The course provides students context, history and insight into the American Government. Students explore how the founders created a democracy based upon the ideals of liberty, equality, and self-government; how the government is structured and how it operates; the three branches of government that make up the system of checks and balances; and the constitution as a foundation for the government and as a changing, living document meeting the needs of contemporary America.

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