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  • Units of Study
    • UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
    • Unit 2: Political Ideologies & Beliefs
    • Unit 3: Political Participation
    • Unit 4: Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
    • UNIT 5: INTERACTIONS AMONG BRANCHES
  • AP EXAM REVIEW
Unit One: Foundations of
​American Democracy
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Essential Question #1 :  How have theory, debate, and compromise influenced the United States' system of government that balances governmental power and individual rights?
Essential Question #2 :  How has federalism shaped the administration of public policy, and how do state, local, and national governments work within the federal framework today?

​LESSON # 1:
IDEALS of & TYPES
OF 
​DEMOCRACY
Lesson 1 Slide Lecture
Lesson 1 Workbook Pages
​Lesson 1 Videos:​​
  • Is America Really a Democracy (3:21)
  • Khan Academy: Theories of Democracy (9:14)​
  • What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence (3:38)
Lesson 1 Supplemental Readings:
  • Types of Democracy
  • Why Government 
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Lesson # 2:
CHALLENGES OF THE
​ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
Lesson 2 Slide Lecture
Lesson 2 Workbook Pages
​Lesson 2 Videos:
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  • Hip Hughes Articles of Confederation (14:28)
  • Hip Hughes: ​Shay's Rebellion (6:53)
  • The Articles and Constitutional Compromises (8:56)
  • The Constitutional Convention (18:11)
  • Impact of Compromises on us today (8:25)
LESSON # 3:
FEDERALISTS
V.
​ANTI-FEDERALISTS
​Lesson 3 Slide Lecture
Lesson 3 Workbook Pages
​Lesson 3 Videos:
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  • Federalists v. Anti-Federalists (4:13)
  • Brutus 1 (8:54)
  • Federalist #10 (7:28)
  • Federalism:  (4:40)
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LESSON # 4:
AMENDING THE
​CONSTITUTION
Lesson 4 Slide Lecture
Lesson 4 Workbook Pages
​Lesson 4 Videos:
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  • Amendment Procedures Explained  (6:40)
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LESSON # 5:
PRINCIPLES OF 
AMERICAN
​GOVERNMENT
Lesson 5 Slide Lecture
Lesson 5 Workbook Pages
​Lesson 5 Videos:​
  • How Power is Divided in the US Government (3:49)
  • Separation of Powers / Checks & Balances (8:30)
  • Federalist #51 (7:10)
  • Midnight Appointments: Marbury v. Madison (9:00)
Lesson 5 Supplemental Readings:
  • The Structure of Government​
LESSON # 6:
FEDERAL V. STATE POWERS &
​INTERPRETATIONS OF FEDERALISM
Lesson 6 Slide Lecture
Lesson 6 Workbook Pages
Lesson 6
 Videos:​
  • The Supremacy Clause (4:01)
  • ​​McCulloch v. Maryland (6:40)
  • U.S. v. Lopez (4:48)
  • Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)  (5:29)
  • Federalism and Powers of Government (12:32)
  • Heart of Atlanta Motel  v. U.S. (1964) (4:53)
  • Khan Academy: U.S. v. Lopez (4:58)​​
  • Gonzalez v. Raich (2005) (5:06)
Lesson 6 Supplemental Readings:
  • Commerce Clause
LESSON # 7
Federalism
​
Lesson 7 Slide Lecture
Lesson 7 Workbook Pages
​Lesson 7 Videos:​
  • Federalism (9:14)
  • Does the Federal Gov. Have Too Much Power? (4:45)
  • Federalism for Dummies (27:17)
  • Fiscal Federalism  (3:04)
whole unit 
​materials

Unit 1  Study Guide
Unit 1 Complete Slide Lecture
Unit 1 Complete Workbook
unit
​practice
Khan Academy: Unit One
​Vocabulary Quizlets:
​​# 1
#2
#3
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  • Home
  • Units of Study
    • UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
    • Unit 2: Political Ideologies & Beliefs
    • Unit 3: Political Participation
    • Unit 4: Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
    • UNIT 5: INTERACTIONS AMONG BRANCHES
  • AP EXAM REVIEW