SYLLABUS
| 1a-fsu_course_description-fall_18-19.doc |
WHY CELLPHONE USE IS PROHIBITED IN THIS CLASS
| 1-surrounded_by_digital_distractions_we_cant_even_stop_to_think.doc |
| 2-sean_parker_says_facebook_was_designed_to_be_addictive.doc |
| 3-this_simple_solution_to_smartphone_addiction_is_now_used_in_over_600_u.doc |
| 4-blame_social_media_for_making_us_more_hasty_and_emotional._can_we_fix_this.doc |
| 5-cellphones_in_classrooms_contribute_to_failing_grades.doc |
| 6-cell_phone___device_addiction.ppt |
THIS IS COLLEGE
| 1-this_is_college___interest_inventory.doc |
| 2-want_to_survive_your_freshman_year_these_college_sophomores_can_help.doc |
| 3-sink_or_swim.pdf |
READING, THINKING & DISCUSSING
| 1-content_area_reading.doc |
| 1a-cornell_notes.pdf |
| 2-blooms___hots_ho.pdf |
| 3-guidelines_for_a_socratic_seminar.doc |
| 4-socratic_seminar_ground_rules___question_starters.pdf |
| 5-ground_rules_for_controversial___discussionsclass_debate_rubric.doc |
| 6-class_discussion___debate_rubric.doc |
| 7-college_ready_critical_thinking_curiosity_matter.doc |
| 8-critical_thinking_template.doc |
Eleven things I wish I knew going to college
http://www.today.com/parents/11-things-i-wish-i-knew-going-college-1D80098788
Learning Styles Inventory
http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml
POLITICS IS EVERYWHERE
| 1a-wizard_of_oz.pdf |
| 1-6_big_changes_to_michigans_proposed_social_studies_standards.doc |
| 2-proposed_social_studies_standards_eliminate_climate_change_mention_scale_back_kkk_references.doc |
| 3-history_gets_a_conservative_twist_in_michigan_social_studies_standards.doc |
| 4-michigan_sen._patrick_colbeck_attacks_‘inaccurate’_reporting_on_social_studies_role.doc |
| 5-michigan_sen._patrick_colbeck_‘there_is_a_culture_war_going_on’.doc |
| 6-michigan_sen._david_knezek_social_studies_changes_are_‘mind-numbing’.doc |
| 7-michigan_social_studies_controversy_as_politics_is_everywhere.doc |
AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE & VALUES & CIVILITY
| 1-george_washington’s_lessons_and_the_future_of_political_civility.doc |
| 2-rules_for_respectful_political_discourse.doc |
| 3-when_you_ask_americans_specific_questions_about_the_policies_they_support_it_turns_out_were_not_so_polarized_after_all..doc |
| 4-civility_is_for_chumps_in_defense_of_anger.doc |
| 5-if_progress_is_goal_citizens_must_break_out_of_echo_chambers.doc |
| 6-the_primeval_tribalism_of_american_politics.doc |
| 7-what_unites_us.doc |
| 8-american_political_culture___values___civility-rubric.doc |
| 9-politics___civility_podcast___video_rubric.doc |
| identifying_political_beliefs.doc |
SYSTEMS THEORY SEQUENCE
| 1a-systems_diagram.doc |
| 1-michigan_residents_to_lansing__we_don’t_trust_you_to_do_the_basics.doc |
| 2-nearly_half_of_the_money_behind_michigan’s_top_independent_spenders_flowed_from_just_12_sources.doc |
| 3-whats_the_voters_problem_thats_a_lot_harder_to_determine_than_you_might_suspect.doc |
| 4-michigan_earns_‘f’_for_transparency_while_legislature_helps_it_stay_there.doc |
| 5-whats_behind_state_government_curtain_we_should_demand_to_know.doc |
| 6-the_five_minute_fix.doc |
