About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: HOW DO WE END THE REIGN OF AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY?
OBJECTIVES: SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted primary and secondary sources toward skill building for the AP US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS exam.
CITATIONS:
BOOK CITATION:
Michel, Casey (2021) American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World’s Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History. NEW YORK: St. Martin’s Publishing Group (Pgs. 261-278).
DAILY ACTIVATOR:
ICIJ – Pandora Papers Video (2:23 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHAtIFyDB8k&t=16s
VIDEO – ICIJ – The Pandora Papers: how the world of offshore finance is still flourishing/four corners (October 4, 2021) ABC News In-DEPTH (42:34 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kPLpZN3I3A
REFLECTIONS: 3-MINUTE PAUSE https://www.Clemson.edu/otci/documents/Reflection%20Activities%20r.pdf
HOMEWORK:
WALL STREET – GORDON GEKKO QUOTE
https://www.shmoop.com/quotes/greed-is-good-misquote.html
AP U.S. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 2021-2022:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-united-states-government-and-politics/exam
