United States Government/Economics (Period 5) Assignments
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- Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
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Please submit your Stock Market Project: Final Portfolio Report to www.turnitin.com no later than 11:59 PM on Tuesday, May 26th. This assignment has two parts; in addition to submitting an updated table (example attached), please respond to the following reflection questions:
- Describe the performance of your portfolio: did it outperform or underperform the S&P 500? Why?
- If you were to do this project again, what would you do differently and why?
- Would you consider investing in stocks in the future? Why or why not?
Please submit the performance table by sharing it with me as a Google Sheets document, and please upload the reflection directly to www.turnitin.com. Here is a link to a blank performance report sheet
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Please study for your quiz opportunity on Chapter 11 -- Financial Markets. I've attached the slides for your review. Also, here are some videos that will help:
- Investopedia: Stocks
- Investopedia: Dividend
- Investopedia: What Moves Stock Prices?
- Investopedia: Why Do Companies Care About Their Stock Price?
- Investopedia: Beta
- Investopedia: Dow Jones Industrial Average
- Investopedia: S&P 500
- Investopedia: Bulls & Bears
- Investopedia: Bonds
- Investopedia: Stocks vs Bonds
- Investopedia: Introduction to Bond Investing
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Your writeup on your company reports is due no later than 11:59 to www.turnitin.com. Please follow the example at the project website
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Please remember that your portfolio for the Stock Market Project is due by 11:59 tonight. Here is the website for the project, and here is the link to the blank sample portfolio. Remember, before you make your portfolio, select File > Make A Copy, and then enter your stock information
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Stock Market Project
- Here is the link to the project website
- Here is the link to your portfolio
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Please study for your quiz on Chapter 10 -- Money and Banking
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Please watch the Crisis of Credit Visualised video and complete the attached worksheet. We will discuss in class on Thursday, as well
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Please study for your test opportunity on Unit 1. For your convenience, I have attached a study guide and the slides from our discussion. Also, here is a link to Quizlet -- this will help you with vocabulary terms
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Please study for your quiz opportunity on Chapter 1 on Friday. Here are the slides from our discussion
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Please write a 1-2 page response to our Prop 13 discussion. Here are some instructions:
- Speak with a homeowner (or a California resident who pays taxes) and discuss property taxes and Prop 13
- If they’re unfamiliar with Prop 13, please explain it to them
- Listen to them explain the burden of property taxes, other taxes, and California’s budget, if they choose to do so
- Respond to the following: “Prop 13 is good/bad for California because...”
- You may expand your response to discuss taxation, direct democracy, use of propositions, house prices, etc.
- KPBS: Legacy of Prop 13
Please submit this to www.turnitin.com. You do not need to bring a paper copy to class
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Please study for your quiz opportunity on Chapters 11 and 12. It'll be *about* 20 questions. I've attached the slides for your review
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Please read Chapters 11 and 12 in your text, and complete the following questions:
Chapter 11 (pages 328-29)
- Recalling Facts 1, 3, 5, 8
- Understanding Concepts 1, 2
- Interpreting Political Cartoons 1, 2, 3
Chapter 12
- Recalling Facts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Understanding Concepts 1, 2
- Critical Thinking 2
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Here is a review sheet for the final exam. It includes the free-response question that you are required to answer
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- Political Parties (upload).pdf
- The Constitution (fall 2014 upload).pdf
- Voting Rights (upload).pdf
- Interest Groups (upload).pdf
- Mass Media (upload).pdf
- The Presidency (upload).pdf
- Political Culture, Ideology, and Political Landscape (upload).pdf
- Congress (upload).pdf
- Final exam review sheet (fall 2014).docx
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Please write your bill, and submit one copy to www.turnitin.com and email me the other copy bring a paper copy to class. I've attached bill instructions, a sample bill, as well as the list of committee assignments.
Remember, your bill has to reflect your ideology, benefit your state, but does not have to pertain to your committee.
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Please read Chapter 8 (The Presidency), pages 213-241.
