AP United States Government

Period 3

AP US Government

Welcome

The United States Government course consists of the following content area strands: Civics and Government and Geography. This course provides students the opportunity to acquire an understanding of American Government and political behavior. The content includes an analysis of those documents which shape our political traditions, a comparison of the roles of the three branches of government at the local, state, and national levels, and the importance of civic participation in the democratic political process.

Assignments

Bureaucracy of Pizza

Assigned: Jan 15
1789 the State Department had 9 employees, the War Department had 2, and the Treasury Department had 39. Today, the State Department employs about 28,000 civilians, the Defense Department about 670,000, and the Treasury Department about 163,000. The federal bureaucracy today boasts 15 Cabinet departments and dozens of agencies, regulatory commissions, and government corporations, with a civilian workforce of more than 2.8 million. The bureaucratic behemoth exercises power and influence over virtually every facet of the nation’s social and economic life. In the view of many observers, the power, reach, and independence of the federal bureaucracy demand that it be viewed as a fourth branch of government.

Your task is to take each component of a home-delivered pizza and, using the links below, research the federal agencies and departments that would regulate it in some way. Use the chart on the reverse side to explain how each component of the pizza delivery is regulated by the agency and/or department. (Source: www.youthleadership.net)

Internet Resources:
The links below will assist you in determining how each federal agency and/or department regulates each pizza component:

1)Cardboard Box:Regulatory Report: FDA's Food Contact Substance Notification Program
FDA Bans Chemicals In Pizza Box And Other Food Packaging Linked To Cancer, Birth Defects
2)Tomato Sauce: Tomato Sauce Grades and Standards
3)Crust: Pepperoni pizza with whole wheat crust
4)Cheese: Code of Federal Regulation: Cheese and Cheese Related Products
5)Mushrooms: Mushrooms for Processing Grades and Standards
6)Anchovies (seafood): U.S. FDA FCE-SID Anchovy Requirements
7)Pepperoni:Sausages and Food Safety
8)Onions: Onion for Processing Grades and Standards
9)Delivery Vehicle: EPA: Office of Transportation and Air Quality Frequent Questions
10)Diet Soda: How Aspartame Became Legal

Supplies

Students should have the following supplies available for use in class:

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