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JandaWeb links: |
Reading Timetable: Janda
Website; US politics.
HC Students' outline links below are to the chapters of the Full (not Brief) edition. |
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| Week 1 | First session:
Janda 1 |
Explanation of course, check student info.
Dilemmas of Democracy |
| Web fun: |
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| Web fun:
Web fun: |
Online
Political Quotes Game (Wadsworth)
Beloit College's mindset of freshmen: what did YOU grow up with? |
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| Janda 2 | Constitution | |
| Web fun:
Web fun: |
JusticeLearning.org
[notes] explains US constitution
& justice issues
http://www.constitutionday.us/ has useful links. Cornell.edu also has a fine, more advanced, US constitution site. |
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| Week2 | Janda 3 | Federalism |
| Janda 4 | Public Opinion and Political Socialization | Media | |
| Web fun: | Political Compass: plots your ideological position from a quiz; explanation of the two dimensions of political thinking [local file]. (More sophisticated than Idealog). | |
| Web fun:
Web fun:
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Note: Don't believe email hoaxes.
I
suspected one, googled, & found:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/tyler.asp Here's another frequent hoax -- Ollie North himself has disavowed the claims: http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.asp Steven Taylor (Troy U) PoliBlogger.com |
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| Week 3 | TEST | one-paragraph identifications of key concepts, pus possible one page essay. |
| Janda 5 | Participation and Voting | |
| Web, Polls | http://www.electoral-vote.com/states/alabama.html
http://www.electoral-vote.com/ US map by poll data |
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| Janda 6 | Political Parties, Campaigns & Elections
Notes to: Political Parties | Nominations, Elections and Campaigns |
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| Web fun: | JibJab election 'Toons. | |
| Week 4 | Janda 7 | Interest Groups |
| Janda 8 | Congress | |
| Janda 9 | The Presidency | |
| Week 5 | Homework | Set Essay: 2 pages, single spaced based on course material, DUE Sunday evening via email attachment. Questions for this term will appear on web at least a week before. |
| Web fun: | The Four Parachutes joke [PPS] (no comment intended!) | |
| Janda 10 | The Bureaucracy | Lecture | |
| Janda 11 | The Courts | |
| web pages | Oyez: Supreme Court Cases | Docket. | |
| essay exam | Comprehensive:
one-paragraph identifications of key concepts, pus one page essay. |
