SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
SENIOR INSTITUTE
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
J. Copeland 2011-2012
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE STATE?
Introduction to Mr. Copeland’s History Class
• Political Systems
• Economic Systems
• Political and Economic Ideological Spectrum
• World and U. S. Geography/Current Events
Skills: Note taking, analysis of primary sources, basic social studies content vocabulary, basic geography
Texts: Party Platforms of selected political parties, quotations from selected historic figures
Films: Excerpts from political roundtable discussions on various cable and PBS programs
Assessments: Quizzes, personal political/economic framework essay
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER – How Democratic is the Constitution?
• Articles of Confederation
• Shay’s Rebellion
• Constitutional Convention
• Constitution
• Federalism/Anti-Federalism
• Current Events
Skills: Note taking, reading comprehension, content vocabulary, vocabulary, verbal argumentation/discussion
Texts: Invention a Nation by Gore Vidal, A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Films: excerpts from political roundtable discussions on various cable and PBS programs
Assessments: Quizzes, informal writing, current event report, track participation in discussions, response essay: How Democratic is the Constitution, creative short film project
DECEMBER/JANUARY -- What are the “Privileges and Immunities of U. S. Citizenship?”
• Due Process Clause
• Bill of Rights (over-view, initial applicability to the states)
• Baron v. Baltimore (1833)
• Dred Scott Case (1857)
• Fourteenth Amendment, applicability to states (1868)
• Slaughter-House Cases (1873)
• Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
Skills: Note taking, reading comprehension, content vocabulary, vocabulary, verbal argumentation/discussion, written argumentation, evidence gathering to support arguments
Texts: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, The Supreme’s Greatest Hits, The Supreme Court, Various Supreme Court Opinions (primary sources)
Films: excerpts from political roundtable discussions on various cable and PBS programs
Assessments: quizzes, exams track participation in discussions
FEB/MARCH – How has the Supreme Court been used to Expand and Inhibit Liberty in the United States?
• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of Religion
• Rights of the Accused
• Reproductive Rights
• Civil Rights
• Current Events
Skills: Note taking, reading comprehension, content vocabulary, vocabulary, verbal argumentation/discussion, evidence gathering to support arguments
Texts: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, The Supreme’s Greatest Hits, The Supreme Court, various Supreme Court opinions (primary sources), handouts—analysis of Supreme Court opinions
Films: excerpts from political roundtable discussions on various cable and PBS programs, Assessments: Quizzes, Lincoln-Douglas debates (build upon verbal and written argumentation skills), current event report, track participation in discussions
APRIL – The “Culture Wars” - The New Left
• Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal
• Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society
• The Counter Culture of the 1960s
• Current Events
Skills: Note taking, reading comprehension, content vocabulary, vocabulary, verbal argumentation/discussion, evidence gathering to support arguments
Texts: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, selected handouts—
Films: excerpts from political roundtable discussions on various cable and PBS programs, Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, response essay, current event report, track participation in discussions
MAY – The “Culture Wars” - Rise of Movement Conservatism
• Barry Goldwater and the Conservative Backlash Against the 1960s Counter-culture
• Ronald Reagan, Trickledown Economics and the Conservative 1980s
• Current Events
Skills: Note taking, reading comprehension, content vocabulary, vocabulary, verbal argumentation/discussion, evidence gathering to support arguments
Texts: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, The Rise of Southern Republicans, What’s the Matter w Kansas, selected handouts
Films: excerpts from political roundtable discussions on various cable and PBS programs, Mr. Conservative, Reagan
Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, response essay, current event report, track participation in discussions
JUNE – Final Exams/Presentations
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Democratizing Twentieth Century America - Vocabulary
For each word:
a) define
b) list part of speech
c) use in a sentence that conveys your understanding the meaning of the word
vanquish
respiratory
meddle
hobnob
treacherous
militant
expropriation
persistence
ordinance
vigilante
tenement
incite
perpetual
jurisdiction
entanglement
municipal
migratory
agitator
a) define
b) list part of speech
c) use in a sentence that conveys your understanding the meaning of the word
vanquish
respiratory
meddle
hobnob
treacherous
militant
expropriation
persistence
ordinance
vigilante
tenement
incite
perpetual
jurisdiction
entanglement
municipal
migratory
agitator
Politics and Government - Vocabulary
For each word:
a) define
b) list part of speech
c) use in a sentence that conveys your understanding the meaning of the word
debtor
evade
defy
carnage
disaffected
concession
modify
imbed
dispossess
indentured servant
currency
intricate
provincial
redress
a) define
b) list part of speech
c) use in a sentence that conveys your understanding the meaning of the word
debtor
evade
defy
carnage
disaffected
concession
modify
imbed
dispossess
indentured servant
currency
intricate
provincial
redress
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Homework
Hello folks. The following assignment is for both 11th and 12th grade classes.
