The newly designed College Board Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics course for 2018-2019 will focus on five main units of study: Foundations of American Democracy, Interaction Among Branches of  Government, Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, American Political Ideologies and Beliefs, Political Participation. There are several foundational documents and 15 required Supreme Court cases that we will examine throughout the course.

Required Foundational Documents:

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Constitution of the United States (Bill of Rights & Amendments)
• Federalist No. 10
• Federalist 51
• Federalism No. 70
• Federalist No. 78
• Brutus No. 1
• Letter from Birmingham Jail

15 Required Supreme Court Cases:

• Marbury v. Madison, 1803*
• McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819*
• Brown v. Board of Education, 1954*
• Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963*
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969*
• Roe v. Wade, 1973*
• United States v. Lopez, 1995*
• Baker v. Carr, 1961*
• Engel v. Vitale, 1962*
• New York Times Company v. U.S., 1971*
• Schenck v. United States, 1919*
• McDonald v. Chicago, 2010*
• Shaw v. Reno, 1993*
• Wisconsin v. Yoder, 1972*
• Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (FEC), 2010*