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//A Nationally Recognized School of Excellence// West Philadelphia Catholic High School 4501 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19139 (215) 386-2244 fax: (215) 222-1651 www.westcatholic.org
 * Summer Assignment AP/Honors American Government**

1. 1 Current Event from each of the following weeks: June 28, July 5, July 12, July 19, July 26, August 2, August 9, August 16, August 23 and August 30. You should have a total of 10 Current Events. **WORTH 100 POINTS. DUE THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS**


 * AP Students should also have a current event from the weeks of June 21 and September 6. AP Students should have a total of 12 Current Events.**

Current Events must be from a respectable Newspaper or Magazine. USA Today is not a respectable source. (//i.e. Time, Newsweek, US News and World Reports, The Philadelphia Daily News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times, or the Wall Street Journa//l//.)// They may not be on sports. Each article is to be on a separate sheet of paper and must have a summary paragraph and a reflection paragraph. Must be typed.


 * 2.** Supreme Court Paper **WORTH 100 POINTS (Due at Roster Pick Up)**
 * The assignment is worth 200 points and is due on the first day of classes during your Government class, for you that means September 13, 2010, with the exception of the Supreme Court cases, which is due on the day of roster pick up.**


 * Honors Government Students should pick 20 of the Supreme Court Cases.

AP Government Students are required to do all of the Supreme Court cases listed.**


 * I do not ever accept late work, and there is no exception! Therefore, it is due at the beginning of your Government period, not the end of the day.**


 * If I do not receive a summer assignment from you, then you will fail the first quarter, which is not a good way to start off your Senior year.**

Some important reminders about the Government class: 1) You will be required to watch a Sunday morning news program every week called Face the Nation, weekly quizzes will start on that the week of September 14th

2) You will need a binder with a lot of loose leaf for this class, please be prepared for the first day.

3) All information needed for the AP exam will be taught before the actual test.


 * If you have any questions, please e-mail me at** **wchsdemasi@yahoo.com** **or call me in school at 215- 386-2244 ext. 232.**

Supreme Court Summer Assignment

Assignment must be typed!!!

For each case listed below please list the following:


 * year decided
 * Chief Justice of the Court
 * 5 sentence summary of the case
 * the outcome of the case


 * Shenk v. US || US v. Ross || NY Times v. Sullivan || Katz v. US || Marbury v. Madison ||
 * Murray v. US || Baker v. Carr || Slaughterhouse Case || Reno v. Condon || McCulloch v. Maryland ||
 * Tinker v. DesMoines || Gideon v. Wainwright || Miller v. CA || Nixon v. US || Plessy v. Ferguson ||
 * Ashcroft v. ACLU || Dred Scott v. Sanford || Brown v. Board of Education || Griswold v. Connecticut || Webster v. Reproductive Health Service ||
 * Roe v. Wade || Planned Parenthood of Southeastern PA v. Casey || Hazelwood v. Kulhmier || Buckley v. Valeo || Bakke v. Board of Regents ||
 * Miranda v. Arizona || Clinton v. Jones || Gitlow v. NY || TLO v. NJ || Escobedo v. Illinois ||
 * Gore v. Bush || Thomas v. Review Board of Indiana || Bowers v. Hardwick || Lemon v. Kutzman || Rotskor v. Goldberg ||
 * Korematso v. US || Lee v. Weisman || Brandenburg v. Ohio || Engel v. Vitale || Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. US ||
 * Furman v. Georgia || Mapp v. Ohio || Rust v. Sullivan || Gibbons v. Ogden || Sheppard v. Maxwell ||