American National Government (GOVT 2305)

Instructor: Belinda Wilson

National government

Course Information

Course Materials

File Avoid these common mistakes in your written assignments Link MLA style guidelines Link Who Represents Me? Link Why voter ID laws are not about fraud: Frontline Link Everything you've ever wanted to know about Voter ID laws Link Laptops in Class -- research shows it's bad idea Link A Learning Secret: Don't take notes on a laptop Link Race and mass incarceration Link Evidence piles up against defense of voter ID Link National popular vote: reforming the Electoral College Link History of "winner take all" in the Electoral College Link Information about Congress from Office of the Clerk Link Electoral College: Fast Facts Link National popular vote Link How the Deck is Stacked: Why the Middle Class Matters (short video) Link Most reliable online sources for news Link Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten Link Donald Trump's victory was built on a coalition of white voters Link BBC: Reality Check: who voted for Donald Trump File data on 2016 presidential election results File Judicial Branch powerpoint: the federal courts; summer 2017 File Congress powerpoint summer 2017 File The President powerpoint summer 2017 File Chapter 1 intro to American politics, fall 2017 File Chapter 2 power point: The Constitution, fall 2017 File Chapter 3 Federalism power point, fall 2017 File Study Guide for Exam I File Civil Liberties power point, fall 2017 File Civil Liberties bonus assignment File Civil Rights power point fall 2017 Link Hernandez v. Texas Link ACLU: joint statement on current state of religion in public schools File Notes on "A Class Apart" File Study Guide for Exam II, fall 2017 File Interest groups power point, fall 2017 File Political Parties power point, fall 2017 File Voting and elections power point, fall 2017 Link watch video: Gunned Down: the Power of the NRA File Notes on "Gunned Down: the Power of the NRA" File Exam III, essay questions, fall 2017 File Congress power point fall 2017 File Super bonus point optional assignment fall 2017 File The federal courts powerpoint fall 2017 File The President and the Executive Branch power point; fall, 2017 File Study Guide for Final Exam, fall 2017 File Rubric for scoring Exam III essay test, fall 2017