Browse the Lessons

Take a gander at the different subjects and keep posted for the new lessons to come out twice a week on Mondays and Fridays up until the election.

Lessons

1. (Lesson 1) The Federal Government: The Three Branches
1. A brief historical recap moving into the structure of government. Learn the three basic branches - Executive, Legislative, and Judicial - as well as the people that compose them.
2. (Lesson 2) Political Parties: A Sparknotes History (1788-1892)
1. Learn how the political parties changed in America's first 100 years. From the Federalists v. Jeffersonians, Whigs v. Democrats, Republicans v. Southern Democrats, and eventually the Union v. the Confederacy. 

General Information

General: Political Ideology

A guide to the political spectrum based on principles of Western philosophy, ideology and theory. Also information about the politics of the United States, in particular.