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Please read Chapter 5 (pages 123-150) and Chapter 7 (pages 181-203) and complete the following questions on pages 154-55:
- Recalling Facts: 2, 3, 4
- Understanding Concepts: 1, 2, 3
- Critical Thinking: 1
- Interpreting Political Cartoon Activity: 1, 2, 3
...and the following questions on pages 208-9
- Recalling Facts: 1, 3, 4 and 5
- Understanding Concepts: 1
- Critical Thinking: 2
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Please study for your test opportunity on Unit 6: Participating in Government. It will consist of roughly 25 questions -- half from interest groups and the media, and half from political parties, elections, and voting. You will also have to write two free-response questions -- one about the media, and for the other, you will be able to choose from two options.
I have attached a study guide for your review, as well as the slides from our discussion of Interest Groups and of the Media.
Please note that the links to the previous slides, as well as the Prezis, are posted on the previous assignment
Here are a few of the videos that we watched in class:
- Interest Groups, from Mypoliscilab
- Jack Abramoff: CBS 60 Minutes
- 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate
- 1992 Bush-Clinton-Perot debate
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Please study for your opportunity on Chapters 16 and 17. This will also include the Prezis on the Electoral College and Campaign Finance Reform.
Here are some helpful videos:
- The Rent Is Too Damn High NY gubernatorial debate with Jimmy McMillan
- Primary Elections explained
- Lyndon Johnson addresses Congress on Voting Rights Act
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Please read Chapter 17 (pages 475-497) and complete the following questions:
- Recalling Facts 1-5
- Understanding Concepts 2, 3
- Critical Thinking 1-3
NOTE: if you did this in class (periods 5 and 6) you do not need to re-submit. If you were in periods 5 or 6 and were absent, it is due on Monday
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Please read Chapter 16 (pages 453-470) and complete the following questions on pages 472-473:
- Recalling Facts: 1-5
- Understanding Concepts: 1, 3
- Critical Thinking: 1
- Interpreting Political Cartoon Activity: 1-3
Good luck! As usual, if you need help, please see me for tutoring
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Please study for your test opportunity on Chapters 1, 2, and 3 in your text. These will cover an introduction to government, foundations of government in the United States, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, and the Constitution
I've attached slides from our discussion, a review sheet, and the Constitution Scavenger Hunt. Also, here is a link to a Quizlet that I made for the Constitution.
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Please read Chapter 1 (pages 5-30) and answer the following questions on pages 32 and 33:
- Recalling Facts: 1-5
- Understanding Concepts: 2
- Critical Thinking: 2
Please also read Chapter 2 (pages 35-58) and answer the following question on pages 60 and 61:
- Recalling Facts: 1, 2, 4, and 6
- Understanding Concepts: 1-3
- Critical Thinking: 1 and 2
Good luck! Remember -- if you have any questions, please come and see me for tutoring
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EDIT: I've uploaded the slides from class. Also, here is the information from the 2012 exit polls, showing how different groups supported Gov. Romney and Pres. Obama
Please study for your test opportunity on Political Ideology and the American Political Landscape, which will cover our class discussion, handout, and attached slides.
There will be approximately 20 multiple-choice questions
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EDIT: I've added a fourth question that I'd like you to address
Please complete a 1-2 page writeup on your political ideology. Below are the questions that you will address:
- Identify and describe the main political ideologies
- What is your political ideology, according to the survey that we took in class?
- What are some issues that illustrate your ideology?
- Where do you think your ideology came from? How was it developed?
Please submit this to www.turnitin.com no later than 11:59 PM on Tuesday, August 26th. You do not need to bring a paper copy to class
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Let's do this in class! In class only :-)
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- Please complete the following survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FHJ-tohW7WKvJVsR1opSXyf7izzsG_Xzd3-kvc6MBao/viewform
- Please also add my class to your account at www.turnitin.com. Below are the class IDs and passwords. Make sure to add yourself to the correct period
- Period 2 -- ID: 8379677, Password: Washington
- Period 4 -- ID: 8379741 Password: Philadelphia
- Period 5 -- ID: 8379754 Password: Boston
- Period 6 -- ID: 8379777 Password: Detroit
Thanks!