September 12, 2011

Humanities 10

Connect the "10 Commandments" reading to the 8 stages of genocide.

AP Gov

Things to study for the Test on Wednesday

•       Shays’ Rebellion

•       Articles of Confederations

•       The Declaration of Independence

•       The Constitution

•       3/5ths Compromise

•       Virginia and New Jersey Plan

•       Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)

•       Federalism

•       Bill of Rights

•       Separation of Powers

•       Branches of Gov’t and their responsibilities

•       Checks and Balances

•       The amendment process

•       Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

•       Original Constitution vs. Bill of Rights (specific things)

•       Criticism of Separation of Powers

•       Judicial Review

•       Full Faith and Credit Clause

•       Elite and Class theory

•       Pluralist Theory

•       Hyperpluralist Theory

•       Functions of gov’ts/ function of democracies

•       Principle of “limited gov’t”

•       Powers of National Gov’t, powers of State Gov’t, and concurrent powers

•       Elastic clause

•       Block vs. Categorical grants

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FRQ section

• How does Federalism impact the Constitution (think about the Supremacy Clause, the Tenth Amendment, and the Necessary and proper, or “elastic” clause
• Reasons why constitution reflects a basic distrust of direct popular government.
• A question about the three theories of American Democracy (Pluralist theory, Elite and Class theory, and Hyperpluralism