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Political
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SPRING, 2009, COURSE OUTLINE
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Daily tasks | Issues | Concepts | Dates to memorize |
Online resources, maps for the class |Other class materials | Play/Explore
TEXTBOOKS AND
MATERIALS TO PURCHASE IN LAHC BOOKSTORE
(PLUS OTHER CLASS TOOLS)
REQUIRED “SB”
Schmidt, Steffen, Mack Shelley, Barbara Bardes,
American
Government & Politics Today: 2006-2007
brief 4th,Thomson Advantage
ed., Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth
2007, [ISBN 0-495-13069-9] (new $38.80, used $29.10 at LAHC). Amer Gov’t Resources/HN SourceNet
REQUIRED Carney, Jack, Changing California, 13th
edition, 2nd printing South
Gate: Consensus Pub., 2008 [1-879861-26-7]
$9.00, LAHC Bookstore
REQUIRED One large blank untorn
“blue book” to be written in primarily during the class hour.
MESSAGES: assignments are given below, but please use
e-mail <loiterwl@lahc.edu>, instead of telephone messages, if
necessary.
OFFICE HOURS IN NEAH 179 (or NEAH 222/24): Mon 2:30-4:30, TTh 2:30-3:25 Th 6:45–8:50 pm. Messages, please use email to
<loiterw@lahc.edu>
MAKE-UP QUIZZES: all students must take at least eleven 25 point
online quizzes. Most students will
want to take all twelve online quizzes, A-L.
EXTRA CREDIT: none is given, but an additional 5 part blue book written in class on a political
event or other approved topic may replace a 25 point score.
ABSENCES: students are responsible for dropping classes by
Thursday, March 5 (without a W) Thursday, May 7 (with a W). Please be
careful!
One
class hour of absence on or before the last day to drop a class without
a W, Thursday, March 5, may result in exclusion from
the class.
Two class
hours of absence on or
before the last day to drop a class with a W, Thursday, May 7,
may result in exclusion from the class.
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93%
A 370-400*
(23 out of 25)
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80% B 320-369
(23 out of 25)
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70% C+ 280-319
(23 out of 25)
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70% C- 280-319 **
(23 out of 25)
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50% D 200 **
(23 out of 25)
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1
Final
exam 100 pts.
9
Quizzes
225 pts.
2
Bl bk
essays
50 pts.
0
Carney ch. 4,
6 0 pts.
1
Chapter
13 25
pts.
TOTAL
POSSIBLE 400 pts.
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1 Final
exam 100 pts.
11 Quizzes
275 pts.
1 Bl bk
essay 25
pts.
0 Carney ch. 4,
6 0 pts.
0 Chapter
13
0 pts.
TOTAL POSSIBLE
400 pts.
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1 Final exam
100 pts.
11
Quizzes
275 pts.
1
Bl bk essay 25
pts.
0 Carney ch. 4,
6 0 pts.
0 Chapter
13
0 pts.
TOTAL POSSIBLE 400
pts.
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1
Final
exam
100 pts.
10 Quizzes
250 pts.
1
Bl bk essay 25
pts
1
Carney ch. 4,
6 25
pts.
0
Chapter
13
0 pts.
TOTAL
POSSIBLE 400 pts.
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1
Final exam 100 pts
10
Quizzes 250 pts.
1 Bl bk
essay 25 pts.
1
Carn. ch.4, 6 25 pts.
0
Chapter 13 0 pts
TOTAL POSS. 400
pts
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*Note A: To
receive an A in class you MUST count your score
**Note C: The Carney 4 and 6 quiz and FP Scantron count ONLY toward a C in
class.
on two blue book essays and the 50 question Chapter
13 quiz. Calculating your score with the Carney 4 and 6 quiz and/or
FP Scantron limits you to a C.
