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• POL 201Entire 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

• 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. In your worksheet, you will
  describe one strength and one weakness of the
  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?

• 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?,
• GOP Leaders United in Defense of the Electoral
  College, and the ProQuest article

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• POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection

• POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches

• 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. Nevertheless, each branch has
  been critiqued for having definite strengths and
  weaknesses

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• POL 201 Week 3 Quiz

• POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights

• 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.
• Question 3. Question The president and
  Congress

• 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.

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• POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection

• POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political Parties

• 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

• 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 2 Week Five Reflection

• 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

• 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