syllabus_readings

Syllabus & Readings

 * December 19th**: Arab Israeli Conflict



[|Online test of Party affiliation] [|Online test of Candidate affiliation] [|YouTube Debates Page]
 * November 27-December 6 [[file:SSScheduleUnit3pt1.pdf]]**

[|The Daily Show Supreme Court Study]
 * November 12-November 20 [[file:SrSeminarSchedule1112_1120.pdf]]**

Link to the Cabinet: http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html Readings: The Presidency as Moral Leadership, by Eric Goldman
 * November 5-November 9** [[file:SrSeminarUnit2115.pdf]]

October 29-November 2 [[file:SrSeminar1029.pdf]]
Readings

Readings
 * October 22-25** [[file:SrSemUnit2_Week1.pdf]]
 * October 22: Find your congressman [|http://www.house.gov]
 * October 23: How a bill becomes a law http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_02.php
 * October 25: Beschloss on The Presidency[[file:BeschlossPresidency.pdf]]

Readings
 * October 15-18** [[file:SrSem10-15_10-18.pdf]]
 * October 16: Larry Sabato/23 Proposals to Revitalize the Constitution http://amoreperfectconstitution.com/23_proposals.htm

Readings
 * October 1-12** [[file:SrSem10_1-10_12.pdf]]
 * October 1: Economic Provisions of the Constitution [[file:EconProvisionsConstitution.pdf]]
 * October 2: Read the Bill of Rights. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billeng.htm
 * October 3: Freedom of Speech http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freedom-speech/#1

Readings > Hobbes: http://www.bris.ac.uk/philosophy/current/undergrad/unitdesc/yr1/0506/soccontracttheory/lecture1.html > Locke: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/philosophy/department/events/lockeworks.html
 * September 24-27** [[file:SrSemWeek5.pdf]]
 * September 24:
 * September 25: Constitutional Convention overview at http://www.jmu.edu/madison/gpos225-madison2/adopt.htm
 * September 26: Constitution at http://www.jmu.edu/madison/gpos225-madison2/constitution.html
 * September 27: Read p. 5 excerpts from //The Wealth of Nations// http://www.powellcenter.org/uploads/spring05/virtue.pdf

Readings
 * September 17-20** [[file:SrSemWeek4.pdf]]
 * September 17: [[file:DeTocquevilleExcerpt.pdf]]
 * September 18 and 19: [[file:EconSystemsStudentHandoutsWeek4.pdf]]
 * September 20: [[file:Aristotle.pdf]]

Readings
 * September 10-14** [[file:SrSeminarWeek3.pdf]]
 * September 10: Rawls on Justice [|http://www.wku.edu/~jan.garrett/ethics/johnrawl.htm]
 * September 11: definitions http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/1polisci.html
 * September 12: Four Freedoms Speech http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/ralph/workbook/ralprs36b.htm

Readings > http://www.globalethics.org/resources/pdf/excerpt_tc_first_chapter.pdf
 * September 4-6** [[file:middle east.ppt]][[file:middle east.ppt]][| SrSeminarWeek2_Rev.pdf]
 * September 4: Keystone Economic Principles from the Powell Center http://powellcenter.org/keystone/keystone.pdf
 * September 5: Wikipedia article on Bob Woodward http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Woodward
 * September 6: Rushworth Kidder. How Good People Make Tough Choices, chapter 1

[|SrSeminarstudentsyllabus.pdf](including the week of August 28-30) Readings
 * August 29: Wikipedia article on politics—http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics