Schedule


Topic by week

Thinking Assignments

 

Edwards et. al. quiz material

 

Politics and Government

4/5

4/6 lecture

4/7 lecture

4/8 lecture

Declaration of Independence

Take the online test at this site. Have your friends take it and discuss the results

Washington Farewell Address

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 16. Social Welfare Policy

Chapter 17. National Security

The US Constitution

4/12 lecture

4/15 lecture

US Constitution

Federalist # 10

Federalist # 51

The Whiskey Rebellion

Gettysburg Address

 

 

Chapter 2. Constitution

Chapter 3. Federalism:

Civil Liberties

4/19 lecture

4/20 lecture

MLK "Unwise, Untimely"

audio files of speech

MLK "I have a Dream"

video file

Chapter 4. Civil Liberties

Chapter 5.Civil Rights

Court System

4/26

first written assginment:

Elitism and Democracy

Chapter 14: Federal Courts

Political culture

5/3 lecture

5/4 lecture

5/5 lecture

5/6 lecture

pp418-455

marketing

Chapter 6. Public Opinion and Political Socialization: Shaping the People's Voice


Chapter 7. Mass Media

parties

Elections

Parties

5/10 case study video

5/11 lecture

Carnegie on "Wealth"

Gompers "Letter on Labor"

Roosevelt "the New Nationalism"

Eisenhower "Farewell Address"

Greeen Pages: 2012 Nomination Schedules

 

Chapter 8. Political Parties,

Chapter 9: Voting Behavior

Interest groups

5/17 case study video

Whitmann "Democatic Vistas"

Bryant "Cross of Gold"

Interest Groups Assignment

Chapter 10. Interest Groups:


The Congress

5/24 lecture

5/26 lecture

5/28 case study video

Republican Contract with America

Congress resources for policy brief

Chapter 11. Congress

Bureaucracy

6/1 lecture

 

hoover "Rugged Individualism"

FDR "Innaugural"

Goldwater on "Conservatism , Religion and Politics"

Adminstration resources for Policy brief

Chapter 13. The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering a Government

The Presidency

6/5

Monroe Doctrine

Wilson's War Message to Congress

FDR "Quarantine"

Chapter 12: presidency
Future Challenges

Two final policy briefs due: June15