Teaching American Politics:

American Government & Politics Course Syllabi

The syllabi listed below provide example frameworks to the American Government course, as well as a variety of topics on American culture, governance, and political history. Add your American Government and Politics syllabus to this list via the submit your resource button in this page's upper right corner.

American Government & Politics

Andrew Smith, Introduction to American Government and Politics with service-learning component

Angela Romero, Introduction to American Government with political parties discussion assignment

Chelsea Kaufman, Introduction to American Politics

Derek Epp, Introduction to American Politics

Robert Lieberman, Introduction to American Politics

Robert Perry, Introduction to American Government with Supreme Court research assignment

Michelle Rodriguez, Introduction to American Government with critical thinking assignment

Shawana Brandle, Introduction to American Government with annotations about open education pedagogy

Steven Cauchon, American Government

Thomas Patterson, Introduction to American Government with poll everywhere course lecture slides 

American Institutions & Culture

Andrea Benjamin, Identity Politics

Andrea Benjamin, Race & Law

Andrea Benjamin, Immigration and Urban Politics

Dewey Clayton, Race, Law, & Politics

Hakeem Jefferson, Identity Politics

Jyl Josephson, American Political Thought

Jyl Josephson, Democracy & Citizenship

LaGina Gause, Inequalities in Institutions & Representation

Rogers Smith, Modern American Constitutional Law

Sherri Wallace, African American Politics

Shannon McQueen, Women in American Politics 

Peter Levine, The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Campaigns & Elections

Carah Ong Whaley, Cathy Copeland, Adrienne Hooker - Hacking 4 Democracy: Elections 2020

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APSAnet Syllabi Project

APSA collected (2015-2019) American politics syllabi.

APSA Diversity and Inclusion Syllabi collection

In 2015, the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Programs Office circulated a call for syllabi that addressed diversity and inclusion related themes.

University of Virginia Miller Center Syllabi

Example American political development, institutions and culture syllabi.

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