Government and Politics

GOPO 2016-2017 Class Information

GOPO Community Service Directory

Community Service Directory 2014-15

Each student will be required to meet 20 hours of service learning.  LPS has required all graduating seniors to complete 20 hours of service in the community.  The above link is the district provided and approved organizations students can volunteer with.  Any group not on the list needs to be approved by Mr. Nettleton.

Getting Connected: Service Learning Project gets you connected to a local organization.  CommServiceProject

Community Service Current Event: Why Helping Others Makes Us Happy – US News and World Report

Five Reasons to volunteer…

Three are “self­focused”:
1. Understanding: the desire to learn new things and acquire knowledge.
2. Esteem enhancement: feeling better about yourself and finding greater stability in life.
3. Personal development: acquiring new skills, testing your capabilities, and stretching yourself.

Two are “other­focused”:
4. Sense of community: making the world, or your piece of it, better.
5. Humanitarian values: serving and helping others, often with a strong religious component.

CSA: Habits of Mind: Developing critical thinking.  Government and Politics introduces students to a process of developing questions and inquiry.  These skills include Sourcing, Contextualization, Corroboration, Multiple Perspectives, and Close Reading.

LSW_CSA_FlowChart

Make up assignments: Print an article relating to a topic covered in class and complete the CSA formative “skeleton”.  Hand in your article and completed work to Mr. Nettleton.

Formative_”Skeleton”

CSA Document Analysis_League of Denial

Unit 1

Pew Research Typology : Beyond Red vs Blue…Take the Typology Quiz and see where you fit in the political typology.

website

Take the Survey,

Political Party Quiz

PEW Survey Reflection Questions

PEW_Questions

Political Party Comparison

Political_Party_Platforms

Political Spectrum Notes

The_Political_Spectrum

Political Parties Power Point

Political_Parties

Political Party Platform Posters:  Negotiating common ground on 5 main campaign issues.

Political_Party_Posters

Conservative vs Liberal:  See where you fall on the political spectrum.

Take_A_Stand

Issues: Liberal or Conservative?

Public Opinion

Public Opinion and Influence

Mass Media and Media Bias

Media Bias Comparison

MassMedia_MediaBias (Notes)

Mass_Media_project

UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE

Unit 1 SG

Unit 2

Controversial Issues Project: Slides_Outline

Controversial Issues: Topics

Example: ControversialIssues_Example

Unit 3

US Constitution Focus Questions, Constitution Focus Questions

Political Philosophy Notes, Political Philosophy

U.S. Constitution Notes,  US Constitution Notes

Constitutional Amendment Notes, Amendments notes

21st Century U.S. Constitution, 21st cen. Constitution_NEW

Unit 4

Supreme Court Notes: Courts New Version

Supreme Court Presentation Example: Example_LBAvHialeahExample_LBAvHialeah (1)Supreme Court Project_New Version

“To make a democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” -Louis L’Amour

Zootopia: What is the antidote?

Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States