UNIT 1:  FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENSHIP

                

               *  Principles of Government:  Chapter 1

               *  Origins of American Government:  Chapter 2

               *  The Constitution and Bill of Rights:  Chapters 3 and 4 (The Constitution) and Chapters 19 and 20 (The Bill of Rights)

 

UNIT 2:  POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS

 

               *  Ideology and the Political Continuum:  Chapter 23

               *  Political Parties:  Chapter 5

               *  Voting and Elections:  Chapters 6 and 7

               *  Public Opinion and Mass Media:  Chapter 8

 

UNIT 3:  THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

 

               *  The structure, powers, and function of Congress:  Chapters 10, 11, and 12

               *  Interest Groups and their influence on the legislative process:  Chapter 9

 

UNIT 4:  THE PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

 

               *  The Presidency:  Chapters 13 and 14

               *  Exercising Executive Power:  Issuing Executive Orders and choosing to not enforce the law

               *  The Bureaucracy:  Chapter 15

               *  Taxing and spending policies:  Chapter 16

               *  Foreign Policy:  Chapter 17

 

UNIT 5:  THE JUDICIAL BRANCH AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS

 

               *  The Federal Court System:  Chapter 18 

 

UNIT 6:  STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

   

               *  State Government:  Chapter 24

               *  Local Government:  Chapter 25