2:  The Constitution
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings
     · Interactive Constitution
     · Public Opinion & the Constitution
     · Proslavery Origins of Electoral College

 3 & 4:  Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings
     · Abortion
     · Crime
     · Gay Rights
     · Illegal Drugs
     · Medical Research
     · Politics and the Pulpit
     · Race and the Law
     · Religious Expression in NC Public Schools
     · Religious Displays on Public Property
     · Right to Die
     · Supreme Court Decisions in Religion Cases

5:  Federalism
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings
     · Instances of Use of US Armed Forces
     · Territorial expansion

6:  Public Opinion and the Media
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout
     · Two Basic Summary Statistics

     Optional readings
    · Political Ideology & Public Opinion
    · Watching America
    · Today's Front Pages
    · Idealog.org 

7:  Political Parties and Interest Groups
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout
     · Party realignment handout

     Optional readings
     · MapLight.org
     · OpenSecrets.org
     · FollowTheMoney.org

8:  Campaigns and Elections
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings
      · The misguided theories behind Citizens United v. FEC.
      · Citizens United paved the way for the return of soft money
      · UVA Center for Politics
      · Electoral-vote allocations by state
      · Presidential Election Maps, 1789-2008
      · Cross-national data on election turnout
      · Guide to Mapping the Vote
      · Religion & the presidential election 2012
      · Religion & the presidential vote 1960 v. 2000-04
      · 2004 vs. pre-Civil War division
      · Voter Turnout Study

9:  Congress
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings
     · GovTrack.us
     · Congressional earmarks
     · Tracking Legislation
     · Find Your Representative (by ZIP code)
     · State-Level Term Limits

 10:  The Presidency
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings
     · Top 10 Forgettable Presidents
     · War Powers Resolution of 1973
     · U.S. Military Casualties - Major Wars
     · U.S. Military Casualties - Other Recent Wars
     · Assassination Attempts
     · Presidential Approval in Historical Perspective
     · Job Approval for 2-Term Presidents
     · Job Approval for Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama
     · Presidential Ratings by historians

11:  The Bureaucracy
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings

12:  The Judiciary
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings
     · Judicial-review tables

13: Making Domestic Policy
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings
     · The Economy
     · State Budget Simulation
     · Education
     · The Environment
     · The Federal Budget
     · Higher Education
     · Health Care
     · Health Care Reform Information
     · State lotteries & education funding
     · Medicare
     · Poverty and Welfare
     · Social Security

14:  Making Foreign and Military Policy
     · Textbook chapter outline
     · Practice-quiz study guide
     · PowerPoint handout

     Optional readings
     · American's Global Role
     · Immigration
     · The Torture Archive
     · Military spending worldwide comparison