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sspes/index.html#
Please go to the site above.
a) click on the first box: "Political and Economic Grid"
b) draw a Political Economic Grid in your notebook
c) click on "Working with the Spectrums" spectrum (skip the demo)
d) take a look at each of the four boxes under "Click to View".
e) draw each of the diagrams in your notebook (Political Economic Grid, Spectrums, etc.)
f) explore the website a bit
g) have a nice weekend
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sspes/index.html#
Please go to the site above.
a) click on the first box: "Political and Economic Grid"
b) draw a Political Economic Grid in your notebook
c) click on "Working with the Spectrums" spectrum (skip the demo)
d) take a look at each of the four boxes under "Click to View".
e) draw each of the diagrams in your notebook (Political Economic Grid, Spectrums, etc.)
f) explore the website a bit
g) have a nice weekend
Friday, September 16, 2011
Democratizing Twentieth Century - Syllabus/Curriculum Map
In this course you will examine the roots of various Twentieth Century political, social, economic and cultural reform movements. For each movement, you will answer a series of essential questions. Through these questions you will gain both a sense of historical context and an understanding of the tactics used by those who sought to bring about greater democracy and equality in the United States.
Essential Questions: Why Then? Why did the endeavor for this reform get underway when it did? What gains were won? What gains were sought but not won? If the reform was only partially achieved, what limited its attainment?
SEPTEMBER - Introduction to Mr. Copeland’s History Class
• Political Systems
• Economic Systems
• Political and Economic Ideological Spectrum
• World and U. S. Geography
Skills: Note taking, analysis of primary sources
Texts: Party Platforms of selected political parties, quotations from selected historic figures
Films: Excerpts from political roundtable discussions on various cable and PBS programs
Assessments: Quizzes, personal political/economic framework essay
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER - Democracy and Equality for Women
• The Right to Vote
• The Movement for Birth Control
• Industrialization
• World War I
Skills: content vocabulary usage, analysis of primary and secondary sources, argument development for a debate, logic and reasoning
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Women’s America (Kerber, DeHart), Legislating Women’s Morals (Sanger), Comstock Law, Selected Handouts
Films: Iron Jawed Angels, Choices of the Heart
Assessments: Quizzes, Response Essay, Unit Exam, Reproductive Rights Debate
DECEMBER – Labor Democratizes America
• The Progressive Era
• The Great Depression
• The New Deal
• The Red Scare
Skills: content vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Who Built America, Roosevelt and the New Deal, Selected Handouts
Films: Native Son, Grapes of Wrath, The Front, Roger and Me, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: Quizzes, Response Essay, Unit Exam
JANUARY/FEBRUARY - Democracy and Equality for African Americans
• World War II
• The Cold War
• The Civil Rights Movement
Skills: vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, organization in writing a formal, academic essay, presentation/power point, public speaking
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), From Slavery to Freedom (Franklin), Movements of the New Left (Goss)
Films: Eyes on the Prize, Battle for America’s Schools, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: Quizzes, final exam, independent/group research project
MARCH – Democracy and Equality for Youth
• The Cold War
• Student Movement
• Anti-War Movement/Vietnam War
• Rise of the New Left
Skills: vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, discerning author bias
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), The Children (Halberstam), Movements of the New Left (Goss)
Films: Two Days in October, Summer of Love, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: Quizzes, Unit Exam, Response Essay
APRIL/MAY – Pluralistic America
• The Cold War
• Black Power Movement
• Latino Cultural Liberation
• Women’s Liberation
• American Indian Cultural Liberation
• Gay and Lesbian Liberation
Skills: vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, discerning author bias
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), The Children (Halberstam), Movements of the New Left (Goss), Stonewall (Duberman), Columbus to Castro (Williams)
Films: The Education of Sonny Carson, Malcolm X, Milk, Yo Soy Boriqua, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: quizzes, unit exam, group project and independent research paper
JUNE – NEW LEFT GROUP PRESENTATIONS
Essential Questions: Why Then? Why did the endeavor for this reform get underway when it did? What gains were won? What gains were sought but not won? If the reform was only partially achieved, what limited its attainment?
