Highland High School Technology

*Civil Government Lecture Slideshows*
Civil Government	Slideshow *(open in Firefox)*
Unit ONE: Government basics, Historical Background for U.S. Government. Constitutional Basics.	Forms of Government
	Roles of Government
	The Roots of the Republic, Historical Background
	The Roots of the Republic, Birth of America
	Creation and Structure of the Constitution
	Federalism
	Amending the Constitution, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances
Unit TWO: Political Parties, Voting in America, Financing Government.	Introduction to Political Parties
	Liberals vs. Conservatives
	The Electoral College The Electoral College from hippocampus.org
	Voting in America
	Special Interest Groups and their place in government in the United States of America
	Financing Government.
	Money and Elections in America.
Unit THREE: The Legislative Branch, Bill to Law.	Congress: The Bare Essentials
	The Organization and Leadership of Congress
	Bill to Law Details.
Unit FOUR: Executive Branch	Introduction to the Executive Branch
	The Powers of the Executive Branch.
	The Electoral College The Electoral College from hippocampus.org
	The Bureaucracy of the Executive Branch
	Cabinet Departments: 5th Period Slides, 6th Period Slides, 7th Period Slides.
Unit FIVE: Foreign Policy, The Judicial Branch and the Rights of the Citizen.	Introduction to the Judicial Branch and the Supreme Court Supreme Court.
	The First Amendment and "Freedom of Speech".
	The Establishment Clause- "Freedom of Religion"
	Freedom of Assembly, Petition and Association.
	The Second Amendment: A timeline of gun rights in America.
	Search and Seizure- The Fourth Amendment.
	Rights of the Accused- The Fifth and Sixth Amendments.
	The Rights of the Accused, continued- The Seventh and Eighth Amendments.
	The 9th, 10th and 14th AMENDMENTS.
UNIT SIX: Foreign Policy/ Source Validation	A Brief History of U.S. Foreign Policy.
	The Art of Foreign Policy
	Validation of Source Material