Year Course
Semester Course
Semester Course
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Unit 2: Federalism
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Year Course
Year Course
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Unit 2: Federalism
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Semester Course
UNIT 1
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 1 Assessment
Foundation of American Self-Government
Understand the Framers' intentions. Explore concepts like limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and popular sovereignty.
How and why was the United States government formed?
- Federalist #10, 51, 70, 78
- Brutus 1
- Declaration of Independence
- Articles of Confederation
- Constitution
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 1 Calendar
Unit 1 Day by Day
UNIT 1
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
20 Days + 2 Assessment
Foundation of American Self-Government
Understand the Framers' intentions. Explore concepts like limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and popular sovereignty.
How and why was the United States government formed?
- Federalist #10, 51, 70, 78
- Brutus 1
- Declaration of Independence
- Articles of Confederation
- Constitution
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 1 Calendar
Unit 1 Day by Day
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self- Government
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What are Founding Principles and civic virtues?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
Day 9
What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and Framers?
What was decided at the Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 10
Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Day 6
What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and Framers?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 1
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self- Government
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What are civic virtues?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
How and why was the United States government formed?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What are the Founding principles?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
Day 10
How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 8
How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Day 6
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Unit 1 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Principles and Virtues
Day 15
What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 14
What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 13
What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 16
Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Principles and Virtues
Day17
Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Principles and Virtues
Day 18
Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 19
Day 20
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 21
Day 22
Assessment
Assessment
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 1
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 3: The Constitutional Convention What was debated at the Constitution Convention?
Day 1: Principles and Virtues What are Founding principles and civic virtues?
Day 2: The Constitutional Convention What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Day 4: Influences on the Founders How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Day 5: Influences on the Founders How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Introduction to Founding Principles
The Articles of Confederation
An Energetic, Yet Limited Government
Ancient and Modern Influences That Shaped the American Founding
Locke and the Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation v. The Constitution
Madison's Notes on the Constitutional Convention
Introduction to Civic Virtues
What are Civic Virtues?
Timeline Examination of the Constitutional Convention
The Articles of Confederation Explained
Or
Creating a Classroom Constitution
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 2
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 8: The Constitutional Convention What was decided at the Convention?
Day 6: Influences on the Founders What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Day 7: Influences on the Founders What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Day 9: The Constitution What was decided at the Convention?
Day 10: The Bill of Rights Was the new Constitution enough to protect Natural Rights and produce justice?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Representation and Self-Governance
Debate on the merits of a republic versus a pure democracy, using historical examples
The Separation of Powers
The Constitution
Madison and the Bill of Rights
Opinion Sorting Federalist #10 and Brutus 1
Federalist #51, 70, 78
Suggested Use: Scavenger Hunt to guide students in locating and summarizing key features (e.g., powers of each branch, separation of powers, checks and balances). Break into small groups to explore one article or section and report findings to the class.
What were the Federalists For?
What were the Anti-Federalists For?
Or
Understanding the Positions of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Unit 1 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 11 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Calendar
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 3: Civic Virtues What are civic virtues?
Day 1: General Introduction How and why was the United States formed?
Day 2: The Founding Principles What are Founding Principles?
Day 4: A New Nation What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Day 5: A New Nation What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Student Introduction
Introduction to the Founding Principles
Introduction to Civic Virtues
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation v. The Constitution
Creating a Classroom Constitution
Timeline of Crises Between 1781-1787
Principles Touchstone
What are Civic Virtues?
Principles and Virtues Interactive Game
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 2
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 8: Natural Rights How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Day 6: A New Nation What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Day 7: Natural Rights How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Day 9: Influences on the Founders What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Day 10: Influences on the Founders What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Close Read of the Articles of Confederation
Ancient and Modern Influences that Shaped the American Founding
John Locke and the Declaration of Independence
Representation and Self-Governance
Brutus 1 Version 1
Or
Brutus 1 Version 2
Federalist #10 Version 1
Philosopical Influences on the Founders
Opinion Sorting Federalist #10 and Brutus 1
Or
Federalist #10 Version 2
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 3
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 13: The Constitutional Convention What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Day 11: The Constitutional Convention What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Day 12: The Constitutional Convention What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Day 14: The Constitutional Convention What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Day 15: The Constitutional Convention What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
An Energentic, Yet Limited Government
Examples of Debates on Limited Government
Timeline Examination of the Constitutional Convention
Separation of Powers
U.S. Constitution
Separation of Powers Infographic
Madison's Notes at the Constitutional Convention
Federalist #51, 70, 78
Or
Scaffolded Madison's Notes at the Constitutional Convention
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 4
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 18: The Bill of Rights Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Day 16: The Bill of Rights Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Day 17: The Bill of Rights Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Day 19: Additional Resources
Day 20: Additional Resources
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Madison and the Bill of Rights
What the Federalists Were For
Madison and Jefferson on the Bill of Rights Version 1
Battle of the Branches
The Declaration of Independence
Annotated Declaration of Independence
Understanding the Positions of Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Would You Have Been a Federalist or Anti-Federalist?
What the Anti-Federalists Were For
Madison and Jefferson on the Bill of Rights Version 2
Unit 1 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 21 Assessment
Day 22 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Calendar
UNIT 2
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
5 Days + 1 Assessment
Federalism
Examine the relationship between the federal and state governments.
How does the division of power and shared responsibilities between federal and state governments affect the authority and purpose of government at each level?
- Constitution
- U.S. v. Lopez (1995)
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
- Roe v. Wade (1973)
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 2 Calendar
Unit 2 Day by Day
UNIT 2
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 2 Assessment
Federalism
Examine the relationship between the federal and state governments.
How does the division of power and shared responsibilities between federal and state governments affect the authority and purpose of government at each level?
- Constitution
- U.S. v. Lopez (1995)
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
- Roe v. Wade (1973)
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 2 Calendar
Unit 2 Day by Day
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
What is Federalism?
Day 6
Assessment
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 1
Unit 2: Federalism
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
Day 4
Day 3
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What is Federalism?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What is Federalism?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
Day 8
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
Assessment
Unit 2 Overview
Unit 2 Week 1
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 3: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Day 1: General Introduction What is Federalism?
Day 2: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Day 4: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 5: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Which Level of Government Can Solve This Problem?
The Founders, The Principle of Federalism and the Constitution
Angusville Wins a Grant Simulation
Federalism Case Studies
Discussion Protocols
Federalism Case Studies
Federalism Infographic
Federalist #39
Federalism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Discussion Protocols
Federalism
Article I, Section 10 and the Tenth Amendment
Federalism, A Prop, Not a Principle
Or
Evidence of Federalism in the Constitution
Unit 2 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 6 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 2 Overview
Unit 2 Calendar
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 3: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Day 1: General Introduction What is Federalism?
