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Review for Congress Quiz (11/24-11/25)

November 20th, 2008 · No Comments

On the bottom of this post are several files that may be helpful, including the Powerpoint on Congress that you’ve seen this week in class. You haven’t seen all of it yet, so don’t worry if the “How a bill becomes a law” or “Post 9/11 Congress” sections do not look familiar.

Your quiz is on the first 2/3 of the chapter, which covers the organization and structure of Congress, Congress vs. Parliament, the Evolution of Congress (know who has power in the different eras), the demographics of Congress (see additional attachment below for the 111th Congress), the Representational/Organizational/Attitudinal view of representation, party organization in Congress (including the differences in structure between the House and Senate) , party strength and unity, caucuses, and the Committee system (including power, organization, and committee staffs). Yes, that is a lot. Please read the chapter closely, be sure you understand the vocabulary from the Congress Questions sheet, and review the powerpoint notes. If you have questions, shoot me an email. I will be checking (even though I’ll be out for the next week or so).

Textbook Outline of Congress chapter

Textbook Objectives for the Congress

Textbook vocabulary for Congress

Congress Reading Questions (and terms)

Congress PPT notes (powerpoint file)

Congress PPT notes (as a pdf)

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Review for Unit Test–Executive Branch

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s a couple of powerpoints from the textbook site on the Presidency and the Bureaucracy:

Bureaucracy ppt

Presidency pptAnd here’s the review questions we used in class: Review Questions from both chapter

If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email. Knowing the vocab and the reading questions from each chapter will be a big help. See you tomorrow,

Mr. Daly

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2008 Election Project

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Looks like the google map isn’t working so well, so here’s a good candidate tracker from the Washington Post:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/tracker/

Here’s a link to a google-map mashup with campaign stops:

http://maps.google.com/help/maps/elections/#campaign_trail

Here’s the links from your 2008 Election Project packet.

Online Resources for the 2008 Election

www.270towin.com (Elec.College predictions)

www.fivethirtyeight.com (Elec.College predictions)

www.electoral-vote.com (Elec.College predictions)

www.realclearpolitcs.com

www.smartvoter.org (League of Women Voters)

www.congress.org/

www.congresslink.org/

www.gop.com (Republican Party)

www.democrats.org (Democratic Party)

www.cookpolitical.com (congressional elections)

www.opensecrets.org (campaign contributions)

www.followthemoney.org (state politics)

www.washingtonpost.org

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

http://www.johnmccain.com/

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/pick-your-president/ (pick your predicted map)

http://www.issues2000.org/default.htm (issues arranged by topic and candidate, quotes from candidates)

http://www.publicagenda.org/ (basic non-partisan views on issues)

www.virginia.gov (all state governments set up in the manner)

www.centerforpolitics.org (under “crystal ball” breakdown by Senate races, predictions by state for Senate and president, registered voters stats, etc)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/

www.cnn.com/POLITICS (use this and other news outlets for issues, candidates, etc)

http://elections.gmu.edu/voter_turnout.htm (voter turnout by state)

www.eac.gov/clearinghouse/voter-turnout-and-statistics (voter t/o by category)

http://www.abcnews.go.com/politics/vote2008

www.votesmart.org (campaign finance, issues, voting records, etc

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