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Course Description
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Textbook
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Topics of Study
Topic 1: Constitutional Underpinnings of the United States Government
Topic 2: Political Beliefs and Behaviors
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Topic 3: Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media
Topic 4: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Topic 5: Institutions of National Government
Topic 6: Public Policy
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Key Readings and Activities
Readings
Writing Assignments
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Course Outline
Unit 1: Constitutional Underpinnings of the United States Government Topics
Readings
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Assignments
o Make a clear statement of your position, and provide at least two arguments supporting your position.
o Provide an argument that could be made by the other faction, and then refute it.
o Support your conclusion using Beard’s “Framing the Constitution” and Locke’s Second Treatise of Civil Government as references.
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o Voting and elections
o Limits on government power
o The Declaration of Independence
o The US Constitution
Unit 2: Political Beliefs and Behaviors Topics
Readings
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Assignments
o Jim Crow laws
o Voting Rights Acts of the 1960s
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Unit 3: Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media Topics
Readings
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Assignments
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o developing public policy.
o informing the electorate.
o Lobbying
o Campaign funding
o Use of media to influence public opinion
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Unit 4: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Topics
Readings
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Assignments
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o Gitlow v. New York
o Mapp v. Ohio
o Gideon v. Wainwright
o McDonald v. Chicago
o delegated powers.
o shared or concurrent powers.
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Unit 5: Institutions of National Government Topics
Readings
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o enacting policy carrying the force of law.
o the role of Congress in the expansion of executive powers.
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o lawmaking and enforceable policy.
o use of military force abroad.
o President of the United States
o Congress
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Unit 6: Public Policy
Topics
Readings
Assignments
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Unit 7: Exam Prep and Review
Topics
Readings
Assignments