Day 2: General Introduction What is Federalism?
Day 4: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Day 5: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Which Level of Government Can Solve This Problem?
Federalism Inforgraphic
The Founders, the Principle of Federalism, and the Constitution
Federalist #39
Angusville Wins a Grant
Federalism
Evidence of Federalism in the Constitution
Article 1, Section 10 and the Tenth Amendment
Federalism, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Federalism, A Prop, Not a Principle
Unit 2 Overview
Unit 2 Week 2
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 8: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 6: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 7: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 9: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 10: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Drinking Age and Federal Highway Background Essay
Education Case Study Background Essay
Abortion Rights Background Essay
Discussion Protocols
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Drinking Age and Federal Highway Case Study Primary Sources
Abortion Rights Case Study Primary Sources
Education Case Study Primary Sources
U.S. v. Lopez (1995)
Drinking Age and Federal Highway Teacher Supports
Education Case Study Teacher Supports
Abortion Rights Case Study Teacher Supports
Unit 2 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 11 Assessment
Day 12 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 2 Overview
Unit 2 Calendar
UNIT 3
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
5 Days + 1 Assessment
The Legislative Branch
Examine the structure, powers, and functions of Congress.
How does the structure of government influence the process of lawmaking and reflect the will of the people?
- Constitution
- Baker v. Carr (1962)
- Shaw v. Reno (1993)
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 3 Calendar
Unit 3 Day by Day
UNIT 3
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 2 Assessment
The Legislative Branch
Examine the structure, powers, and functions of Congress.
How does the structure of government influence the process of lawmaking and reflect the will of the people?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 3 Calendar
Unit 3 Day by Day
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
How does Congress build consensus in making laws?
How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
What does it mean to be represented in government?
Day 6
Assessment
Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Week 1
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
How does voting connect citizens to the work and power of Congress?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What does it mean to be represented in government?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What does it mean to be represented in government?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
Day 8
How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
How do the legislative powers of Congress act as a check and balance with the other branches?
How does Congress build consensus in building laws?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
Assessment
Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Week 1
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 3: The House How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Day 1: The Nature of Representation What does it mean to be represented in government?
Day 2: Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congressto represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Day 4: The Senate How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Day 5: Consensus Building and Checks and Balances How does Congress build consensus in making laws?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Nature of Representation
Congress, Enumerated and Implied Powers
How Does the House of Representatives Work?
How Does the Senate Work?
Congressional Consensus Building
Gerrymandering, Representation, and Consent of the Governed
Article I U.S. Constitution
Federalist #55
Federalist #62
Consensus Building Case Studies
The Challenges of Reprentation
Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers
Who is Your Representative?
Who is Your Representative?
Yes Congress is Broken
Or
Or
Delegate or Trustee
No, Congress is Not Broken
Unit 3 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 6 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Calendar
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 3: The Nature of Representation What does it mean to be represented in government?
Day 1: General Introduction How does voting connect citizens to the work and power of Congress?
Day 2: The Nature of Representation What does it mean to be represented in government?
Day 4: Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Day 5: Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Legislative Branch
The Nature of Representation
Challenges of Representation
Essay:Congress, Enumerated and Implied Powers
The Commerce Clause and Expanding Powers of Congress
Voting Launch Activity
Gerrymandering, Representation, and Consent of the Governed
Article I, U.S. Constitution
Infographic: Congress' Enumerated and Implied Powers
Unit 3 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 8: The Senate How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Day 6: Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Day 7: The House How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Day 9: Consensus Building How does Congress build consensus in making laws?
Day 10: Checks and Balances How do the legislative powers of Congress act as a chack and balance with the other branches?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
How Does the House of Representatives Work?
Constitutional Powers of Congress
How Does the Senate Work?
Congressional Consensus Building
Checks and Balances Case Studies
Federalist #55
Federalist #62
Consensus Building Case Studies
Graphic Organizer: Checks and Balances Case Studies
Who is Your Representative?
Who is Your Representative?
Congress is Broken
Or
Congress is Not Broken
Unit 3 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 11 Assessment
Day 12 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Calendar
UNIT 4
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
5 Days + 1 Assessment
The President and the Bureaucracy
Analyze the powers and roles of the executive branch, including the bureaucracy.
What is the legitimate exercise of executive powers?
- Constitution
- Federalist #70
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 4 Calendar
Unit 4 Day by Day
UNIT 4
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 2 Assessment
The President and the Bureaucracy
Analyze the powers and roles of the executive branch, including the bureaucracy.
What is the legitimate exercise of executive powers?
- Constitution
- Federalist #70
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 4 Calendar
Unit 4 Day by Day
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
How does the Presidential Oath of Office reflect the Constitution’s expectations for the powers and responsibilities of the president?
How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
What is the Executive Branch?
What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
Assessment
Unit 4 Overview
Unit 4 Week 1
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
What is the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What gives the U.S. government its legitimacy, and how is that legitimacy maintained over time?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What is the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What gives the U.S. government its legitimacy, and how is that legitimacy maintained over time?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
Day 8
How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
Day 6
What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
Assessment
Unit 4 Overview
Unit 4 Week 1
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 3: The Presidency and the Constitution What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Day 1: General Introduction How does the Presidential Oath of Office reflect the Constitution’s expectations for the powers and responsibilities of the president?
Day 2: The Executive Branch What is the Executive Branch?
Day 4: The Changing Nature of the Presidency How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
Day 5: The Bureaucracy How does the Executive Branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Presidential Oath of Office
What is the Executive Branch?
Roles of the President
Presidential War Powers
The Federal Bureaucracy's Role in the U.S. Constitutional Republic
The Presidential Oath of Office
Federalist #70
Roles of the Executive Branch
Federal Regulation of the Economy and Society
Constitution Article II
Executive Orders
Unit 4 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 6 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 4 Overview
Unit 4 Calendar
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 3: The Executive Branch What is the Executive Branch?
Day 1: General Introduction What gives the U.S. government its legitimacy, and how is that legitimacy maintained over time?
Day 2: General Introduction What gives the U.S. government its legitimacy, and how is that legitimacy maintained over time?
Day 4: The Executive Branch What is the Executive Branch?
Day 5: Roles of the Executive Branch What are the roles of the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Presidential Oath of Office
Peaceful Transfer of Power
What is the Executive Branch?
Federalist #70
Roles of the President
The Presidential Oath of Office
Constitution Article II
Unit 4 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 8: The Modern Presidency How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
Day 6: Roles of the Executive Branch What are the roles of the Executive Branch?
