Course Overview

This course is one semester long. The units covered are:

• 1st 9-weeks
• Unit 01: Foundations and Constitutional Principles
• Unit 02: Celebrate Freedom Week
• Unit 03: Political Behavior, Participation, and the Election Process
• Unit 04: Legislative Branch: The Congress
• Unit 05: Executive Branch: The Presidency and the Bureaucracy
• 2nd 9-weeks
• Unit 06: Judicial Branch: The Courts and Civil Liberties
• Unit 07: State and Local Governments
• Unit 08: Government and American Culture

Daily Supplies

• Chromebook
• Writing utensil
• Folder or binder to keep handouts and notes

Student Evaluation

• Quizzes - 50% (4 per 9-week grading period)
• Daily Work - 25% (8 per 9-week grading period)
• Tests/Major Assignments - 25% (2 per 9-week grading period)

Absences & Late Work

• If you are absent from class, it is your responsibility to make up missing work.
• Students may submit late assignments up to 3 days before the end of the 9 weeks. Each day late = 10 points deducted from the grade for 3 days. If an assignment is more than 3 days late, the maximum earned grade will be a 70. 

Retake Policy

From the RFISD Student Handbook: 

• Students may redo any daily assignment, as long as they originally attempted the assignment by the original deadline. The second attempt must be completed outside of the standard class period, within one school day of the posted grade, and at least one week before the end of the nine-week grading period. Students may earn full credit on assignments redone within guidelines.
• Quizzes and tests that earned a grade lower than 80 can be retaken within 3 school days of the original test date and after the student has scheduled and attended at least one tutorial session with the instructor. The re-take must be completed outside of the standard class time and the maximum grade that can be earned on a retake is 80. The second quiz/test will be a new set of questions.