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Internet Learning Aids:

Chapter 1. Introduction.

• U.S. Citizenship Test, provided by the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Services. The test will be changed based on legislative mandate.
• What is Political Culture?
• About Thomas Hobbes and his theory
• Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
• Thomas Hobbes:  from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• A Critics of the Social Contract Theory

Chapter 2. Constitution

• U.S. Constitution On-line
• Sources of U.S. Constitution
• Classical Liberalism
• John Locke and Thomas Jefferson: Plagiarism?
• Second Treatise of Civil Government: by John Locke
• John Locke:  from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Baron de Montesquieu: from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• The Spirit of Laws: by Baron de Montesquieu
• James Madison's Notes on Constitutional Convention:  by James Madison
• The Federalist Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
• Differences between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

Chapter 3 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

• Exploring the Constitutional Law
• A proposed "Constitutional Amendment:"  Should the U.S. Constitution be based on religious faiths?  This link will make you think.
• Court and Freedom of Speech: a full text cases and ruling from the court in the issue of freedom of speech in the 1st Amendment.
• 4th Amendment
• 5th Amendment
• Civil Rights cases
• Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• Affirmative Action and Diversity Project

Chapter 4. Federalism

• Evolution of Federalism  A government site discuss most important events in the history of federalism
• A simple Guide to Federal Ideas:  A good discussion on the philosophy of federalism
• Carl Vinson Institute of Government:  University of Georgia.  Information sources for everything on Georgia.
• Federalist Game:  an interactive game to allow you  to figure out how  many country have a federal system in the world

Chapter 5. Political Parties

• Politics1.com.  A comprehensive list of political parties

Chapter 6. Interest Groups

• Political Advisory Groups:  an excellent index  of interest groups

Chapter 9. Campaign and Election

• US Election 2004  An official introduction from the State Department  
• Vote-smart   Project vote smart
• Open Secrets: An excellent site on money in politics data.
• Follow the Money:  find state financial contribution data on candidates for state elections
• Federal Election Commission: the official materials on election
• Atlas of Presidential Election: Excellent data on all presidential elections
• Buying of the President 2004: Lots of personal and campaign financial information on the various candidates and their respective campaign committees.
• Selectsmart: helps you choose an candidate by candidates' positions on issues.
• Primary Election
• American Election Process

Chapter 10  Congress

• Learn About Congress   This web site contains many e-learning modules with Flash presentation.  Excellent learning materials
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet:   A web site maintained by Library of Congress.  The most authoritative site containing most full text and real-time information about the congress
• Congressional Organization and Committee System, from the House of Representative.
• CRS Reports.  Congressional Research Services (CRS) is a research institution for the U.S. Congress.  There many excellent CRS reports in this web site about the in-depth information of the Congress
• Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representative . This web site provides excellent information on the House of Representatives.
• Georgia Congressional District Map Is it gerrymandering or not?

Chapter 11 Presidency

• The Executive Branch
• White House Official White House web site, containing on-line video tours of the White House
• 2005 Presidential Budget Proposal
• White House History and on-line Tours Web site of the White House Historical Association. 
• The President of the U.S.  You can find many interesting historical facts
• American Presidents (C-Span)  Video archives of the Presidents
• Presidential Papers (Avalon Project)   This Yale Law School project has a complete collection of presidential papers
• Camp vishus Another site of essential facts about U.S. Presidency

Chapter 15 U.S. Court System

• Supreme Court  The official web site of the Supreme Court which contain many .pdf files explain the role and operation of the court.
• U.S. Court A more comprehensive government site on the court system
• The Supreme Court Historical Society . A web site devoted to the history of the Supreme Court.
• OYEZ  A multimedia tour of the Supreme Court, and much more.
• Federal Court Finder. Site maintained by Emory Law School. It contains a U.S. Court map, and full index of all court web sites
• Washington Post To find what going on in the court currently.
• Rules of the Supreme Court  Full text of the S.C. rules hosted by Cornell University Law School.
• Supreme Court of Georgia, Official Web site of Georgia Supreme Court offer comprehensive information of Georgian court system.