United States Government
by Florida Association of School Administrators
This course material is only available in the iTunes U app on iPhone or iPad.
Course Description
United States Government - The grade 9-12 United States Government course consists of the following content area strands: Geography, Civics and Government. The primary content for the course pertains to the study of government institutions and political processes and their historical impact on American society. Content should include, but is not limited to, the functions and purpose of government, the function of the state, the constitutional framework, federalism, separation of powers, functions of the three branches of government at the local, state and national level, and the political decision-making process.
Mathematics Benchmark Guidance - Social Studies instruction should include opportunities for students to interpret and create representations of historical events and concepts using mathematical tables, charts, and graphs.
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| 1 | Congress Creates the Bill of Rights | This remarkable story focuses on James Madison’s leadership role in creating the Bill of Rights, effectively completing the U.S. Constitution. Starting with the crises facing the nation in the 1780s, the narrative traces the call for constitutional amendments from the state ratification conventions. Through close examination of the featured document, “Senate Revisions to the House Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Constitution,” the reader goes inside the First Congress, as Madison and the leaders of rival political factions worked in the House and Senate to formulate amendments to change the recently ratified Constitution. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | The Articles of Confederation | -- | 15:08 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | Articles of Confederation, 03/01/1781 | The Articles of Confederation were the original constitution of the United States and preceded the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation were in effect between 1781 and 1789. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | Magna Carta: Rule of Law in the Contemporary World - Civil Liberties & Surveillance | -- | 23:21 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | Magna Carta: Selecting & Conserving Primary Resources | -- | 44:22 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | The Magna Carta | John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his officials and loyal subjects, Greeting. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | United States Bill of Rights | The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed to assuage the fears of Anti-Federalists who had opposed Constitutional ratification, these amendments guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public. Originally the amendments applied only to the federal government, however, most were subsequently applied to the government of each state by way of the Fourteenth Amendment, through a process known as incorporation. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | Congress Creates the Bill of Rights | This App requires a secondary download of content, which will start automatically when the App is opened for the first time. Explore the proposals, debates, and revisions that shaped the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Why did the U.S. need a Bill of Rights? How did Congress produce the Bill of Rights? What would it be like to participate in the process? Dive into these questions and more with this app from the U.S. National Archives. Features: • Take a close look at the featured document "Senate Revisions to the House Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Constitution" with pinch to zoom • Survey the challenges to the new nation that made the Constitution and Bill of Rights necessary in a historical slide show • Get to know the leaders of the debate and explore issues that divided the Federalists and Anti-Federalists • Study the evolving language of each proposed amendment as it was shaped in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate • Participate and reflect in sections designed for individual or collaborative classroom exploration The Congress Creates the Bill of Rights project includes an eBook and accompanying educational materials available through www.archives.gov/legislative/resources/bill-of-rights.html. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | The ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION | An overview of the challenges faced by the young United States under the first American government - the Articles of Confederation. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | Local Government Scavenger Hunt | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | Why Local Government Matters | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | Manifesto of the Communist Party | The Manifesto of the Communist Party was drafted as its party program by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in Brussels at the order of the second congress of the League of Communists (December 2-8, 1847) The Manifesto marked the end of a year-long discussion within the League of the Just about the objectives and methods of proletarian emancipation and implied the conclusion of its transformation into the League of Communists. In Marxist literature this publication, which marked a milestone in the theoretical evolution of Marx and Engels and reflected the crucial principles of their world view in a relatively self-contained and complete form, is held to be the birth certificate of scientific socialism, which was fundamentally distinct from utopian socialism. Brought into its final version by Marx, it undoubtedly was the most brilliant and widely read writing of Marx and Engels; thanks to its down-to-earth analysis of society with its concise and cogent portrayal of a humanizing-liberating perspective for workers and the urgent demands for a revolutionary transformation of society. It was the most effective and most widely read publication of the modern working-class movement. