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Click on the link below for the Current Event Template
Current Events Template
Unit Study Guides
Unit 1 Study Guide
Unit 2 (Chapter 10 Study Guide)
Unit 2 (Chapter 5 & 6 Study Guide)
Unit 3 (Chapter 7 Study Guide)
Unit 3 (Chapter 8&9 Study Guide)
Unit 4 Political Behavior
Unit 5 Part 1 (Chapters 12 Blue book and 9 in 5 Steps to a 5)
Unit 5 Part 2 (Chapters 13 &14 in the Blue book and Chapter 10 in 5 Steps to a 5)
Unit 5 Part 3 (Chapters 15 blue book and Chapter 11 in 5 Steps to a 5)
Unit 6 Study Guide
Additional Reading Materials
Locke
The Federalist 10 and 51
Judicial nominations
Brutus’s Antifederalist essays
Warren through Rehnquist courts
Handout on Privacy
Edmund Burke's Speech to the Electors of Bristol
Gerrymandering 101
Redistricting Game:Hit “Play the Game.” Then choose Partisan Gerrymander - Basic Level. (If you get the message about Java, click on “This link.") Play the game for a bit. It’s not necessary that you complete the mission. Just try to figure out what you would need to do in order to complete the mission. If you have time, try some of the other missions. I’m more interested in your figuring out how to achieve each mission than in your actually completing the mission. (Use this link if the other link doesn't work: Redistricting Game.)
The Top Five Ugliest Districts
Quiz: Gerrymandered US Congressional District or Rorschacch Inkblot?
Article: "The 60 Vote Senate" by Barbara Sinclair
Why Woodrow Wilson Hated the Filibuster by Joyce Appleby
The Senate Loses Its Tradition of Consensus by Fred Bauer
"Why Can't Congress Get More Done?"
"Pork is Still King of the Hill"
McCain Tweets
Powers, Separated on Purpose by Charles C. W. Cooke
The Shutdown is the Constitution's Fault by Dylan Matthews
Scalia Testimony
The Basics of the Budget Process
Unit 3 part 2 Readings
Restraining the Imperial Presidency
Kenneth Mayer "With the Stroke of a Pen"
Links for Arguments on the Electoral College
How to Pick a Veep by Carl M. Cannon
Articles: “A Question of Power: The Robust Presidency” and “A Question of Power: The Imperial Presidency.”
Article on Bureaucracy by James Q. Wilson
Crisis of the Administrative State by Scott Johnson
Presidents and Presidential Elections
WSJ: Presidential Approval Ratings
USA Today: Presidential Approval Tracker
Gallup: Polarization of Presidents
Rasmussen Reports: Presidential Approval Index (scroll down for the table)
Gallup: Presidential Approval Ratings (scroll down for comparisons and click over to see the daily numbers and breakdown by demographic groups)
Unit 4 Readings
73 Rules For Running For President As A Republican (Excerpts)
Polls Are Part of the Air Politicians Breathe - Michael Barone
Larry Sabato and Glenn Simpson: "Dirty Little Secrets"
Turnout in the 2012 Presidential Election
Unit 5 Readings
How a little-known task force helped create Red State/Blue State America.
The Decline of Collective Responsibility in American Politics by Fiorina
The Rise of the Southern Republicans
No longer a ‘Solid South’ of all-red or all-blue
No, America’s Not Divided
America Vs. Third Parties
Two’s Company
Ideology Survey
Unit 5 Part 2 Readings and Resources: Elections, Voting and Campaigns
My Vote Means Nothing by David Greenberg
Wikipedia entry on Citizens United v. FEC
Wall Street Journal editorial on the Citizens United ruling.
New York Times editorial on the Citizens United ruling.
Scotusblog on Citizens United - Scroll down for responses in the media and blogosphere
Information about Citizens United v. FEC
Listen to the Supreme Court hearing of the case
Video report from Newshour with Jim Lehrer - about 15 minutes - this is a good summary of issues involved and how the hearing went
Media and Politician Reaction to the ruling on Citizens United
Blog and Media Reaction to the ruling on Citizens United
More blog and media reactions to the Citizens United ruling
Report on the hearing from Scotusblog
Report on the hearing from Politico
Argument preview: Corporations in politics - Summary from Scotusblog
'Hillary movie' case: courtroom drama - article by Tony Mauro for the First Amendment Center
Supreme Court to Revisit 'Hillary' Documentary - NY Times article
"Lots of buzz, but does FEC have a shot?"
