American National Government (GOVT 2305)
Instructor: Belinda Wilson
National government
Course Information
GOVT 2305 Summer 2015 (59685) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Spring 2015 (45272) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Fall 2015 (72569) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Spring 2016 (90882) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Spring 2016 (90883) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Spring 2016 (88121) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Spring -- Second 8 week term 2016 (97061) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Summer - 1st Five Weeks 2016 (14793) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Fall 2016 (14413) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Spring 2017 (14603) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Spring 2017 (14602) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Summer -- second 5-weeks 2017 (13387) Syllabus
GOVT 2305 Fall 2017 (40695) Syllabus
Course Materials
Avoid these common mistakes in your written assignments
MLA style guidelines
Who Represents Me?
Why voter ID laws are not about fraud: Frontline
Everything you've ever wanted to know about Voter ID laws
Laptops in Class -- research shows it's bad idea
A Learning Secret: Don't take notes on a laptop
Race and mass incarceration
Evidence piles up against defense of voter ID
National popular vote: reforming the Electoral College
History of "winner take all" in the Electoral College
Information about Congress from Office of the Clerk
Electoral College: Fast Facts
National popular vote
How the Deck is Stacked: Why the Middle Class Matters (short video)
Most reliable online sources for news
Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten
Donald Trump's victory was built on a coalition of white voters
BBC: Reality Check: who voted for Donald Trump
data on 2016 presidential election results
Judicial Branch powerpoint: the federal courts; summer 2017
Congress powerpoint summer 2017
The President powerpoint summer 2017
Chapter 1 intro to American politics, fall 2017
Chapter 2 power point: The Constitution, fall 2017
Chapter 3 Federalism power point, fall 2017
Study Guide for Exam I
Civil Liberties power point, fall 2017
Civil Liberties bonus assignment
Civil Rights power point fall 2017
Hernandez v. Texas
ACLU: joint statement on current state of religion in public schools
Notes on "A Class Apart"
Study Guide for Exam II, fall 2017
Interest groups power point, fall 2017
Political Parties power point, fall 2017
Voting and elections power point, fall 2017
watch video: Gunned Down: the Power of the NRA
Notes on "Gunned Down: the Power of the NRA"
Exam III, essay questions, fall 2017
Congress power point fall 2017
Super bonus point optional assignment fall 2017
The federal courts powerpoint fall 2017
The President and the Executive Branch power point; fall, 2017
Study Guide for Final Exam, fall 2017
Rubric for scoring Exam III essay test, fall 2017