Government


 * Overview:** This course explores the structure and dynamics of American national government, providing a broad-based introduction to the ideas and institutions that shape politics in the contemporary United States. We will touch on areas like: the Constitution, institutions of modern American government, and the political behavior of the American mass public. Ultimately though, the goal of this course is to help each member of the class arrive at a deeper, more comprehensive understanding of the forces that shape American government and politics, so that he or she may be both a more discerning student and critic of the system and a more informed and reflective participant in it.


 * What to Expect:** This is not an ordinary course this is a hybrid, as a student you should be prepared for in class lectures, in class and online discussions, individual and collaborative work, project based learning, and whatever else I can dream up.


 * Class Rules:**
 * RESPECT**-others, yourselves, the school, hand in work on time, perform to your fullest abilities, be open minded
 * NO FLY ZONE**
 * BE PROMPT**-to class and with assignments 20% deduction per day late
 * BE PRESENT**-in class and focused on work.


 * Government?**

I Got Skillz


 * Forms of Government**

Forms of Government Notes


 * Citizenship**


 * Three Branches Reporter**


 * Government Notes 1.1 //Democracy Before America//**


 * Government Notes 1.2 //The Founding of America//**


 * Government Notes 1.3**


 * Government Notes 1.4 //A Billi//**


 * Constitution Activity// A Picture is Worth A Million Words//**


 * Government Notes 1.5 //The Judicial Branch it Rules//**


 * //Amistad Case//**


 * Government Notes 1.6// The President the King of Democracy//**


 * //Cabinet//**


 * Government Notes 1.7// The Media Democracy's Guardian Angel//**

Get this Party Started

Occupy Wall Street

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Occupy Wall Street Follow Up ?

Occupy Wall Street Part 2

Taxes are they fair?

Taxes are they fair? Two

Joblessness in America

Joblessness in America Two

The Deficit Debate

Advertising Assignment

// [|The Economist Online] //

[|//(All charts from Mother Jones magazine)//]

JETS AND GIANTS

[|Giants Say Captains Earn Respect.]

Giant's Questions

Satire

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Question Time POY

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