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Date
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We The People
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Topic
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Resources/Assignments
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8/28
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Course Introduction
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Unit One: Constitutional Founding
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8/29
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76-83
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Founding Interests, The
Declaration of Independence, and Articles of Confederation
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Print and Begin
Completing: Unit One: Must Know Sheet
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8/30
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83-90
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The Constitutional
Convention, Compromises, and Slavery
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React: The Constitution
was Written to Protect and Preserve the Institution of Slavery (1 page)
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9/3
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90-98
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The Constitutional
Structure
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Print and Learn: Constitutional Outline
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9/4
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98-104
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Ratification: Federalists
and Anti-Federalists
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Write a brief (2 - 1 page) statement against the
ratification of the Constitution using arguments advanced by the
Anti-Federalists
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9/5
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104-113
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A Living Constitution
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Complete Unit One: Must
Know Sheet
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9/6
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TEST – Unit One (Constitutional Founding)
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9/9
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117-122
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The Federal Framework
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Unit Two: Federalism
Print and Begin
Completing: Unit Two: Must Know Sheet
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9/10
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122-130
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Historical Development
of Federalism
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Write a brief (1 page)
response to the following: Identify the three most significant historical
events in the evolution of America’s federalism and explain why you see each as
significant.
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9/11
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Case Study:
Alabama v.
Garrett
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Read
Alabama
v. Garrett Summary and Answer Questions
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9/12
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130-139
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Fiscal Federalism
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9/13
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139-143
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States v. Feds: Which
Level is Better for What?
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Identify 2 areas of public
policy in which the states would perform better than the feds and 2 areas
of public policy in which the feds would perform better than the states.
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9/16
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142
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Welfare Reform
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Answer these Questions
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9/17
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143-147
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Conclusion: Unfunded
Mandates and Devolution
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Complete Unit Two: Must
Know Sheet
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9/18
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TEST – Unit Two (Federalism)
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9/19
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182-183
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Death Penalty
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Unit Three: Civil Liberties
Print and Begin
Completing: Unit Three: Must Know Sheet
Print
Questions for Video and bring to class
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9/20
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173-175
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Right to Keep and Bear
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Print Questions
for Video and bring to class
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9/23
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182-188
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Right to Privacy
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Print
Questions for Video and bring to class
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9/24
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150-156
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Civil Liberties
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Know: What is the
difference between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights?
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9/25
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156-159
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Nationalization of the Bill
of Rights
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Write a brief (1/2 - 1
page) response to the following question: Why didn’t the Bill of Rights
apply to State officials when it was added to the Constitution, and why
does it apply today?
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9/26
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162-172
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Free Speech and Press
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9/27
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175-182
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Rights of the Accused
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Visit School
Prayer Web Site. Investigate Pros and Cons of the current law on
religious exercise in public schools.
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9/30
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159-162 |
Religious Exercise |
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10/1
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10/2
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Case Study: The PATRIOT
Act
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Complete Unit Three:
Must Know Sheet
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10/3
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10/4 |
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10/7
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TEST – Unit Three (Civil Liberties)
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10/8
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194-201
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The Fourteenth Amendment
in the 19th Century
Brown v. Board of Education
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Unit Four: Civil Rights
Print and Begin
Completing:
Unit Four: Must Know Sheet
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10/9
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201-205
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The Civil Rights
Movement
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10/10
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206-211
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The Civil Rights Act
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10/11
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211-214
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Employment, Voting, and
Housing Rights
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Print Questions for Video and bring to class
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10/14
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10/15
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214-218
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Gender Discrimination
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10/16
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217
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Case Study: Violence
Against Women Act
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10/17
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221-229
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Affirmative Action
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10/21 |
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Affirmative Action
Debate
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Read: Taking Sides
Debate on Affirmative Action
Write a brief (1 page) statement
for or against affirmative action in college admissions
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10/22
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TEST – Unit Four (Civil Rights)
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10/23
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445-452
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The Nature of
Representation
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Unit Five - Congress
Take the Extra-Credit
Scavenger Hunt
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10/24
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452-457
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Elections and Pork
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Print and Begin
Completing:
Unit Five: Must Know Sheet
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10/25
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457-468
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Organization of
Congress
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Check out
Congress.org
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10/28
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Check out
C-Span's Congress Site
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10/29
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468-473
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How a Bill Becomes A
Law
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Check out
The
Legislative Process
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10/30
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473-481
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Influencing
Congressional Action
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10/31
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481-488
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Special Powers
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11/1
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Case Study: War Powers
(Iraq)
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Read:
President Needs Congressional Approval to Declare War on Iraq, by
John Dean
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11/5
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TEST – Unit Five (Congress)
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11/6
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492-500
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Head of State
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Unit Six – President
Print and Begin
Completing: Unit Six: Must Know Sheet
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11/7
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500-507 |
Executive Privilege:
Nixon
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Read:
U.S. v. Nixon
Excerpt and answer the questions
Read and Answer
Questions
Before Class
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11/8
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508-514
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Head of Government
and Institutional Resources
of Power
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11/11
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11/12
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514-526
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Political Resources of
Power
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11/13
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526-530
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Historical Evolution of
Presidential Power
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11/14
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TEST – Unit Six (President)
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11/15
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535-543
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The Nature of
Bureaucracy
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Unit Seven – Bureaucracy
Print and Begin
Completing: Unit Seven: Must Know Sheet
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11/18
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543-548
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The Merit System
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11/19
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548-553
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Clientele Agencies
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11/20
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553-557
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Maintenance of the Union
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11/21
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Case Study: Office of
Homeland Security
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11/22
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557-560
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Regulation and
Distribution
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11/25
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TEST – Unit Seven (Bureaucracy)
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11/26
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577-583
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Basics of the Legal
System
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Unit Eight – Judiciary
Print and Begin
Completing: Unit Eight: Must Know Sheet
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12/2
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583-590
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This Honorable Court
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Print Questions for Video and bring to class
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12/3
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590-605
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The Foundations of
Judicial Review
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12/4
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605-608
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Activism and Restraint
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12/5
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Bush v. Gore
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12/6
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608-613
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The Court’s Role in the
Political Process
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Read
Article on Bush's Federal Court nominees.
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12/9
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TEST – Unit Eight (Judiciary)
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12/10
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316-326
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History of America’s Political Parties
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Unit Nine – Parties and Elections
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12/11
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332-336
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Party Ideologies and
Identifications
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12/12
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Critical Elections:
1928, 1960, 1896
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12/13
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Critical Elections:
1932, 1968
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12/16
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1992
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Third
Party Campaign Simulation
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12/17
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1996
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2000
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12/18
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346-350
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Do Parties Help or Harm
Democracy?
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12/19
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TEST – Unit Nine (Parties and Elections)
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1/6
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Student
Final Project
Presentations
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1/7
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Student
Final Project Presentations
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1/6
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Student
Final Project
Presentations
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1/9
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Student
Final Project
Presentations
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