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CIVICS-American History- Principles of Government

The following are going to be basic Unit notes.  Throughout the semester I will be adding to each Unit.

1.1_-_What_is_Civics

Unit_1_Packet

Unit_I_Citizenship_Part_1_and_2__PowerPoint

1.2_-_Rights_of_Citizens

Effective Citizenship leads to Active Citizenship

1.3_-_Types_of_Government

Types of Government

Who Rules

The Government and the People (1)

Goal 1 HERITAGE CIVICS

Philosophical Ideas (1)

1.4_-_Beginnings_of_America

1.5_-_Colonial_Life

1.6_-_British_Influence

1.7_-_Stirrings_of_Rebellion

1.8_-_Independence_Declared

1.9_-_War_and_the_Articles_of_Confederation

01_-_Articles_of_Confederation

Enlightenment_and_Early_Governme

Constitutional compromise

2.1_-_Constitutional_Convention

Part 1 federalism

Part 2 federalism

Unit_4_Part_I_The_Legislative_Branch (1)

gerrymandering

executive Branch

PoliticalParties/Elections Voting and elections

RolesofPoliticalParties

LiberalsvsConservative

spotting media bias

Judicial_Branch

Supreme Court

UNIT 4 REVIEW NOTES (PPTPDFPRINT)
UNIT 4 VOCAB (CH. 5CH. 6CH. 9)
UNIT 4 REVIEW GUIDE 
UNIT 4 WHAT I SHOULD KNOW

ALL IN ONE (DOWNLOAD TO YOUR PHONE):
UNIT 4 QUICK NOTES
UNIT 4 WORKBOOK

 


 

LESSON 20 - EVOLUTION OF INTEREST GROUPS
Notes

PAGES 136-148

Workbook

PAGE 38 - INTEREST GROUPS PAST AND PRESENT

PAGE 39 - TYPES OF INTEREST GROUPS

Quick Notes

INTEREST GROUPS PAST AND PRESENT

TYPES OF INTEREST GROUPS

STRUCTURE OF OUR GOVERNMENT: PEOPLE >> LINKAGE >> POLICY

Reading

EMILY'S LIST - MISSION & VISION

NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE - MISSION

Videos

INTEREST GROUPS CRASH COURSE (8:12)

INTEREST GROUPS FORMATION (8:56)

LINKAGE INSTITUTIONS (5:13)

TOP 5 MUST KNOW TERMS FOR LESSON 20
 
  1. LINKAGE INSTITUTIONS
  2. FACTIONS
  3. INTEREST GROUP
  4. POLICY AGENDA
  5. PUBLIC POLICY​

 

 


 

LESSON 21 - POWER OF INTEREST GROUPS
Notes

PAGES 149-157

Workbook

PAGE 40 - CHARACTERISTICS AND POWER OF INTEREST GROUPS

PAGE 41 - THE INFLUENCE OF LOBBYISTS

Quick Notes

CHARACTERISTICS AND POWER OF INTEREST GROUPS

THE INFLUENCE OF LOBBYISTS

Readings

IRON TRIANGLES

ELIMINATING THE PENNY: THE CASE FOR COMMON CENTS

WHAT DO LOBBYISTS DO?

POWER IN NUMBERS: LOBBYISTS HAVE CONGRESS COVERED

WHEN A CONGRESSMAN BECOMES A LOBBYIST, HE GETS A 1,452 PERCENT RAISE (ON AVERAGE)

Videos

FIVE CRAZY FACTS ABOUT LOBBYISTS - FOLLOW THE MONEY (7:28)​

WHY IS THE NRA SO POWERFUL? (3:42)

BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS OF WASHINGTON LOBBYISTS (9:40)

WHAT IS LOBBYING AND CAN IT BE GOOD? (3:00)

WHEN DOES LOBBYING BECOME BRIBERY? (2:57)

HOW IT HAPPENS: LOBBYISTS (2:41)

JACK ABRAMOFF: THE LOBBYIST'S PLAYBOOK (14:53)

IN IT TO WIN: THE JACK ABRAMOFF STORY (24:37)

CORRUPTION IS LEGAL IN AMERICA (5:50)

FIVE MINUTES OF KNOWLEDGE: LOBBYING I (5:50)

FIVE MINUTES OF KNOWLEDGE: LOBBYING II (5:35)

​REVOLVING DOOR (1:40) 

TOP 5 MUST KNOW TERMS FOR LESSON 21

FREE RIDER

AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS

ELECTIONEERING

LOBBYISTS

REVOLVING DOOR

IRON TRIANGLE​

 


 

​​LESSON 22 - MONEY AND POLITICS
Notes

PAGES 157-168

Workbook

PAGE 42 - MONEY AND POLITICS

Quick Notes

MONEY IN U.S. ELECTIONS

RESISTING REFORM

MONEY AND POLITICS

Readings

CAMPAIGN FINANCE GRAPHIC

STEPHEN COLBERT AND PACS

​​TRACKING CAMPAIGN MONEY: A GUIDE

DARK MONEY FLOODS U.S. ELECTIONS

DARK MONEY ALCHEMY

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SUPER PACS AND DARK MONEY

WHEN SUPER PACS ATTACK​

FROM $25 TO $10,000,000: A GUIDE TO POLITICAL DONATIONS

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATION

NINE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SUPER PACS

PUT YOUR CASH TO WORK IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A DONOR'S GUIDE  

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SUPER PACS AND DARK MONEY

WHAT IS A SUPER PAC?