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | Country and Government Type | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | Beichler_The15thAmendment_April13 | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | US Citizenship Test 2018 USCIS | Use this app to practice the USCIS Citizenship test or just test your knowledge on US History and Government. Features flash cards for all 100 pre-set USCIS questions. RECENT REVIEWS: Helpful app 5 stars - Very nice n helpful app. Easy way of studying. What an application!!! 5 stars - I highly recommend this app to anyone who's studying for the US Citizen test. Also, this app is good for anyone interested in learning the basics! Great 5 stars - Very nice app GREAT 5 stars - I CONSIDER IT AWESOME!!!! Very helpful! 5 stars - Just passes my US citizenship test. This app helps me a lot. Thank you! FEATURES: View FlashCards in a random order, or the order presented in the USCIS documentation. Take a practice test and see if you can score well enough to pass the actual Interview Test. The Government database has been updated with the information available at the time of publication and will be automatically updated with changes. New 'True/False' quiz will let you compete head to head with a friend. Who knows it best? Option to switch the App into Spanish Language (and switch back to English). Enable 65/20 mode for those who only need to study the 20 cards. If you have problems, please email us via support@purplebuttons.com - this way we can respond and try and resolve the issue (if possible). Thanks to everyone for all the amazing reviews, emails and words of thanks. We're glad that you like the App and it has helped you in your goal to become a US Citizen! Please be sure to tell your friends and family about this App if they're also preparing for the USCIS Interview. I created this app to help me study for the test and pass it. It worked well for me, hopefully it can work for you too. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | Section 1 | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | Political_Parties_Pic_Stitch-2 | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | Supreme Court Justices | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | icitizen | icitizen | ic – Connect with elected officials. Influence action. **Covered in New York Times, Huffington Post, Fivethirtyeight, Politico and the Apple iTunes Store. icitizen connects you with your elected officials and the organizations you care about. Using icitizen, easily vote on and promote issues and policies that affect your life. Elected officials and organizations use that feedback to inform policy and make sound, data-driven decisions. Send feedback that makes an impact - Tap into civic engagement: vote in icitizen polls to influence action on important issues. Poll results are seen by elected officials who are using icitizen. - Discover local sentiment: learn more about where your community stands on pressing issues. - Participate securely: vote with the security and anonymity similar to the voting booth. Share ideas - Generate momentum: Have an idea on how to improve your community? Share it on icitizen, tag your elected officials and promote it with your network. - Get noticed in politics: Gain awareness for your ideas by tagging relevant elected officials who can support your cause. Stay informed on politics - Stay up-to-date on trending issues in your community, state and nation. - Find your elected officials and identify their district and party affiliation. - See how your district ranks in employment, education, income and more. Let’s evolve democracy together. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @icitizen or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/YouCount. Have feedback, questions or suggestions? Contact us at info@icitizen.com. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | OYEZ | -- Oyez provides all the information available on the Oyez website in a conveniently package form for mobile users -- Oyez can focus their attention to the portion of the Supreme Court’s work that most interests them. For example, a student studying constitutional law could limit the app to only those cases that would be found in any casebook or textbook. Practitioners interested in bankruptcy cases could create a collection that identifies only cases bearing on bankruptcy issues. The choice remains entirely with the user. --Users can choose between streaming or downloading audio. Streaming provides immediate access to our synchronized audio and transcripts over cellular or WiFi networks. It is robust: You can pause and pick up hours later at the same point in the audio. Downloading allows storage and later playback. We recommend its use over wifi eliminating data charges. --We have improved design and logic, including a brief tutorial to instruct old and new users on the features and functionality in the app. --Users can now create clips and save them in a clip repository. It is simple to create a clip of a single speaker segment, a single speaker turn, or, using the scissors function, create a clip of non-contiguous segments. Clips in the repository can be shared and later repurposed in presentations or other projects consistent with our Creative Commons licensing terms. —Oyez will be updated regularly to account for new and old case descriptions and as the Court adds new cases to its docket. