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Unit I: Understanding how to protect and exercise our rights

Chapter 1: We balance our rights between individual freedom & safety of the public

Chapter 2: Deciding what should be protected speech & when it should be restricted

Chapter 3: When religious beliefs & practices conflict with public & private policy

Chapter 4: A free and independent press

Chapter 5: The Bill of Rights didn’t apply to the states at first

Chapter 6: It’s time to talk about guns

Chapter 7: Your right to remain silent and a fair trial with an attorney

Chapter 8: Why you have a constitutional right to privacy even though privacy isn’t in the Constitution

Chapter 9: The unfinished work to ensure liberty and rights for everyone

Unit II: Understanding Our Politics

Chapter 1: How do we form our political values?

Chapter 2: The chapter where we get to talk about boomers

Chapter 3: How do we know what the public believes?

Chapter 4: Political ideologies of the Democrats & Republicans

Chapter 5: Democratic & Republican Policy Debate

Unit III: Understanding Our Economy

Chapter 1: How does the stock market work?

Chapter 2: Introduction to Economics

Chapter 3: Supply & Demand

Chapter 4: Comparative Advantage, Trade & Tariffs

Chapter 5: Who’s actually benefiting from our economy?

Fixing a Broken Economy: Fiscal Policy & Stimulus

Role of Government When The Market Fails

The Economics of Happiness

Unit IV: Understanding How to Build a Government

Chapter 1: Step one—The core philosophy about the relationship between a people and its government

Chapter 2: Step two—Solving problems from the past vs. anticipating the future

Chapter 3: Step three—Debating the size, power, and function of government

Chapter 4: Step four—Creating a government powerful enough to protect liberty, but without the power to destroy liberty.

Unit V: Understanding How to Run a Government

Chapter 1: What Congress looks like, what it does, and the powers it holds

Chapter 2: Why Congress seems so broken right now

Chapter 3: What does the president do?

Chapter 4: The modern presidency is nothing like the first U.S. president

Chapter 5: How our federal court system operates

Chapter 6: Questioning the legitimacy of the Supreme Court

Chapter 7: How the Executive Branch runs the country

Chapter 8: Keeping the bureaucracy in check

Unit VI: Understanding How to Govern, Not Be Governed

Chapter 1: Step one—If you can vote, vote.

Chapter 2: Step two—Join a political party and find your preferred way to contribute

Chapter 3: Step three—Join an interest group

Chapter 4: Step four—Get someone elected to office

Chapter 5: Step five—Follow the money

Chapter 6: Step six—Don’t fall for the media trap

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