Unit 4: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights / Public Policy
Readings:
Textbook / Wilson: Read pages 574 - 581
Green Study Guide: Read pages 141 - ; Answer questions 1 - 10 on pages 148 - 149
Read pages 153 - 167; Answer questions 1 - 15 on pages 168 - 171
Objectives:
The information on this site was created with a great deal of help from Rebecca Small who conducts a summer AP Government workshop at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA. Much of the information was adapted from that workshop.
Textbook / Wilson: Read pages 574 - 581
Green Study Guide: Read pages 141 - ; Answer questions 1 - 10 on pages 148 - 149
Read pages 153 - 167; Answer questions 1 - 15 on pages 168 - 171
Objectives:
- How has the Bill of Rights been nationalized and made applicable to the states?
- How do the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause and Establishment Clause come into conflict?
- What are some of the major cases which have affected civil liberties?
- How has the nationalization of the Bill of Rights affected individuals?
- Discuss the different ideas of ways to affect public policy? ie. incrementalism, pluralism, power elite etc.
- How does the budget come into being? What roles are played by which key figures?
- How has federalism been affected by the nationalization of the Bill of Rights?
The information on this site was created with a great deal of help from Rebecca Small who conducts a summer AP Government workshop at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA. Much of the information was adapted from that workshop.