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American Government
POL 101 – Forsberg
Homework, Spring 2005

Note the due dates.  No late work will be accepted.  Make sure you hand it in to me when I request it in class.

Homework:
o	25	Political Ideology Paper	January 19
o	20	Research Questions and Hypotheses	January 19
o	10	Representation in Government	January 21
o	20	The Constitution Activity	February 2
o	20	What if?	February 18
o	100	Movie-Book Assignment	May 2

Group Projects:
o	25	Olden Constitutions	January 28
o	25	Create-a-Constitution	February 9
o	25	Bill Writing Project	February 28
o	25 	Supreme Court Case	March 14
o	25	Party Platform	April 20
o	25	Group Evaluation	April 27

American Government
POL 101 – Forsberg
Representation

	Value:  15 points	Due:  Wednesday, January 21, 2004

For this activity, you are to provide the following information.  Make sure you use the style sheet.

Supply the following information from your home:

Zip + 4 code
State Representative (lower house)
State Senator (upper house)
US Representative
US Senator
Mayor (City Executive) and title
Governor

American Government
POL 101 – Forsberg
The Supreme Cases	

	Value:  25 points	Due:  Monday, March 15, 2004

There are four sections to the paper: 
History: Give the background to the case.  What caused it?  What were the political and historical events leading up to it?
Questions: What were the major questions the court had to answer in deciding the case?
Answers: What were the findings of the court (the answers to the questions)?
Effects: What was the result of this case on the country, on the states, on ourselves, on our rights?
The Cases:

o	Pierce v. Society of Sisters 1925
o	Olmstead v. United States 1928
o	Engel v. Vitale 1962
o	Baker v. Carr 1962
o	Gideon v. Wainright 1963
o	Furman v. Georgia 1972
o	Wisconsin v. Yoder 1972
o	United States v. Nixon 1974
o	Buckley v. Valeo 1976
o	Texas v. Johnson 1989
o	Sutton v. United Airlines 1999
o	Bush v. Gore 2000
o	Virginia v. Black 2003
Some suggested sources:
Findlaw:	
	http://www.findlaw.com

Cornell’s Legal Information Institute:
	http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/

InstaCase:
	http://www.instacase.com/

Oyez Project:
	http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage