Summer+Assignment

2011-2012 ADVANCED PLACEMENT GOVERNMENT Ms. Axe

** Complete an on-line contract by Tuesday, June 7. Click HERE. **  ** Download summer assignment. [|ConstitutionStudyGuide.doc] **

===**Click HERE for an on-line version of the** **//Declaration of Independence//.**===

===**Click HERE for an on-line version of the** **//US Constitution//.**===

**AP Government Summer Assignment (2011) [|APGovernmentSummerAssignment2011.doc]**
 * Read the //Declaration of Independence//.
 * Read the //U.S. Constitution// and complete the Constitution study guide**.**
 * You will be responsible for this information throughout the year.
 * Every test you take in AP Government will have questions linked to the U.S. Constitution.


 * Please make sure all the answers are in your own words. Copying and pasting from the Internet (or from your friend) will not help you understand this material. Failure to complete this assignment and/or plagiarized work are grounds for dismissal from the class.


 * DOWNLOAD the Constitution Study Guide [|ConstitutionStudyGuide.doc] – Please save the study guide as YOURLASTNAME_ConstitutionStudyGuide. Please TYPE THE ANSWER IN A //DIFFERENT COLOR FONT// FOLLOWING THE QUESTION.


 * The Constitution Study Guide is due MONDAY, AUGUST 22 by MIDNIGHT as an attachment (saved as YOURLASTNAME_Constitution Study Guide) to axemj@rlasd.k12.pa.us. Please keep a copy to study.


 * If there are any questions over the summer, please do not hesitate to email me at axemj@rlasd.k12.pa.us . I will do my best to answer your questions as quickly as possible.


 * Assuming a normal bell schedule, on Friday, September 2 you will complete an in-class essay relating to the //Declaration of Independence// and the //US Constitution.//
 * Themes to consider
 * Power, Authority, Legitimacy
 * Impact of each document on the Civil War
 * Impact of each document on 20th and 21st Century America
 * Think WW2, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, War on Terror
 * Shortcomings of each document
 * Initial intent of each document
 * We will discuss these themes the first week of school, BUT it will be student driven. Depending on your knowledge of US history you may need to complete some additional research this summer to assist you in discussing these themes.