AP Comparative Government and Politics

• Lesson Plan: Introduction to the Principles of Democracy (7 Clips)

• Lesson Plan: Dictatorships and Totalitarian Governments ( 9 Clips)

• Lesson Plan: US Tax Rates Compared to Other Countries (7 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: Two-Party and Multiparty Democracies (2:31)

• Bell Ringer: The Benefits of Federalist Systems of Government (4:52)

• Bell Ringer: Different Ways for Governments to Address Religion (2 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: Democratic Norms (5:04)

• Bell Ringer: Citizen Participation and Civil Society (3:13)

• Bell Ringer: President Obama on the Greek Origins of Democracy (5:50)

• Bell Ringer: Communism and Socialism (6:13)

• Bell Ringer: What is Sovereignty? (2:15)

• Bell Ringer: Labor Unions in Europe (3:28)

• Video Clip: Rise of Populism and Implications for Global Politics (5:00)

• Bell Ringer: The Sovereignty of the European Union (2:50)

• Bell Ringer: The Structure of the European Union (1:59)

• Bell Ringer: EU Ambassador to the U.S. on U.K. Exit from European Union (7:17)

• Bell Ringer: The Brexit Referendum (2 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: The Impact of European Union Policies on the Global Businesses (5:16) 

• Video Clip: Ukrainian President Delivers Speech From National Archives (5:00)

• Video Clip: Justice Department Charges Four Russians with War Crimes (4:55)

• Bell Ringer: German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the Bundestag (2:15) 

• Bell Ringer: North Korean Leader Kim Il-sung (3:10)

• Bell Ringer: North Korea: Kim Jong-il (10:44)

• Bell Ringer: Kim Jong Un and Maintaining Stability in North Korea (4:47)

• Bell Ringer: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Question Period (2:42)

• Video Clip: Canada's Health Care System (3:54)

• Video Clip: French President Macron Addresses Joint Meeting of Congress (3:26)

• Bell Ringer: Japanese Diet (House of Representatives) (2:02)

• Bell Ringer: Ethnic Divisions and the Struggle for Democracy in Iraq (4:04)

United Kingdom

• • Video Clip: British Prime Minister Sunak on U.S-U.K. Alliance (6:17)

  • Bell Ringer: Freedom of Press in the United States and Around the World (3:19)

  • Bell Ringer: Chief Justice Roberts on Magna Carta (6:58)

  • Bell Ringer: State Opening of British Parliament (9:09)

  • Bell Ringer: Budget Process in the U.S. and the U.K. (3:13)

  • Bell Ringer: Powers of the British Prime Minister (3:19)

  • Bell Ringer: United States vs Britain Campaign Finance Laws (2:53)

  • Bell Ringer: British Parliament Question Time (3:57)

  • Bell Ringer: Equality Legislation and Freedom of Religion in the UK (2:52)

  • Video Clip: BBC News Coverage of the 2019 U.K. General Election (2:52)

  • Video Clip: Boris Johnson Takes Over as British Prime Minister (5:51)

  • Video Clip: British Prime Minister May on her Legacy as Prime Minister (3:04)

  • Video Clip: 2019 State Opening of British Parliament (10:10)

  • Video Clip: British Prime Minister Theresa May Resignation Statement (6:36)

  • Bell Ringer: A New Era in Britain (6:19)

  • Lesson Plan: Queen Elizabeth II and the United States (14 Clips)

China

• • Video Clip: An Explanation of the Hong Kong Protests and the NBA (4:44)

  • Bell Ringer: China and The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (7:20)

  • Bell Ringer: China's Decision to Eliminate Presidential Term Limits (3:20)

  • Bell Ringer: China's Military Capabilities (2 Clips)

  • Bell Ringer: The Chinese Communist Party and Political Power (2:35)

  • Bell Ringer: China and Democracy (5:15)

  • Bell Ringer: Human Rights Restrictions in China (2:36)

  • Bell Ringer: China and Restrictions on Foreign Media (3:45)

  • Bell Ringer: The Origins of China's One-Child Policy (5:39)

  • Bell Ringer: The Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Economy (6:24)

  • Bell Ringer: China's Economic Growth (5:59)

  • Bell Ringer: Chinese Protectionist Trade Policies (2:03)

  • On This Day: Tiananmen Square (4 Clips)

  • Lesson Plan: Hong Kong: British to Chinese Rule (9 Clips)

  • Lesson Plan: The Microchip Industry (11 Clips & Slides)

  • Lesson Plan: China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (8 Clips & Slides)

Russia

• • Lesson Plan: Russia's System of Government and Constitution (6 Clips)

