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Learning Objectives: 1.1 Describe the role politics plays in determining how power and resources are distributed in a society.

Video: Politics: Who Gets What, When, and How
Description: discussion of lasswell's definition

Learning Objectives: 1.2 Compare different economic and political systems in terms of how power is distributed between citizens and government.

Video: Congress' Mortgage Rescue Bill
Description: congress passes bill to help homeowners

Video: Bernie Sanders' model America: Denmark
Description: discussion of denmark's system

Learning Objectives: 1.4 Analyze the role of immigration in American politics and what it takes to become a U.S. citizen.

Video: Mankind The Story of All of Us: Birth of Democracy | History
Description: athens democracy

Learning Objectives: 1.5 Describe values that most Americans share, and the political debates that drive partisan divisions in American politics.

Video: Mitt Romney Responds to '47 Percent' Comment
Description: video of Romney's remark and his response