SCHEDULE OF 25 POINT
QUIZZES: CARNEY CH. 10 + “A” THROUGH “L” (ELEVEN
+ 1 BLBK ARE REQUIRED)+REQUIRED
FINAL EXAM
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Quiz
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Ltr
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SB Chapters, Pages, Links, Topics
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Carney Chapters, Pages
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W
Feb. 19
Th Feb. 19
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LG
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Local Government, introduction, federalism
1 , 2 /chap. outlines/slo’s
·
Local Decision-Making, Carney, ch
10
·
Proposition 13, Carney, ch. 5
(Federalism: SB Ch. 2, p. 34 #5 and SB Ch 3, pp. 47
end – 48 top)
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Carney ch. 10, pp. 78-82
Carney
ch. 5, pp. 40-44,+ ch. 4,
p.36
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Wed
2/25 Th 2/26
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A
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SB 6---Public Opinion (party
loyalty 1/2/3)
pp. 126-139 end 141, 144 top,
148-149, 153 end-154 #6
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(Carney
ch. 4, pp, 31-38 / Carney
ch. 6,pp. 47, 50)
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Wed
3/4 Th 3/5
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B
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SB
7---Interest
Groups,
pp. 156-169 top, 185 #1-#3
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Carney ch. 6, p. 45
complete
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Wed
3/11 Th 3/12
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C
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SB 7---Political Parties pp. 170
top-185 #1 and #6 and 186 #8 and #9
(OR Carney ch. 4 and ch. 6 for C max. in class) (party
loyalty 1/2/3)
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Carney
ch. 4, pp, 31-38 / Carney
ch. 6, pp. 47, 50)
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Wed
3/18 Th 3/19
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D
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SB 8---Elections 2008 election 2004
election /
2000 election pp. 188-191 end, 198 top-199 center, 201 top-202,
205-215 #5 + p. 246 center
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Carney ch. 4, pp.
35 / ch. 6, 48 center and 49 top
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Wed 3/25 Th 3/26
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E
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SB
4 and 5---Rights & Liberties (notes 4 & 13)
(court study guide)
pp. 69-71 top, 76-78 top, 81-84,
86-88 top, 90-96 through #9, 98-108 top 109 end-116, 118-124 #6 + p. 41
center
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Carney ch. 3 pp.
27-30, especially 29 +
p. 52 end on English , p. 59 on affirmative action
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Wed 4/1 Th 4/2
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F
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SB 12---Judiciary (notes) (triangles s.g) (casesg) (juries) (Marbury)
pp. 292-299, 301-307 center, 308 end-310 top,
314 #1- 315 #7 + p. 41
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Carney ch.
9 pp. 69-76
Carney ch.
6, pp. 47 #1 and 49 top
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Wed
4/15 Th 4/16
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G
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SB 9---Congress (cartoons)
(Q
& A) pp. 216-219, 222-228 center,
230-237,
242-243 #9 + pp. 255 last lines-256 top on pork & 266 center
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Carney chap. 8, pp. 61-67 +
p. 36 images, p. 43 on
budget; p. 47 on Democrats
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Wed
4/22 Th 4/23
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H
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SB10---Pres. /Gov. (outline
10) (preslist)(case) pp.
247-254 end, 257 center-263, 267 #3-#9 + p. 41 end and 255 last lines-256 top
on pork
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Carney ch. 7, pp.
54-58 top, 60 list
Carney ch. 8, p. 67 end
on veto and item veto
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Wed
4/29 Th 4/30
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I
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SB 11---Bureaucracy, p. 271 end-280 end,
289 #1-290 #4 + p. 41 end, and pp 255 end-256 top (practice
11) (b.
list 1) (b.
list 2)
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Carney
ch. 7, pp. 58-59
Carney ch.
3, p. 29 on ALRB + p. 43 Dept. Finance
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Wed 5/6, Th 5/7
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DP
FP
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REQ.
FOR A: Chapter 13, 317-338 #9---Dom.
Pol. (outl. 13)
**
OR FOR “C” ONLY-FOREIGN POLICY, SB 14, pp. 359-366 #6-#9
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(WWI,WWII U.N.
Perman’t 5. Cold
War Mideast
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Wed5/13
Th 5/14
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J
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SB 14---Foreign
Policy (pres.
photos) (cold
war) (ch.14
glossary) (foreign
policy lecture notes ) pp. 340-366 #9
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Carney ch.
1, pp. 3-5 including map
Carney ch.
4, pp. 33 on ports and p. 35 NAFTA
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Wed
5/20 Th 5/21
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K
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SB
2---Constitution (five documents) (doc sg)(Jefferson
footnote) (Hanson)
(Madison
docs) (all
dates to memorize) , pp. 19-38, 43 #1-44 #5
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Carney, ch.
2, p. 24 top to for ten similarities
between California
and U.S.
Constitutions
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Wed
5/27 Th 5/28
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L
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SB
3 & 1 (pp. 3-7) Federalism (dem by petition sg) (angels)(Constitut.) 46-53
center, 54-62 top, 66-67 + 41 end and 220 center-222 top
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Carney, ch.
2, pp.23-24 +
pp. 36, 40-42, and
50-51 on democracy by petition
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Tu, 6/2-- M 6/8
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Fnl
100
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FINAL EXAM X & Y, especially SB ch. 1 (pp. 3-7) SB ch. 2, SB ch. 3
SCANTRON
Feinberg &
Durr exam, especially democracy outline
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Carney, all pages above related to slo’s
choose
/ search
/ 1/
2/
3/
4/
5/
all
(Madison
docs)
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