'12-'13+Government


 * '12-'13 Government**
 * 1) NESMGov

Election Resources

[|Citizenship Test]

Foundations of Government (3 weeks) The Constitution [|Photo] Three Branches (9 weeks) >>> Political Compass Test >>> []
 * Preamble
 * Modern Preamble Assignment
 * Comparative Politics
 * Britain
 * Colonial Government
 * IACoPi Comparative Government
 * Comparative Revolutions
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 * Declaration of Independence
 * Articles of Confederation
 * Writing the Constitution
 * MyFakeWall
 * Founding Fathers - American Government
 * Summative Response
 * President
 * Article 2
 * Requirements of Office
 * Powers
 * GoogleDoc
 * [|Anti-Federalist 67]
 * [|Anti-Federalist 70]
 * Roles of the President
 * Development of Modern Presidency
 * Roosevelt
 * Johnson
 * Nixon
 * Political Parties
 * Johnson
 * Nixon
 * Political Parties
 * Campaign 2012
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 * Ads
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 * Campaign Posters
 * Propaganda & Presidential Election (M & D)
 * Poster Assignment
 * Cost
 * Polls & Polling
 * Voting Rights: Freedom for All? (C&C)
 * [|Youth Vote/Youth Civic Engagement]
 * Panel Discussion on Civic Engagement Through Social Media
 * Battleground States
 * [|Electoral College]vs Popular Vote - [|Bush v Gore]
 * [|Pros, Cons, & Alternatives]
 * Cabinets
 * Executive Departments
 * Bureaucracy
 * [|Congress]
 * Article 1
 * Bicameral - Iowa as example
 * Congressional Powers
 * [|Federal Budget Allocation]
 * Congressional Limits
 * Comparative Government - Parliament
 * How a Bill Becomes a Law
 * Committees
 * [|Congress in Your Life]
 * Compare to N. Korea/China
 * [|Research Your Congressmen]
 * Write a Letter
 * [|Redistricting]
 * [|Public Criticism of Congress]
 * [|How A Congressman Decides to Vote]
 * Courts
 * Article 3
 * Federalist 78
 * Judiciary Act of 1789
 * Document Analysis
 * Why so short?
 * Marbury v Madison (SC DBQs)
 * Informal Requirements/Implications
 * How the Court Functions
 * Chief Justice
 * How the Justices decide
 * [|Scalia Clip]
 * Principal/Superintendent - School Law
 * Rule of Law
 * Checks & Balances

Bill of Rights & Civil Liberties (3 weeks) >>> >>> >> Local Government (2 weeks)
 * Article 4-7
 * Ratification of the Constitution - Seeds of Liberty (C&C)
 * [|Amendment Process]
 * Student Bill of Rights
 * [|Life without the Bill of Rights]
 * Bill of Rights & Fahrenheit 451 (M&D)
 * Speech
 * Information Age: Free to Surf? (C&C)
 * Expression & Students (M&D)
 * Tinker v Des Moines (SC DBQs)
 * Press
 * Blogs & Mainstream Media (M&D)
 * Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (SC DBQs)
 * Religion
 * http://billofrightsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Engel-eLesson.pdf
 * Assembly
 * http://billofrightsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SchenckvPCNY.pdf
 * Petition
 * Rights of the Accused
 * Mapp v Ohio
 * Gideon v Wainwright
 * Miranda v Arizona (SC DBQs)
 * Bring in a cop
 * Civil Rights Amendments
 * Plessy v Ferguson
 * Brown v Board of Ed
 * Regents of the University of CA v Bakke
 * Gratz v Bollinger (SC DBQs)
 * The Other Amendments
 * Roe v Wade
 * Griswold v Connecticut (SC DBQs)
 * [|Do I Have a Right?]
 * Balancing Liberty & Security (C&C)
 * [|Project Citizen]
 * Firsts in Iowa