What is the difference between politics and political science?
Identify a policy issue, formulate a hypothesis, and explain what data you would need to test the hypothesis.
Describe the President’s Job. What are his formal and informal powers? Who helps him do his job? What are the limits on the Presidency?
How is the Executive different in the federal and California governments? How do these differences affect their performance?
Describe the process for How a Bill Becomes a Law.
Compare and contrast the United States and California Legislatures. How are they similar and how are they different?
What influences shaped the US Constitution? How does that affect how we are governed today?
How are the California and US constitutions similar? How are they different?
How does society respond to crime and how does changing views of crime affect policy?