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So today we discussed the challenges you are facing in AP Government. Prior to our next session, I’d like you to write down three strategies you can use to improve your grade and we can process this then… This is an example of… 

On a scale from one to five (1 being low and 5 being high), rate your level of stress. What needs to happen in order to reduce this number? This is an example of:

Tell me about a time when you demonstrated bravery… This is an example of: 

Tell me what will happen if you talk to your parents about how you are feeling and tell me what will happen if you do not talk to your parents about how you are feeling… This is an example of: 

Discuss the impact of technology on modern education in Evansville.

Which industry is most influential in Evansville’s economy?

Student: “I’ve been extremely anxious lately.  I have difficulty focusing in class and my grades are going down.  My house got broken into recently and I haven’t been sleeping well at night. I am afraid it is going to happen again. I feel like everything is spinning out of control. I am scared and constantly afraid. This is the worst feeling in the world. I want to feel secure again.  I want to do better in school, but I can’t seem to concentrate.’  Even though this is challenging, it sounds like you are taking steps to heal and move forward in a positive direction. What is your reaction to this? This is an example of: 

Cigarette smoking is responsible for about                  deaths in the United States each year.

What is the main reason tourists visit Orlando?

Questions 11 – 13 are in refer to the excerpt below: “Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others…. Here too is the design and end of government, Freedom and Security.”  – Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 “[G]overnments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”   – Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776  The excerpts were written in response to the: