Advanced Placement®

AP® U.S. Government and Politics

Course materials required. See 'Course Materials' below.

AP U.S. Government and Politics studies the operations and structure of the U.S. government and the behavior of the electorate andpoliticians. Students will gain the analytic perspective necessary to critically evaluate political data, hypotheses, concepts, opinions,and processes. Along the way, they'll learn how to gather data about political behavior and develop their own theoretical analysis ofAmerican politics. They'll also build the skills they need to examine general propositions about government and politics, and toanalyze the specific relationships between political, social, and economic institutions. The equivalent of an introductory college-levelcourse, AP U.S. Government and Politics prepares students for the AP exam and for further study in political science, law, education,business, and history.

This course has been authorized by the College Board® to use the AP designation.

*Advanced Placement® and AP® are registered trademarks and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in theproduction of, and does not endorse this product.Length: One semester

UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENTLesson 1: Politics in a DemocracyLesson 2: Constitutional FoundationsLesson 3: FederalismLesson 4: Wrap-Up

UNIT 2: POLITICAL BELIEFS AND ATTITUDESLesson 1: Political CultureLesson 2: Public Opinion in AmericaLesson 3: Wrap-Up

UNIT 3: POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS, INTEREST GROUPS, AND THE MEDIALesson 1: Political PartiesLesson 2: Campaigns and ElectionsLesson 3: Interest GroupsLesson 4: The MediaLesson 5: Wrap-Up

UNIT 4: INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENTLesson 1: CongressLesson 2: The PresidencyLesson 3: The BureaucracyLesson 4: The CourtsLesson 5: Checks and BalancesLesson 6: Wrap-Up

UNIT 5: CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTSLesson 1: Civil LibertiesLesson 2: Civil RightsLesson 3: Wrap-Up

UNIT 6: PUBLIC POLICY IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

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Lesson 1: Domestic PolicyLesson 2: Foreign and Defense PoliciesLesson 3: Wrap-Up

UNIT 7: PREPARING FOR THE AP EXAMLesson 1: Review and ExamLesson 2: Final Course Exam

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