Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Lesson 46: November 30th

Today's objective:
By the end of today's lesson, students will be able to identify the primary structures of the bureaucracy and provide examples of each type of bureaucratic agency.

Agenda:
1) Lecture on the bureaucracy
2) Time to begin reading the second part of Ch. 15 and working on notecards

HW: Read p.481-492 and create notecards (with examples) for all of the following terms/concepts:
•    government corporation
•    independent executive agency
•    policy implementation
•    four reasons why policy can be poorly implemented
•    administrative discretion
•    street-level bureaucrat
•    fragmentation
•    privatization

Remember: Definitions must always be written in your own words. This assignment is due at the beginning of class on Thursday.