Welcome to Miss. Pinkney's blog....this is to be utilized to further understand the mind of Miss. Pinkney and the many topics from Constitutional Amendments to Laffer Curves, all things that haunt the Advance Placement United States Government and Politics and Macroeconomics students.

For assignments go to: http://sites.google.com/site/apgovecod8/
For all test, quiz:
http://www.quia.com/web

Thursday, November 19, 2009

EXTRA CREDIT

Going to the following website and find, and copy your favorite 2000 election political cartoona nd explain why you like it so much. THis is only for extra credit...to remove some of those ZEROs....you have until 2:00pm on FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20!!!!!

http://www.authentichistory.com/1990-2000/2000election/cartoons/2000electioncartoons.html

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Today you had your first session on PROJECT CITIZEN...i hope you are geared up for something exciting. If you are not excitied yet i want you to visit the following website and see how these middle schoolers took PROJECT CITIZEN and made it work for them.

http://www.projectcitizen405.com/Background.htm

Leave a note for me on what you thought....oh yeah this is a grade you need to view it and respond on it by Monday at your class time...

LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

WELCOME BACK...

Hey you guys it has been a while and i know this is driving you guys crazy deep down inside...so this is what we are going to blog about this week and everyone will be assigned to soemone to critique and keep up with. You will be required to respond to their blog as well as SUGGEST a grade for them in confidence of course. So lets get it started.

Unit III is mainly about political ideologies, political, parties, and interest groups. I would like to know if you could build the perfect candidate what would they stand for and why? what would thier political ideology be, what would there view be on the issues discussed in the 2000 and 2004 party platform. Don't forget to show me what they would look like.


Good luck be creativity...you have until Thursday by 4:oopm and you will have your UNIT III test this weekend.

This blog is worth 40 pts. out of your100pts. for blogs this six weeks.