Monday 12/1/25 (DEMON):
• Agenda:
• As a class, watch “Just the Facts About the US Federal Budget” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQoh9jdRZPM).
• In small groups of 2 or 3 students (at most), use the following website (https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/ to complete and discuss Group Processing – Federal Budget 101 (MS Word file below).
• Homework:
• Edwards, Pgs. 457-469.
• If absent:
• Watch “Just the Facts About the US Federal Budget” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQoh9jdRZPM).
• Use the following website (https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/) to complete and discuss Group Processing – Federal Budget 101 (MS Word file below).
Tuesday 12/2/25 (DEMON):
• Agenda:
• Partner up with another student. Go to: https://www.crfb.org/debtfixer. Together, make decisions as the simulation unfolds, completing Balancing the Federal Budget Simulation (MS Word file below) as you do.
• Find another partner grouping, and talk through your answers/choices, explaining why you made the choices you made and vice versa.
• If time, either watch – as a class – “Taxes, Spending and Debt: Is America Going Broke?” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Kojzq1_kc), OR – individually – spend time on the National Debt Clock website (www.usdebtclock.org). Lots of data there!
• Homework:
• Edwards, Pgs. 472-483.
• Chpt. 13 Terms.
• If absent:
• Go to: https://www.crfb.org/debtfixer. Work your way through the simulation, completing Balancing the Federal Budget Simulation (MS Word file below) as you do.
• Either watch “Taxes, Spending and Debt: Is America Going Broke?” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Kojzq1_kc), OR spend time on the National Debt Clock website (www.usdebtclock.org). Lots of data there!
Wednesday 12/3/25 (MAROON) & Thursday 12/4/25 (WHITE):
• Agenda:
• Turn in Chpt 13 Terms.
• Begin watching “AP GOV Review Chapter 14 The Bureaucracy” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEATf0t3m0A).
• Only watch from 00:00-8:47 on the video’s counter, as this portion of the video corresponds to Slides 1-15 of NOTES – The Federal Bureaucracy Chpt 14 (PPoint file below).
• Partner up with someone and work together to complete Analyzing the Bureaucracy (MS Word file below).
• When done, find another pair in the room and share your findings/your agencies with them, and vice versa. Teach each other!
• Homework:
• Edwards, P. 484-495.
• If absent:
• Turn in Chpt 13 Terms ASAP!
• Begin watching “AP GOV Review Chapter 14 The Bureaucracy” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEATf0t3m0A).
• Only watch from 00:00-8:47 on the video’s counter, as this portion of the video corresponds to Slides 1-15 of NOTES – The Federal Bureaucracy Chpt 14 (PPoint file below).
• Complete Analyzing the Bureaucracy (MS Word file below).
Friday 12/5/25 (DEMON):
• Agenda:
• Continue watching “AP GOV Review Chapter 14 The Bureaucracy” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEATf0t3m0A).
• Only watch from 08:47-17:06 on the video’s counter, as this portion of the video corresponds to Slides 16-24 of NOTES – The Federal Bureaucracy Chpt 14 (PPoint file below).
• Partner up! Complete Bureaucracy of a Taco Truck (MS Word file below). Have fun with it!
• Homework:
• Edwards, Pgs. 496-502.
• Opinion - The Rise of the 4th Branch of Government (PDF file below).
• If absent:
• Continue watching “AP GOV Review Chapter 14 The Bureaucracy” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEATf0t3m0A).
• Only watch from 08:47-17:06 on the video’s counter, as this portion of the video corresponds to Slides 16-24 of NOTES – The Federal Bureaucracy Chpt 14 (PPoint file below).
• Download, print and complete Bureaucracy of a Taco Truck (MS Word file below).