Journal Reviews connect student learning to actual real-time political events.

Journal reviews ask students to comb the news for connections to GoPo class content. It's hard work at first, but once they get the hang of it their learning becomes powerfully authentic and their media literacy shoots through the roof. And there’s this: On the AP exam, to answer FRQ #1 successfully, students must analyze a current political event (a scenario - in GoPo language) using their GoPo content knowledge and analytical skills. You may remember that over the past few years there have been FRQ #1 scenarios about Mark Zucherberg testifying before congress, Taylor Swift fans registering to vote, and NEA President Lily Eskelsen García calling for higher teacher pay! Thanks, Lily! Turn the world into your textbook and your students into informed citizens and build those GoPo skills for FRQ #1!