacy, transparency, power/authority (and how power/authority change either peacefully or violently). They also discussed the concept of sovereignty and how regimes maintain it, democratization (illiberal democracies, hybrid regimes, one-party states, theocracy, as well as totalitarian and military regimes). Finally, they discussed the concepts of free and fair elections, civil society, political socialization/political participation, and liberal democracy.
Homework:
Review today's discussion notes. ALSO, read the following pages in your textbook by Friday: p 31-39
and 46-50.
***********Quiz next Wednesday, 8-18-21.