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Chapter 1 - Foundations of Government
- Section 1 - Principles of Government
- Section 2 - Types of Government
- Section 3 - Necessary Conditions for Democracy
- Section 4 - Economic Theories
- New Freedom for All - Worksheet
- The Birth of a New Freedom for All Humanity
- Study Guide
Chapter 2 - Origins of American Government
- Section 1 - Colonial Period
- Section 2 - Declaring Independence
- Section 3 - Articles of Confederation
- Section 4 - Constitutional Convention
- Facebook Template
- Facebook and The Founding Fathers
- Facebook Example: George Washington
- Study Guide
Chapter 3 - The Constitution
- Section 1 - The Constitution
- Section 2 - Three Branches of Government
- Section 3 - Amending the Constitution
- Section 4 - Bill of Rights
- Study Guide
Chapter 4
- Presentation Questions
- Chapter 4 Test
Chapter 5 - Congress: The Legislative Branch
- Section 1 - Organization of Congress
- Section 2 - House of Representatives
- Section 3 - Senate
- Section 4 - Congressional Committees
- Chapter Vocabulary
- Prior Knowledge Test
- Study Guide
Chapters 4 and 5 - Congress at Work
- Section 1 - How a Bill Becomes a Law
- Section 2 - Power to Impeach
- Section 3 - Powers Granted to Congress
- Section 4 - Limits on Congress
- Essay Test
Chapter 6 and 7 - Executive Branch at Work
- Section 1 - The Presidency
- Section 2 - Vice President
- Section 3 - Watergate
- Section 4 - Iran-Contra
- Section 5 - Presidential Leadership
- Chapter Vocabulary
- Study Guide
Chapters 8 and 13 - Federal Court System
- Section 1 - Federal Court System
- Section 2 - Supreme Court
- Section 3 - Landmark Supreme Court Cases
- Section 4 - Jury Duty
- 12 Angry Men Blog
- 12 Angry Men Seating Chart
- Study Guide
- Runaway Jury
Chapters 10 and 11 - Civil Liberty and Civil Rights
- Section 1 - Nation of Immigrants
- Section 2 - Citizenship
- Section 3 - Rights of the Accused
- Section 4 - Equality Before the Law
- Section 5 - Civil Liberties
- Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcom X Blog
- Study Guide
- Mississippi Burning Blog
Chapter 12 - Understanding Elections
- Section 1 - Elections and Voting
- Section 2 - Expanding the Right to Vote
- Section 3 - Influence on Voters
- Section 4 - Political Parties
- Study Guide
Chapter 16 - State and Local Government
- Section 1 - State Governments
- Section 2 - Local Government
- Section 3 - Financing Government
- Study Guide
Primary Source List:
- Thomas Paine - Age of Reason
- Jean Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract
- John Locke - Two Treaties of Government
- Montesquieu - The Spirt of Laws 1748
- Thomas Jefferson - The Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Declaration of Independence
- Articles of Confederation
- Annapolis Convention
- Federalist #10
- Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address