| 7-michigan_is_the_dark_money_capital_of_american_politics.doc |
| 8-this_is_the_best_explanation_of_gerrymandering.doc |
| 9-distracted_and_non_unified_culture..doc |
| 10-systems_theory_rubric.doc |
TRUMP & THE RUST BELT
| 1-why_do_the_voters_rage.doc |
| 2-michigan_tops_nation_in_shrinking_middle_class.doc |
| 3-donald_trump’s_promise_of_bringing_back_jobs_worked_with_many_michigan_voters.doc |
| 4-this_ohio_town_voted_for_obama_by_huge_margins__then_it_flipped_to_trump.doc |
| 5-donald_trump_will_be_president_thanks_to_80000_people_in_three_states.doc |
| 6-what_rust_belt_voters_expect_from_donald_trump.doc |
| 7-majority_of_americans_feel_forgotten_by_government.doc |
| 8-the_american_dream_is_fading_faster_in_michigan.doc |
| trump___the_rust_belt_rubric.doc |
| divided_states_of_america_themes_paper.doc |
| divided_states_of_america_online_video.doc |
POWER
| power_questions__types.pdf |
FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT & LAW
| 1-functions_of_government__law.pdf |
| 2-law_characteristics.doc |
| 3-gift_of_an_orange.pdf |
PRE-CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD & CONSTITUTION
| 1-colonial_unity_andor_disintegration_with_england_assignment.doc |
| 2-shays_rebellion_a_massachusetts_farmers_account.doc |
| 3-thomas_jefferson_on_shays_rebellion_original.docx |
| 4a-federalist_no_1_excerpts_annotated_proof_3.pdf |
| 4b-anti-federalist-elesson-brutus-no-1.pdf |
| 5-would_you_have_been_a_federalist_or_an_anti-federalist.doc |
| 6-constitutional_impressions.doc |
| 7-constitution_notes.doc |
FEDERALISM
SAME SEX MARRIAGE & FEDERALISM
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| 18-will_of_the_majority_doesn’t_trump_the_constitution.doc |
| 19-nurses_take_michigan_gay_marriage_case_to_high_court.doc |
| 20-what_mich._gay_marriage_advocates_told_supreme_court.doc |
| 21-4_reasons_supreme_court_asked_to_review_michigan_gay_marriage_case.doc |
| 22-schuette_to_high_court_let_voters_decide_on_gay_marriage.doc |
| 23-judge_michigan_must_recognize_marriages_of_same-sex_who_wed_on_day_it_was_legal.doc |
| 24-gay_marriage_ruling_moves_michigan_forward.doc |
| 25-both_sides_in_michigan_gay_marriage_debate_ready_for_'historic_moment'_in_supreme_court_review.doc |
| 26-michigan_same-sex_marriage_plaintiffs_'we're_in_awe'.doc |
| 27-scotus_to_consider_gay_marriage_issue_for_michigan,_nation.doc |
| 28-three-year_fight_over_michigan_gay_marriage_ban_heads_to_supreme_court.doc |
| 29-end_near_for_michigan's_gay_marriage_ban.doc |
| 30-schuette_why_i_fight_for_michigan's_gay_marriage_ban.doc |
| 31-no_love_between_sides_in_michigan_gay_marriage_debate.doc |
| 32-roy_moore_channels_george_wallace_in_stand_against_marriage_equality.doc |
| 33-supreme_court_action_in_alabama_gay_marriage_may_offer_clue_on_upcoming_michigan_ruling.doc |
| 34-alabama_judge_again_puts_himself_above_law.doc |
| 35-nationwide_marriage_equality_here_we_come_column.doc |
| 36-gay_marriage_ruling_will_define_freedom_column.doc |
| 37-supreme_court_agrees_to_rule_on_gay_marriage.doc |
| 38-gay_couples_remember_'a_really_powerful_day'_in_marriage_anniversary_celebrations.doc |
