Introduction to American Government and Politics
(PLSC 1320-003H)
Spring 2011

*Class News and Updates*
(updated 18 February 2011)

Items that can be downloaded from the web:

• Syllabus

• Student Contract

• Class Hand-Outs

• Individual Political Action Assignment

• First Paper Assignment  

• Second Paper Assignment  

• Third Paper Assignment  

• Additional Readings of Class Relevance
     - "Progressive Republicans," William MacKenzie, The Dallas Morning News, 31 August 2004
     - "The Coming Democratic Dominance," John B. Judis & Ruy Teixeira, The New Republic, 5 August 2002
     - "Politics and The ‘Ideopolis,’" George F. Will, Newsweek, 16 September 2002
     - FoxNews, Washington Post, 14 Oct 2003
     - "Head and Heart," Morris B. Hoffman, New York Times, 22 October 2005
     - "Bush's Leviathan State:: Power of One," Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic, 24 July 2006.

• Midsemester Study Questions

• Final Exam Study Questions

Students

• Presentation Sign-up and Schedule

• Class Seating Chart

Web Links for Class Use

• Televised Presidential Campaign Ads  (1960 to present)  

• The Federalist Papers

• NPR/PBS/National Constitution Center Series on the Presidency and the Constitution

• 2008 Presidential Election Information

The Pause that Refreshes (and still keeps the bean engaged):

• Presidential Baseball

• Supreme Court Baseball

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