POLIT 100 - American Politics

Introductory course in the fundamentals of American government and politics. Introduction to basic concepts in political science; key institutions in the American political system; major problems in U.S. foreign policy; and political issues that confront the nation and state today.

• #1 Political Philosophy and History Stuff
• #2 Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and Court Stuff
• #3 Old Stuff
• #4 ******Presidential Stuff (and Bureacracy)*******
• Writing an Essay
• Forms of Government: What's the Score?
• Forms of Government (World 101)
• Crash Course Video: Political Ideology in the US
• Crash Course Videos: The Constitution
• Crash Course Videos: Federalism
• Referendums and Initiatives
• How Recall Works in California
• Crash Course Videos: Civil Rights
• Crash Course Videos: Civil Liberties
• 10 Things to Request of Your Public Defender
• Lenny Bruce (Youtube)
• George Carlin: 7 Words You Can't Say on Television
• The Fateful Decade: The Civil Rights Movement
• 1950's Anti- Rock and Roll Propaganda
• White Citizens Council of New Orleans (pdf)
• Crash Course Videos: US Judicial System
• BallsandStrikes.org
• Roe v. Wade Draft: How the Supreme Court Decides Cases (WSJ)
• Crash Course Videos: US Political Parties and Elections
• Crash Course Videos: US Congress
• Schoolhouse Rock: How a Bill Becomes a Law
• Crash Course Videos: Presidential Power
• Crash Course Videos: Bureaucracy