Welcome to AP United States Government and Politics
This is the main page for the course and you will see that this section of my website also contains lessons and documents for Units 1 through 5. The main text will always be in blue. Any item that is in brown contains a link and all you have to do is "click to open." Any text in green or purple contains special instructions or assignments that will be given out during the course of the school year.
This list below contain important links to various sites that will be used throughout the course.
AP Central Classroom Resources page that has a link to AP Classroom.
Oyez.org which is the link for the Supreme Cases cases that are mandatory for this course
The National Archives link for a copy of the Declaration of Independence
The National Constitution Center Interactive Constitution
The nonpartisan website Pew Research Center
Another excellent site to use is StreetLaw.
AP Central Classroom Resources page that has a link to AP Classroom.
Oyez.org which is the link for the Supreme Cases cases that are mandatory for this course
The National Archives link for a copy of the Declaration of Independence
The National Constitution Center Interactive Constitution
The nonpartisan website Pew Research Center
Another excellent site to use is StreetLaw.
Exam Review Documents
I have linked below the following review sheets
AP Government Foundation Documents
AP Government Supreme Court Cases
I have linked below the following review sheets
AP Government Foundation Documents
AP Government Supreme Court Cases
Many of the lessons for this course have been created from two textbooks:
American Government: Stories of A Nation (AP edition) written by Scott F. Abernathy and Karen Waples
and the text designated for this course which is:
American Government: Roots and Reform (AP edition) written by Karen O'Connor and Larry J. Sabato