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MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
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-- Part I -- CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT:
Introductory materials & ungraded information literacy exam
Read assignment for afternoon class. Read ahead if possible.
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Patterson: Declaration of Independence, pp.
A-A5 [4]
Patterson #1 American Political Culture [37]
Patterson: Constitution & Amendments #1-10,
pp. A6-A19 [14]
Patterson #2, Constitutional Democracy [38]
Slides & Handouts:
American Political
System
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Patterson: Federalist #10 & #51, pp. A28-A38
[11]
D&H #2, Constitution [12]
Patterson #3, Federalism [36]
Patterson: Constitutional Amendments #11-27, pp.
A20-A27 [7]
D&H #3, Federalism [14]
Slides & Handouts:
Madisonian Model
Const. Principles
Const. Outcomes
Federalism
Government Outlays
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-- Part II -- POLITICAL INPUTS:
Patterson #6, Public Opinion [32]
D&H #4, Public Opinion [10]
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Patterson #10, Media [28]
Patterson #9, Interest Groups [34]
D&H #9, Interest Groups [14]
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Gump #1, Constitutional Representation (read pp. 1-26,
& 213-219) [30]
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Research Methods:
Finding
Topics & Locating Sources
[College 102]
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Quiz #1: Constitutional Context [10%]
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Gump #3, "Poletown" [30]
Policy Paper Topic and
Working Bibliography Due by Noon Sunday
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MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
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9:00 a.m.
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Patterson #7, Participation & Voting [31]
D&H #5, Voting [16]
D&H #6, Political Spots [8]
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-- Part III -- CONGRESS, THE
PRESIDENT & POLICY OUTPUTS:
Patterson #11, Congress [44]
Congressional
Maze
D&H #10a, Representation [18]
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Patterson #16, Welfare & Education Policy
[36]
D&H #10b, Filibuster [11]
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Patterson #12, Presidency [45]
D&H #7, Presidential Elections [23]
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1:00 p.m.
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Video:
Classics of Political Television
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Research Methods: Improving Your
Sources
[College 102]
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Quiz #2:
Political Inputs [10%]
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Video: The
Interest Groups & the Media
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Video: The Presidency & Congress
Policy Recommendation
& Outline of Contentions Due by Noon Sunday
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MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
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9:00 a.m.
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Patterson #17, Foreign & Defense Policy [40]
D&H #11, Presidency [16]
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Patterson #13, Federal Bureaucracy [38]
D&H #12, Bureaucracy [9]
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-- Part IV -- SUPREME COURT, CIVIL
RIGHTS & CIVIL LIBERTIES:
Patterson #14, Judiciary [37]
D&H #13, Courts [29]
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NO CLASS
Policy Paper
Due @ Noon Today
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1:00 p.m.
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Gump #5, Executive Budget
[36]
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Gump #6, Legislative Budget
[26]
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Video: U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1945
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Quiz #3: Congress, the President &
Policy Outputs [10%]
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MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
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9:00 a.m.
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Patterson #4, Civil Liberties [43]
D&H #14, Civil Liberties [46]
Court History
Paths to Supreme
Court
Supreme
Court Ideological Balance
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Patterson #5, Equal Rights [42]
D&H #16, Civil Rights [50]
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COURSE EVALUATIONS
D&H #1, Democracy [31]
Quiz #4: Supreme Court, Civil Rights &
Civil Liberties [10%]
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HAVE A HAPPY
AND SAFE
BLOCK BREAK!
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1:00 p.m.
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Gump #7, Religious Freedom
[28]
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Video: U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-2007
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NO CLASS
Policy
Paper Rewrite Due
@ 5 p.m.
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MARCH 2 , 2007