Day 7: The Modern Presidency How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
Day 9: The Bureaucracy How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
Day 10: The Bureaucracy How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Roles of the Executive Branch
Communication Technology and the President
War Powers
The Expansion of Federal Regualtion on the Economy and Society
Executive Orders
Commander-in-Chief
The Federal Bureaucracy's Roles in the U.S. Constitutional Republic
Unit 4 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 11 Assessment
Day 12 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 4 Overview
Unit 4 Calendar
UNIT 5
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
5 Days + 1 Assessment
The Judiciary
Explore the role of the Supreme Court and the judicial review process. Analyze the structure of the court system.
What is the role of the courts in the American constitutional order?
- Constitution
- Federalist #78
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 5 Calendar
Unit 5 Day by Day
UNIT 5
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 2 Assessment
The Judiciary
Explore the role of the Supreme Court and the judicial review process. Analyze the structure of the court system.
What is the role of the courts in the American constitutional order?
- Constitution
- Federalist #78
- Madison v. Marbury (1803)
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 5 Calendar
Unit 5 Day by Day
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
How does the Founding principle of the rule of law affect the daily lives of citizens?
Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for the final say over the Constitution?
What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
Assessment
Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Week 1
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
How does the Judicial Branch work?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
How does the Judicial Branch work?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
Day 3
What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
Day 8
How does the judiciary help balance the powers between the branches of government?
Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for final say over the Constitution?
Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for final say over the Constitution?
Day 6
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
Assessment
Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Week 1
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 3: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Day 1: The Rule of Law How does the Founding Principle of the rule of law affect the daily lives of citizens?
Day 2: The Court and the Constitution What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
Day 4: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Day 5: Jurisprudence and Precedent Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for the final say over the Constitution?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Rule of Law
The Levels of the Courts
Timeline of the Periods of the Court
Landmark Cases
The Supreme Court is Not the Final Authority on the Constitution
Scenarios: How Would You Decide?
The Supreme Court is the Final Authority on the Constitution
Unit 5 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 6 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Calendar
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 3: The Court and the Constitution What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
Day 1: General Introduction How does the Judicial Branch work?
Day 2: General Introduction How does the Judicial Branch work?
Day 4: The Court and the Constitution What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
Day 5: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Judicial Branch
Judicial Review
Levels of the Court
Original Design of the Court
Timeline of Periods of the Court
The Rule of Law
Federalist #78
How would You Decide?
Unit 5 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 8: Checks and Balances How does the judiciary help balance the powers between the branches of government?
Day 6: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Day 7: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Day 9: The Final Say Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for final say over the Constitution?
Day 10: The Final Say Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for final say over the Constitution?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Landmark Cases
Landmark Cases
The Court Over Time
The Supreme Court is Not the Final Authority on the Meaning of the Constitution
Precedent
Precedent and Change
The Supreme Court is the Final Authority on the Meaning of the Constitution
Unit 5 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 11 Assessment
Day 12 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Calendar
UNIT 6
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
13 Days + 1 Assessment
Political Participation and Elections
Examines how political parties, interest groups, public opinion, political ideologies, and the media each shape and influence the U.S. political system.
How do we work through existing institutions (civic and political institutions) to achieve a healthy civic society?
- Federalist # 10
- Brutus 1
- Baker v. Carr (1962)
- Shaw v. Reno (1993)
- Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 6 Calendar
Unit 6 Day by Day
UNIT 6
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
26 Days + 2 Assessment
Political Participation and Elections
Examines how political parties, interest groups, public opinion, political ideologies, and the media each shape and influence the U.S. political system.
How do we work through existing institutions (civic and political institutions) to achieve a healthy civic society?
- Federalist # 10
- Brutus 1
- Baker v. Carr (1962)
- Shaw v. Reno (1993)
- Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 6 Calendar
Unit 6 Day by Day
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Principles and Virtues
Day 10
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local environments?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 9
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local environments?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Day 13
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 13
Day 14
Assessment
Unit 6 Overview
Unit 1 Week 1
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 14
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Principles and Virtues
Day 13
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 15
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Unit 1 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Principles and Virtues
Day 17
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 16
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Principles and Virtues
Day 18
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 19
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 20
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 21
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 22
Day 24
Day 25
Day 23
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 26
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 28
Assessment
Day 27
Assessment
Unit 6 Overview
Unit 6 Week 1
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 3: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 1: General Introduction Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Day 2: General Introduction Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Day 4: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 5: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues in the American Republic
We The People Town Hall
Political Party Changes and Adaptations
Modern Campaigns
Political Parties
Perception Gap From More Like Us
Campaign Finance: PACs and SuperPACS
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 8: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 6: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 7: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 9: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local environments?
Day 10: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local environments?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Expansion of Franchise
Methods of Elections: The Popular Vote and the Electoral College
The Electoral College
Alexis de Tocqueville
Engaging with Local Associations
Voting Amendments and the Constitution
Student Involvement in Civic Society
Electing a President
Elections and the Constitution
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 13: Interests, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 11: Interests, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 12: Interests, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 14: Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Federalist #10
Interest Groups at Work
Campaign Finance
Multiple Choice Questions
Federalist #51
Media Technology and Candidate Centered Campaigns
Free Response
The Sphere of Federalist #10
Unit 6 Overview
Unit 6 Calendar
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 3: General Introduction What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Day 1: General Introduction What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Day 2: General Introduction What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Day 4: General Introduction Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Day 5: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Political Participation and Elections
The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions
Perception Gap (More Like Us)
Principles and Virtues in the American Republic
The History of Political Parties in the United States
Preamble
Federalist #10
Unit 6 Overview
Day by Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 8: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 6: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 7: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 9: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 10: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Political Parties
Modern Campaigns
Campaign Finance: PACs and SuperPACS
The History of Voting Restrictions and Expanding Suffrage
Voting Rights Amendments
Election Essentials
Elections and the Constitution
Voting Rights Timeline
Or
Expansion of Franchise
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 13: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 11: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 12: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 14: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Day 15: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Voter Turnout
Primary and Caucuses
The Popular Vote and the Electoral College
Alexis de Tocqueville
Engaging in Local Associations and Groups
Electing a President
The Electoral College
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 18: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 16: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Day 17: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 19: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 20: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Student Involvement in Civil Society Groups
Federalist #10
Interest Groups at Work
1960 Televised Debates
Media as a Watchdog
Federalist #51
The Sphere of Federalist #10
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 23: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 21: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 22: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 24: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 25: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Historial Look at News Media
How the Media Presents Information
Being a Critical Consumer of Media
Campaign Finance
Media Technology and Candidate Centered Campaigns
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 28: Assessment
Day 26: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 27: Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Video: Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
Unit 6 Overview
Unit 6 Calendar
UNIT 7
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
How do individuals, groups, and the government interact to protect and promote civil rights and civil liberties in the United States?
