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Test #1 PowerPoint

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Here is a copy of a Test Review. Use it to study for your exam tomorrow! Test 1 – Review
Unit 1 1 Nr V Cr

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Chapter 1/2 Test Review

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Here is the review for our first test of the year.
Test 1 Review Origins 2009
The PowerPoints will help you out! I would also highly recommend reading Chapters 1 and 2 of the text book.
Unit 2 – Foundations Of American Government

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The first PowerPoint for the semester

Unit 1 [...]

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American Revolution and Constitution

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Unit 2 – Foundations Of American Government

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Chapter 2 Homework

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

A digital copy of the homework handed out in class on Tuesday February 2nd. This is due on Monday Feb 9th!
Chapter-2-Guided-Review

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Foundations of Government

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

The first PowerPoint for the semester

Unit 1 1 Nr V Cr

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A House of Cards

Friday, November 28th, 2008

This isn’t the U.S. Capitol, but it’s still neat!

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What the Election Would Look Like if it Was Decided by: [Fill In the Blank]

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

This is a pretty neat site that shows us what the Electoral Map would have looked like this year if only women voted, or men, or people over 65, etc, etc, etc.
The information is of little practical use – but it’s quite fascinating for you Government junkies!
Click here for: Hypothetical Election Maps!
According to CNN exit [...]

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Congressional Homework: Windowpanes

Friday, November 21st, 2008

What did you think of our congressional simulation? Have your opinions about Congress changed?
Here is a summary of your homework due next class. Take some time to make this nice – I’d like to show them off to people around the classroom/school/district.
In each box, illustrate the answer using as few words as possible. Make sure [...]

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Filibuster: The Next Great American Sandwich

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Filibuster might be a sandwich, but more likely its a ’stalling tactic’ used by the minority party in the Senate (currently the Republicans) to prevent legislation from passing through the Senate.
The big number is 60
With 60 votes you can invoke cloture – and end a filibuster. Because of the filibuster 60 votes (rather than a [...]

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Obama Wins

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

In case you have been living in a cave and your only source of news is MrOsman.com – Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. He landed the 270 (and more) electoral college votes that he needed.
Were your electoral college predictions correct?

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