Common Curriculum Map Discipline: Social Science Course: American Studies – Social Studies
... Reasons for the formation of unions: long hours, poor conditions, low pay, child labor, merging for power What rights should workers have when they are unhappy at their job? Key labor leaders (Samuel Gompers, Eugene Debs, Mother Jones) and their passions Socialism's influence on unions The reasons f ...
... Reasons for the formation of unions: long hours, poor conditions, low pay, child labor, merging for power What rights should workers have when they are unhappy at their job? Key labor leaders (Samuel Gompers, Eugene Debs, Mother Jones) and their passions Socialism's influence on unions The reasons f ...
Does Money and Special Interest Own Washington?
... When a president makes it a point to reiterate the problems in his farewell speech, is it not the responsibility of the government to enact laws that will alter the way special interest groups function? According to Peterson, special interest groups have worked in a very systemic manner. Campaign co ...
... When a president makes it a point to reiterate the problems in his farewell speech, is it not the responsibility of the government to enact laws that will alter the way special interest groups function? According to Peterson, special interest groups have worked in a very systemic manner. Campaign co ...
chapter three: federalism pedagogical features
... Federalism was instituted largely to enhance democracy in America, and it strengthens democratic government in many ways. Different levels of government provide more opportunities for participation in politics and increase access to government. Since different citizens and interest groups will have ...
... Federalism was instituted largely to enhance democracy in America, and it strengthens democratic government in many ways. Different levels of government provide more opportunities for participation in politics and increase access to government. Since different citizens and interest groups will have ...
Instructor`s Manual, Chapter 6
... Roper v. Simmons is a federal court case where the US Supreme Court held that it was unconstitutional to apply the death penalty to anyone under 18 years old. This is an example of how public opinion shapes the actions of government. Though the justices did not rely on a poll, they did look at state ...
... Roper v. Simmons is a federal court case where the US Supreme Court held that it was unconstitutional to apply the death penalty to anyone under 18 years old. This is an example of how public opinion shapes the actions of government. Though the justices did not rely on a poll, they did look at state ...
United States History and Government
... 1 Based on these documents, what were two effects the Missouri Compromise had on the nation? Score of 2 or 1: • Award 1 credit (up to a maximum of 2 credits) for each different effect the Missouri Compromise had on the nation based on these documents Examples: it created the 36°30' line as a divisio ...
... 1 Based on these documents, what were two effects the Missouri Compromise had on the nation? Score of 2 or 1: • Award 1 credit (up to a maximum of 2 credits) for each different effect the Missouri Compromise had on the nation based on these documents Examples: it created the 36°30' line as a divisio ...
associational rights and standing: does citizens united require
... often form and enter into associations that advocate for their collective interest in matters of fundamental public importance. Civil rights organizations such as the NAACP, or environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club are classic examples.33 The Supreme Court has recognized that organizat ...
... often form and enter into associations that advocate for their collective interest in matters of fundamental public importance. Civil rights organizations such as the NAACP, or environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club are classic examples.33 The Supreme Court has recognized that organizat ...
intentional blindness - New York University Law Review
... action policies and little else. Under colorblindness, the remedial motives behind affirmative action are irrelevant. Indeed, frequently the Court asserts that whether the government’s motives are benign or invidious is inherently unknowable. Distrusting its ability to parse the state’s intentions, ...
... action policies and little else. Under colorblindness, the remedial motives behind affirmative action are irrelevant. Indeed, frequently the Court asserts that whether the government’s motives are benign or invidious is inherently unknowable. Distrusting its ability to parse the state’s intentions, ...
Internments, Then and Now: Constitutional Accountability in Post
... Arab Americans, Muslims, and those of (or perceived to be of) Middle Eastern and South Asian descent.2 These developments prompted concern that the United States’ so-called War on Terror3 would be used to justify a large-scale internment of civilians on the basis of their race, ethnicity, national o ...
... Arab Americans, Muslims, and those of (or perceived to be of) Middle Eastern and South Asian descent.2 These developments prompted concern that the United States’ so-called War on Terror3 would be used to justify a large-scale internment of civilians on the basis of their race, ethnicity, national o ...
The First Amendment . . . United - The Reading Room
... than such speech, and what more important role could the Court play than striking down a law that restrained such speech? The First Amendment has always been based on the idea that the more speech we have, the better off we are, as individuals and as a people. The Citizens United case eloquently rea ...
