AP American Government S1 - 0.5 credit

AP American Government will cover: the constitutional underpinnings of American democracy, the political beliefs and behaviors of individuals, political parties and interest groups, Congress, the presidency, bureaucracy and the federal courts, and civil liberties and civil rights. The course will require the reading of a comprehensive textbook and supplemental collection of interpretive readings. The course will emphasize writing and presenting written and verbal arguments.

The aim of an AP course is to provide the student with a learning experience equivalent to that obtained in most college introductory American Government and Politics courses. Students taking the class will be prepared to take the Advanced Placement test in American Government. Colleges that participate in the Advance Placement Program grant college credit and appropriate placement to students who do well on the AP exam.