Fair tax assignment for Chapter 14.

Today we will be in the library researching the Fair Tax as an alternative to the federal income tax. The assignment can be found at the following link, click here.If you don't finish in the library, your completed research is due Monday.

Today's Library assignment Feb 5th 2014

4^th period- (A.P. Government and Politics) Today the students will head to the library. Please take roll and give the instructions in class before they head down but please be prompt so they don’t waste time. Please tell them this is the order I’d like for them to complete.

1. Please tell students that they need to login to the online text resource and take the chapter 12 pretest. (I’m using the information from Chapter pretests, so it is very important that they do this!)
2. Work on your constitution worksheet that is due tomorrow.
3. Anytime that you have left over please work on current events.
4. Also, they may go on and vote for the KATU $10,000 donation competition.

Gun Control and Executive Orders due Friday!

Today we will begin working on a position paper regarding gun control policy and executive power. You will write this paper using Google Drive and will be having your paper edited by at least two peers. Here is a link to the assignment. We will be spending Tuesday and Wednesday in the computer lab to work on this.

I have posted some links under "Gun Control Policy Links" below. These have information about some of the various proposals and President Obama's gun control objectives outlined last year's. These will help you get started.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/preventing-gun-violence

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/wh_now_is_the_time_full.pdf

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/16/president-obama-announces-new-measures-prevent-gun-violence

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/29/fact-sheet-new-executive-actions-reduce-gun-violence

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/message-president-obama-about-your-petition-reducing-gun-violence