... than such speech, and what more important role could the Court play than striking down a law that restrained such speech? The First Amendment has always been based on the idea that the more speech we have, the better off we are, as individuals and as a people. The Citizens United case eloquently rea ...
Final mode of the receive-accept-sample
... attention to a particular issue at a particular time but more narrowly focused measures of awareness to intellectual engagement with foreign policy issues or race policy issues. A1 indicates nothing about the sources of the political communications that shape mass opinion. All that is claimed in A1 ...
... attention to a particular issue at a particular time but more narrowly focused measures of awareness to intellectual engagement with foreign policy issues or race policy issues. A1 indicates nothing about the sources of the political communications that shape mass opinion. All that is claimed in A1 ...
Horton`s Odyssey The Politics of School Finance Reform in
... years of equalization efforts, the state still lags well behind the national average of a fifty percent with approximately 40% of the share of public school funding derived from state funds.2 Some studies argue that despite modest strides in ...
... years of equalization efforts, the state still lags well behind the national average of a fifty percent with approximately 40% of the share of public school funding derived from state funds.2 Some studies argue that despite modest strides in ...
Nutrition Education as an
... malnourished suffer the effects of decisions made by others, others who have more power and have other priorities. Malnutrition should not be treated as if it were a problem of individuals in isolation; it is a problem of the social order (3). If malnutrition has its roots in powerlessness, its reme ...
... malnourished suffer the effects of decisions made by others, others who have more power and have other priorities. Malnutrition should not be treated as if it were a problem of individuals in isolation; it is a problem of the social order (3). If malnutrition has its roots in powerlessness, its reme ...
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... policies, only a few of the main policy instruments have existed over a long time period compared to other short-lived policies, e.g., the US Dairy Termination Program. Not only are the policies changeable and sometimes brief, but social priorities change. An example is budget expenditure for dairy ...
... policies, only a few of the main policy instruments have existed over a long time period compared to other short-lived policies, e.g., the US Dairy Termination Program. Not only are the policies changeable and sometimes brief, but social priorities change. An example is budget expenditure for dairy ...
Courts NEG – SDI 2012 - Open Evidence Archive
... Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield, 7/19/2011 (Senior Research Fellow in the Domestic Policy Studies Department & Research Assistant in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, at The Heritage Foundation, “Air Conditioning, Cable TV, and an Xbox: What is Poverty in the Unit ...
... Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield, 7/19/2011 (Senior Research Fellow in the Domestic Policy Studies Department & Research Assistant in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, at The Heritage Foundation, “Air Conditioning, Cable TV, and an Xbox: What is Poverty in the Unit ...
Policy design: its enduring appeal in a complex world and how to
... instrumental calculation at the heart of the design idea is misconstrued. Nevertheless, policy actors continue to design policy insofar as they devise strategies and actions to achieve them, even if these are operationalised through many players in a complicated and fragmented process (Braybrooke a ...
... instrumental calculation at the heart of the design idea is misconstrued. Nevertheless, policy actors continue to design policy insofar as they devise strategies and actions to achieve them, even if these are operationalised through many players in a complicated and fragmented process (Braybrooke a ...
Panos Stasinopoulos* Ever since Citizenship was introduced at EU
... fundamental status of nationals of the Member States’3 and ‘a positive contribution to the legitimacy of the European Union which an active and participatory concept of social citizenship may make’ 4 and for these reasons it encompassed various rights but fewer, if any, obligations; the notion of wo ...
... fundamental status of nationals of the Member States’3 and ‘a positive contribution to the legitimacy of the European Union which an active and participatory concept of social citizenship may make’ 4 and for these reasons it encompassed various rights but fewer, if any, obligations; the notion of wo ...
By Ilona Pálné Kovács DSc
... logical solution and also the delimitation of the II–III–IV tiers of the statistical units caused no special professional difficulties. However a great dilemma was whether the micro-regional (NUTS IV), county (NUTS III) or the regional (NUTS II) level should be the scenario of the regional political ...
... logical solution and also the delimitation of the II–III–IV tiers of the statistical units caused no special professional difficulties. However a great dilemma was whether the micro-regional (NUTS IV), county (NUTS III) or the regional (NUTS II) level should be the scenario of the regional political ...
