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JENNIFER B ENNETT
M ICHAE L Z IO LKO WSK I HELLO
June 21, 2010AP US Government734-582-5537 // 734-582-5562
[email protected] //
[email protected]
Dear AP US Government Students & Parents,
Thank you for your interest in AP US Government and Politics.
Your enrollment isimperative to the future of the program.
During your time in AP Gov, you will be busy! The goal of the
course is not only tolearn the inner-workings and functioning of
the United States Government, but toprepare you for the AP Exam in
May. Through the Exam is not a requirement, it isstrongly
encouraged.
The semester is divided into 7 units. During each unit of study,
students will beresponsible for learning a plethora of vocabulary
terms (nearly 700 for thesemester), reading and outlining each
chapter of the text that corresponds to ourstudy (the entire text
will be read by the end of the term), and reading the articles
assigned to enhance your understanding of the curriculum. During
each unit ofstudy lasting 2-3 weeks, there are approximately four
outside readings and twosources of homework each week consisting of
daily readings, in addition to thelong term assignments that
include vocabulary mastery and textbook reading.Even if there is
nothing due on a particular day, there is ALWAYS and assignmentto
be working on in AP Gov!
The curriculum is planned well in advance so students are very
aware of what thecontent expectations are. Unit calendars are
always provided detailing all tasksand their corresponding due
dates. We take great care to help students refinetheir time
management skills in preparation for college. It will take some
time toacclimate to the expectations and demands of the class, but
all students do. Andall students walk away from the course feeling
accomplished.
This is a college prep course and is therefore treated as such.
Students shouldexpect to work hard everyday and take responsibility
for their learning.Attendance is necessary to be successful in this
course, as much of theinstruction is direct. Students should make
every effort to be in class each day.
{Some bull about experience and suck up and politics} ...We
would also suggestthat students take the time to investigate their
own political perspective on the
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major issues facing Americans today. A useful place to start is
atwww.politicalcompass.org.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to
contact myself or Mr.Ziolkowski, addresses provided below.
The more you can accomplish BEFORE the class begins, the better
off you will be.
Ask any former student!
H OME P HON E H OM E FA X P HO NE H OM E STR EE T H OME C IT Y,
H OM E STATE H OME Z IPHO M E U RL
T E L E P H O N E F A C S I M I L E A D D R E S S U R L
http://www.politicalcompass.org/http://www.politicalcompass.org/