GROUP PROCESSING & POSTING ON ARTICLES
Taking a Knee and the United States Constitution
| 1-ex-green_beret_nate_boyer_writes_open_letter_to_trump_kaepernick_nfl_and_america.doc |
| 2-the_veteran_and_nfl_player_who_advised_kaepernick_to_take_a_knee.doc |
| 3-colin_kaepernick_the_national_anthem_and_america_how_military_service_influenced_my_views_on_patriotism_and_protest.doc |
| 4-usa_today_debate_on_taking_a_knee_september_25_2017.doc |
| 5-taking_a_knee_usa_today_5_24_2018.doc |
| 6-why_im_boycotting_nike_get_woke_and_go_broke.doc |
| 7-lansing_catholic_tackles_anthem_policy.doc |
| 8-taking_a_knee_and_the_united_states_constitution_-_copy.doc |
GEORGE ORWELL, FAKE NEWS & MEDIA LITERACY
| 1-check_out_this_free_online_news_literacy_course.doc |
| 2-how_to_recognize_a_fake_news_story.doc |
| 4-a_savvy_news_consumer’s_guide_how_not_to_get_duped.doc |
| 5-how_to_be_a_savvy_news_consumer.doc |
| fake_news_rubric.doc |
| breaking_news.ppt |
| on_the_media_breaking_news_consumers_handbook.doc |
| 1-video-doublespeak_william_lutz_published_on_sep_14_2015.doc |
| 2-the_world_of_doublespeak-william_lutz.pdf |
| 3-doublespeak_quiz_i.doc |
| key-doublespeak.pdf |
| 4-luntz_to_lawmakers_change_your_pictures_and_words.doc |
| 5-its_awful_out_there_pollster_frank_luntz_tells_ncsl_lawmakers.doc |
POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION & PUBLIC TRUST IN GOVERNMENT
| 1-watergate_scandal.pdf |
| 1a-30-year_anniversary_tonkin_gulf_lie_launched_vietnam_war.doc |
| 2-fbis_vicious_letter_to_king_holds_lessons_on_surveillance_hindsight.doc |
| 3-what_we_lost_40_years_ago_when_nixon_resigned.doc |
| 4-millennials_are_alienated_and_less_trusting_than_generation_x_was.doc |
| 5-politicians_court_the_millennials.doc |
| 6-why_are_political_scientists_studying_ice_bucket_challenges.doc |
| 7-how_has_harry_potter_influenced_millennials.doc |
| 8-millennials_we_help_the_earth_but_dont_call_us_environmentalists.doc |
| 9-millennial_politics.doc |
| 10-millennials_political_views_dont_make_any_sense.doc |
| 11-america_divided_on_the_secret_to_its_success.doc |
| 12-most_of_america’s_rich_think_the_poor_have_it_easy.doc |
| 13-public_trust_in_government.doc |
| 14-political_values___political_socialization_survey.doc |
| 15-trust_in_federal_govt_on_domestic_matters_edges_to_new_low.doc |
| 16-watergate_and_the_decline_of_public_trust.doc |
| political_socialization_values__the_political_spectrum.ppt |
MEDIA & POLITICS
| 1a--more_americans_say_crime_is_rising_in_u.s..doc |
| 1-hard_news_v_soft_news_media_&_democracy.doc |
| 2-5_m_&_q.doc |
| 3-news_broadcast_analysis_group_discussion_questions.doc |
| 4-news_broadcast_analysis_project.doc |
| 5-the_troubling_causes_and_consequences_of_diminished_local_news.doc |
| 6-political_ads_overwhelm_news_on_local_tv.doc |
| 7-too_many_tv_stations_snub_political_coverage_for_ratings.doc |
| 8-how_millennials_get_news.doc |
| 9-millennials_consume_news_on_mobile_devices.doc |
| 10-just_the_facts_please_many_in_us_watch_only_the_news_they_agree_with.pdf |
| 11-study_in_the_media_galaxy,_conservatives_are_from_mars,_liberals_are_from_venus.doc |