Humanitarian Law Project and the Supreme Court`s Construction of
... Terrorists: The Worst U.S. Supreme Court Decision of the Term, FINDLAW (July 7, 2010), http://writ.news.findlaw.com/mariner/20100707.html; What Counts as Abetting Terrorists, ...
... Terrorists: The Worst U.S. Supreme Court Decision of the Term, FINDLAW (July 7, 2010), http://writ.news.findlaw.com/mariner/20100707.html; What Counts as Abetting Terrorists, ...
Public Opinion - Loudoun County Public Schools
... Sociologists & political scientists often claim that • there’s a new class of people who benefit from the • power, resources, and growth of government. Constitute new elite that are wealthy because of • their connections with government, not business, as elites previously were. ...
... Sociologists & political scientists often claim that • there’s a new class of people who benefit from the • power, resources, and growth of government. Constitute new elite that are wealthy because of • their connections with government, not business, as elites previously were. ...
Issue Divisions and US Supreme Court Decision
... There are myriad examples of such framing efforts on the Court; take, for instance, Justice Stone’s dissenting opinion emphasizing free speech elements in Minersville vs. Gobitis (1940) – a case the Court decided based on religious freedom – with the Court just three years later in West Virginia v. ...
... There are myriad examples of such framing efforts on the Court; take, for instance, Justice Stone’s dissenting opinion emphasizing free speech elements in Minersville vs. Gobitis (1940) – a case the Court decided based on religious freedom – with the Court just three years later in West Virginia v. ...
2011 TERM - American Constitution Society
... IT LOOKS (2012); Richard H. Pildes, Why the Center Does Not Hold: The Causes of Hyperpolarized Democracy in America, 99 CALIF. L. REV. 273 (2011). 32 See Dino Grandoni, Senate Gridlock Explained in One Chart, THE ATLANTIC WIRE (Mar. 8, 2012), http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/03/us-senate ...
... IT LOOKS (2012); Richard H. Pildes, Why the Center Does Not Hold: The Causes of Hyperpolarized Democracy in America, 99 CALIF. L. REV. 273 (2011). 32 See Dino Grandoni, Senate Gridlock Explained in One Chart, THE ATLANTIC WIRE (Mar. 8, 2012), http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/03/us-senate ...
Effects of Coping Skills Training on Generalized Self
... training condition and 2 from the control condition because they missed two or more training sessions, failed to complete the posttreatment measures, or left school, resulting in a final sample of 17 trained and 19 control subjects. ...
... training condition and 2 from the control condition because they missed two or more training sessions, failed to complete the posttreatment measures, or left school, resulting in a final sample of 17 trained and 19 control subjects. ...
The Impact of Political Parties, Interest Groups
... happens, the parties may espouse quite different policies, and a change in the party balance may lead to substantial policy change.2 In addition, and consistent with the public opinion hypothesis, elected officials may feel it relatively safe to ignore the public on issues it cares little about (tho ...
... happens, the parties may espouse quite different policies, and a change in the party balance may lead to substantial policy change.2 In addition, and consistent with the public opinion hypothesis, elected officials may feel it relatively safe to ignore the public on issues it cares little about (tho ...
Collegial Influence and Judicial Voting Change: The Effect of
... observations in a concurring opinion: Had I been here in 1949 when Wolf was decided, I would have applied the doctrine of Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914), to the states. But the Court refused to do so then, and it still refuses today. . . . [I]t is with great reluctance that I follow Wol ...
... observations in a concurring opinion: Had I been here in 1949 when Wolf was decided, I would have applied the doctrine of Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914), to the states. But the Court refused to do so then, and it still refuses today. . . . [I]t is with great reluctance that I follow Wol ...
The Majoritarian Difficulty: Affirmative Action, Sodomy, and Supreme
... This Article challenges liberal and conservative assessments of Lawrence, Gratz, and Grutter. Although the outcome of these cases might indeed prove helpful to the agendas of social movements for racial and sexual justice, progressive scholars and activists should not receive these cases with elatio ...
... This Article challenges liberal and conservative assessments of Lawrence, Gratz, and Grutter. Although the outcome of these cases might indeed prove helpful to the agendas of social movements for racial and sexual justice, progressive scholars and activists should not receive these cases with elatio ...