The U.S. Constitution (coming 2015)
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Constitutions: Their Stated Purpose
Lesson 3: The British Constitution
Lesson 4: The Colonial Charters
Lesson 5: Week 1 Review
Lesson 6: Covenants: Religious and Political
Lesson 7: Colonial Plans of Union
Lesson 8: The Colonial Origins of American Constitutionalism: An Overview
Lesson 9: American Constitutionalism on the Eve of Revolution
Lesson 10: Week 2 Review
Lesson 11: The American Revolution as a Constitutional Struggle I
Lesson 12: The American Revolution as a Constitutional Struggle II
Lesson 13: The American Revolution as a Constitutional Struggle III
Lesson 14: The American Revolution as a Constitutional Struggle IV
Lesson 15: Week 3 Review
Lesson 16: The Declaration of Independence
Lesson 17: State Constitutions
Lesson 18: The Articles of Confederation I
Lesson 19: The Articles of Confederation II
Lesson 20: Week 4 Review
Lesson 21: To the Philadelphia Convention
Lesson 22: Shays’ Rebellion
Lesson 23: The Philadelphia Convention I
Lesson 24: The Philadelphia Convention II
Lesson 25: Week 5 Review
Lesson 26: The Philadelphia Convention III
Lesson 27: Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Lesson 28: The Constitution: Article I
Lesson 29: The Constitution: Article I (continued)
Lesson 30: Week 6 Review
Lesson 31: The Constitution: Article II
Lesson 32: The Constitution: Articles III and IV
Lesson 33: The Constitution: Articles V-VII
Lesson 34: Did the American Indians Influence the Constitution?
Lesson 35: Week 7 Review
Lesson 36: The Antifederalist Critique I
Lesson 37: The Antifederalist Critique II
Lesson 38: Biography: Samuel Adams
Lesson 39: Ratification I
Lesson 40: Week 8 Review
Lesson 41: Ratification II
Lesson 42: The Federalist
Lesson 43: Federalist #10
Lesson 44: Federalism
Lesson 45: Week 9 Review
Lesson 46: Biography: Alexander Hamilton
Lesson 47: Biography: James Madison
Lesson 48: The General Welfare Clause
Lesson 49: The Commerce Clause
Lesson 50: Week 10 Review
Lesson 51: The “Necessary and Proper” Clause
Lesson 52: The Supremacy Clause
Lesson 53: Is the Constitution a ‘Living, Breathing’ Document?
Lesson 54: The Bill of Rights: Overview
Lesson 55: Week 11 Review
Lesson 56: The First Amendment I
Lesson 57: The First Amendment II
Lesson 58: The Second Amendment
Lesson 59: The Second and Third Amendments
Lesson 60: Week 12 Review
Lesson 61: The Fourth Amendment I
Lesson 62: The Fourth Amendment II
Lesson 63: The Fifth Amendment I
Lesson 64: The Fifth Amendment II
Lesson 65: Week 13 Review
Lesson 66: The Sixth Amendment
Lesson 67: The Seventh Amendment
Lesson 68: The Eighth Amendment
Lesson 69: The Ninth Amendment
Lesson 70: Week 14 Review
Lesson 71: The Tenth Amendment
Lesson 72: Jefferson, Hamilton, and the Constitution
Lesson 73: Two Theories of the American Union
Lesson 74: Biography: Patrick Henry
Lesson 75: Week 15 Review
Lesson 76: Biography: John Taylor of Caroline
Lesson 77: The Virginia Resolutions of 1798
Lesson 78: The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799
Lesson 79: Response to Virginia and Kentucky
Lesson 80: Week 16 Review
Lesson 81: Nullification and the Constitution
Lesson 82: The Jeffersonian Triumph
Lesson 83: St. George Tucker: First Constitutional Commentary
Lesson 84: Jefferson and the Judiciary
Lesson 85: Week 17 Review
Lesson 86: Jefferson and the Constitution
Lesson 87: Midterm Review
Lesson 88: Fletcher vs. Peck
Lesson 89: John Marshall
Lesson 90: Week 18 Review
Lesson 91: Marbury vs. Madison
Lesson 92: Judicial Review I
Lesson 93: Judicial Review II
Lesson 94: Concurrent Review
Lesson 95: Week 19 Review
Lesson 96: The Hartford Convention
Lesson 97: McCulloch vs. Maryland
Lesson 98: The Missouri Crisis
Lesson 99: Internal Improvements
Lesson 100: Week 20 Review
Lesson 101: The Jackson Administration
Lesson 102: Two Treatises on the Constitution: Abel Upshur vs. Joseph Story, Part I
Lesson 103: Upshur vs. Story, Part II
Lesson 104: Barron vs. Baltimore
Lesson 105: Week 21 Review
Lesson 106: The Abolitionists, Part I: The Constitution as a Pro-Slavery Document
Lesson 107: The Abolitionists, Part II: The Constitution as an Anti-Slavery Document
Lesson 108: Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Lesson 109: The Antislavery Cause and States’ Rights in Wisconsin
Lesson 110: Week 22 Review
Lesson 111: Secession
Lesson 112: The Confederate Constitution
Lesson 113: The Civil War and the Constitution
Lesson 114: Reconstruction I
Lesson 115: Week 23 Review
Lesson 116: Reconstruction II
Lesson 117: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Ratification Process
Lesson 118: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Incorporation Doctrine
Lesson 119: The Slaughterhouse Cases
Lesson 120: Week 24 Review
Lesson 121: Antitrust and the Courts
Lesson 122: Jury Nullification
Lesson 123: The Sixteenth Amendment
Lesson 124: The Seventeenth Amendment
Lesson 125: Week 25 Review
Lesson 126: The Eighteenth Amendment (and the 21st)
Lesson 127: Substantive Due Process
Lesson 128: Progressivism and the Constitution
Lesson 129: The Power to Draft
Lesson 130: Week 26 Review
Lesson 131: Free Speech
Lesson 132: Theodore Roosevelt and the Constitution
Lesson 133: Judicial Resistance to the New Deal I
Lesson 134: Judicial Resistance to the New Deal II
Lesson 135: Week 27 Review
Lesson 136: The New Deal Court I
Lesson 137: The New Deal Court II
Lesson 138: The Japanese Internment
Lesson 139: Brown v. Board of Education
Lesson 140: Week 28 Review
Lesson 141: Civil Rights I
Lesson 142: Civil Rights II
Lesson 143: Church, State, and the Establishment Clause
Lesson 144: The Presidency and Foreign Policy
Lesson 145: Week 29 Review
Lesson 146: War Powers and the Constitution I: Original Understanding
Lesson 147: War Powers and the Constitution II: History
Lesson 148: War Powers and the Constitution III: Truman Seizes the Steel Mills
Lesson 149: The Constitution and Money I
Lesson 150: Week 30 Review
Lesson 151: The Constitution and Money II
Lesson 152: The Warren Court I
Lesson 153: Abortion and the Court: Roe vs. Wade
Lesson 154: Medical Marijuana
Lesson 155: Week 31 Review
Lesson 156: Presidential Signing Statements
Lesson 157: Flashes of Federalism
Lesson 158: War on Terror I
Lesson 159: War on Terror II
Lesson 160: Week 32 Review
Lesson 161: The Obamacare Decision
Lesson 162: Proposals for Reform
Lesson 163: Lysander Spooner and the Authority of the Constitution
Lesson 164: Conclusion
Lesson 165: Week 33 Review