SEPTEMBER - Introduction to Mr. Copeland’s History Class
• Political Systems
• Economic Systems
• Political and Economic Ideological Spectrum
• World and U. S. Geography
Skills: Note taking, analysis of primary sources
Texts: Party Platforms of selected political parties, quotations from selected historic figures
Films: Excerpts from political roundtable discussions on various cable and PBS programs
Assessments: Quizzes, personal political/economic framework essay
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER - Democracy and Equality for Women
• The Right to Vote
• The Movement for Birth Control
• Industrialization
• World War I
Skills: content vocabulary usage, analysis of primary and secondary sources, argument development for a debate, logic and reasoning
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Women’s America (Kerber, DeHart), Legislating Women’s Morals (Sanger), Comstock Law, Selected Handouts
Films: Iron Jawed Angels, Choices of the Heart
Assessments: Quizzes, Response Essay, Unit Exam, Reproductive Rights Debate
DECEMBER – Labor Democratizes America
• The Progressive Era
• The Great Depression
• The New Deal
• The Red Scare
Skills: content vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Who Built America, Roosevelt and the New Deal, Selected Handouts
Films: Native Son, Grapes of Wrath, The Front, Roger and Me, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: Quizzes, Response Essay, Unit Exam
JANUARY/FEBRUARY - Democracy and Equality for African Americans
• World War II
• The Cold War
• The Civil Rights Movement
Skills: vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, organization in writing a formal, academic essay, presentation/power point, public speaking
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), From Slavery to Freedom (Franklin), Movements of the New Left (Goss)
Films: Eyes on the Prize, Battle for America’s Schools, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: Quizzes, final exam, independent/group research project
MARCH – Democracy and Equality for Youth
• The Cold War
• Student Movement
• Anti-War Movement/Vietnam War
• Rise of the New Left
Skills: vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, discerning author bias
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), The Children (Halberstam), Movements of the New Left (Goss)
Films: Two Days in October, Summer of Love, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: Quizzes, Unit Exam, Response Essay
APRIL/MAY – Pluralistic America
• The Cold War
• Black Power Movement
• Latino Cultural Liberation
• Women’s Liberation
• American Indian Cultural Liberation
• Gay and Lesbian Liberation
Skills: vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, discerning author bias
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), The Children (Halberstam), Movements of the New Left (Goss), Stonewall (Duberman), Columbus to Castro (Williams)
Films: The Education of Sonny Carson, Malcolm X, Milk, Yo Soy Boriqua, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: quizzes, unit exam, group project and independent research paper
JUNE – NEW LEFT GROUP PRESENTATIONS
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Vocabulary Homework
For each term write:
a) part of speech (noun, verb, adj, etc)
b) definition
c) sentence using the word; sentence should demonstrate that you understand the meaning of the word
Democratizing Twentieth Century
jingoism
indignation
sober
stately
matron
besmirch
vagrancy
indict
imperial
pallid
eloquent
Politics and Government
For each term write:
a) part of speech (noun, verb, adj, etc)
b) definition
c) sentence using the word; sentence should demonstrate that you understand the meaning of the word
incensed
commissary
passive
recalcitrant
contingent
cognizant
avarice
profiteer
embolden
grievance
furlough
mutiny
ignominious
consternation
imprudent/prudent
hoard
surly
a) part of speech (noun, verb, adj, etc)
b) definition
c) sentence using the word; sentence should demonstrate that you understand the meaning of the word
Democratizing Twentieth Century
jingoism
indignation
sober
stately
matron
besmirch
vagrancy
indict
imperial
pallid
eloquent
Politics and Government
For each term write:
a) part of speech (noun, verb, adj, etc)
b) definition
c) sentence using the word; sentence should demonstrate that you understand the meaning of the word
incensed
commissary
passive
recalcitrant
contingent
cognizant
avarice
profiteer
embolden
grievance
furlough
mutiny
ignominious
consternation
imprudent/prudent
hoard
surly
Friday, June 10, 2011
Final Exam Terms for Poly Govt
Espionage Act
Revolutionary socialism
Earl Warren
“power of the purse”
Federalism
Federalist/anti-federalist
Electoral College
Constitutional Convention of 1787
separation of powers
John Locke
Declaration of Independence
checks and balances
amending process
House of Representatives
Senate
