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American Government Syllabus

This syllabus outlines an American Government course required for graduation. The course will cover all aspects of national government, citizenship, economics, and require students to pass the US Constitution and citizenship tests. Class will include lectures, discussions, group work and assignments from the textbook. Students are expected to complete readings and homework as assigned. Grades will be based on quizzes, exams, projects and an End of Course exam, with homework and participation also factored in. The grading scale and late policy are provided. Extra help is available before and after school.

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American Government Syllabus

This syllabus outlines an American Government course required for graduation. The course will cover all aspects of national government, citizenship, economics, and require students to pass the US Constitution and citizenship tests. Class will include lectures, discussions, group work and assignments from the textbook. Students are expected to complete readings and homework as assigned. Grades will be based on quizzes, exams, projects and an End of Course exam, with homework and participation also factored in. The grading scale and late policy are provided. Extra help is available before and after school.

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American Government

Course Syllabus

Course Description: American Government is a required course for students. It stresses all aspects of
national government, citizenship, and fundamental economics. Also, required in this course is the
passing of the United States Constitution test and Citizenship test. This class also has an End of
Course Exam (EOC). This class has to be passed to graduate.

Instructional Philosophy: Course material will be introduced from the teacher. Class discussions will
take place over the material. There will be some partner and/or group work while learning portions of
the material. The information from the text will be expected to be read by the student, if it were not
read during the class period. If the material assigned was not finished in class, then it becomes the
responsibility of the student to make sure to get that assignment done outside of class. Homework
will be assigned some, but not every night. There will be quizzes and exams over the material. Some
exams will be open book and some will have study guides handed out prior to the test.

Major Course Goals: Understand Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship


Why We Have Governments
Declaration of Independence & Articles of Confederation
Understanding the parts of U.S. Constitution
Compare the Threes Branches of Government
Contrast Key Supreme Court Decisions
Demonstrate Ways to Influence Government
Discuss Interest Groups
Understand Different Types of Governments
Generalize Basic Economic Systems
Identify How Federal Officials are Elected/Appointed
Understand State & Local Governments
How We Elect Our Leaders
Understanding Interest Groups & PAC’s
Pass the United States Constitution Test
Pass the United States Citizenship Test
Score Proficient (or higher) on the EOC Test

Major Course Projects and Instructional Activities: Important documents timeline, passing of a bill
(role playing as Congress) Supreme Court Case Studies, Constitutional Convention Class Play,
simulated court case, games and puzzles that deal with aspects of the three branches of government.

Classroom Expectations: I expect students to be on time, have any assignment(s) completed on time,
to be respectful to self and others while in class, try to learn, and do to the best of ability.
Supplies and Materials Needed: paper, pencil, hi-lighter, textbook, and folder specific to this class.
There WILL be A LOT of supplemental material handed out for this class.

Homework Policy and Grading Scale: Any homework assigned is due the following school day.
Assignments with grades under 60% may be done in ASAP to be grades at 80% credit. I give
participation points throughout the year. These are made up of assignments the students do, but are
not actually graded. I give credit for them doing the work.
End of Course Exam, 20% of the 4th quarter grade
Grading Scale:
100-97 A
96-93 A-
92-90 B+
89-85 B
84-82 B-
81-78 C+
77-71 C
70-68 C-
67-66 D+
65-63 D
62-60 D-
59-00 F

If the student is absent the ASSIGNMENT WILL BE POSTED ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM by the end of
the school day!!!

Extra Help: The high school has an ASAP program (which is an after school tutoring) available for
students that need extra help. If I know ahead of time, I can arrange to be available for students on
an as need basis. Anyone can come by my room before school for help if they need to.

Time and Place to be Reached by Parents: The easiest way to reach me is via email at
[email protected] or you can call the school at 562-7535 ext 1 for high school. Leave me your number
and I will gladly return your call. My plan time is 12:57- 1:47.

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