15 Days + 1 Assessment
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Examine how the Bill of Rights, constitutional amendments, and Supreme Court decisions define individual freedoms, limit government power, and address issues of equality and discrimination.
- Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
- Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
- Schenck v. United States (1919)
- New York Times v. United States (1971)
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- Engel v. Vitale (1962)
- McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 7 Calendar
Unit 7 Day by Day
UNIT 7
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
How do individuals, groups, and the government interact to protect and promote civil rights and civil liberties in the United States?
30 Days + 2 Assessment
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Examine how the Bill of Rights, constitutional amendments, and Supreme Court decisions define individual freedoms, limit government power, and address issues of equality and discrimination.
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
- Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
- Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
- Schenck v. United States (1919)
- New York Times v. United States (1971)
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- Engel v. Vitale (1962)
- McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Unit 7 Calendar
Unit 7 Day by Day
Unit 7: Civil RIghts and Civil Liberties
Day 5
How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What are Civil Rights and Civil Liberties?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What is the First Amendment?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 6
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Unit 7 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 15
Day 14
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Day 13
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 11
How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Principles and Virtues
Day 16
Assessment
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Day by Day
Unit 7: Civil RIghts and Civil Liberties
Day 5
How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What is the First Amendment?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What are Civil Rights and Civil Liberties?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
Who is responsible for protecting rights?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 6
How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 15
Day 14
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Principles and Virtues
Day 13
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Day 11
How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Calendar Cont.
Unit 7: Civil RIghts and Civil Liberties
Day 20
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 19
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 18
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 16
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 17
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 24
Day 25
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Principles and Virtues
Day 23
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Principles and Virtues
Day 22
How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Day 21
How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 30
Day 29
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Day 28
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Day 27
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 26
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Unit 7 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 31
Day 32
Principles and Virtues
Assessment
Assessment
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Day by Day
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 3: First Amendment- Freedom of Religion How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Day 1: General Introduction What are Civil Rights and Civil Liberties?
Day 2: General Introduction What is the First Amendment?
Day 4: First Amendment- Freedom of Speech Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 5: First Amendment- Freedom of the Press How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Launching Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Introducing the First Amendment
Origins of Religious Freedom
Resource: Freedom of Speech
Why does a Free Press Matter?
Religious Freedom
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 8: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 6: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 7: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 9: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 10: Eighth Amendment How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Understanding the Second Amendment
Case Studies: Second Amendment
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments
Rights of the Accused Scenario Cards
Understanding Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Primary Sources: Second Amendment
Supreme Court Cases Organizer
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Discussion Guide
Discussion Guide: Second Amendment
Rights of the Accused Court Cases
Or
Second Amendment Legislation Action Debate
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 13: Substantive Due Process and the Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 11: Ninth and Tenth Amendments How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Day 12: Substantive Due Process and the Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 14: Social Justice: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection Under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 15: Social Justice: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection Under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Supreme Court DBQ South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
Substantive Due Process and the Incorporation
Fourteenth Amendment Graphic Organizer
The Women's Movement and Seneca Falls Convention
Frederick Douglass "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
Substantive Due Process and the Fourteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Unit 7 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 16 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Calendar
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 3: General Introduction What is the First Amendment?
Day 1: General Introduction What are Civil Rights and Civil Liberties?
Day 2: General Introduction Who is responsible for protecting rights?
Day 4: First Amendment-Freedom of Religion How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Day 5: First Amendment-Freedom of Religion How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Protecting Rights
Introducing the First Amendment
The Founding and Natural Rights of Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom
Launching Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Congress and the President Protect Civil Liberties
The Supreme Court Protects Civil Liberties
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 8: First Amendment-Free Speech Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 6: First Amendment-Freedom of Religion How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Day 7: First Amendment-Free Speech Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 9: First Amendment-Free Speech Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 10: First Amendment-Free Press How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Religious Liberty and the Supreme Court
Freedom of Speech
Free Speech
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
Free Press
First Amendment Principles and Jefferson's "Wall"
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Freedom of the Press
From Toleration to Liberty
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Or
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2013)
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 13: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 11: First Amendment-Free Press How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Day 12: First Amendment- Free Press How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Day 14: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 15: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Why Does a Free Press Matter?
New York Times Co. v. U.S. (1971)
The Second Amendment Case Studies
Second Amendment Discussion Guide
Second Amendment Legislative Action Debate
The Second Amendment
Understanding the Second Amendment
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 18: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 16: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 17: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 19: Eighth Amendment How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 20: Eighth Amendment How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment Sort
Fourth Amendment
Rights of the Accused Scenario Cards
Understanding Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Eighth Amendment Over Time
Supreme Court Case Organizer
Fifth Amendment
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Discussion Guide
Eighth Amendment Case Studies
Rights of the Accused Court Cases
Sixth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Or
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 23: Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 21: Ninth and Tenth Amendments How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Day 22: Ninth and Tenth Amendments How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Day 24: Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 25: Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Supreme Court DBQ South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
Supreme Court on Personal Liberty
Substantive Due Process
Roe v Wade (1973)
Fourteenth Amendment
South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
Incorporation
Video: Roe v. Wade (1973)
Fourteenth Amendment Graphic Organizer
Infographic: Fourteenth Amendment
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 28: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 26: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 27: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 29: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 30: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July- Frederick Douglass
Seneca Falls and the women's movement
Essay: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Lesson Plan: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Declaration of Sentiments
Lesson Plan: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Primary Source: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Primary Source: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Video: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Video: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 31 Assessment
Day 32 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Calendar
GoPoScope and Sequence
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Year Course
Semester Course
Semester Course
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Unit 2: Federalism
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Year Course
Year Course
Table of Contents
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Unit 2: Federalism
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Semester Course
UNIT 1
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 1 Assessment
Foundation of American Self-Government
Understand the Framers' intentions. Explore concepts like limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and popular sovereignty.
How and why was the United States government formed?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 1 Calendar
Unit 1 Day by Day
UNIT 1
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
20 Days + 2 Assessment
Foundation of American Self-Government
Understand the Framers' intentions. Explore concepts like limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and popular sovereignty.
How and why was the United States government formed?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 1 Calendar
Unit 1 Day by Day
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self- Government
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What are Founding Principles and civic virtues?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
Day 9
What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and Framers?