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | Roles of the President DBQ | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | Executive_Branch_Vocab | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | Presidents Quizzer | How much do you know about the Presidents of the United States? Play this fun, quick-fire quiz game to learn who they were and how they changed the world. Answer correctly before time runs out, or it's game over! Gradually improve your knowledge of history, and prove to your friends that you're the ultimate US patriot! "Loads of fun! - I'm having a grand time finding out what I know and don't know while learning all the time. A+" - 5/5 stars "I play it every day!!! Fab!!!" - 5/5 stars "It's fun!! - Very nice and really fun to play!" - 5/5 stars "So super fun and challenging! I almost expected it to be too easy and uninteresting. Love it!!" - 5/5 stars "My 9 year old son loves this game!" • How well do you know the US Presidents and their history? Become a professional! • Learn to identify the Presidents and Vice Presidents from their photograph. • Answer general knowledge questions about the Presidents, and the United States as a whole. • Teach yourself which political party the Presidents are loyal to. • Learn the birth places of notable US politicians. • Improve your knowledge of the geography of the US, including State capitals and the biggest cities. • Power-ups! Use "Freeze" to stop the timer, "Skip" to jump to the next question, and "Remove" to blast away a wrong answer! • A patriotic audio track accompanies detailed graphics and animations. • 7 free game modes, with 9 more available as an upgrade. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | QR Code Activity- Committees | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | Divided Government | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 26 | Watergate and President Richard Nixon | Unsealed by the U.S. Government in November 2011, the complete transcript of President Richard Nixon's long-secret grand jury testimony on June 23, 1975 is presented in ebook form, converted for accurate flowing-text reproduction. In addition, a comprehensive collection of historic Watergate documents is reproduced as part two of this ebook. PART ONE: In May 1975, the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) decided that it was necessary to question former President Richard M. Nixon in connection with various investigations being conducted by that office. Chief Judge George Hart signed an order authorizing that the sworn deposition of Mr. Nixon be taken at the Coast Guard Station in San Mateo, California with two members of the grand jury present. The deposition was taken in California because Mr. Nixon’s doctor had determined that Mr. Nixon was unable to travel to Washington DC for health reasons. The areas of inquiry that were agreed upon by the WSPF and Mr. Nixon’s counsel were as follows: The circumstances surrounding the 18 1/2 minute gap in the tape of a meeting between Mr. Nixon and H. R. Haldeman on June 20, 1972. * Alleged receipt of large amounts of cash by Charles G. Rebozo or Rose Mary Woods on behalf of Mr. Nixon and financial transactions between Mr. Rebozo and Mr. Nixon. * Attempts to prevent the disclosure of the existence of the National Security Council wiretap program through removal of the records from the FBI, the dealing with any threats to reveal the existence of such records, and the testimony of L. Patrick Gray at his confirmation hearings to be FBI Director. * Any relationship between campaign contributions and the consideration of ambassadorships for Ruth Farkas, J. Fife Symington, Jr., Vincent DeRoulet, Cornelius V. Whitney, and Kingdon Gould, Jr. * The obtaining and release of information by the White House concerning Lawrence O’Brien through use of the Internal Revenue Service. Nixon addressed a little-known Pentagon spying probe, in which a wiretap was placed on Yeoman Charles Radford, suspected of transmitting White House secrets to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. PART TWO: Here is the story of the Watergate scandal that brought down the presidency of Richard M. Nixon, including unique reproductions of historic government documents. After June 17, 1972, the word "Watergate" could no longer be just the name of an office and hotel complex in Washington, D.C. On that date it became a byword for political corruption. In the early hours of that mid-June morning, and in the middle of a presidential campaign, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters located in one of the Watergate offices. The details of this story would form an ever-rising pool of political deceit in which swirled a constitutional crisis that claimed a presidency. Every major aspect of the historic sequence of events in Watergate is reviewed: * The trial of the "Watergate Seven" burglars * Judge John Sirica * Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities hearings, chaired by Senator Sam Ervin * People: Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Dean, Hunt, Liddy * Battle for the Tapes * Trials and Tribulations * Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox and the Saturday Night Massacre * Transcripts, Document Reproductions, Timelines, Photographs * FBI Report excerpt with a Chronology of Watergate-related Events and Biographical Sketches of Major Figures * The Aftermath | -- | $9.99 | View in iTunes |