WHAT IS A 501(c)(4), ANYWAY?

NON-PROFITS TO RUN WILD WITH CAMPAIGN SPENDING

TRACKING CAMPAIGN MONEY - A GUIDE

TOP 5 MUST KNOW TERMS FOR LESSON 22

HARD MONEY

SOFT MONEY

PACS

SUPER PACS

INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES

ISSUE ADVOCACY

BUCKLEY v. VALEO

CITIZENS UNITED v. F.E.C.


Videos

BUCKLEY v. VALEO (1:33)

MONEY IN POLITICS (3:53)

THE RISE OF ANONYMOUS POLITICAL GIVING (3:33)

PACS (1:39)

PACS AND SUPER PACS (5:38)

OH, SUPER PACS! (3:06)

THE AMAZING MORPHING CAMPAIGN MONEY MAP (1:46)

ELECTION COMMERCIALS - LIVING ROOM CANDIDATE 

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND CITIZENS UNITED (15:01)

THE STORY OF CITIZENS UNITED (8:50)

WHAT YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT CITIZENS UNITED (4:24)

IS MONEY SPEECH? (1:18)

ARE SUPER PACS GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY? (5:16)

THE RISE OF ANONYMOUS POLITICAL GIVING (3:33)

STEPHEN COLBERT'S SUPER PAC LESSONS (2:46)

​COLBERT AND HIS COLBERT SUPER PAC (6:10)

SUPER PACS - WHAT ARE THEY? (1:55)

MONEY IS SPEECH: HISTORY OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE (3:14)

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM CORRUPTS (5:43)

DARK MONEY (4:44)

 


 

LESSON 23 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES
Notes

PAGES 172-187

Workbook

PAGE 43 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL PARTIES

PAGE 44 - DEALIGNMENT, REALIGNMENT, AND CRITICAL ELECTIONS

PAGE 45 - MINOR (THIRD) PARTIES

Quick Notes

INTRO TO POLITICAL PARTIES

DEALIGNMENT, REALIGNMENT, AND CRITICAL ELECTIONS

POLITICAL PARTIES AND THEIR ORGANIZATION

MINOR (THIRD) PARTIES

Reading

WHAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE DISAGREED ON, FROM 1856 TO TODAY

HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN U.S.

Video

POLITICAL REALIGNMENT FOR DUMMIES (7:15)

PARTY SYSTEMS (10:47)

PARTY POLARIZATION OF CONGRESS (1:24)

 


 

LESSON 24 - AMERICAN PARTIES TODAY
Notes

PAGES 187-200

Workbook

PAGE 46 - AMERICAN PARTIES TODAY

PAGE 47 - THE NOMINATION PROCESS

Quick Notes

AMERICAN PARTIES TODAY

PARTY REFORM

THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES

Reading

PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PROCESS

CLOSED PRIMARY FLYER

Video

POLITICAL PARTY CONVENTIONS EXPLAINED (3:23)

POLITICAL POWER: PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS & PACs (7:38)

PARTY IDENTIFICATION (10:49)

 


 

LESSON 25 - THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIA
Notes

PAGES 280-295

Workbook

PAGE 48 - THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIA

PAGE 49 - THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION

Quick Notes

THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIA

THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION

Reading

CAN THE MEDIA INFLUENCE VOTING BEHAVIOR OF LEGISLATORS?

HERE'S HOW LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE MAJOR NEWS SOURCES REALLY ARE

Video

MEDIA EFFECTS (2:59)

HOW FUNNY MAN JON STEWART BECAME A SERIOUS INFLUENCE (8:07)

NEW MEDIA'S INFLUENCE ON PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS (2:02)

 


 

LESSON 26 - THE MEDIA AND POLITICS
Notes

PAGES 296-308

Workbook

PAGE 50 - THE MEDIA AND ELECTIONS

Quick Notes

THE MEDIA AND ELECTIONS

Videos/Reading

MEDIA INSTITUTION CRASH COURSE (8:44)

 


 

UNIT 4 EXTRAS

POLITICAL PARTIES IN AMERICA

POLITICAL PARTIES QUIZ 1

POLITICAL PARTIES QUIZ 2