What was decided at the Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 10
Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Day 6
What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and Framers?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 1
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self- Government
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What are civic virtues?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
How and why was the United States government formed?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What are the Founding principles?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
Day 10
How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 8
How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Day 6
What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Unit 1 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Principles and Virtues
Day 15
What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 14
What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 13
What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Day 16
Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Principles and Virtues
Day17
Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Principles and Virtues
Day 18
Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 19
Day 20
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 21
Day 22
Assessment
Assessment
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 1
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 3: The Constitutional Convention What was debated at the Constitution Convention?
Day 1: Principles and Virtues What are Founding principles and civic virtues?
Day 2: The Constitutional Convention What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Day 4: Influences on the Founders How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Day 5: Influences on the Founders How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Introduction to Founding Principles
The Articles of Confederation
An Energetic, Yet Limited Government
Ancient and Modern Influences That Shaped the American Founding
Locke and the Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation v. The Constitution
Madison's Notes on the Constitutional Convention
Introduction to Civic Virtues
What are Civic Virtues?
Timeline Examination of the Constitutional Convention
The Articles of Confederation Explained
Or
Creating a Classroom Constitution
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 2
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 8: The Constitutional Convention What was decided at the Convention?
Day 6: Influences on the Founders What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Day 7: Influences on the Founders What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Day 9: The Constitution What was decided at the Convention?
Day 10: The Bill of Rights Was the new Constitution enough to protect Natural Rights and produce justice?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Representation and Self-Governance
Debate on the merits of a republic versus a pure democracy, using historical examples
The Separation of Powers
The Constitution
Madison and the Bill of Rights
Opinion Sorting Federalist #10 and Brutus 1
Federalist #51, 70, 78
Suggested Use: Scavenger Hunt to guide students in locating and summarizing key features (e.g., powers of each branch, separation of powers, checks and balances). Break into small groups to explore one article or section and report findings to the class.
What were the Federalists For?
What were the Anti-Federalists For?
Or
Understanding the Positions of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Unit 1 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 11 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Calendar
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 3: Civic Virtues What are civic virtues?
Day 1: General Introduction How and why was the United States formed?
Day 2: The Founding Principles What are Founding Principles?
Day 4: A New Nation What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Day 5: A New Nation What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Student Introduction
Introduction to the Founding Principles
Introduction to Civic Virtues
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation v. The Constitution
Creating a Classroom Constitution
Timeline of Crises Between 1781-1787
Principles Touchstone
What are Civic Virtues?
Principles and Virtues Interactive Game
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 2
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 8: Natural Rights How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Day 6: A New Nation What were the challenges facing the United States in 1787?
Day 7: Natural Rights How did natural rights theory inform the Founding?
Day 9: Influences on the Founders What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Day 10: Influences on the Founders What was the understanding of republican government held by the Founders and the Framers?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Close Read of the Articles of Confederation
Ancient and Modern Influences that Shaped the American Founding
John Locke and the Declaration of Independence
Representation and Self-Governance
Brutus 1 Version 1
Or
Brutus 1 Version 2
Federalist #10 Version 1
Philosopical Influences on the Founders
Opinion Sorting Federalist #10 and Brutus 1
Or
Federalist #10 Version 2
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 3
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 13: The Constitutional Convention What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Day 11: The Constitutional Convention What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Day 12: The Constitutional Convention What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
Day 14: The Constitutional Convention What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Day 15: The Constitutional Convention What was decided at the Constitutional Convention?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
An Energentic, Yet Limited Government
Examples of Debates on Limited Government
Timeline Examination of the Constitutional Convention
Separation of Powers
U.S. Constitution
Separation of Powers Infographic
Madison's Notes at the Constitutional Convention
Federalist #51, 70, 78
Or
Scaffolded Madison's Notes at the Constitutional Convention
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 4
Unit 1: Foundations of Our Government
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 18: The Bill of Rights Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Day 16: The Bill of Rights Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Day 17: The Bill of Rights Was the new Constitution enough to protect natural rights and ensure justice?
Day 19: Additional Resources
Day 20: Additional Resources
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Madison and the Bill of Rights
What the Federalists Were For
Madison and Jefferson on the Bill of Rights Version 1
Battle of the Branches
The Declaration of Independence
Annotated Declaration of Independence
Understanding the Positions of Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Would You Have Been a Federalist or Anti-Federalist?
What the Anti-Federalists Were For
Madison and Jefferson on the Bill of Rights Version 2
Unit 1 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 1: Foundation of American Self-Government
Day 21 Assessment
Day 22 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Calendar
UNIT 2
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
5 Days + 1 Assessment
Federalism
Examine the relationship between the federal and state governments.
How does the division of power and shared responsibilities between federal and state governments affect the authority and purpose of government at each level?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 2 Calendar
Unit 2 Day by Day
UNIT 2
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 2 Assessment
Federalism
Examine the relationship between the federal and state governments.
How does the division of power and shared responsibilities between federal and state governments affect the authority and purpose of government at each level?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 2 Calendar
Unit 2 Day by Day
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
What is Federalism?
Day 6
Assessment
Unit 1 Overview
Unit 1 Week 1
Unit 2: Federalism
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
Day 4
Day 3
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What is Federalism?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What is Federalism?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
Day 8
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
What happens when powers are shared among levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
Assessment
Unit 2 Overview
Unit 2 Week 1
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 3: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Day 1: General Introduction What is Federalism?
Day 2: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Day 4: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 5: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Which Level of Government Can Solve This Problem?
The Founders, The Principle of Federalism and the Constitution
Angusville Wins a Grant Simulation
Federalism Case Studies
Discussion Protocols
Federalism Case Studies
Federalism Infographic
Federalist #39
Federalism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Discussion Protocols
Federalism
Article I, Section 10 and the Tenth Amendment
Federalism, A Prop, Not a Principle
Or
Evidence of Federalism in the Constitution
Unit 2 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 6 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 2 Overview
Unit 2 Calendar
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 3: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Day 1: General Introduction What is Federalism?
Day 2: General Introduction What is Federalism?
Day 4: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Day 5: The Founding and Federalism Why does each level of government have different responsibilities?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Which Level of Government Can Solve This Problem?
Federalism Inforgraphic
The Founders, the Principle of Federalism, and the Constitution
Federalist #39
Angusville Wins a Grant
Federalism
Evidence of Federalism in the Constitution
Article 1, Section 10 and the Tenth Amendment
Federalism, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Federalism, A Prop, Not a Principle
Unit 2 Overview
Unit 2 Week 2
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 8: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 6: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 7: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 9: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Day 10: Federalism Case Studies What happens when powers are shared among the levels of government?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Drinking Age and Federal Highway Background Essay
Education Case Study Background Essay
Abortion Rights Background Essay
Discussion Protocols
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Drinking Age and Federal Highway Case Study Primary Sources
Abortion Rights Case Study Primary Sources
Education Case Study Primary Sources
U.S. v. Lopez (1995)
Drinking Age and Federal Highway Teacher Supports
Education Case Study Teacher Supports
Abortion Rights Case Study Teacher Supports
Unit 2 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 2: Federalism
Day 11 Assessment
Day 12 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 2 Overview
Unit 2 Calendar
UNIT 3
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
5 Days + 1 Assessment
The Legislative Branch
Examine the structure, powers, and functions of Congress.
