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Category: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Teaching AP Government in a Shortened Semester- Week 2 of Remote Learning with Civil Liberties

Well, I think the dust has settled long enough for me to see the finish line. After a two-week spring break, a week of teacher work and lots of meetings, and last week getting all the students on the same page, I’m ready for content. Oh, and the webinar from Trevor Packard with our new […]

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Teaching AP Government in a Shortened Semester: Unit Three Resources for eLearning

Raise your hand if you save Unit Three for the end and now are wondering what to do since the test will only cover Units 1-3? (This was Spring 2020 and does not indicate any other years) Not going to lie. I went for a LONG walk and stewed. During the walk, though, I realized […]

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Extended School Absences/Closures

We are in unprecedented times. It’s uncertain. And many are wondering what we are going to do for the AP test. As someone who has a chronic illness, I think about MY extended absences a lot, and have safeguards built-in for days I need to be gone. We have one more week of our scheduled […]

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Teaching AP Government in a Shortened Semester- Collection of Podcasts

Podcasts are my jam. There are so many amazing resources out there, and I want to make sure I can teach in a way that doesn’t short the students or overload them. I often recommend podcasts to my students as well as documentaries to watch outside of school for extra learning opportunities and figured that […]

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Civil Rights- Gender Discrimination

Have I ever mentioned how much I love podcasts? This is a quick assignment that can be assigned for homework {I give my student more than a few days} and discussed in class using the questions below. This fits TOPIC 3.10 Social Movements and Equal Protection. In the Illustrative Examples is Reed v. Reed, which is […]

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Teaching AP Government in a Shortened Semester- Introduction

I teach AP Government in a semester, which is fine first semester. I relish in 92 days to teach the curriculum. I wish I had a year, but I have fine-tuned the semester and feel good about it. That was until I looked at my second semester. Between three holidays, a two-week break, FIVE late […]

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