Unit
Pages
These will likely be reorganized during the year,
but for now use these existing pages.
Unit I:
Constitutional Underpinnings and the Legislative Branch
Unit II:
The Executive and Judicial Branches
Unit III: Civil
Rights and the Judicial Branch
Unit
IV: Political Parties, Mass
Media, and Public Policy
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Helpful
Resources
Econ Quiz I Reviews: PPT
or Text
Course
Outline (You need to review this with your parents by 8/29)
Please remember that all class grades are
available on Zangle - so stop in the office to get your password and
login if you haven't already done so.
Election Resources:
GlassBooth.org
is a
great online survey site regarding upcoming elections
Click
Here
for
Online
Voter
Registration
The
ABC-CLIO
Election
Database is a great source of information for
those trying to understand the issues, as well as a great place to find
information on elections throughout history.
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Current
Events
Resources:
EBSCOhost
is a
great resource brought to you by the Lancer Library. E-Mail me if
you need the username and password.
Newspapers: Washington
Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times ,
and Christian
Science Monitor; for state issues check out the Sacramento Bee, for local issues the
Ventura County
Star
Magazines: U.S.
News
and
World
Report , The Economist,
Time, and Newsweek
Economic News: CNNfn
, Bloomberg, Google
Business News, the NASDAQ
, or the New York Stock Exchange . |
Government Resources:
The U.S. Senate
The official site
of the senate with links to pages for each of its members.
Click here for Senator
Boxer's Page and here for Senator
Feinstein's
Page
The
Supreme
Court The
official site of the Supreme Court. Click here
for a collection of important court decisions.
The U.S. House of
Representatives
The official site of the house with links to pages for each of its
members.
Click here for Representative
Brownley's
Page,
The White House
The official
site for the President and the rest of the executive branch.
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Important government departments, such as:
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Other Class
Links
e-mail Dr. Swanson
kristerswanson@conejousd.org
AP Government
Course Outline from the College Board
Current Event
Assignment Sheet
Essay Comments Key
Presidential
Campaign Project
Your Supreme
Court Justice
Swanson's Golden
Rules for PPT
Local Government
Proposal
Comparative
Governments Project
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