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Learning objective 1.1: Explain how diverse Americans have been able to use the same political tools to achieve their own distinct visions of good government

Audio Link 1.1: Inclusive Capitalism
Description: The wealthy continue to control leadership and policymaking.

Audio Link 1.3: American Political Science Association
Description: Audio regarding First Amendment rights of students in regards to racist speech on College Campuses

Video 1.1: A Brief History of Voting
Description: A discussion of the history of voting and its changes over time.

Video 1.2: American Indian Relgious Freedom Act

Learning objective 1.3: Examine the ways in which natural rights and the theory of the social contract helped to shape the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence

Web Link 1.1: Politics on Campus
Description: Analysis of the most politically actives schools (Top Ten List)

Audio Link 1.2: THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND RACIST SPEECH ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Description: Audio regarding First Amendment rights of students in regards to racist speech on College Campuses

Learning objective: 1.4 Identify the factors that gave rise to the American Revolution and discuss the war’s legacy, both in what was and what was not achieved

Web Link 1.3: The Boston Massacre
Description: A newspaper account of the Boston Massacre

Learning objective 1.5: Describe the core features of American political institutions

Web Link 1.2: Dancing on Eggshells
Description: Web regarding the challenges of maintaining democracy

Learning objective 1.6: Compare Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence in terms of their ideas and the political strategies of their authors

Web Link 1.4: Natural Law, Natural Rights, and American Constitutionalism Document Timeline
Description: Timeline of Freely Accessible Documents relevant to the history of Natural Rights

Web Link 1.5: Louisiana's Napoleonic Code
Description: The US designs a Constitution to creates a strong government and protects individual rights