  • Lesson Plan: The Magnitsky Act (3:04)

  • Video Clip: Russian President Vladimir Putin Elected to 5th Term (9:30)

  • Bell Ringer: The Russian Economy (2:48)

  • Bell Ringer: The Role of Russia in Syria (3:14)

  • Bell Ringer: Elections in Russia (4:58) 

  • Bell Ringer: The Legacy of Vladimir Putin and Russia's Role in the World (4:06)

  • Bell Ringer: 1991 Soviet Coup D'état Attempt (4:48)

  • Bell Ringer: Nikita Khrushchev and the Soviet Union (2:58)

  • Bell Ringer: Vladimir Putin and Russia (1:52)

  • Bell Ringer: Democracy in Russia (3:54)

  • Bell Ringer: The Russian Constitution (6:52)

  • Bell Ringer: Russia and Freedom of the Press (6:00)

  • Bell Ringer: Glasnost and Perestroika (2 Clips)

  • Video Clip: President Putin on Minority Languages and Regionalism in Russia (3:13)

  • Lesson Plan: The War in Ukraine (8 Clips)

  • Bell Ringer: Russian and U.S. Security Cultures (2:13)

  • Lesson Plan: Creating Ulitsa Sezam - Sesame Street Program in Russia (11 Clips)

Nigeria

• • Bell Ringer: The Nigerian Civil War (2:30)

  • Bell Ringer: The Effect of Colonialism on Nigeria (1:51)

  • Bell Ringer: Foreign Investment in Nigeria (4:29) 

  • Bell Ringer: Nigeria and Operation Safe Corridor (3:33)

Mexico

• • Bell Ringer: Regionalism in Mexico (2:49)

  • Bell Ringer: Mexican Legislative Elections (2:09)

  • Bell Ringer: Mexican Government and its Future (5:43)

  • Video Clip: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Visits the White House (9:05)

  • Video Clip: The Election of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (5:56) 

Iran

• • Lesson Plan: Introduction to Iran's Structure of Government (6 Clips)

  • Bell Ringer: Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (6:36)

  • Bell Ringer: Suppression of Protests in Iran (4:30)

  • Video Clip: Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini (2:12)

  • Video Clip: The History and Politics of the Iranian Regime (2:56)

  • Bell Ringer: Spiritual Values and Justice (7:22)

  • Bell Ringer: Resistance and Progress (1:56)

Hexagonal Thinking - Vocabulary Review Resources

• How to Hex - Hexagonal Thinking in Comparative Government (Google Slides)

• Unit 1 (Google Slides); HDI, Freedom House Index, stability, democratization, GDP per capita, correlation, legitimacy, causation, state, federal, unitary, nation

• Unit 2 (Google Slides); Presidential system, Semi-presidential system, Head of state, Head of government, Parliamentary system, Bicameral, Vote of no confidence, Independent judiciary, Coalition government, Term limits, Executive removal, Independent legislature

• Unit 3 (Google Slides); NGOs, Political culture, Political socialization, Individualism, Civil liberties, Populism, Socialism, Civil society, Neoliberalism, Fascism, Political participation, Political & social cleavages, Post materialism, Referendum, Political efficacy, Political ideology, Civil rights, Corruption Perception Index

• Unit 4 (Google Slides); First past the post, Runoff elections, Single member district, Proportional representation, Plurality, Dominant party system, One-party system, Threshold, Sexenio, Mixed election system, Social movements, Interest groups, Corporatism, Pluralism, Clientelism, Peak association, Two-party system, Multi-party system

• Unit 5 (Google Slides); Privatization, Neoliberalism, Multinational corporation (MNC), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Economic globalization, Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI), Austerity measures, Economic development, Gini Index, IMF, Economic  development, European Union, ECOWAS, Resource curse, WTO, World Bank, Rentier state, Welfare state

AP-6 Countries (China, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, and the UK)

• Which AP-6 Country? (Google Doc)

• Comparing Executives (Google Doc)

• AP-6 Countries Headbanz Game (Google Slides)

• Visual Metaphors, Idioms, Analogies (Google Slides)

• Authoritarian rule 

• Biafra 

• Coup d’etat 

• Communism 

• Democracy 

• Democratization 

• Devolution 

• European Union (EU) 

• Grassroots

• Gross Domestic Product 

• Glasnost 

• Globalization 

• Marxism

• Multiparty Democracy

• Parliamentary system 

• Perestroika 

• Rule of law

• Secularism

• Sovereignty 

• Theocracy

• Two-Party Democracy

• Vote of No Confidence