Politics in the U.S.

Politics in the U.S. Home Page

	Welcome to Government 110!. This is the home page for Government 110: Politics in the U.S. All students should check this page regularly for updates, assignments, and tips on how to do better on papers and exams.

Syllabus Consider this web syllabus your "real" syllabus. It has all the readings and web assignments. Make sure to look over it and the course requirements carefully.

Course Requirements

Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 2-5pm and by appointment in my Ward 221 office. If I'm not there, you may also find me at the Wagshall's in the lobby of the Ward building (feel free to come sit and chat). If my hours are not convenient, please make an appointment or contact me through email at dlublin@american.edu or at (202) 885-2913.

Term Papers and Exams

	Short Paper on interest groups.
	Long Paper on a federal law and Supeme Court challenge.
	Citations: a short guide for the perplexed.
	Writing Tips: make your paper more professional (and possibly get a better grade?)

Class Planner

Hot Links of the Week! Eric Foner's three sharply worded essays on impeachment begin with: "Historical events, Karl Marx once observed, seem to occur twice first as tragedy, the second time as farce. The impending impeachment of President Clinton is proof of Marx's dictum."

Class Preparation Assignments I will regularly post links here and on the web syllabus to new assignments to prepare for class in this space. Most of them will involve surfing the web for information to make class discussions more lively and interesting.

	Email Assignment
	Impeachment Assignment (see January 25 on the syllabus)
	Interest Groups
	Political Action Committees
	Campaign Finance Reform
	Media and Politics
	Campaign Advertisements
	Political Debates
	DC and Maryland Politics
	Congressional Committees and Home Pages
	Racial Redistricting
	Free Speech

Practice Quizzes These practice quizzes, prepared by Allyn & Bacon, the publisher of the O'Connor and Sabato textbook, will help test your knowledge of the reading. We will not have time to review all of the reading in class. Taking these practice quizzes will help you make sure that you caught most of the assigned reading. Note that your actual tests will not resemble these short multiple-choice quizzes.