
Honors American Government / Economics
Mr. Rumpfeldt
Periods 1 and 2
Online Textbook
Supply and Demand Notes
Market Structure Notes
Chapters 10 and 11Notes
Chapters 12, 13 Notes
Chapters 14,15,16 Notes
Final Exam Essay Questions
Final Exam Review
Honors Economics
2008
factors of production
scarcity and shortage
opportunity cost
production possibilities curve
guns or butter
efficient
underutilization
free market
key economic questions
specialization
profit motive
traditional economy
competition
laissez faire
command economy
economies of scale
socialism
law of demand
law of supply
inelastic demand
elastic demand
shifting demand curve
shifting supply curve
movement along the supply and demand curves
equilibrium price
shortage
surplus
price ceiling
price floor
black market
monopolies
monopolistic competition
oligopoly
cartel
sole proprietorship
general partnerships
horizontal merger
vertical merger
fringe benefit
FDIC
mortgage
CD
liquid asset
blue chip stock
DJIA
NASDAQ
AMEX
NYSE
stock split
common stock
preferred stock
growth stock
income stock
durable good
non durable good
income approach to GDP
expenditure approach to GDP
intermediate goods
phases of the business cycle
what is not counted in GDP
FICA
tax burden
progressive tax
regressive tax
property tax
expansionary fiscal policy
FOMC
federal reserve districts
excess reserves
monetary policy
tight money supply
interest rates and the demand for money
essay topics:
stock market
supply and demand
elasticity of demand
GDP
business cycle
Economics Vocabulary
- scarcity
- opportunity cost
- production possibilities
- trade off
- efficiency
- equity
- innovation
- per capita
- invisible hand
- laissez faire
- capitalism
- communism
- privatized
- profit
- resources
- capital
- entrepreneur
- infrastructure
- shortage
- surplus
- copyright
- patent
- cartel
- monopoly
- oligopoly
- principal
- interest
- elastic
- equilibrium
- shortage
- surplus
- blue chip stock
- liquidity
- bear
- bull
- black market
- externalities
- diminishing
- GDP
- inflation
- unemployment
- barter
- interdependence
- specialization
- division of labor
- market
- marginal
- subsidy
- price ceiling
- price floor
- deregulation
- commodities
- liability
- asset
- dividend
- yield
- business cycle
- collateral
- stock
- bond
- mutual fund
- conglomerate
- royalty
- union
- merger
- right to work state
- blue collar workers
- contingent
- intrinsic
- FDIC
- NYSE
- AMEX
- NASDAQ
- DJIA
- S and P 500
- debt
- debit
- CD
- prospectus
- portfolio
- depreciation
- mortgage
- sub prime
- real
- nominal
- recession
- depression
- cyclical
- CPI
- fiscal policy
- monetary policy
- the Fed
- Keynesian economics
- automatic stabilizers
- supply side economics
- FOMC
- prime rate
- discount rate
- comparative advantage
- WTO
American Government Course Outline
Syllabus
andrew.rumpfeldt@browardschools.com
| Week |
Chapters |
Assignments |
Notes |
Current Event |
1- Historical Influences |
1,2 |
Historical Document Research
Personal Declaration |
student generated |
Election News |
2- Constitution and Amendments
|
3 |
Amendment Skit
Constitution Quiz
|
constitution notes |
Election News |
3- Political Parties and Ideology |
5 |
Candidate Profile
CNN Newsweek |
Political Party Notes |
Election News |
4- Voting and Elections |
6,7 |
Vocabulary Crossword
pages 144 - 145 15 -35 |
Voting and Elections Notes |
Election News |
5- The Legislative Branch |
10,11,12 |
Congress Outline
286 - 287 #1-29
316 - 317 # 16-37
348 - 349 # 11-29
|
Congress Notes |
Election News |
6- The Presidency |
13,14 |
pages 386 - 387 #1-24
pages 410 - 411 #1-29 |
Presidency Notes |
Election News |
7- The Judiciary |
18,19 |
|
Judiciary Notes |
Election News |
8- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties |
20,21 |
Supreme Court Case |
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Notes |
Election News |
9- The Media and the Political Process |
8 |
|
The Media Notes |
Election News |
- democracy
- sovereignty
- abridge
- usurpation
- faction
- unitary government
- federal government
- framers
- benevolence
- confederation
- domestic
- dissident
- bicameral
- unicameral
- repeal
- assimilate
- brandish
- infamous
- delegate
- cohesion
- efficacy
- abstain
- ratification
- quorum
- federalism
- judicial review
- extradite
- cabinet
- electoral college
- commerce
- plurality
- conservative
- liberal
- partisan
- opulent
- political machine
- incumbent
- electorate
- consensus
- reciprocity
- suffrage
- injunction
- muckraker
- John Q. Public
- primary
- caucus
- ballot
- subsidy
- mandate
- grass roots
- lobby
- pork
- constituents
- sophomore surge
- franking
- intrinsic
- junta
- gerrymandering
- meticulous
