Welcome to AP Gov & Politics: Conflict and Compromise

Current Events. Conflict. Resignations. Midterm elections. Editorials.  Opinions. The headlines are relentless. There is no dearth of topics when it comes to U.S. Government and Politics. And for students like you, working to increase your expertise on today's topics and trends, this blog will be a great resource.  

Your task this weekend is to peruse reliable news sources to find and read an article that relates our most recent content topic: Separation of powers and the three branches of government.

Please note that you should use the "Reliable News Sites" in the sidebar to the left to find articles. This will help focus your research on well-reported topics related to politics.

You will post the link to the article and write a brief summary of the main points. Then, you will explain how this topic connects to these guiding questions:

• How is power shared among the three branches of government?
• Which branch of government holds the most power?  

Then, you will express your own opinion about the topic you post and ask your readers at least two relevant and thoughtful questions.

Finally, you will include related links to help your readers develop background knowledge on the topic/issue that you discussed in your post.  

Check out my example post to help you.