Doctor of Education, Higher Education
American Government
Topics include, but are not limited to:
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U.S. Constitution
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Federalism
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National, state, and local government
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The branches of government
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Political parties
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Interest groups
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Voting and elections
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Public opinion and the role of the media
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Political economy
Resources: Founding
James Wilson: State House Speech
George Washington Farewell Address
Resources: 19th Century
Writings of Frederick Douglass
Literature of the American Civil War
Resources: 20th Century
Online Videos
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Scott v. Sandford (1857)
The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)
Civil Rights Cases (1883)
Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Lochner v. New York (1905)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer (1952)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Katz v. United States (1967)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
New York Times v. United States (1971)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Regents of the Univ. of CA vs. Bakke (1978)
Open Source and Online Textbooks
American Government (Lenz & Holman, 2013)
21st Century American Government (Paletz)
American Government and Politics in the Information Age (Information Only)
Boundless Political Science (Information Only)
Online Resources
The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Document Collections
Polling and Research
Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Citizens United v. F.E.C. (2010)
Open Online Courses