All summer work is due on Friday, August 22nd to the main office in the high school. This will give me a few days to grade your work so that it is ready by the first day of school.
A reminder of your assignments:
- Read The Vanishing Voter
- Write an essay on The Vanishing Voter, 8 paragraphs total (intro, 6 body (1 per chapter), conclusion)
- Complete both sets of Introduction to Government questions (60 total)
- Respond to each of the three blog posts (one for each month, June, July, and August)
July 28, 2008 at 8:17 pm |
What are we supposed to write for the essay? Just a summary of each chapter?
July 29, 2008 at 7:07 am |
The essay should be summary broken down by chapter. Also, find the data or statistics that you find most compelling from each chapter and discuss the importance of it. Be sure to cite the page number for the data you use from the book. The intro and conclusion should give your take on the importance of the book overall.
July 29, 2008 at 9:14 am |
i seem to have misplaced my questions…if you have any extras i can pick them up or if anyone can lend me theres to scan…
July 29, 2008 at 9:19 am |
Do you need the packets, too? The packets are in the main office of the high school. I think I can email you the questions…stay tuned. I’ll work on it.
August 4, 2008 at 1:31 pm |
Are we supposed to type the answers to the packet questions?
August 4, 2008 at 2:17 pm |
And are we supposed to write it in all complete sentences?
August 4, 2008 at 2:45 pm |
Re: “Are we supposed to type the answers to the packet questions?”
Preferred but not mandatory.
August 5, 2008 at 9:53 am |
Hahahaha…the DILTS and her many questions. Very valid question, though. Don’t worry about complete sentences for all of them. If a word or two can do the job, that’s fine. I’m not too picky.
August 9, 2008 at 7:19 am |
In the Intro packet: Foundations of US Democracy, question 15 doesn’t make sense. Could you clarify what you want for that question, please?
August 9, 2008 at 7:51 am |
Sure. For a quicker response, post the question and I’ll talk you through it.
August 9, 2008 at 8:13 am |
What did the early American colonial charters precede that now help govern these territories?
August 9, 2008 at 8:25 am |
Think of it this way: what purpose did the charters serve? Since the charters are no longer relevant today, what exists in their place to help govern the same geographical area (think both state and national level)? Does that make sense? It’s not a particularly difficult question, but you’re right, I phrased it strangely.
August 13, 2008 at 1:53 pm |
The office gave me three packets. They gave me two Introduction to United States Government: Foundations of Government packets, which both are different, and a geography packet that I believe we had last summer.
Now here are my questions:
1. Where are the 60 questions? I’m not seeing any in the packets. Am I missing a packet?
2. Is the geography packet gov summer work or euro summer work?
3. This is all a bunch of razzmatazzery!
August 13, 2008 at 2:18 pm |
Chris, the office shouldn’t have given you a map packet. Razzmatazzery is right!
I posted the questions for the two government packets on the main page of this website. Download away.
August 14, 2008 at 10:32 am |
Well the only thing left to do for the summer is the dreaded Vanishing Voter essay. I was wondering if we needed a full Seibert-style outline and pre-essay stuff. We never had to before in your class, but with that writing manual it seemed like we did.
August 14, 2008 at 12:10 pm |
Yeah, unfortunately (for you, I guess) the rubric asks for you to identify the question, the type of history, and to make an outline, among other things. Now, the Vanishing Voter essay isn’t really a traditional ‘history’ essay – in fact, we won’t be doing a whole lot of history at all in AP Gov. But to the best of your ability, show me how you broke down the question and organized the essay in an outline.
As you know, the outline is where you do all the work. Then, the paper writes itself!
See you soon!
August 14, 2008 at 1:27 pm |
Ok. Can do, I have to turn in all my stuff early because I’ll be at the beach with Brittney, so you’ll have it tomorrow. Brittney’s in the same situation obviously, but had no idea what a seibert-style collect and sort/types of history pre-essay stuff looks like, so you might want to put up a sample of it? I know shannon, chris, couch, zart, dilts, and me have all that old stuff but others might be in the dark and not include it if they don’t read these comments. So yeah, happy history work time!
August 14, 2008 at 1:35 pm |
One more…would an adequate question statement be, “Summarize the main events and analyze the key data and statistics and their importance for Thomas Patterson’s ‘The Vanishing Voter’?”
August 14, 2008 at 9:19 pm |
Good question statement. Thanks for the suggestion, but I’m gonna let everyone do the outline to the best of their current ability so I can gauge everyone’s current knowledge on how to do it. Have a great time at the beach! What a great way to end the summer!
August 15, 2008 at 11:09 am |
haha yeah i had no idea! but i’m done with it now! so take it or leave it! see everyone soon!
August 16, 2008 at 5:32 pm |
How much documentation do you want in this essay? Just for direct quotes/statistics, or for any information gotten out of the book?
August 19, 2008 at 9:08 pm |
You’ll be fine by quoting one piece of data per chapter/paragraph – the one you find most compelling.
August 20, 2008 at 8:41 am |
I was only planning on using one quote per paragraph, but I was talking about using other information from the book, you know, paraphrasing… do you want parenthetical citation for that stuff?
August 20, 2008 at 8:43 am |
Wait… or do you just want one piece of evidence total for the each section. ‘Cause I was preparing to write a beastly essay. My outline’s pretty big right now.
August 20, 2008 at 11:23 am |
Don’t worry about parenthetical citation for paraphrasing. Since this is a book report, it is obvious that you are making comments regarding the author’s statements.
August 20, 2008 at 9:03 pm |
Uh. Do you mind if I include snarky-but-entertaining commentary in my answers to the packet questions?
August 21, 2008 at 1:31 pm |
woah woah woah there. Outline? WHAAA!!!! did i miss a memo or something do i have to do an outline?
August 21, 2008 at 2:00 pm |
oh and do you want a compelling and somewhat overdramatic title? or do you want “vanishing voter essay” cuz i do both