| 12-msnbc,_fox,_cnn_move_the_needle_on_our_truth-o-meter_scorecards.doc |
| 13-the_power_of_storytelling.ppt |
| 14-is_income_inequality_a_concern__info_inequality_may_be_far_worse.doc |
| 15-audio-presidential_polls_are_meaningless_this_early_in_the_race.doc |
| 16-audio-gallup_quits_the_horse_race.doc |
| 17-video-political_coverage_of_candidates.doc |
| 18-too_few_media_covering_the_legislature.doc |
| 19-dwindling_watchdogs.doc |
| 20-nbc_reporter_touts_networks_ethics_before_broadcasting_live_from_inside_san_bernardino_suspects_apartment.doc |
| trust__current_events_news_sources.png |
| media_sources_and_the_political_spectrum.ppt |
ON THE MEDIA BREAKING NEWS EDITION & FAKE NEWS
| on_the_media_breaking_news_consumers_handbook.doc |
| breaking_news.ppt |
| 1-smart_girls_understand_how_to_be_a_savvy_news_consumer.doc |
| 2-for_the_‘new_yellow_journalists’_opportunity_comes_in_clicks_and_bucks.doc |
| 3-how_to_recognize_a_fake_news_story.doc |
VOTING, VOTER BEHAVIOR & POLITICS
| 1a-voter_&_non_voter_demographics.doc |
| 1b--nonvoters_the_other_abstinence_movement.doc |
| 1c-civics_classes_not_optional.doc |
| 1-voters_&_non_voters.doc |
| 2-video--obama_calls_out_america.doc |
| 3-new_way_to_gotv_public_shaming.pdf |
| 4-save_election_day.doc |
| 5-what_if_voting_were_like_jury_duty.doc |
| 6-not_voting_is_the_new_normal.doc |
| 7--why_incumbents_keep_winning.doc |
| 8-americans_are_bored_with_the_2014_election.doc |
| 9-politics_are_personal_as_america_votes.doc |
| 10-if_voters_hate_congress_so_much,_then_why_hasnt_any_incumbent_lost_a_primary.doc |
| 11-its_election_day_but_lots_of_americans_dont_care;_who_are_they.doc |
| 12-election_reflections.doc |
| 13-sarpolus_225k_voted_for_snyder,_peters.doc |
| 14-straight-ticket_voting_rises_as_parties_polarize.doc |
| 15-universal_voting_would_be_good_for_our_democracy.doc |
| 16-why_so_many_americans_feel_so_powerless.doc |
| 17-leaving_elections_in_the_hands_of_plutocrats.doc |
| 18-should_16-year-olds_vote_researchers_say_yes.doc |
| 19-the_least_financially_secure_americans_are_barely_being_heard_at_the_ballot_box.doc |
| 20-its_time_millennials_joined_political_race-column.doc |
| 21-mandatory_voting.pdf |
| 22-should_voting_be_mandatory.doc |
| 23-obama_broaches_the_idea_of_mandatory_voting.doc |
| 24-forcing_us_to_vote_is_hardly_a_cure_all.doc |
| 25-mandatory_voting_guarantees_ignorant_votes.doc |
| voter_apathy.ppt |
| voters_non_voters__voting.ppt |
| reasons_for_voting.ppt |
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS & LOBBYING
| 1-goals_of_interest_groups.pdf |
| 2-the_trailer_for_thank_you_for_smoking.doc |
| 3-how_running_for_governor_is_like_selling_a_vacuum.doc |
| 4-analysis_midterm_election_will_cost_nearly_4_billion.doc |
| 5-tv_ad_cost_for_governors.doc |
| 6-special_interest_group_profile_research_activity.doc |
| 7-voters_on_both_sides_say_congress_influenced_by_special_interests__contributors.png |
| 8-issue_group_advertising_11_14_2014.png |
| 9-unionsmiddleclass.png |
| 10-keystone_pipeline_groups--for.jpg |
| 11-keystone_pipeline_groups--against.jpg |
