PS 101 is an introductory American government class taught in the summer of 2010. The instructor is Jonathan Powell and students can contact him by email or website. The textbook is Shea, Green & Smith's Living Democracy 2nd Edition. The grade is based on quizzes, participation, attendance, and four weekly exams making up 60% with the final exam accounting for 30%. Students are reminded to document any absences and the relationship between exam timing and grandparent death is noted as odd or suspicious. The next class will cover chapters 1 and 2 with a focus on bolded or highlighted terms.

1. PS 101Intro to American GovernmentSummer 2010Jonathan PowellUniversity of Kentucky

2. Contact Infojonathan.powell@uky.eduwww.jonathanmpowell.com/ps101

3. TextbookShea, Green & Smith’s Living Democracy 2nd Edition

4. GradeQuizzes, Participation & Attendance (10%)Four Weekly Exams (15% each)Final Exam (30%)

5. AbsencesDOCUMENT IT!!!!!“Papers, please.”

6. Grandmother and ExamsThere is an odd relationship between exam proximity and death of grandmothers…

8. Aldo the Apache says…“Yeah, we gotta word for that kinda odd in English…. It’s called ‘suspicious’”

9. Next Time…Read Chapters 1 and 2Give attention to the terms in bold or at the top of the page