APGov A and B Comm Svc

Post your Community Service Web Site links here for your "Digital Scrapbooks"

Make sure you include your name with your link

APGov-B Weekly Blog Post

OK, so as we discussed in class- what do you think about the WikiLeaks? What should the media do? Or, do you, as a citizen have the right to this information? What is the legal line? The ethical line? How will this impact foreign affairs-

Open Dialogue on this HOT topic

APGov-B Special Interest Groups

Post your links here!

APGov B: Media Week! Good Times

I love this assignment! Find an ad that impresses me :)

First, find the best campaign ad for either a governor's race or the 2010 midterm elections
Post the link to the video here

Then, with your link discuss the following items
1. is the ad poitivie or negative in tone
2. Why does the ad "work"? What makes it a good ad?
3. Who paid for or created the ad? (candidate, DNC/RNC, or a PAC/Interest Group)
4. What are they trying to accomplish with this ad- what do they want you, the voter, to know or realize?

Remember, You cannot use the same ad as anyone else in the class

APGov- B Issue Papers

Students,
Please place your individual links here so we can go view and comment on your issue paper sites .

Then you need to visit one paper from each team and give them meaningful feedback.

For your own site, reply to any questions asked of you.

APGov-B Polling Blogs

Teams,

Please place your links for your poll result blogs here.

You then need to visit EACH team and post a comment.

For your own site, respond to questions posted to your poll blog site as well.

APGov B- "New Congress" Gets a New Budget

It is current conventional wisdom that despite campaign promises, the newly elected Republicans cannot actually "repeal" the healthcare plan that was passed this fall. And under opinion polls, the title of the health care gets low approval, but when people are asked if they support individual provisions, polling is much higher. In the end, it may be that a slight majority of Americans approve of the reforms.

While they may not be able to actually 'repeal' the law- one definite possibility is to not fund the provisions they like in the budget that will pass in October 2011 for the 2011-2012 budget year.

Please read these two articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/health/policy/07health.html?_r=1&ref=politics

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/07/republicans-look-budget-maneuvers-prevent-spending-new-health-law/

So, what do you think?
Should Congress try to get a real gauge on what Americans want before they decide?

Should they use budget options to effectively cancel components they don't want?

Should they respect that the law was passed and let it go into effect?

To help you form your opinions, here is a summary of what the reform law did:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/healthreform/myths-and-facts#healthcare-menu

APGov B- Political Culture

Welcome back.

We live in a society that prefers negative ads and a lot of them. How we develop our political ideology is based on these primary factors:

Family
Education
Peer/Media Influence
Region


To get started this week please take this political ideology quiz:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

Make sure to scroll down and see where you fall and what that compares to.

Here are some common trends:
over 50% of families share the same ideology
age 18-30- more likely to be to the "left"
over 65- more likely to be to the "right"
South/Midwest- right
coasts- left
higher education levels- left
but higher incomes- right
Christians- right
Catholics- left
Blue Collar workers- left


So, here's what we are discussing this week:
**NOTE** Sharing your ideology is personal and is OPTIONAL.

1. What influences your own political socialization?
2. Are you similar or different than your parents?
3. People usually have social values and fiscal values. How do you balance these in choosing a political party....? (this is the real discussion here)