| lobbying__interest_groups.ppt |
Guns In America, The Second Amendment & the NRA
| 1-gun_control_explained.doc |
| 2-the_reasons_for_the_decline_in_support_for_gun_control.doc |
| 3-gallup_says_most_americans_support_nra_despite_scrutiny_after_recent_shooting.doc |
| 4-most_gun_owners_don’t_belong_to_the_nra_—_and_they_don’t_agree_with_it_either.doc |
| 5-is_the_gun_lobby’s_power_overstated.doc |
| 6-why_america_doesn’t_have_universal_background_checks_for_gun-buyers.doc |
| 7-millions_of_firearms_records_languish_at_national_tracing_center.doc |
| 8-the_nra_myth_of_gun-free_zones.doc |
| 9-gun_data_from_various_sources.ppt |
| 10-guns_in_america___the_second_amendment.doc |
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
| 1-critics_knock_gop_plan_to_rig_presidential_election_by_dividing_michigan_electoral_college_votes.doc |
| 2-electoral_college_bill_spurs_bipartisan_constitutional_concerns.doc |
| 3-electoral_college_shake-up_bill_gets_hearing_in_lansing.doc |
| 4-will_gop_change_the_rules_on_voting_for_president.doc |
| 5-democrats_once_pulled_the_same_electoral_college_stunt.doc |
| 6-why_americans_choose_our_president_the_way_we_do.doc |
| 7-republicans_want_to_alter_michigans_electoral_college._its_not_going_over_well..doc |
| 8-michigan_doesnt_need_electoral_college_reform.doc |
| 9-keep_electoral_college_out_of_lame_duck.doc |
| 10-tell_lawmakers_no_on_proposed_changes_to_electoral_college_votes.doc |
| 11-michigan_plan_to_divide_electoral_votes_in_presidential_elections_unites_opposition.doc |
| 12-electoral_college_bill_tabled_in_michigan.doc |
| 13-michigan_gop_eyes_plan_for_cracking_blue_wall.doc |
| 14-pro_michigans_electoral_college_split_a_return_to_relevancy.doc |
| 15-con_michigans_electoral_college_split_a_spiteful_rule_change.doc |
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
| 1a-rubric_money_and__lots_of_it_and_dark_money.doc |
| 1-money_can_only_buy_elections_if_you_let_it_november_12.doc |
| 2-linkage_between_electionsmoneypolicy___public_cynicism.pdf |
| 3-pro_‘dark_money’_is_a_euphemism_for_free_speech_like_it_or_not.doc |
| 4-con_we_live_in_the_ground_zero_of_dark_money._does_that_bother_anyone.doc |
| 5-congress_quietly_increases_power_of_money_in_politics.pdf |
| 6-influence_of_money_on_elections.doc |
| 7-big_money_pours_into_2014_michigan_election_for_winners_and_losers.doc |
| 8-governors_race_was_second_most_costly_in_state_history.doc |
| 9-peters_land_battle_for_u.s._senate_gobbled_up__56m.doc |
| 10-the_michigan_campaign_finance_network.doc |
| 11-michigan_races_funded_by_outside_billionaires.doc |
| 12-do_political_donors_deserve_privacy_michigan_debate_takes_on_anonymous_giving.doc |
| 13-election_cash_how_super-pacs_and_dark_money_are_dominating_state_races.doc |
| 14-2014_midterm_election_was_the_most_expensive_one_yet.doc |
| 15-study_campaign_cash_brings_tax_benefits_on_capitol_hill.doc |
| 16-10_ways_super_pacs_and_campaigns_coordinate_even_though_they’re_not_allowed_to.doc |
| 17-the_growing_wealth_and_clout_of_the_richest_.01_.doc |
| 18-koch_brothers_set__889_million_budget_for_2016.doc |
