Overview

The following study guides are intended to guide your reading and understanding of Living Democracy. Simply creating note cards with key terms will not be enough. You will need to engage more fully the material presented in the text. Each study guide provides note taking suggestions. You are not required to turn in your notes. However, if you would like feedback, you are more than welcome to email me your work.

Unit 1: Constitutional Foundations

• Chapter One: American Government: Democracy in Action

• Chapter Two: Early Governance and the Constitutional Framework
  

• Chapter Three: Federalism
  

Unit 2: The Institutions of Government

• Chapter 7: The Congress

• Chapter 8: The Presidency
  

• Chapter 9: The Bureaucracy (omit for 2008)

Unit 3: The Supreme Court 7 Civil Liberties

• Chapter 4: The Supreme Court

• Chapter 5: Civil Liberties

Unit 4: Interest Groups, Elections, and Parties

• Chapter 13: Interest Groups

• Chapter 14: Elections

• Chapter 15: Political Parties (omit for 2008)