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Textbook Chapters

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Civics: Participating in Government : Chapters 4-10

Civics: Participating in Government: Chapters 11-12, 21-22

Civics: Participating in Government: Chapters 18-20, 22

Civics: Participating in Government: Chapters 13-14, 16, 24-26

Themes

Civitas and The Ancient Origin of Laws

Historical and Modern Law in the United States

Voting and the Electoral Process /

State and Federal Power Sharing

Social Problems / Contemporary American Politics

Foreign Policy, Economics and Current Events

Topics

“States of nature”

The origins of law

The Birth of Democracy and Popular Law

What makes a good law?

Is it ever ok to break the law?

Civil disobedience

Constitutionalism

Popular Sovereignty

Federalism

The Constitution,

The Bill of Rights

The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Debates

Social Movements

Voting

Elections

Political Parties

Limited Powers

Checks and Balances

Federal vs. State

Poverty

Racism

Power in American Society

Crime

American Legal System

Diplomacy

Foreign Relations

The U.N.

Function of the CIA

The War on Terrorism

Local and National Economics

Current Events, as relevant

Other

Books

The Code of Hammurabi

Locke’s Second Treatise on Government

Plato’s Crito

Plato’s Republic

Cicero’s On the Laws

Cicero’s On the Republic

The Constitution

The Bill of Rights

Selected Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers

The 13 th, 14 th , 15 th and 19 th Amendments

The Civil Rights Act

The Constitution

Washington’s Farewell

Various Supreme Court Docs

Case Analysis

The U.N. Charter

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The ONE Charter

Speeches of President Bush

Economic Analysis

Diplomacy

Coached Projects

Hammurabi’s Code Poster Presentations

The Origins of Law essay

Just vs. Unjust Citizen Analysis

My Proposal for the 28 th Amendment

Current Election Project

Letters to Senator Dodd/Lieberman: Electoral Action on Contemporary Issues

“America’s Role in the World”: Formal Researched Debate

Seminars

The Code of Hammurabi: Epilogue

Plato’s Republic: Section on Justice

James Madison: On Checks and Balances

Patrick Henry: From The Federalist Papers

Current Election Seminar Text

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Thomas Friedman: The Lexus and the Olive Tree