​PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT 
             CLASS SEQUENCE

UNIT 4: Government & Economics
  • Understanding Government Structures
  • Learning About How To Make Economic Decisions In Our Lives
  • Using Our Agency in Both Politics & Finance

* GOV - Government with Jimmy
​* ECO - Economics with Rosario

CLASS

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March 6th & 7th

TODAY'S CLASS FOCUS

GOV* - How Do Government Branches And Agencies Determine Policy?
  • How is our Democracy created and structured?
  • What are the differences between the Federal, State, and Local government structures and duties?

HW DUE TODAY

No Homework Due
2
​March 8th & 10th
ECO* - How Do We Determine the Value of Our Money?
  • How does our currency work?  How does its value change over time?
  • How do we determine our effective tax rate for any given income value?
  • Watch - Watch the following video from the start until the 4:50 minute mark.
  • Write - Write down three questions you have about the material in the video and put these questions in your Google Drive Folder.  
    • Title the Document: "yourname_financequestions"
3
March 13th & 14th
GOV - How Does the Government Spend Our Money? 
  • The NYC Bureaucracy
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Read : The Case for Bureaucracy  
  • www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/opinion/the-case-for-bureaucracy.html
  • Answer the 5 reading comprehension questions
  • Title the Document in your folder 
  • "GOV_HW#_1"
  • Directions: After reading the article, answer the following questions in complete and detailed sentences. Draw your answers from the text.

    Use your own words to answer the questions, you will not receive full credit for copying and pasting your answers!

  • What is Verkuil’s argument? Identify 3 pieces of evidence from the article which support Verkuil’s argument.
  • What does the author say about what happens when one “reduces the size of the government?
  • What has added “significant and complicated missions to the federal agenda”?
  • What does the author argue will “make it easier to hire qualified people to run the complex missions of our government”?
  • What surprised you about Verkuil’s argument, or what do you still have questions about?
4
​March 15th & 17th
ECO - How Can We Safely Use Debt In Our Lives? 
  • ​​What are the different kinds of debt that we can obtain?
  • Review Deadlines for your final Research Paper
5
March 20th & 21st
​​GOV -  How Can We Participate In Our Government?
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  • Read mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=0296c9c396&view=att&th=15ad298b7dc67c71&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_j0b4k0260&safe=1&zw 
  • The assigned reading is very dense, so you will only be assigned the following pages to read.
    Please read: Introduction p.449-451 Findings p. 458-473
    (If you want to be an all star then go ahead and read it all, more learning for you!)
    Answer the following questions. These questions will aid you preparation for the quiz at the beginning of our next class
    Questions:
  • Intro: Describe in detail the difference between “civic knowledge” and “civic engagement”
  • Part I: Explain what the author means by “congruity” in relation to civic ideals.
  • Part I: Explain what the author means by “disjuncture” in relation to civic ideas.
  • Part II: What makes up an active attitude toward Civic Participation?
  • Part II: What makes up a passive attitude toward Civic Participation?
  • Part III Figure 1: According to the quadrant which one do you believe you fall into and why?
6
​March 22nd & 24th
ECO -  What Should We Consider When Making Major Financial Investments? 
  • ​​What values do we think are important in our college decision-making process?
  • Answer all of the questions in the following document at this link: http://bit.ly/2nEMjLo
    • Be sure to put your answers in a separate document and share this document in your shared Google Drive.
    • Name your document: "YourLastName_Economics_3/24"
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March 27th & 28th
​​GOV - How Do Our Political Systems Shape Individual Political Behaviors?
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  • Watch "The New Deciders"
  • Here is the link 
  • Answer the following question
  • Add it to your drive folder
  • title "GOV_HW#3"
  • 1. The video follows the stories of individuals that make up 4 groups of American society.
    - Black Millennials in North Carolina
    - Arab Americans in Ohio
    - Christian Evangelicals in Florida
    - Asian Americans in California

    After watching the episode, which of the quadrants (that we discussed in last class)  do each of the groups represent. What specific actions have members of each group taken and what type of experience do they have in the U.S
8
​March 29th & 31st
ECO - What Are The Most Effective Ways To Save Money For Our Futures?
  • ​​What are retirement plans?  How do we interact and grow them?
  • Continue Work On Research Paper
9
​April 3rd & 4th
​​GOV -  How Is Power Shifting Between And Among Different Demographics?
  • ​​What are the key demographics moving forward in American politics?
  • TBD
10
​April 5th & April 7th
​​ECO -  How Can We Create A Comprehensive Budget For Our Lives?
  • ​​We will create a comprehensive budget as a final assessment.
  • TBD