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An AP U.S. Government and Politics path covering constitutional foundations, branches, civil liberties and rights, ideologies, participation, required documents, required cases, and FRQ readiness.

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AP U.S. Government and Politics

AP U.S. Government & Politics curriculum

An AP U.S. Government and Politics path covering constitutional foundations, branches, civil liberties and rights, ideologies, participation, required documents, required cases, and FRQ readiness.

Pacing
8 units, 20-30 weeks self-paced
Units
8 unit sequence
Practice
640 checked answers
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Self-paced or tutor-guided
Outcomes
  • Connect political concepts to real institutions, data, documents, and court cases.
  • Explain constitutional design, federalism, branches, rights, ideologies, and participation with evidence.
  • Prepare for AP-style concept application, quantitative analysis, SCOTUS comparison, and argument essays.

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  1. 01

    Foundations of American democracy

    • Explain democratic ideals, constitutional compromise, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
    • Use required founding documents in argument.

    Practice: Annotate a founding document and connect it to one constitutional principle and one modern tension.

  2. 02

    Interactions among branches

    • Explain Congress, presidency, bureaucracy, courts, policy making, and checks among branches.
    • Analyze incentives and constraints inside institutions.

    Practice: Trace one policy conflict through Congress, the president, bureaucracy, and courts.

  3. 03

    Civil liberties and civil rights

    • Use due process, selective incorporation, free expression, religion, equal protection, and voting rights.
    • Explain Supreme Court reasoning and implications.

    Practice: Brief a required case with facts, issue, holding, reasoning, and constitutional principle.

  4. 04

    Political ideologies and beliefs

    • Interpret polling data and ideology patterns.
    • Explain political socialization, public opinion, and policy preferences.

    Practice: Write a quantitative-analysis response from a poll or chart with one limitation noted.

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