Current Issues in the U.S. Electoral System
Current Issues in the U.S. Electoral System
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Talking with Your Students About the January 6, 2021 Assault on the Capitol
Vote by Mail: Election Controversy in the Time of the Coronavirus (CivCon)
270 Votes to Win: The Electoral College in the United States
Slavery and the Electoral College (CivCon)
Purged From the Voter Rolls: Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute
Why Don’t More People in the U.S. Vote?
Winner-Take-All: The Two-Party System
"I Have a Right to Vote" -- a star-studded music video offering a crash course in voting rights history by composer Nolan WIlliams, Jr. Includes discussion, writing, and research activities.
Policy Issues for Federal Elections
Policy Issues for Federal Elections
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As voters go to the polls this election year, the United States faces crucial domestic and foreign policy issues. Parties and candidates will be taking positions on issues related to the economy, health care, immigration, criminal justice, and foreign relations. Here are some background readings and lessons that address some of these issues.
Domestic Policy Issues
The Economy
Unemployment and the Future of Jobs in America
Autmation and the American Worker
A Guide to the Federal Budget Deficit and the National Debt Taxes
Health Care
The Continuing Struggle for U.S. Health-Care Reform
Health Care: What Do Other Countries Do?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on the Affordable Care Act
Immigration
Immigration Enforcement Raids (CivCon)
Other Issues
Achieving Diversity: Affirmative Action in College Admissions
Elections, Money, and the First Amendment (relating to the Citizens United case)
Foreign Policy Issues
U.S. Foreign & Military Policy
Communism, Capitalism, and Democracy in China
Global Warming and the Paris Agreement
The Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Critics
What Should the U.S. Do About North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons? (CivCon)
The Dispute Over the South China Sea
Lessons marked as a CivCon are Civil Conversations in which students do a close reading of a text and
deliberate with each other constructively to reach a mutual understanding of controversial issues.
