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AP Government & Politics with Honors Civics/Economics 2013-2014Unit 6: The Legislative Branch (Congress)

INTRODUCTIONFor the next three units our !ocus will "e on the three "r#nches o! $overnment % "e$innin$ with the e$isl#tive'r#nch (Con$ress)* +urin$ the unit on Con$ress ,ou will h#ve # choice o! two ro.ects

1) Worth One Civics Test Grade: Cre#te # comrehensive "o#r $#me th#t re!lects the content o! Con$ress* n $rous o! two to three (no more th#n three) ,our $#me shoul inclue # minimum o! 0

concets #n short #nswer uestions !rom the oste review $uie !or this unit* our !in#l ro.ectshoul inclue irections/rules the $#me "o#r itsel! ieces #n #n, #ition#l resources necess#r, to l#, the $#me* 5o more th#n 64 l#,ers7 shoul "e #"le to l#,* 8e will resent #n l#, these $#mes#s #rt o! our review !or this unit test9 t must "e color!ul cre#tive #n re!lect the exect#tions o! #cl#ss o! this c#li"er* :ore in!orm#tion will "e iscusse in cl#ss*

2) Worth One ! Go!o Test Grade 8rite # !orm#l # "oo; review !or 6How Con$ress 8or;s#n 8h, ou * #v#il#"le #t htt//www*#m#?on*com/$/o!!er-listin$/02321@=/re!Btmm#useolsrDieBF&conitionBuse&srB-1&iB133@*he !orm#l #ssi$nment #n instructions #re #t the en o! this unit l#n* For more et#ile su$$estionson writin$ # "oo; review see the we"#$e lin; 68ritin$ & ese#rch7 on :r* :c+on#ls we"#$e*

"i#$lation: +urin$ this unit we will conuct # committee he#rin$ on # roose "ill (toic 'A)*

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• Tuesday, April 22th * (nit 9' Fudi#ial ran#h -Cha$ters ):

UNIT OB%CTI%"

1* Exl#in the i!!erences "etween Con$ress #n P#rli#ment*2* +eline#te the role th#t the Fr#mers execte Con$ress to l#,*

3* Pinoint the si$ni!ic#nt er#s in the evolution o! Con$ress*4* +escri"e the ch#r#cteristics o! mem"ers o! Con$ress** +iscuss the rel#tionshi "etween ieolo$, #n civilit, in Con$ress in recent ,e#rs*@* enti!, the !#ctors th#t hel to exl#in wh, # mem"er o! Con$ress votes #s she or he

oes*I* Jutline the rocess !or electin$ mem"ers o! Con$ress** enti!, the !unctions o! #rt, #!!ili#tion in the or$#ni?#tion o! Con$ress*=* Exl#in the e!!ect o! committee re!orm on the or$#ni?#tion o! Con$ress*10* +escri"e the !orm#l rocess ", which # "ill "ecomes # l#w*11* Exl#in the ethic#l ro"lems con!rontin$ Con$ress*

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Monday, January 28th

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0669 37:;7 A((;M7T A boo& review tells not only what a boo& is about, but also how su##essful it isat what it is trying to do. Professors often assign boo& reviews as $ra#ti#e in

#areful analyti#al reading. As a reviewer, you bring together the two strands of a##urate, analyti#al reading and strong, $ersonal res$onse when you indi#atewhat the boo& is about and what it might mean to a reader -by ex$laining whatit meant to you. uestion about a boo&. Thus, in writing a review, you #ombine thes&ills of des#ribing what is on the $age, analy?ing how the boo& tried toa#hieve its $ur$ose, and ex$ressing your own rea#tions. After a brief review of +reading the boo& you will Jnd two #harts with things to #onsider as you#om$lete your review.

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37A; TH7 0669 =ou must submit no less than 9 and no more than ): written $ages of notesto go along with your Jnal boo& review -sta$le notes to the ba#& of thereview. !ee the lin&s on the web$age for more information to the following>uestions before you begin your boo&'

). hat are the authorud&e the boo!=Ho success/ul do you thin! the author as in carryin& out theoerall purposes o/ the boo!=

3;T; TH7 0669 37:;7 =our review should be four ty$ed $ages -double s$a#ed, TN font, )"in#h marginswith no more than two $ages of your review being +summary. 6hile there should

be no title $age, your info -Name, Date, and Class, and Period should a$$ear,single"s$a#ed, in the to$ right hand #orner, followed by one s$a#e, a #orre#t#itation heading -see below, another s$a#e, and then begin your introdu#tion. =oushould use no more than 4"% >uotes $er $age in your Jnal review * thisre>uirement should for#e you to Jnd the most $ertinent, analyti#al, and e2e#tive>uotes $ossible.

Title. Author. Pla#e of $ubli#ation' $ublisher, date of $ubli#ation. Number of $ages.

i&e most $ie#es of writing, the reviewitself usually begins with anintroduction that lets your readers&now what the review will say. The Jrst$aragra$h usually in#ludes the authorand title again, so your readers donKthave to loo& u$ to Jnd the title. =oushould also in#lude a very briefoverview of the #ontents of the boo&, the$ur$ose or audien#e for the boo&, and

your rea#tion and evaluation.

eviews then generally move into ase#tion of bac!&round in/ormation that hel$s $la#e the boo& in #ontext anddis#usses #riteria for Ludging the boo&.

Next, the review gives a summary ofthe main $oints of the boo&, >uoting and

;ntroduce the sub>ect, scope, andtype o/ boo!

uotations, ofthe boo&Ms thesis and $rimarysu$$orting $oints.

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$ara$hrasing &ey $hrases from theauthor.

;inally, reviewers get to the heart oftheir writingtheir ealuation of theboo&. uires it.

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