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Topic 88: US Supreme Court & public policy
LIST OF LESSONS IN THIS RESOURCE
Lesson 88abcd: What impact has the Supreme Court had on public policy and how effectively has it protected rights?
88a: 1st Amendment
88b: 2nd Amendment, Obamacare, presidential orders
88c: 4th Amendment, 5th Amendment, 8th Amendment
88d: Abortion, Same-sex rights
Further to the 125 lessons I have created for the UK Politics components of the Edexcel A Level and the 50 lessons for the Political Ideas element of the course (Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, Feminism), I have created 104 lessons for the US and Comparative Politics element (Paper 3A). These lessons, designed to be taught over four terms (with spare time for mock exams) include:
LIST OF MATERIALS IN THE FULL 104 LESSONS ACROSS TOPIC BUNDLES
- A mastery-based approach dividing the course up into modules and components;
- Between 3 and 4 homeworks set per week;
- 15 assessment opportunities;
- 39 short knowledge tests, one at the end of each component (the aim of a mastery approach is to use these component knowledge tests to ascertain whether a high enough proportion of your students have ‘mastered’ the content (about 80% correct) before moving on);
- Further reading integrated (although you will need to purchase the relevant books yourself).
The core textbook for students to use is US Government and Politics (2021) by Anthony J. Bennett, David Tuck and Simon Lemieux. I recommend buying enough for all students.
Further reading homeworks make use of the following books (all easily found on Amazon):
Robert S. Singh, ‘In Defence of the United States Constitution’
US Politics Annual Update 2021 (also used in a lesson)
Developments in American Politics, 8th Edition
US Politics Annual Update 2017 (also used in a lesson)
US Politics Annual Update 2015
Knock Down the House (a 2019 documentary film)
The Presidency of Barack Obama, edited by Julian E. Zelizer
Barack Obama, ‘A Promised Land’
Robert A. Dahl, ‘How Democratic is the American Constitution?’
US Politics Annual Update 2019
US Politics Annual Update 2018
US Politics Annual Update 2020
Chris Whipple, ‘The Gatekeepers’
A very small number of tasks make reference to Politics Review articles, and so it would be useful to buy the back catalogue of this absolutely fantastic magazine. However, if you cannot afford this you can just skip these tasks.
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