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• AMERICAN GOVERNMENT COURSE
  

  AMERICAN GOVERNMENT COURSE

  
  

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• American Government and Civic Engagement
  

  American Government and Civic Engagement

  UNIT 1: STUDENTS AND THE SYSTEM

  
  

  • 1.1 What is Government? SCORM package

    • Explain what government is and what it does
    • Identify the type of government in the United States and compare it to other forms of government
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  • 1.2 Who Governs? Elitism, Pluralism, and Tradeoffs SCORM package

    • Describe the pluralism-elitism debate
    • Explain the tradeoffs perspective on government
    • Knowledge Check
      

    
    

  • 1.3 Engagement in a Democracy SCORM package

    • Explain the importance of citizen engagement in a democracy
    • Describe the main ways Americans can influence and become engaged in government
    • Discuss factors that may affect people’s willingness to become engaged in government
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• American Government and Civic Engagement - Final Assessment
  

  American Government and Civic Engagement - Final Assessment

  
  
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• The Constitution and Its Origins
  

  The Constitution and Its Origins

  
  

  2.1 The Pre-Revolutionary Period and the Roots of the American Political Tradition
  2.2 The Articles of Confederation
  2.3 The Development of the Constitution
  2.4 The Ratification of the Constitution
  2.5 Constitutional Change
  Final Assessment
• American Federalism
  

  American Federalism

  
  

  3.1 The Division of Powers
  3.2 The Evolution of American Federalism
  3.3 Intergovernmental Relationships
  3.4 Competitive Federalism Today
  3.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Federalism
  Final Assessment

  
  
• Civil Liberties
  

  Civil Liberties

  UNIT 2: INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND ACTION

  
  

  4.1 What Are Civil Liberties?
  4.2 Securing Basic Freedoms
  4.3 The Rights of Suspects
  4.4 Interpreting the Bill of Rights
  Final Assessment
• Civil Rights
  

  Civil Rights

  
  

  5.1 What Are Civil Rights and How Do We Identify Them?
  5.2 The African American Struggle for Equality
  5.3 The Fight for Women’s Rights
  5.4 Civil Rights for Indigenous Groups: Native Americans, Alaskans, and Hawaiians
  5.5 Equal Protection for Other Groups
  Final Assessment
• The Politics of Public Opinion
  

  The Politics of Public Opinion

  
  

  6.1 The Nature of Public Opinion
  6.2 How Is Public Opinion Measured?
  6.3 What Does the Public Think?
  6.4 The Effects of Public Opinion
  Final Assessment
• Voting and Elections
  

  Voting and Elections

  
  

  7.1 Voter Registration
  7.2 Voter Turnout
  7.3 Elections
  7.4 Campaigns and Voting
  7.5 Direct Democracy
  Final Assessment
• The Media
  

  The Media

  UNIT 3: TOWARD COLLECTIVE ACTION: MEDIATING INSTITUTIONS

  
  

  8.1 What Is the Media?
  8.2 The Evolution of the Media
  8.3 Regulating the Media
  8.4 The Impact of the Media
  Final Assessment
• Political Parties
  

  Political Parties

  
  

  9.1 What Are Parties and How Did They Form?
  9.2 The Two-Party System
  9.3 The Shape of Modern Political Parties
  9.4 Divided Government and Partisan Polarization
  Final Assessment
• Interest Groups and Lobbying
  

  Interest Groups and Lobbying

  
  

  10.1 Interest Groups Defined
  10.2 Collective Action and Interest Group Formation
  10.3 Interest Groups as Political Participation
  10.4 Pathways of Interest Group Influence
  10.5 Free Speech and the Regulation of Interest Groups
  Final Assessment
• Congress
  

  Congress

  UNIT 4: DELIVERING COLLECTIVE ACTION: FORMAL INSTITUTIONS

  
  

  11.1 The Institutional Design of Congress
  11.2 Congressional Elections
  11.3 Congressional Representation
  11.4 House and Senate Organizations
  11.5 The Legislative Process
  Final Assessment
• The Presidency
  

  The Presidency

  
  

  12.1 The Design and Evolution of the Presidency
  12.2 The Presidential Election Process
  12.3 Organizing to Govern
  12.4 The Public Presidency
  12.5 Presidential Governance: Direct Presidential Action
  Final Assessment
• The Courts
  

  The Courts

  
  

  13.1 Guardians of the Constitution and Individual Rights
  13.2 The Dual Court System
  13.3 The Federal Court System
  13.4 The Supreme Court
  13.5 Judicial Decision-Making and Implementation by the Supreme Court
  Final Assessment
• State and Local Government
  

  State and Local Government

  
  

  14.1 State Power and Delegation
  14.2 State Political Culture
  14.3 Governors and State Legislatures
  14.4 State Legislative Term Limits
  14.5 County and City Government
  Final Assessment
• The Bureaucracy
  

  The Bureaucracy

  UNIT 5: THE OUTPUTS OF GOVERNMENT

  
  

  15.1 Bureaucracy and the Evolution of Public Administration
  15.2 Toward a Merit-Based Civil Service
  15.3 Understanding Bureaucracies and their Types
  15.4 Controlling the Bureaucracy
  Final Assessment
• Domestic Policy
  

  Domestic Policy

  
  

  16.1 What Is Public Policy?
  16.2 Categorizing Public Policy
  16.3 Policy Arenas
  16.4 Policymakers
  16.5 Budgeting and Tax Policy
  Final Assessment
• Foreign Policy
  

  Foreign Policy

  
  

  17.1 Defining Foreign Policy
  17.2 Foreign Policy Instruments
  17.3 Institutional Relations in Foreign Policy
  17.4 Approaches to Foreign Policy
  Final Assessment
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