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  This site features video resources showcasing the 2020 presidential election. Topics include the presidential election process, current and historical examples of the process, videos of the candidates and issues being discussed during the campaign.
  
  
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  Geography resources organized by the five themes of geography and the seven units found in the AP Human Geography course.

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Foundations of U.S. Government

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Supreme Court

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Beginning on February 26, C-SPAN will begin airing Landmark Cases Season 2. The series will air on Mondays at 9 PM. This 12-part series delves into cases that represent some of the tipping points in our nation's story and our evolving understanding of rights in America. For updated information on the cases, visit the  website.
Cases featured in Season 2 include:

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819 )
• Civil Rights Cases (1883)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
• Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
• Katz v. United States (1967)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
• Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
• New York Times v. United States (Pentagon Papers Case) (1971)
• Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
• Regents of Univ. Cal v. Bakke (1978)

In preparation for the new season,  has aggregated a number of resources relating to the Supreme Court as well as resources taken from Landmark Cases Season 1.
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U.S. Constitution​
Constitution Clips
Make the Constitution come alive with video clip examples of the Constitution in action. Click on any text link or image link to view video clips correlating to their respective section of the U.S. Constitution.

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Constitutional Foundations

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