AP U.S. Government & Politics curriculum

Start with AP United States Government and Politics and AP/College US Government and Politics. Take notes until you can explain: Explain democratic ideals, constitutional compromise, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Annotate a founding document and connect it to one constitutional principle and one modern tension.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Use required founding documents in argument.

Start with AP United States Government and Politics and AP/College US Government and Politics. Take notes until you can explain: Explain Congress, presidency, bureaucracy, courts, policy making, and checks among branches.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Trace one policy conflict through Congress, the president, bureaucracy, and courts.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Analyze incentives and constraints inside institutions.

Start with AP United States Government and Politics and AP/College US Government and Politics. Take notes until you can explain: Use due process, selective incorporation, free expression, religion, equal protection, and voting rights.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Brief a required case with facts, issue, holding, reasoning, and constitutional principle.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Explain Supreme Court reasoning and implications.

Start with AP United States Government and Politics and AP/College US Government and Politics. Take notes until you can explain: Interpret polling data and ideology patterns.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Write a quantitative-analysis response from a poll or chart with one limitation noted.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Explain political socialization, public opinion, and policy preferences.

Start with AP United States Government and Politics and AP/College US Government and Politics. Take notes until you can explain: Explain voting, campaigns, parties, interest groups, media, and linkage institutions.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Analyze an election scenario and identify the most important structural incentive.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Connect participation rules to political outcomes.

Start with AP United States Government and Politics and AP/College US Government and Politics. Take notes until you can explain: Compare founding documents and required Supreme Court cases.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Write a SCOTUS comparison paragraph linking precedent to a new scenario.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Use accurate similarities, differences, and implications.

Start with AP United States Government and Politics and AP/College US Government and Politics. Take notes until you can explain: Practice concept application, quantitative analysis, SCOTUS comparison, and argument essay tasks.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Complete one of each FRQ type and classify errors by content, reasoning, or evidence.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Use evidence without vague civics slogans.

Start with AP United States Government and Politics and AP/College US Government and Politics. Take notes until you can explain: Build a final review plan from missed skills.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Create a civic issue brief with constitutional basis, stakeholders, data, and an evidence-based argument.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Apply government concepts to a real civic issue.