MPS Online: Banneker Media Center

3320 Elliot Ave. South

612-668-4136

Mrs. Block, M.A.

lanise.block@mpls.k12.mn.us
Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays 3:30-6:30

COURSE OVERVIEW:
In this course students will study the structure and foundations of the United States
Government. In addition they will study the history, structure intent, past and present
implications of the American governing system. Students will give their insight, create and
produce projects with the goal of impacting their fellow citizens.

MODULES AND TOPICS:

There are 4 quarters in the school year. Each quarters has between 4-6
modules. The course assignments are located in the Modules, each module
covers a particular topic:
Quarter 1: Foundations of Government
Module 1:What is Government?
Module 2: The Nature of Government
Module 3:The Congress
Module 4: The Presidency
Module 5: Judicial Branch

Quarter 2: Citizens Connect with Government

Module 6: Citizens Connect
Module 7: American Political Attitudes and Participation
Module 8: Civil Rights
Module 9: Civil Liberties

Quarter 3: Policy Making

Module
Module
Module
Module

10: Federalism
11:The Bureaucracy
12; Policy Making and Political Interactions
13:State and Local Governments

Quarter 4: Global Policy

Module 14:Comparative Political and Economic Systems

Module 15: Comparative Political and Economic Systems
Module 16: Comparative Political and Economic Systems
Module 17: Toward the New Millennium

Assignments in Modules:
Readings and Questions:
1. For each module you will go to the beyond books.com an electronic textbook and read a
set of selected sections and answer selected questions. You will post the answers in the
beyond books portfolio.

Activities:

2. Along with readings you will have specific activities to complete to that will reinforce the
information studied. You will post these in the Assignment Drop Box.

Your Missions:

3. In addition, you will have culminating assignments to assess your knowledge of the topics
within the module. These will be worth a lot points. They should exhibit your best work. Your
will post these on your electronic portfolio, known as the "EFOLIO"

Message Forum:
4. Student dialog. A message forum question about the topic will be asked for students to
give a response and dialog with fellow classmates. In the message forum everyone is
welcome to respond and pose questions to each other concerning the mod topic.

The assignments have no due dates other than they need to be turned in by
the end of the quarter to receive credit for the quarter.