Walters, Don / Welcome

Welcome Vikings! I am Don Walters.
This is me in front of Kokanee Glacier in BC, Canada. I teach AP US Government and Politics and American Government.

I have been at CHS since 1999. I have previously lived in Boise, ID, Eugene, OR, Spokane, WA, Seattle, WA, and Scenic, WA where I was born. Incidentally, Scenic is a town that no longer exists. It was at the west portal of the Cascade Tunnel near Stevens Pass, WA. After attending North Central HS in Spokane I joined the US Air Force where I was a B-52 Defensive Aerial Gunner. Then I attended college at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. I graduated with a BA in Political Science. After college I managed a restaurant, then a janitorial company and worked as a sales rep for a company called BMS in Spokane. In 1995 I started as a ski instructor where I discovered a passion for teaching and helping people learn something new. I am still a weekend ski instructor at Schweitzer Mountain in Sandpoint, ID. I went back to college at Boise State to get a secondary teaching certificate and am very fortunate to be able to do what I love for a career.

I have visited 28 states plus Guam, Washington D.C, Canada, China, Antigua, Puerto Rico, Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe and Dominica.

I enjoy skiing, running, cycling, hunting, fishing and own several vintage motorbikes.

I also coach cross country and am a starting official for many of the local track meets.

I have four kids, Daniel CHS class of 2016, Kellen 2017, Evan 2020, and WuYi 2022, and am married to my high school sweetheart of 28 years, Jolene.

Please contact me at 667-4507 or dwalters@cdaschools.org.

Some relevant websites for US Government :

www.whitehouse.gov

www.senate.gov

www.house.gov

You can register to vote here: http://www.kcgov.us/elections/register.asp

American Government text website http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS1xK4&PMDbSiteId=2781&PMDbSolutionId=6724&PMDbSubSolutionId=&PMDbCategoryId=815&PMDbSubCategoryId=24841&PMDbSubjectAreaId=&PMDbProgramId=109221

AP US Government Text http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS1lMl&PMDbSiteId=2781&PMDbSolutionId=6724&PMDbSubSolutionId=&PMDbCategoryId=811&PMDbSubCategoryId=23497&PMDbSubjectAreaId=&PMDbProgramId=79183&PMDbProductId=427890&elementType=programComponents

Free Response Writing guide for APGoPo 9/20 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxaMyZYdLb5pNHQ4NUdrTmoyV3c/edit?usp=sharing

Gov Sem 1 Review

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxaMyZYdLb5pMHh4aUFSckstQ0k/edit

FRQ 1/17

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxaMyZYdLb5pTEFxR0JCODc3cG8/edit?usp=sharing

APUSGoPo Political Participation Project

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LhA-Z4XR8-ZQGSOIhEJt_du_MGczlV5nrzGoIialv5Y/edit?usp=sharing

APGoPo Review sheets for Exam:

Vocabulary: All terms for the entire book.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxaMyZYdLb5pRVhDWFlTQl80X0k/edit

constitutional clauses https://drive.google.com/a/cdaschools.org/file/d/0B-KITiT9At2yd2NkVVBRZktYNFk/view?usp=sharing

Key Cases

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hZ4wVdJ0SGudorxgTAhMu5KtartSPaEexW8ZUTQiQV8/edit

important legislation

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxaMyZYdLb5pbGdRd0FMNHZYNVE/edit?usp=sharing

AP Book Report

Sample AP Exam

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/ap-student/course/ap-comparative-govt-us-govt-politics-2010-course-exam-description.pdf

State of the Union Project

http://https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mOczz2ay2HArbm6DV9dnHX5IKfJ8xv7dfo645eGAJds/pub

The Imperial Presidency

Lecture Notes

Course guide with practice questions

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-us-government-and-politics-course-description.pdf

APGOPO 2017-2018 click the following link for Key Terms for Chapters 6,9,10 quiz on 1/2/2017

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-KITiT9At2yXzBVcWZlOG9PS1k/view?usp=sharing