Course Materials

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Study Guides, Notes, and Worksheets

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• Social Sciences Student Guide

• Six Factors of History (6FH)

• Socratic Seminar Discussion Sheet

• HAPPY Document Analysis

• Supreme Court Case Analysis

• Academic Literature Review

• Media Literacy Analysis

• Annotated US Constitution

 

Required Texts & Readings

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• AP American Government: Institutions & Policies 15th E.

• Federalist No. 10

• Brutus No. 1

• Federalist No. 51

• Federalist No. 70

• Federalist No. 78

• The Declaration of Independence (National Archives)

  • The Declaration of Independence (Annotated)

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution of the United States (including the Bill of Rights and Subsequent Amendments)

  • The Constitution Annotated (Congress.gov)​

• King, Martin Luther. Letter From Birmingham Jail (August 1963)

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Required Court Cases

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• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• United States v. Lopez (1995)

• Engel v. Vitale (1962)

• Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

• New York Times Company v. United States (1971)

• Schenck v. United States (1919)

• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

• Roe v. Wade (1973)

• McDonald v. Chicago 2010

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1) (1954)

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

• Baker v. Carr (1962)

• Shaw v. Reno (1993)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• *Miranda v. Arizona (1966) (not required)

 

Supplemental Readings​

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• The Princeton Review. Cracking The AP Government & Politics Exam 2019 Edition

• The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights

• The Federalist Papers

• Webster, Mary E. The Federalist Papers In Modern Language

• The Anti-Federalist Papers

• Magna Carta-British Library

• The Lanahan Readings in the American Polity (6th Edition)

  • Lanahan Reading & Discussion Questions​

• Ducat, Craig R. Constitutional Interpretation 9th Edition

• Essential Supreme Court Cases for AP Government

• 25 Landmark Supreme Court Cases

• Mansfield, Harvey. A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy

• Dahl, Robert. On Democracy

• Lakoff, George. Moral Politics:  How Liberals And Conservatives Think

• Lewis-Beck, Michael S. et al. The American Voter Revisisted

• McNair, Brian. An Introduction To Political Communication

• Mann, Thomas E. and Norman J. Ornstein. It's Even Worse Than It Looks

• Mann, Thomas E. and Norman J. Ornstein. It's Even Worse Than It Looks (summary)

• Raphael, Ray. The U.S. Constitution: Explained - Clause By Clause - For Every American Today

• Shapiro, Ian. The Moral Foundations Of Politics

• Gilens, Martin. et al. Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens

• Marshall, William P. Eleven Reasons Why Presidential Power Inevitably Expands And Why It Matters

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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." ~ Mark Twain