Sonoma Valley Adult School & Community Education
Unit 1 - Foundations of American Government
Chapter 1 Principles of Government
Chapter 2 Origins of American Government
Chapter 3 The Constitution
Chapter 4 Federalism
Unit - The Living Constitution
Unit 2 - Political Behavior
Chapter 5 Political Parties
Chapter 6 Voter and Voter Behavior
Chapter 7 The Electoral Process
Chapter 8 Mass Media and Public Opinion
Chapter 9 Interest Groups
Unit 3 - The Legislative Branch
Chapter 10 Congress
Chapter 11 Powers of Congress
Chapter 12 Congress in Action
Unit 4 - The Executive Branch
Chapter 13 The Presidency
Chapter 14 The Presidency in Action
Chapter 15 Government at Work - Bureaucracy
Chapter 16 Financing Government
Chapter 17 Foreign Policy and National Defense
Unit 5 - The Judicial Branch
Chapter 18 Federal Court System
Chapter 19 Civil Liberties - First Amendment
Chapter 20 Civil Liberties - Individual Rights
Chapter 21 Civil Liberties - Equal Justice
Unit 6 - Comparative Political & Economic Systems
Chapter 22 Comparative Political Systems
Chapter 23 Comparative Economic Systems
Unit 7 - State & Local Government
Chapter 24 Governing the States
Chapter 25 Local Government and Finance
Course Organization
This course is organized into 25 Chapters. Each chapter is comprised of Readings, Multimedia Lessons, Assignments, and a Chapter Test.
Readings
Required reading will be assigned from the textbook Magruder's American Government (2004) McClenaghan - Prentice Hall.
Multimedia Lessons
Multimedia lessons provide supplemental information to clarify important points for each chapter topic.
Assignments
Work Packs - Chapter work packs are assignments that offer guided worksheets to review main ideas and key concepts for each chapter.
Key Terms - Vocabulary practice to match key terms with correct descriptions.
The Living Constitution - Detailed study of the Constitution, Preamble, Articles, and Amendments.
Close Up Assignment-The Supreme Court - Background information and key arguments on landmark Supreme Court Cases to be used with the Supreme Court Glossary for a summary of the Court's Decision.
Web Links
The links provided are a great source of additional information on selected topics.
