Any ideas anyone?</p>
Hmmm… not really necessary</p>
Anyone know whether u can answer ur essay in bulleted form?</p>
My teacher said at the latest AP teacher meeting convention thing they recommend NOT doing the bullet points.</p>
Was the bulleted form a joke about how the outline from the book is bulleted. No one actually reads the book, we just read the outlines online.</p>
<p>Bumppppppppp</p>
<p>My teacher said today that he’s almost certain that there’s going to be a question on civil liberties or civil rights involving some “selective incorporation” or due process/equal protection court case. Just make sure you know all those cases starting with Gitlow, going through Escobedo, all the way up to DC v. Heller.</p>
<p>They certainly won’t test on Escobedo or DC v Heller. Not in the FRQs and it won’t be an answer to a MC either. Gitlow is definitely possible</p>
<p>Any more ???</p>
<p>Ya…in 2008 there was an election so on 2007 ap there was a question on the electoral college…last years ap there was a question on the primary system and there was a primary that went on this year…so since the election is next year, there will maybe be a question on the electoral college on the 2012 ap gov test</p>
<p>My teacher who is also an AP grader posted the following FRQ predictions on our Moodle page.</p>
<p>*No guarantees, but here are some predictions:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Civil Liberties (this is my top pick) – most likely invoking a SCOTUS decision (there hasn’t been a specific court case addressed since 2007).</p></li>
<li><p>Foreign Policy – with all the issues concerning war and war powers, this might be your connection to presidential powers. Plus, it hasn’t been directly asked before.</p></li>
<li><p>Congressional/mid-term elections – with the big turnover in 2006 and the huge shift in 2010, this is likely. May even bring back a discussion on incumbency (although that has been addressed recently)</p></li>
<li><p>Social/Economic Policy – especially entitlement programs and mandatory spending. Possibly addressing health care (although that may be more likely on next year’s exam).</p></li>
<li><p>Divided Government - similar to my reasons for #3. Only unlikelihood regarding this one is that readers already see this definition too much, even when it doesn’t answer the question. And lately, the College Board isn’t into giving out “freebies.”</p></li>
<li><p>The Media – there was a question in 2009 about the media, but it pertained to agenda setting. This year it might focus on coverage or impact on the institutions themselves.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>You can always guarantee that there will be a question related (even if indirectly) to Congress and/or the President. Also intertwined somewhere in these topics is likely to be a discussion of the framer’s intent. I’m fairly confident that we won’t see questions on the bureaucracy, federalism, or voter behavior/socialization – the last three tests were ladened with these topics.*</p>
<p>Anyone think it could be on Federalism…?
Not sure though, my teacher didnt know either</p>
<p>My teacher said definitely not beauracracy.</p>
<p>My teacher said that he didn’t expect there to be either bureaucracy (other than entitlements, which is sort fiscal/monetary policy actually) or federalism on the FRQs.</p>
<p>Also, see the AP Comp Gov thread. Someone on accident posted, asking for a list of good court cases to review. I composed a good list on that thread, and I’m not going to post it here, so just go look over there if you want to see a comprehensive list of all the court cases you need to know for the exam.</p>
<p>My teacher told me that there might be a question about federalist paper no.10</p>
<p>Federalist papers 10 and 51 are only two you need to concern yourself over according to my teacher</p>
<p>Am I the only one who doesn’t understand the mentality that because it was on last few tests, it wont be on this one?</p>
<p>If it was on the last THREE tests, wouldn’t that mean it’s probable to come up again?</p>
<p>^It’s actually a perplexing situation. On one hand, the topics that have showed up in recent years are unlikely to be repeated simply because it would be too easy to focus our studies on recently tested topics. On the other hand, the topics that have recently been tested reflect what the CB wants to emphasize and test upon.</p>
<p>So anything is possible.</p>
<p>I’m pretty confident that there will be some SCOTUS decision given that they haven’t had that they haven’t had any on the exam for the past three plus years.</p>
<p>Guys, maybe neither of those views is right, and the topics follow a random distribution…</p>