Monday, October 9th, 2006

Announcement for American Government students: Big Test on Friday

Make sure and re-read with focus the chapter on The Constitution...make sure and really focus on the terms and on the notes positioned in the margins. Its a well written, easy to understand chapter...get busy reading and reviewing or get busy preparing to FAIL this test!!!!
Expect and plan for questions related to the following terms/concepts:
limited government,self-government, rationale behind the Declaration of Independence, weaknesses inherent within the original Articles of Confederation, know a little bit about Shays's Rebellion, The Great Compromise, North-South Compromise, Anti-federalists versus Federalists, separation of powers, checks & balances, The system of Checks and Balances [see pages 54 & 55 in your text], Bill of Rights, Judicial Review, Marbury v. Madison, Habeus Corpus, republic, "tranny of the majority", pure or direct democracy, Electoral College, Amendments to the Constitution, The Progresives [see pages 63 & 65], Constitutional democracy...also review your notes on Top Political News Stories, and Quotes of the Day...

Sociology: Big Test on Chapter 3 on Thursday...read the chapter, do the website review, do the practice test and prepare for SUCCESS!