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How Gun Violence and the Supreme Court Have Shaped Second Amendment Rights

SCOTUS Comparison
Unit 3:

McDonald v. Chicago
2nd Amendment Rights
Selective Incorporation

As SCOTUS Examines School Prayer, Families Behind a Landmark Ruling Speak Out

SCOTUS Comparison
Unit 3:

Engel v. Vitale
1st Amendment
Establishment Clause

How Watergate and Citizens United Shaped Campaign Finance Law

SCOTUS Comparison
Unit 5:

Citizens United v. FEC
1st Amendment
Free Speech
Campaign finance

President v. Press: How the Pentagon Papers Leak Set Up First Amendment Showdowns

SCOTUS Comparison
Unit 3:

United States v. Nixon
1st Amendment
Free Press

Why Are Schools Still Segregated? The Broken Promise of Brown v. Board of Education

SCOTUS Comparison
Unit 3:

Brown v. Board of Education
14th Amendment
Equal Protection Clause
Segregation

Gerrymandering Tilts Political Power. Here’s How Redistricting Affects Democracy.

SCOTUS Comparison
Unit 2:

Shaw v. Reno
14th Amendment
Equal Protection Clause
Gerrymandering

Why the Supreme Court Endorsed, Then Limited Affirmative Action

SCOTUS Comparison
Unit 3:

Brown v. Board
14th Amendment
Equal Protection Clause
Affirmative Action

Forever Prison

SCOTUS Comparison
Unit 3:

Gideon v. Wainwright
6th Amendment
Due Process Clause


Why Supreme Court Nominations Have Become So Bitter

Quantitative Analysis
Unit 2:
Checks and Balances
Roles and Powers of the President
Powers of Congress

How Trump’s Red Wave Builds on the Past

Quantitative Analysis
Unit 5:
Political Parties
Congressional Elections
Realignment
Political Ideology

Enemies of the People: Trump and the Political Press

2 Quantitative Analysis Documents
Unit 5:
1st Amendment
Free Press
Agenda Setting
Role of the Media
Political Ideology


How Watergate and Citizens United Shaped Campaign Finance Law

Concept Application
Unit 5:

Citizens United v. FEC
Campaign Finance

How Activists Fought for Rights for People With Disabilities, and Made Them the Law

Concept Application
Unit 3:

Social Movements and Equal Protection Government Responses to Social Movements

Gerrymandering Tilts Political Power. Here’s How Redistricting Affects Democracy.

Concept Application
Units 2 and 5:

Congressional Behavior
Gerrymandering
Congressional Elections
Voting Behavior

Fights Over American Democracy Reach Back to the Founding Era

Concept Application
Units 1 and 3:

1st Amendment
Free Speech
Direct Democracy
Government Power and Individual Rights

Crime and Punishment: Three Strikes and You’re Out

Concept Application
Unit 3:

6th Amendment
Due Process
Rights of the Accused
Federalism

When Art Fuels Anger, Who Should Prevail?

Concept Application
Unit 3:

1st Amendment
Free Speech
Symbolic Speech
Congressional Oversight
Political Polarization
Congressional Behavior

The Cold War on TV: Joseph McCarthy vs. Edward R. Murrow

Concept Application
Unit 5:
 
1st Amendment
Free Press
Agenda Setting
Role of the Media
Political Ideology


Memes, the New Political Cartoon, Are Transforming Social Commentary

Concept Application
Unit 5:
 
Changing Media
Political Ideology
Media Bias

The Birth of the U.S. Political Convention in 1831

Concept Application
Units 1 and 5:
 
Factions
Political Parties
Party Conventions
Presidential Elections


What the Bungled Response to H.I.V. Can Teach Us About Coping With Epidemics

Argument Essay
Unit 1:

Federalism
Government Power and Individual Rights Relationship between the States and National Government