How does the structure of government influence the process of lawmaking and reflect the will of the people?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 3 Calendar
Unit 3 Day by Day
UNIT 3
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 2 Assessment
The Legislative Branch
Examine the structure, powers, and functions of Congress.
How does the structure of government influence the process of lawmaking and reflect the will of the people?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 3 Calendar
Unit 3 Day by Day
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
How does Congress build consensus in making laws?
How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
What does it mean to be represented in government?
Day 6
Assessment
Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Week 1
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
How does voting connect citizens to the work and power of Congress?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What does it mean to be represented in government?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What does it mean to be represented in government?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
Day 8
How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
How do the legislative powers of Congress act as a check and balance with the other branches?
How does Congress build consensus in building laws?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
Assessment
Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Week 1
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 3: The House How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Day 1: The Nature of Representation What does it mean to be represented in government?
Day 2: Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congressto represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Day 4: The Senate How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Day 5: Consensus Building and Checks and Balances How does Congress build consensus in making laws?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Nature of Representation
Congress, Enumerated and Implied Powers
How Does the House of Representatives Work?
How Does the Senate Work?
Congressional Consensus Building
Gerrymandering, Representation, and Consent of the Governed
Article I U.S. Constitution
Federalist #55
Federalist #62
Consensus Building Case Studies
The Challenges of Reprentation
Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers
Who is Your Representative?
Who is Your Representative?
Yes Congress is Broken
Or
Or
Delegate or Trustee
No, Congress is Not Broken
Unit 3 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 6 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Calendar
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 3: The Nature of Representation What does it mean to be represented in government?
Day 1: General Introduction How does voting connect citizens to the work and power of Congress?
Day 2: The Nature of Representation What does it mean to be represented in government?
Day 4: Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Day 5: Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Legislative Branch
The Nature of Representation
Challenges of Representation
Essay:Congress, Enumerated and Implied Powers
The Commerce Clause and Expanding Powers of Congress
Voting Launch Activity
Gerrymandering, Representation, and Consent of the Governed
Article I, U.S. Constitution
Infographic: Congress' Enumerated and Implied Powers
Unit 3 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 8: The Senate How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Day 6: Article I Enumerated and Implied Powers How do the enumerated and implied powers of Congress allow Congress to represent the will of the people in the law-making process?
Day 7: The House How do the responsibilities of the House and the Senate affect the overall legislative process?
Day 9: Consensus Building How does Congress build consensus in making laws?
Day 10: Checks and Balances How do the legislative powers of Congress act as a chack and balance with the other branches?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
How Does the House of Representatives Work?
Constitutional Powers of Congress
How Does the Senate Work?
Congressional Consensus Building
Checks and Balances Case Studies
Federalist #55
Federalist #62
Consensus Building Case Studies
Graphic Organizer: Checks and Balances Case Studies
Who is Your Representative?
Who is Your Representative?
Congress is Broken
Or
Congress is Not Broken
Unit 3 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 3: The Legislative Branch
Day 11 Assessment
Day 12 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Calendar
UNIT 4
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
5 Days + 1 Assessment
The President and the Bureaucracy
Analyze the powers and roles of the executive branch, including the bureaucracy.
What is the legitimate exercise of executive powers?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 4 Calendar
Unit 4 Day by Day
UNIT 4
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 2 Assessment
The President and the Bureaucracy
Analyze the powers and roles of the executive branch, including the bureaucracy.
What is the legitimate exercise of executive powers?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 4 Calendar
Unit 4 Day by Day
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
How does the Presidential Oath of Office reflect the Constitution’s expectations for the powers and responsibilities of the president?
How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
What is the Executive Branch?
What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
Assessment
Unit 4 Overview
Unit 4 Week 1
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
What is the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What gives the U.S. government its legitimacy, and how is that legitimacy maintained over time?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What is the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What gives the U.S. government its legitimacy, and how is that legitimacy maintained over time?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
Day 8
How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
Day 6
What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
Assessment
Unit 4 Overview
Unit 4 Week 1
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 3: The Presidency and the Constitution What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Day 1: General Introduction How does the Presidential Oath of Office reflect the Constitution’s expectations for the powers and responsibilities of the president?
Day 2: The Executive Branch What is the Executive Branch?
Day 4: The Changing Nature of the Presidency How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
Day 5: The Bureaucracy How does the Executive Branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Presidential Oath of Office
What is the Executive Branch?
Roles of the President
Presidential War Powers
The Federal Bureaucracy's Role in the U.S. Constitutional Republic
The Presidential Oath of Office
Federalist #70
Roles of the Executive Branch
Federal Regulation of the Economy and Society
Constitution Article II
Executive Orders
Unit 4 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 6 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 4 Overview
Unit 4 Calendar
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 3: The Executive Branch What is the Executive Branch?
Day 1: General Introduction What gives the U.S. government its legitimacy, and how is that legitimacy maintained over time?
Day 2: General Introduction What gives the U.S. government its legitimacy, and how is that legitimacy maintained over time?
Day 4: The Executive Branch What is the Executive Branch?
Day 5: Roles of the Executive Branch What are the roles of the Executive Branch?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Presidential Oath of Office
Peaceful Transfer of Power
What is the Executive Branch?
Federalist #70
Roles of the President
The Presidential Oath of Office
Constitution Article II
Unit 4 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 8: The Modern Presidency How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
Day 6: Roles of the Executive Branch What are the roles of the Executive Branch?
Day 7: The Modern Presidency How does the modern presidency differ from the role envisioned by the Founders in a constitutional republic?
Day 9: The Bureaucracy How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
Day 10: The Bureaucracy How does the executive branch influence the execution of laws, and to what extent does this impact daily life?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Roles of the Executive Branch
Communication Technology and the President
War Powers
The Expansion of Federal Regualtion on the Economy and Society
Executive Orders
Commander-in-Chief
The Federal Bureaucracy's Roles in the U.S. Constitutional Republic
Unit 4 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 4: The President and the Bureaucracy
Day 11 Assessment
Day 12 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 4 Overview
Unit 4 Calendar
UNIT 5
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
5 Days + 1 Assessment
The Judiciary
Explore the role of the Supreme Court and the judicial review process. Analyze the structure of the court system.
