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Use with Section CE 2 - Fundamental Principles and Documents:

  The First Democracies   (2 MB)  updated 1/25/08

  The Magna Carta: A foundation for liberty   (5 MB)  updated 1/27/08

  Jamestown and the Charters of the Virginia Company of London   (6 MB)  updated 1/22/08

  George Mason and the Virginia Declaration of Rights   (5 MB)  updated 1/22/08  

  The Declaration of Independence   (8 MB)  updated 1/15/08

  The Articles of Confederation   (6 MB)  updated 12/19/07

  The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom   (4 MB)  updated 5/3/08 

  The U.S. Constitution: An introduction   (10 MB)  updated 1/27/08

  Founding Documents - Quick Review   (5 MB)  updated 1/23/08


Use with Section CE 6 - American Constitutional Government:

   The U.S. Constitution: An introduction   (10 MB)  updated 1/27/08

   The President's Job Description   (4 MB)  updated 2/12/08

  
Branches of Government - Quick Review  (3 MB)  uploaded 3/9/08


Use with Section CE 7 - Making Public Policy and Laws

  
Making Laws: The Role of the Executive Branch  (4 MB)  updated 2/2/08


Use with Section CE 9 - Economic Decisions and the Marketplace

   How are prices determined?   (1/2 MB)  updated 12/12/07



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