The newly designed College Board Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics course for 2019-2020 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:
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*