Politics and Government Homework - Due Mon, March 3

1) Powell v. Alabama
    a) notes/annotations
    b) opinion analysis

2) Miranda v. Arizona Dissenting Opinion
    a) notes/annotations
    b) opinion analysis

3) Norris v. Alabama (Due Tuesday)
    a) notes/annotations
    b) opinion analysis

Democratizing Twentieth Century America Homework - Due Mon, March 3

1) Draw the following maps in your notebooks. 

2) Read and take notes:

a) The Cold War 

b) Summary of Events 

**There appears to be a typo on the website.  In the section of Truman:

"His Fair Deal domestic policies and support for civil rights, however, divided the Republican Party and nearly cost Truman the election."

correct version:

 "His Fair Deal domestic policies and support for civil rights, however, divided the Democratic Party and nearly cost Truman the election."

c) The Start of the Cold War 

Politics and Government Homework - Due Thurs Feb 13

Read and prepare an opinion analysis:

DC v Heler 

Democratizing Twentieth Century - Homework - Due Thursday Feb 13

1) Define each of the following terms. Include parts of speech.

annexation
expurgated
kiosk
scuttle
Anti-Semitism
euphemism

Key People and Events
The Start of the War

3) In notebooks, identify each of the following terms using several sentences.

Winston Churchill
Allied Powers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
Benito Mussolini
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Harry S Truman
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Blitzkrieg
D-Day
Fascism
“Final Solution”
Gestapo
Manhattan Project
Munich Agreement
S.S.

Extra Credit Opportunity - Politics/Democratizing

Politics and Government - Read the following articles.  Summarize, analyze, compare, and contrast, and connect to the concepts covered in unit 1. Email to me by 6 pm on Sunday.  Your writing should be sophisticated, make a claim, include evidence, and indicate proofreading.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-30/obama-s-radical-adherence-to-the-constitution.html

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/01/29/presidential-power-vs-congressional-inertia/president-obamas-desire-to-wield-executive-power-is-understandable

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/us/politics/executive-order-may-be-only-option-but-it-comes-with-limits.html?_r=0

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/31/obamas-love-affair-with-executive-orders-or-not-in-1-chart/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimpowell/2014/01/30/how-president-obama-could-be-swept-away-with-his-executive-orders-that-defy-congress-and-the-courts/


Democratizing - Read the following articles.  Summarize, analyze, compare, and contrast, and connect to the concepts covered in unit 3. Email to me by 6 pm on Sunday.  Your writing should be sophisticated, make a claim, include evidence, and indicate proofreading.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303448204579340563460729046

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ill-labor-unions-sue-plan-cut-pensions-22266339

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/10363430/outside-lines-northwestern-wildcats-football-players-trying-join-labor-union

http://www.delcotimes.com/government-and-politics/20140128/labor-unions-pack-pa-capitol-over-paycheck-bill

BRING A NUMBER 2 PENCIL

BRING A NUMBER TWO (2) PENCIL TO EXAM ON THURSDAY

ALSO BRING A PEN TO WRITE YOUR ESSAY

Politics and Government Link to Flash Cards

Two of your classmates, Ilana Schiller-Weiss and Nam Nguyen, made a study guide and would like to share it with you.

Please thank them!

http://quizlet.com/34969614/politics-and-government-midterm-flash-cards/