| 27 | U.S. Congressional Leaders | Do you feel dumb when you don't know who the Senate Minority Leader is? Learn your Congressional leaders FAST using this efficient drill tool. Rather than creating frivolous games or distracting quizzes to try to make learning “fun,” Brainscape provides a scientifically optimized algorithm to repeat flashcards in just the right pattern for your brain’s maximum absorption, based on YOUR confidence. Brainscape makes sure that your study time is used as efficiently as possible, because -– let’s face it -– you are busy! U.S. Congressional Leaders Flashcards includes: • Flashcards for all the key leadership posts in Congress, testing you in various different formats • A customized flashcard repetition algorithm that cuts your memorization time dramatically • Convenient “browse” and “search” functions that allow you to easily find the cards you want • Ongoing feedback, statistics, and visualization tools to help you track your progress The Brainscape team is made up of former executives from The Princeton Review and Kaplan, as well as cognitive scientists formerly with Columbia and Yale. Our mission is to make learning easier and more convenient. Once you see how fast you can learn with Brainscape, you’ll want to use it for many more subjects in the future. Good luck studying! | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 28 | United States Government Manual: America's Official Government Handbook - Agencies of the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Branches | This ebook provides an excerpted reproduction of the U.S. Government Manual for 2009-2010. The official handbook of the Federal Government, it provides comprehensive information on agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. Descriptions include: purpose and role, a brief history, programs, Sources of Information section with contracts and grants, employment, publications, more. | -- | $5.99 | View in iTunes |
| 29 | Liberty, Federalism, and The American Constitution | Despite the vast centralization of power in Washington D.C. in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the idea and need for a renewed federalism continues to guide the debates around the proper spheres of national and state governments. What should federalism look like in the twenty-first century? How should we understand its origins, development, and current trajectory in America? This 2013 Constitution Day symposium, "Liberty, Federalism, and the American Constitution," will explore federalism's contribution to liberty in the American Republic. This event will seek better understanding of the Constitution's division of power between the federal and state governments. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 30 | Court Case Organizer | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 31 | Historic Supreme Court Decisions | 140 Historic Supreme Court Decisions are included in this App. Each decision includes a summary of why the decision was important, when arguments took place and the vote of the court. In addition the full text of the Supreme Court decision is included. Sections include decision that relate to: Article I Congress Article II Presidency Article III Judiciary Federalism Property Rights Extension of Bill of Rights Freedom of Religion Freedom of Speech Civil Rights Rights of the Accused Privacy Abortions Death Penalty Press Libel Obscenity | -- | $1.99 | View in iTunes |
| 32 | TrackBill: Legislation Tracker | TrackBill puts you in complete control of state and federal legislative information, so you never miss an important bill. Nationwide Legislative Tracking Platform Track legislation across all 50 states & Congress. *** Search for bills, committees, & legislators *** Find important legislation with a search engine that guides you directly to what you need to know. *** Receive real-time alerts on new actions *** Get the latest information on issues you care about with a platform that updates every 5 minutes. *** Monitor bill introductions & amendments *** Discover new bills that match your interests without having to search for them; they come to you. *** View a personalized hearing schedule *** Keep organized with a calendar that automatically updates based on the items you are tracking. *** Create professional reports in seconds *** Communicate to your stakeholders with PDF and CSV (Excel) reports, customized to their needs. *** Get customer support when you need it *** Connect with a rep on live chat, and have all of your requests answered instantly by a real person. Terms of Use: https://trackbill.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://trackbill.com/privacy | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 33 | Democracy 3 | Ever wanted to run the country? Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders. Crime, Unemployment, National Debt, Terrorism, Climate Change...Have you got the answers to the problems that face western industrialized nations? Here is your chance to find out… An entire virtual country Democracy 3 simulates the motivations, loyalties and desires of everyone in the country. A custom-designed neural network is used to model individual voters, each which varying memberships of voting groups, political parties and pressure groups. Each voters income is modelled, along with their levels of complacency and cynicism. This is the most sophisticated political strategy game ever created. Unique user interface Despite being vastly detailed under-the-hood, Democracy 3 has a unique user interface that makes visualising the connections between laws, policies, voters and situations easy. A simple iconic-based view of your countries issues allows you to 'drill-down' through all the relationships between policies and voters to quickly analyse the impacts of your decisions. Your trade policy may affect GDP, which will affect unemployment, which will effect poverty, and thus crime, leading to a change in tourism, which affects GDP… Complex simulated voters Each individual voter is a mixture of a subset of the 21 different voter groups represented within the game. They might be a young, wealthy, liberal socialist commuter, or a retired conservative religious capitalist, for example. Not only this, but the extent to which they identify each of those groups is both variable, and can be affected by your policies in the long term. Convert your country to religion, or atheism, to capitalism, or socialism by careful and nuanced adjustment of your policies and laws over time. A 'focus group' feature lets you look at individual voters and see exactly how they came to a decision to vote for you (or not!). Detailed policy model Each policy (or law) in the game has a slider which allows you to fine tune it's intensity to get the balance just right. A series of equations within the game allows the same policy to have radically different effects on each voter group at different points in the slider, so some voters may be indifferent to a policy unless it reaches extreme levels, for example. Democracy 3 also models the global economy, including credit rating agencies and debt interest levels, as well as the impact of global events on your country. | -- | $4.99 | View in iTunes |
| 34 | FEMA | The FEMA app is your one-stop-shop with tools and tips to keep you safe before, during, and after disasters. Stay updated with weather-related alerts from the U.S. National Weather Service. Upload and share your disaster photos to help out emergency managers. Save a custom list of the items in your family’s emergency kit, as well as the places you will meet in case of an emergency. Get tips on what to do before, during, and after over 20 types of disasters. And locate open shelters and where to talk to FEMA in person at Disaster Recovery Centers. Terms of use: www.fema.gov/app. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 35 | U.S. Constitution Annotated | The U.S. Constitution: Analysis and Interpretation app is a mobile version of the "Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation", a comprehensive analytical legal treatise prepared by attorneys of the Congressional Research Service at the direction of the United States Senate and issued as Senate Document No. 112-9. The app is presented by the Library of Congress using data provided by the Government Printing Office. This app: - Delivers the full text of “Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation” - Contains a clause-by-clause discussion of the entire Constitution - Discusses all Supreme Court cases and selected historical documents relevant to interpreting the Constitution - Lists all federal, state, and local laws struck down by the Supreme Court, and all cases where the Court overturned its prior precedent - Contains a table of contents, table of cases, and an index You may perform keyword searches within individual documents or sections within documents; share documents via email; or save them to your preferred PDF reader. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 36 | The Mayflower Compact | The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Saints traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620 along with adventurers, tradesmen, and servants, most of whom were referred to, by the Separatists as "Strangers". The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by most adult men. The Pilgrims used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates, which, at that time, was ten days behind the Gregorian Calendar. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers, while the Mayflower was anchored in what is now Provincetown Harbor within the hook at the northern tip of Cape Cod. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 37 | Our Government | How America's federal, state and local governments work to enact the will of the people, and how the president and his administration collaborate with the Legislative and Judicial branches to govern the United States. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 38 | The Federalist Papers | The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution. | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
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