The Foundational Documents and Court Cases Reader includes all of the documents and cases required by the College Board®, as well as commentary and guided questions to help students understand these complex texts.
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The Foundational Documents and Court Cases Reader includes all of the documents and cases required by the College Board®, as well as commentary and guided questions to help students understand these complex texts.
Foundational Documents
How to Master the Foundational Documents
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitution of the United States
Brutus No. 1
Federalist No. 10
Federalist No. 51
Federalist No. 70
Federalist No. 78
Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Required Supreme Court Cases
How to Tackle the Fifteen Required Supreme Court Cases
Court Case Analysis Template for Students
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
United States v. Lopez (1995)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
Baker v. Carr (1961)
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
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