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• POL 201 Entire Course

• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution

• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution
• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection
• POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution
  
• POL 201 Week 1 Quiz
• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life
• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection
• POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism

• The U.S. Constitution Prepare Prior to writing
  your initial post, read Chapters 1 and 2
  of American Government. In addition, watch the
  video provided on the U.S. Constitution, Episode
  IV - Built to Last. Reflect The U.S.
  Constitution is the cornerstone of our federal
  government.

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• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection

• POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution

• Week One Reflection. Prepare Prior to beginning
  your reflection this week, complete all course
  readings, your introduction, and the Discussion,
  The U.S. Constitution. Reflect Once you have
  completed these assignments think about how
  American politics have and could affect your
  career aspirations.

• The Constitution. The weekly worksheets will help
  you build all the necessary parts for your Final
  Paper. This week, you will evaluate the strengths
  and weaknesses of the most important document for
  Americas national government, the U.S.
  Constitution

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• POL 201 Week 1 Quiz

• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life

• Question 1. The American system of government can
  be most accurately described as a _________.  
  Question
•  2. In 1607, the English monarch King James I
  granted a charter to which organization to
  establish a settlement in the Chesapeake region?
   

• Policy and Your Life Prepare Prior to beginning
  work on this discussion question, read Chapters 3
  and 4 in American Government. In addition, watch
  the videos provided on federalism Quick Study of
  Federalism Part 1, Quick Study of Federalism Part
  2, and Quick Study of Federalism Part 3, and the
  U.S. Constitution Episode I - A More Perfect
  Union.

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• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection

• POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism

• Prepare Prior to beginning your reflection this
  week, complete all course readings and assigned
  videos, and the Discussion, Policy and Your
  Life. Reflect Once you have completed these
  assignments, think about how federalism and the
  U.S. Congress have or will affect your life.

• Federalism This week, we continue completing the
  worksheets in preparation for the Final Paper.
  One of the most important structures in the
  national government is federalism. Understanding
  the relationship between local, state, and
  national level governments is critical in being
  able to understand all of the key features of our
  national government.

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• POL 201 Week 2 Quiz

• POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College

• Question 1. The national government can attempt
  to gain the cooperation of state governments by
  using what type of coercive measures?   Question
•  2. The Tenth Amendment balances out national
  authority by   Question 
• 3. A presidential veto of a bill can be
  overridden by what percentage vote of all members
  of Congress?  

• Prepare Prior to beginning work on this
  discussion question, read Chapters 5 and 6
  in American Government. In addition, read the
  following articles What Are the Arguments Made
  in Favor and Against the Electoral College?,

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• POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection

• POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of
  Government

• Week Three Reflection  American Government.
  Review the videos, Episode I - A More Perfect
  Union and Episode II - Its a Free
  Country regarding the U.S. Constitution.
  Reflect The executive and judicial branches of
  the U.S. national government often seem to
  operate independently and with little conflict

• Branches of Government.  The three branches of
  our government each play crucial roles in the
  U.S. national government. Each branch has
  specific power, duties, and responsibilities that
  are the most apparent features of our system of
  separate powers

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• POL 201 Week 3 Quiz

• POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights and the
  Obligations of Government

• 1.Question In the realm of foreign affairs,
  presidents are usually weak and must solicit
  congressional approval before entering into
  agreements with other countries. Question
• 2. Question Prior judicial experience is
  required to be appointed as a judge on the
  federal level.

• Individual Rights and the Obligations of
  Government. Prepare Prior to beginning work on
  this discussion, read chapters 8, 9, and 10
  in American Government and watch the
  video, Episode II - Its a Free Country.
  Reflect Our political system is characterized by
  certain fundamental features to include a system
  of laws, rights, and liberties.

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• POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection

• POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political
  Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections

• Week Four Reflection. Prepare Prior to beginning
  work on this discussion, read chapters 8, 9, and
  10 in American Government, watch the
  video, Episode II - Its a Free Country, and
  review your results from the Political Typology
  Quiz. Reflect Political parties mobilize voters
  to win elections and implement policy goals.
  Parties use their stated policy goals (i.e.,
  their platforms) as a way to mobilize voter
  support

• Political Parties, Interest Groups, and
  Elections. The various political actors involved
  in the processes, activities, and policies of the
  U.S. government each have evolving goals and
  objectives. In addition, these actors have
  produced differential effects, both positive and
  negative, on the processes, activities, and
  policies of the federal government.

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• POL 201 Week 4 Quiz

• POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter Turnout

• Question 1.What constitutional amendment
  guaranteed women the right to vote?  
• Question 2. How are interest groups are different
  from political parties?  
• Question 3. Which Supreme Court decision stated
  that affirmative action intended to promote
  greater equality was acceptable public policy,
  but the use of quotas was not.

• Voting and Voter Turnout. Prepare Prior to
  completing this discussion question, review
  Chapters 9 and 10 in American Government and the
  following articles How Voter ID Laws Are Being
  Used to Disenfranchise Minorities and the Poor,

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• POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection

• POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Americas Democracy
  Your Report Card (2 Papers)

• Week Five Reflection. Prepare Prior to beginning
  your reflection, review all course readings and
  videos as required. Reflect The U.S. national
  government is based on the framework detailed in
  the U.S. Constitution. The process that the
  Founding Fathers used to map out our national
  government is fascinating and illuminating

• This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
  Americas Democracy Your Report Card. The
  primary goal of your last assignment is to
  critically analyze the primary features of the
  American national government. The results of your
  analysis will indicate what you have learned over
  the last five weeks. In order to accomplish this
  task, it is important to critically evaluate the
  key facets of our American democracy

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