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 * Welcome to your AP Government Wiki**. I hope to discover how best to use this as a vehicle for sharing and learning this year. I'm sure you'll have many ideas for me, and I look forward to learning from you as much as you will hopefully learn from me.

Here is your calendar for the year, subject to change of course, but it should give you a pretty good idea of pacing topics.



Here is a file that lists many, many good web sites that you might find interesting and helpful, this year and next.



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September 16 Assignment Please go to the websites below and take both quizzes. Play with the results a bit. Where do you fit in with your age group, the rest of the country? When you are done, write two brief paragraphs with your reflections.

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October 11th Assignment - Go to Article for Fun and follow instructions.

October 12 - Thought you might like to play with this site just a bit Let me know what you think. . []

October 27 - Essay Contest - You can use your entry for enrichment credit! Check it out. []

November 11th Assignment - Click on the "Redistricting" link. Once there, do the following activities. Type your responses and be prepared to turn them in on Friday, November 18th.

Link 1 - Read the six articles on Redistricting. According to these articles, which political party do you think will benefit most in this 2010 post census redistricting? Why?

Link 2 - What is the "shortest splitline algorithm"? If this method was used to redistrict, describe Candice Miller's future. What would the positives and the negatives be using this method?

Link 3 - This is obviously a site that has been constructed by one of the following: a political science genius, a prison inmate with a lot of time on his hands, or an idiot savant. Look at this site, clicking on the links on the right side and taking some time to visit each. When you're done, explain what the most novel solution to redistricting you discovered and tell me why.

Link 4 - Play the game. When you're done, consider all of the time that you spent on the 4 links and write a reflective paragraph explaining your experience.

December 19th Assignment

Go to the Bureaucracy link and follow the directions.

Joseph Kony 2012 []