What is the role of the courts in the American constitutional order?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 5 Calendar
Unit 5 Day by Day
UNIT 5
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
10 Days + 2 Assessment
The Judiciary
Explore the role of the Supreme Court and the judicial review process. Analyze the structure of the court system.
What is the role of the courts in the American constitutional order?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 5 Calendar
Unit 5 Day by Day
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
How does the Founding principle of the rule of law affect the daily lives of citizens?
Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for the final say over the Constitution?
What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
Assessment
Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Week 1
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
How does the Judicial Branch work?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
How does the Judicial Branch work?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
Day 3
What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
Day 8
How does the judiciary help balance the powers between the branches of government?
Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for final say over the Constitution?
Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for final say over the Constitution?
Day 6
How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
Assessment
Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Week 1
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 3: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Day 1: The Rule of Law How does the Founding Principle of the rule of law affect the daily lives of citizens?
Day 2: The Court and the Constitution What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
Day 4: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Day 5: Jurisprudence and Precedent Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for the final say over the Constitution?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Rule of Law
The Levels of the Courts
Timeline of the Periods of the Court
Landmark Cases
The Supreme Court is Not the Final Authority on the Constitution
Scenarios: How Would You Decide?
The Supreme Court is the Final Authority on the Constitution
Unit 5 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 6 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Calendar
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 3: The Court and the Constitution What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
Day 1: General Introduction How does the Judicial Branch work?
Day 2: General Introduction How does the Judicial Branch work?
Day 4: The Court and the Constitution What are the roles and responsibilities of the different court levels, and how do these courts interact?
Day 5: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
The Judicial Branch
Judicial Review
Levels of the Court
Original Design of the Court
Timeline of Periods of the Court
The Rule of Law
Federalist #78
How would You Decide?
Unit 5 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 8: Checks and Balances How does the judiciary help balance the powers between the branches of government?
Day 6: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Day 7: Landmark Cases How do landmark cases impact the way government works and the daily lives of citizens?
Day 9: The Final Say Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for final say over the Constitution?
Day 10: The Final Say Why do we defer to the Supreme Court for final say over the Constitution?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Landmark Cases
Landmark Cases
The Court Over Time
The Supreme Court is Not the Final Authority on the Meaning of the Constitution
Precedent
Precedent and Change
The Supreme Court is the Final Authority on the Meaning of the Constitution
Unit 5 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 5: The Judiciary
Day 11 Assessment
Day 12 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 5 Overview
Unit 5 Calendar
UNIT 6
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
13 Days + 1 Assessment
Political Participation and Elections
Examines how political parties, interest groups, public opinion, political ideologies, and the media each shape and influence the U.S. political system.
How do we work through existing institutions (civic and political institutions) to achieve a healthy civic society?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 6 Calendar
Unit 6 Day by Day
UNIT 6
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
26 Days + 2 Assessment
Political Participation and Elections
Examines how political parties, interest groups, public opinion, political ideologies, and the media each shape and influence the U.S. political system.
How do we work through existing institutions (civic and political institutions) to achieve a healthy civic society?
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 6 Calendar
Unit 6 Day by Day
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Principles and Virtues
Day 10
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local environments?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 9
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local environments?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
Day 13
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 13
Day 14
Assessment
Unit 6 Overview
Unit 1 Week 1
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Principles and Virtues
Day 5
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 6
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 14
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Principles and Virtues
Day 13
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 11
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Day 15
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Unit 1 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Principles and Virtues
Day 17
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 16
How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Principles and Virtues
Day 18
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 19
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 20
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 21
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 22
Day 24
Day 25
Day 23
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Day 26
How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 28
Assessment
Day 27
Assessment
Unit 6 Overview
Unit 6 Week 1
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 3: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 1: General Introduction Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Day 2: General Introduction Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Day 4: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 5: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues in the American Republic
We The People Town Hall
Political Party Changes and Adaptations
Modern Campaigns
Political Parties
Perception Gap From More Like Us
Campaign Finance: PACs and SuperPACS
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 8: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 6: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 7: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 9: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local environments?
Day 10: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local environments?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Expansion of Franchise
Methods of Elections: The Popular Vote and the Electoral College
The Electoral College
Alexis de Tocqueville
Engaging with Local Associations
Voting Amendments and the Constitution
Student Involvement in Civic Society
Electing a President
Elections and the Constitution
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 13: Interests, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 11: Interests, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 12: Interests, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy-making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 14: Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Federalist #10
Interest Groups at Work
Campaign Finance
Multiple Choice Questions
Federalist #51
Media Technology and Candidate Centered Campaigns
Free Response
The Sphere of Federalist #10
Unit 6 Overview
Unit 6 Calendar
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 3: General Introduction What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Day 1: General Introduction What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Day 2: General Introduction What role do ordinary citizens play in keeping the American system of government alive?
Day 4: General Introduction Where are Founding principles and civic virtues found in the political system?
Day 5: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Political Participation and Elections
The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions
Perception Gap (More Like Us)
Principles and Virtues in the American Republic
The History of Political Parties in the United States
Preamble
Federalist #10
Unit 6 Overview
Day by Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 8: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 6: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 7: Politics and Parties How do political parties influence and facilitate political participation in the United States?
Day 9: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 10: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Political Parties
Modern Campaigns
Campaign Finance: PACs and SuperPACS
The History of Voting Restrictions and Expanding Suffrage
Voting Rights Amendments
Election Essentials
Elections and the Constitution
Voting Rights Timeline
Or
Expansion of Franchise
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 13: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 11: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 12: Voting and Elections How do voting laws and electoral systems impact democratic participation in the United States?
Day 14: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Day 15: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Voter Turnout
Primary and Caucuses
The Popular Vote and the Electoral College
Alexis de Tocqueville
Engaging in Local Associations and Groups
Electing a President
The Electoral College
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 18: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 16: Civil Societies and Local Parties How does engagement with civil society and local political institutions empower citizens to address community challenges and shape their local governments?
Day 17: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 19: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 20: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Student Involvement in Civil Society Groups
Federalist #10
Interest Groups at Work
1960 Televised Debates
Media as a Watchdog
Federalist #51
The Sphere of Federalist #10
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 23: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 21: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 22: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 24: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 25: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Historial Look at News Media
How the Media Presents Information
Being a Critical Consumer of Media
Campaign Finance
Media Technology and Candidate Centered Campaigns
Unit 6 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 6: Political Participation and Elections
Day 28: Assessment
Day 26: Interest, Interest Groups, and the Media How do interest groups, campaign finance, and evolving media landscapes influence public opinion, policy making, and political polarization in modern governance?