- naturalization
- eminent domain
- philanthropy
- clothespin vote
- perjury
- illicit
- censure
- encroach
- impeach
- lame duck
- coattails
- acquit
- subpoena
- infallible
- whip
- filibuster
- platform
- pardon
- admissible
- litmus test
- amnesty
- bureaucracy
- patronage
- deficit
- debt
- tariff
- espionage
- parochial
- secular
- libel
- slander
- sedition
- indictment
- treason
- habeas corpus
- ex post facto
- de facto
- de jure
- devolution
- insurgence
- rudimentary
Honors American Government Syllabus
Course Number 21063200
½ Credit
Monarch High School
Instructor: Andrew Rumpfeldt
email:
andrew.rumpfeldt@browardschools.com
web site: http://www.monarchknights.com/teacherwebpages/rumpfeldt/HonorsAmericanGovernment.htm
Course Description:
American Government will provide students the opportunity to acquire an understanding of American government and political behavior. Content to be covered will include, but not be limited to, an analysis of those documents which shape our political traditions (the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights); a comparison of the roles of the three branches of government at the local, state, and national levels; an understanding of the evolving role of political parties and interest groups in determining government policy; how the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a democratic state have evolved and been interpreted; and the importance of civic participation in the democratic political process. This course is paired with Economics. PREREQUISITE: American History
Textbook: Magruder’s American Government 2004 – Prentice Hall
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/Magruders/program_page.html
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Course Requirements:
- Readings – In addition to the textbook, the instructor will occasionally assign outside readings. These readings will range from current event articles to primary source documents. Students will be responsible for the assigned articles and there will be unannounced quizzes on assigned readings.
- Current Events – There will be a current event assignment each week. Students must locate an article that relates to the assigned topic for that particular week. This topic aligns to the area of study for that week and will act as reinforcement of the content as well as a connection to the real world. The article should relate to the topic and it is the job of the student to show that relationship in writing. This is not a summary of the article. These will be due each Friday. A schedule will follow.
- Notes – The instructor will give notes on each unit of study that will accompany the textbook. These notes will include information that will go above and beyond the content of the text. Therefore, it is imperative that all students take notes and make arrangements will other students to get the notes when they are absent. Notes are for the students’ benefit and will not be collected nor graded.
- Tests and Quizzes – There will be a variety of assessments in this course. This will consist of unit tests, section quizzes, short responses, and essays. Students will be graded on notes, textbook content, outside readings, and class discussions. Tests will be entered in pinnacle as points but will carry a higher weight. Therefore, it may appear in pinnacle that tests count the same as class work, but they do not.
- Projects and Presentations – In order to accommodate all learning styles, there will be several projects and presentations in this class. Some projects will be individual and some group. When working in groups, all students are responsible for the project, not just a portion of the project. Therefore, if one student is absent it will not compromise the integrity of the project. Students are expected to back up their work. A technology failure is no excuse for late work.
- Vocabulary – Students will be assigned vocabulary words to be recorded in a composition notebook. There will be approximately 2-3 words assigned per day (100 per nine weeks). While most of these terms will have an American Government meaning, some may be general terms used during the course. Students must record one word per page in their composition book. They must also define the word in a government context and create a depiction of the term via a drawing or other type of graphic. This book will be collected at any time and students will be tested on the words at any time, without notice. Thus, it is important for students to stay up to date with the words. The book will be collected at the end of the term for a final grade. This grade will be based on completion as well as aesthetics.