"Hillary movie case could change campaign finance"
Harvard Law School Supreme Court analysis: in free speech and campaign finance debate, is precedent passé?
Arguments in favor of Citizens United
What is Wrong with Hillary: The Movie? - column by a former commissioner on the FEC
"Banning books?" - column by the former head of the FEC
"Corporations are People Too" - another column by the former head of the FEC
"Free Speech For Corporations"
"Let Citizens United Speak!"
"Where is All This Corporate Corruption I Keep Hearing About?"
"Corporate control or banned books?"
"Activism in Defense of Free Speech is No Vice"
"Unfair, Unbalanced, but Free"
"Taking on the Book Banners" - column by George Will
"Free Speech, Now that Speech is Free"
Arguments opposed to Citizens United
"Corporate free speech? Since when?"
"Campaign Money and the Chief Justice" - Column by Stuart Taylor
"Keep My Investments Out Of Politics"
'The Supreme Court Gets Ready To Turn on the Corporate Fundraising Spigot"
"Should businesses be able to give to politicians?"
"Risk of buying offices too great"
"The rights of corporations" - New York Times editorial
"A Century-Old Principle: Keep Corporate Money Out of Elections"
"Five Reasons Why Citizens United is a Truly Momentous Case" - article from the Huffington Post
"Will the Corporate Supremes Now Dance on Democracy's Corpse?" - article from the Huffington Post
"Free Speech by the Millions" - column by Howard Fineman
Stpehen Colbert: Corporations are People Too - video
"High Court Should Not Head the Wrong Way on Campaign Cash" - editorial from the St. Louis Dispatch
"Corporate Interests, Unlimited" - column by Jack Betts for the Charlotte Observer on how a ruling would impact North Carolina
Readings Cont.
Why Obama is Better at Getting Out the Vote by Sasha Issenberg
The Creepiness Factor: How Obama and Romney Are Getting to Know You
Campaign Ads
Living Room Candidate 2012 - there are more links at the bottom
PrioritiesUSA ads - Super PAC for President Obama - scroll through for the ads from the 2012 campaign
Restore Our Future ads - Super PAC for Governor Romney - scroll through for the ads from the 2012 campaign
American Crossroads ads - Super PAC for Republicans - scroll through for the ads from the 2012 campaign
Service Employees International Union ads - Labor Union supporting Democrats - scroll through for the ads from the 2012 campaign
Unit 5 Part 3 Readings and Resources: The Media and Interest Groups
Media
Top Ten Campaign Gaffes
Top Ten Political Gaffes
Top 10 Worst Debate Gaffes
Interest Groups
Interest Groups Assignment
Open Secrets Scavenger Hunt
"More than Money"
"Washington's Once and Future Lobby"
"5 Myths about Lobbyists"
"Lobbying is Democracy in Action"
Public Policy
50 Dead-Simple Ways for the US to Cut Its Budget - slideshow
Handout on Economic Policy and the Budget Process
Balance the Budget yourself
National Budget Simulation
Federal Budget Challenge
Stabilize the US Debt
Budget Simulation
Suggested Budget Cuts for the Federal Government from the New York Times
Handout on Welfare and Education Policy
Video: The Fed Today
Video Questions: The Fed Today
FRQ Selections
FRQ 1
FRQ 2
FRQ 3
AP US GOV FLASH CARDS
258 Flash Cards
Media Resources
Presidents and the Supreme Court NPR Video
Course Practice and Quizzes
Chapter 1 Quiz (click here)
Unit Exams
Unit 1 Exam Part 1
Unit 2 Exam The Judiciary
Unit 2 Exam Civil Liberties and Civil Rights_
Unit 3 Part 1 Congress
Unit 3 Part 2 The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy
Unit 4 Exam
Unit 5 Part 1 Exam
Unit 5 Part 2 Exam
Unit 5 Part 3 The Media Exam
Unit 5 Part 3 Interest Groups Exam
Writing Help and Great Example
Government Printing Office Style Manual on capitalization rules
Good Example for paper
Links for Exploring Supreme Court Cases
Exploring Constitutional Law
First Amendment Center