Day 27: Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Video: Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
Unit 6 Overview
Unit 6 Calendar
UNIT 7
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
How do individuals, groups, and the government interact to protect and promote civil rights and civil liberties in the United States?
15 Days + 1 Assessment
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Examine how the Bill of Rights, constitutional amendments, and Supreme Court decisions define individual freedoms, limit government power, and address issues of equality and discrimination.
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 7 Calendar
Unit 7 Day by Day
UNIT 7
Number of Days
Guiding Questions
Unit
Unit Overview
How do individuals, groups, and the government interact to protect and promote civil rights and civil liberties in the United States?
30 Days + 2 Assessment
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Examine how the Bill of Rights, constitutional amendments, and Supreme Court decisions define individual freedoms, limit government power, and address issues of equality and discrimination.
AP Required Foundational Documents and SCOTUS Cases
Unit 7 Calendar
Unit 7 Day by Day
Unit 7: Civil RIghts and Civil Liberties
Day 5
How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What are Civil Rights and Civil Liberties?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
What is the First Amendment?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 6
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Unit 7 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 15
Day 14
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Day 13
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 11
How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Principles and Virtues
Day 16
Assessment
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Day by Day
Unit 7: Civil RIghts and Civil Liberties
Day 5
How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Day 4
How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Day 3
What is the First Amendment?
Principles and Virtues
Day 1
What are Civil Rights and Civil Liberties?
Principles and Virtues
Day 2
Who is responsible for protecting rights?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 9
Day 10
How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Principles and Virtues
Day 8
Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Principles and Virtues
Day 7
Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 6
How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 15
Day 14
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Principles and Virtues
Day 13
How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Principles and Virtues
Day 12
How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Day 11
How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Calendar Cont.
Unit 7: Civil RIghts and Civil Liberties
Day 20
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 19
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 18
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 16
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Day 17
How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 24
Day 25
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Principles and Virtues
Day 23
How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Principles and Virtues
Day 22
How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Day 21
How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Day 30
Day 29
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Day 28
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Day 27
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 26
What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Unit 7 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 31
Day 32
Principles and Virtues
Assessment
Assessment
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Day by Day
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 3: First Amendment- Freedom of Religion How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Day 1: General Introduction What are Civil Rights and Civil Liberties?
Day 2: General Introduction What is the First Amendment?
Day 4: First Amendment- Freedom of Speech Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 5: First Amendment- Freedom of the Press How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Launching Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Introducing the First Amendment
Origins of Religious Freedom
Resource: Freedom of Speech
Why does a Free Press Matter?
Religious Freedom
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 8: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 6: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 7: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 9: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 10: Eighth Amendment How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Understanding the Second Amendment
Case Studies: Second Amendment
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments
Rights of the Accused Scenario Cards
Understanding Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Primary Sources: Second Amendment
Supreme Court Cases Organizer
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Discussion Guide
Discussion Guide: Second Amendment
Rights of the Accused Court Cases
Or
Second Amendment Legislation Action Debate
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 13: Substantive Due Process and the Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 11: Ninth and Tenth Amendments How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Day 12: Substantive Due Process and the Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 14: Social Justice: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection Under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 15: Social Justice: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection Under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Supreme Court DBQ South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
Substantive Due Process and the Incorporation
Fourteenth Amendment Graphic Organizer
The Women's Movement and Seneca Falls Convention
Frederick Douglass "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
Substantive Due Process and the Fourteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Unit 7 Overview
Calendar Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 16 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Calendar
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 3: General Introduction What is the First Amendment?
Day 1: General Introduction What are Civil Rights and Civil Liberties?
Day 2: General Introduction Who is responsible for protecting rights?
Day 4: First Amendment-Freedom of Religion How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Day 5: First Amendment-Freedom of Religion How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Protecting Rights
Introducing the First Amendment
The Founding and Natural Rights of Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom
Launching Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Congress and the President Protect Civil Liberties
The Supreme Court Protects Civil Liberties
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 8: First Amendment-Free Speech Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 6: First Amendment-Freedom of Religion How does the First Amendment protect religious freedom?
Day 7: First Amendment-Free Speech Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 9: First Amendment-Free Speech Why is freedom of speech essential in a free society?
Day 10: First Amendment-Free Press How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Religious Liberty and the Supreme Court
Freedom of Speech
Free Speech
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
Free Press
First Amendment Principles and Jefferson's "Wall"
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Freedom of the Press
From Toleration to Liberty
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Or
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2013)
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 13: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 11: First Amendment-Free Press How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Day 12: First Amendment- Free Press How does freedom of the press contribute to a democratic society?
Day 14: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Day 15: Second Amendment How does the Second Amendment protect the individual right to bear arms?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Why Does a Free Press Matter?
New York Times Co. v. U.S. (1971)
The Second Amendment Case Studies
Second Amendment Discussion Guide
Second Amendment Legislative Action Debate
The Second Amendment
Understanding the Second Amendment
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 18: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 16: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 17: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 19: Eighth Amendment How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Day 20: Eighth Amendment How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment Sort
Fourth Amendment
Rights of the Accused Scenario Cards
Understanding Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Eighth Amendment Over Time
Supreme Court Case Organizer
Fifth Amendment
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Discussion Guide
Eighth Amendment Case Studies
Rights of the Accused Court Cases
Sixth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Or
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 23: Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 21: Ninth and Tenth Amendments How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Day 22: Ninth and Tenth Amendments How do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments protect inalienable rights and address the balance of power between federal and state governments?
Day 24: Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Day 25: Fourteenth Amendment How has the Bill of Rights been applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Supreme Court DBQ South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
Supreme Court on Personal Liberty
Substantive Due Process
Roe v Wade (1973)
Fourteenth Amendment
South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
Incorporation
Video: Roe v. Wade (1973)
Fourteenth Amendment Graphic Organizer
Infographic: Fourteenth Amendment
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 28: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 26: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 27: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 29: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Day 30: Social Movements: Justice, Equal Rights, and Equal Protection under the Law What does it mean for all individuals to be treated equally under the law, and how has this principle been interpreted throughout American history?
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
Principles and Virtues
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July- Frederick Douglass
Seneca Falls and the women's movement
Essay: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Lesson Plan: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Declaration of Sentiments
Lesson Plan: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Primary Source: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Primary Source: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Video: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Video: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Unit 7 Overview
Day By Day Cont.
Unit 7: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Day 31 Assessment
Day 32 Assessment
Principles and Virtues
Multiple Choice Questions
Free Response
Unit 7 Overview
Unit 7 Calendar