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Whiskey Rebellion
Shays’ Rebellion
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Connecticut Compromise
George Washington
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
The Assumption
Bank of the United States
XYZ Affair
Executive, legislative, judicial branches (major powers of each)
Framers of the Constitution
States rights/state sovereignty
Earl Warren/Major JusticesSlaughterhouse Cases
Kelo v. New London
Earls v. Bd of Ed
Meyer v. Nebraska
Gitlow v. New York
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Schenk v. United StatesSlaughterhouse Cases
Kelo v. New London
Earls v. Bd of EdBarron v. Mayor of Baltimore14th amendment
Bill of Rights
due process
equal protection
civil liberties
judicial review
Dangerous Tendencies Test/Clear and Present Danger
Writ of certiorariZelman v. Simmons-HarrisWalz v. NYC Tax Commission
“benevolent neutrality”
“child benefit theory”
Excessive Entanglement Standard
Oregon v. Smith
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Compelling interest rule
Generally applicable law rule
McCollum v. Board of Education
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Everson v. Board of Education
Zorach v. Clauson
Wisconsin v. YoderNew York State Board of Regents
Engle v. Vitale
Abington v. Schempp
Epperson v. Arkansas
Clarence Darrow
Butler Act
ACLU
William Jennings Bryan
balanced time
release time
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
Thomas Jefferson
WVA Board of Education v. Barnette
Minersville v. Gobitis
Felix Franfurter
Schenk v U. S.
Bill of Rights
Establishment / Free Exercise
Marbury v Madison
Compelling interest
Generally applicable
Exclusionary rule
Writ of certiorari
Furman v Georgia
Gregg v Georgia
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Released Time
Engel v. Vitale
Lemon v Kurtzman
Epperson v Arkansas (1968)
Edwards v Aguillard
Zelman v Simmons-Harris
Minersville v. Gobitis
Walz v NYC Tax Commission
Wisconsin v Yoder
Sherbert v Verner
Oregon v Smith
Weeks v United States
United States v Santana
Gideon v. Wainright
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education
Commerce Clause
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bakke v California
Bowers v Hardwick
Kelo v New London
Butler Act
Revolutionary socialism
Earl Warren
“power of the purse”
Federalism
Federalist/anti-federalist
Electoral College
Constitutional Convention of 1787
separation of powers
John Locke
Declaration of Independence
checks and balances
amending process
House of Representatives
Senate
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Whiskey Rebellion
Shays’ Rebellion
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Connecticut Compromise
George Washington
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
The Assumption
Bank of the United States
XYZ Affair
Executive, legislative, judicial branches (major powers of each)
Framers of the Constitution
States rights/state sovereignty
Earl Warren/Major JusticesSlaughterhouse Cases
Kelo v. New London
Earls v. Bd of Ed
Meyer v. Nebraska
Gitlow v. New York
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Schenk v. United StatesSlaughterhouse Cases
Kelo v. New London
Earls v. Bd of EdBarron v. Mayor of Baltimore14th amendment
Bill of Rights
due process
equal protection
civil liberties
judicial review
Dangerous Tendencies Test/Clear and Present Danger
Writ of certiorariZelman v. Simmons-HarrisWalz v. NYC Tax Commission
“benevolent neutrality”
“child benefit theory”
Excessive Entanglement Standard
Oregon v. Smith
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Compelling interest rule
Generally applicable law rule
McCollum v. Board of Education
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Everson v. Board of Education
Zorach v. Clauson
Wisconsin v. YoderNew York State Board of Regents
Engle v. Vitale
Abington v. Schempp
Epperson v. Arkansas
Clarence Darrow
Butler Act
ACLU
William Jennings Bryan
balanced time
release time
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
Thomas Jefferson
WVA Board of Education v. Barnette
Minersville v. Gobitis
Felix Franfurter
Schenk v U. S.
Bill of Rights
Establishment / Free Exercise
Marbury v Madison
Compelling interest
Generally applicable
Exclusionary rule
Writ of certiorari
Furman v Georgia
Gregg v Georgia
Gitlow v. New York (1925)
Released Time
Engel v. Vitale
Lemon v Kurtzman
Epperson v Arkansas (1968)
Edwards v Aguillard
Zelman v Simmons-Harris
Minersville v. Gobitis
Walz v NYC Tax Commission
Wisconsin v Yoder
Sherbert v Verner
Oregon v Smith
Weeks v United States
United States v Santana
Gideon v. Wainright
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education
Commerce Clause
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bakke v California
Bowers v Hardwick
Kelo v New London
Butler Act
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