Welcome to AP US Government and Politics!!
The A.P. Challenge: A.P. Classes prepare ALL students to take the A.P Exam. Our A.P. American Government and Politics test date is Monday, May 6, 2024. A.P. classes are taught as freshmen level university courses. The standard university course requires 2 hours spent outside of class to prepare/review for each 1 hour spent in class. You are expected to allocate review/preparation time to this standard. (Some outside prepare/review time will only take one hour per the one-hour in-class time depending on the unit of study) Plan for 1-2 hours of outside class review/preparation. This includes careful reading of the texts, articles, and lecture notes and careful note taking in a notebook/ three ring binders based on both your inside and outside of class preparation/review time. OUTLINING OF CHAPTER READING ASSIGNMENTS IS REQUIRED. Assessments, therefore, may “pop-up” unannounced based on the current reading/lecture/unit of study. Your grade will be a direct reflection of the time you dedicate to preparation/review of course material on a daily basis.
The Rewards:
1. College Credit: based on your scores earned on the College Board exam. The exam is a 60 question multiple-choice exam (50 percent of your total score) taken within a 45-minute time allocation. The other 50 percent of your total score consists of your score on 4 FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS (FRQs) taken within a 100-minute time allocation. Your scores on both multiple choice and essay portions is formulated into a final score of: 5 = extremely well qualified 4=well qualified 3=qualified 2=possibly qualified 1=what happened?
The college of your choice will dictate how that College Board examination score will be credited in your program. Most colleges provide credit for scores of “3, 4 or 5”
2. A rigorous learning experience – A.P. Gov will be graded on the precedent that one will receive what one deserves.
The Goals:
Students successfully completing this class will:
The Rewards:
1. College Credit: based on your scores earned on the College Board exam. The exam is a 60 question multiple-choice exam (50 percent of your total score) taken within a 45-minute time allocation. The other 50 percent of your total score consists of your score on 4 FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS (FRQs) taken within a 100-minute time allocation. Your scores on both multiple choice and essay portions is formulated into a final score of: 5 = extremely well qualified 4=well qualified 3=qualified 2=possibly qualified 1=what happened?
The college of your choice will dictate how that College Board examination score will be credited in your program. Most colleges provide credit for scores of “3, 4 or 5”
2. A rigorous learning experience – A.P. Gov will be graded on the precedent that one will receive what one deserves.
The Goals:
Students successfully completing this class will:
- Know important facts, concepts, and theories pertaining to U.S. Gov
- Understand typical patterns of political processes and behavior and their consequences (including the components of political behavior, the principles used to explain or justify various government structures and procedures, and the political effects of these structures and procedures)
- Be able to analyze and interpret basic data relevant to U.S. Gov
- Be conversational in existing issues involving rights, roles and the status of individuals in relation to the general welfare of society
- Have realized how citizens can affect policy
- Have participated in observing, analyzing, and interacting with an actual or simulated governmental process
- Have taken the A.P. Government and Politics Exam