| 19-wealthy_donors_unfairly_sway_elections.doc |
| 20-judge_rules_fewer_political_groups_can_keep_their_donors_secret.doc |
| 21-where_campaign_finance_reformers_actually_won_on_election_day.doc |
| 22-our_new_superpac_is_going_to_change_american_politics_for__12_million.doc |
| 23-8_things_you_can_do_to_help_get_money_out_of_politics.doc |
| 24-election_dark_money_haunts_democracy_our_view.doc |
| money_in_politics.ppt |
GROUP PROCESSING & POSTING ON ARTICLES
CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE
| 1--how_not_to_run_for_office.doc |
| 2--which_endorsements_are_worth_the_most.doc |
| 3--strong_showings_or_bad_flubs_in_a_debate_can_define_a_political_race.doc |
| 4--leaked_memo_tells_senate_candidate_to_spend_80_percent_of_her_time_raising_money.doc |
| 5--states_new_political_strategy_grass_roots_meets_high-tech.doc |
| 6-being_president_is_hard._six_reasons_pols_run_anyway.doc |
| 7-what_are_debate_duckers_hiding.doc |
| 8-i_am_skeptical_that_debates_in_this_years_midterm_elections_will_serve_a_useful_function..doc |
| 9-audio--why_politicians_still_run_so_many_tv_ads.doc |
| 10-10_ways_to_lose_your_campaign.doc |
| 11-the_end_of_‘call_time’_for_one_lawmaker.doc |
| running_for_office.ppt |
Doublespeak
| 1-video-doublespeak_william_lutz_published_on_sep_14_2015.doc |
| 2-the_world_of_doublespeak-william_lutz.pdf |
| 3-doublespeak_quiz_i.doc |
| 4-luntz_to_lawmakers_change_your_pictures_and_words.doc |
| key-doublespeak.pdf |
FAKE NEWS
| 1-smart_girls_understand_how_to_be_a_savvy_news_consumer.doc |
| 2-for_the_‘new_yellow_journalists’_opportunity_comes_in_clicks_and_bucks.doc |
| 3-how_to_recognize_a_fake_news_story.doc |
| 4-nbc_nightly_news-fake_news__12_10_2016.doc |
| 5-a_savvy_news_consumer’s_guide_how_not_to_get_duped.doc |
| 6-fake_news_is_hard_to_resist.doc |
ELECTIONS & POLITICS
| 1--why_voting_next_week_could_be_more_important_than_voting_in_november.doc |
| 2--michigan_primaries__where_democracy_goes_to_die.doc |
| 3--politicians_court_the_millennials.doc |
| 4-divided_government_doesnt_have_to_be_dysfunctional.pdf |
| 5-voters_fed_up_with_confrontation.pdf |
| 6-incumbent_wins_drawing_for_seat.doc |
CIVIL RIGHTS
| why_is_it_so_hard_to_vote_in_america.pdf |
| 1-voting_rights_act.doc |
| 2-‘selma’_vs._history.doc |
| 3-bill_moyers_on_lbj_and_‘selma’.doc |
| 4-john_lewis_tells_his_truth_about_selma.doc |
| 5-usa_today_debate_court_decisions_on_voter_id_laws_august_2_2016.doc |
| 6-voter_id_efforts_were_never_about_preventing_fraud_tellusatoday.doc |
| 7-civil_rights_in_america_rubric.doc |
CIVIL LIBERTIES
| 1-usa_today_debate_liberty_v_security-terrorist_i_phone.doc |
| 2-apple_vs._the_government_in_their_own_words |
| 3-apple_the_fbi_and_free_speech_column.doc |
| 4-apple_should_not_be_above_the_law.doc |
| 5-edward_snowden_the_nsa___mass_surveillance.pdf |
| 6-the_nsa_leaks_and_the_pentagon_papers_whats_the_difference_between__edward_snowden_and_daniel_ellsberg.doc |
| 7-government_should_have_lawful_access_to_any_encrypted_message_or_device.doc |
| 8-civil_liberties_in_america_ii_rubric.doc |
| 8a-consequences_for_snowdens_actions.pdf |
