For teachers and educators, this resource compilation of college-level syllabi, developed by scholars, address a variety of topics in American politics, governance, and history. This collection is meant to help teachers structure their courses with a list of relevant readings and assignments. (These links are pdf or word documents that will download when you click on them.)

20th Century

• Twentieth-Century America by Jonathan Bean
• American Political Development In The Twentieth Century by Elizabeth Sanders

American Political Development

• Themes in American Political Development (Fall) by Ira Katznelson
• Philosophical and Empirical Foundations of the Social Sciences by Richard Bensel
• American Political Development by Beth Rosenson

American Politics

• American Politics by Andrew Polsky
• American Government: A Historical Introduction by Andrew Polsky
• Media and Politics by Beth Rosenson
• Macro Theories of American Politics by Byron Shafer
• Introduction to American Politics by Jacob Hacker
• American Politics: Theories and Core Concepts by Sandy Schram

Business and Economic History

• Business Power and American Politics by Jacob Hacker
• Economic Opportunity and the Digital Revolution by Philip Zelikow

Congress

• Constitutional History I by Michael Klarman
• Constitutional History II by Michael Klarman
• Constitutional Law by Michael Klarman
• Seminar: The Warren Court by Michael Klarman
• Congress, President, and the Court in American Politics by Daniel Wirls

Conservatives

• The Conservative View in U.S. History by Jonathan Bean

Education

• The Culture Wars and American Education by Jonathan Zimmerman
• History of American Education by Jonathan Zimmerman
• History of Higher Education by Jonathan Zimmerman
• American Education Reform by Jonathan Zimmerman
• Why College? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Jonathan Zimmerman

Environmental Policy and History

• Urban Ecology and Politics by Elizabeth Sanders

International Relations

• The United States and the End of the Cold War by Melvyn Leffler
• Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy Decision-Making by Melvyn Leffler
• History of U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1898 by Melvyn Leffler
• Causes and Consequences of U.S. Foreign Policy by Elizabeth Sanders

Methods

• Research Methods by Chris Howard

Military History and Wartime

• U.S. Military Policy and Politics by Daniel Wirls
• America and War since 1900 by Philip Zelikow

Miscellaneous

• Political Culture by Richard Bensel
• Moral & Ethical Issues in Sport by Richard Lapchick
• The Modern World: Global History since 1760 by Philip Zelikow
• Liberty and Power: Our Enemy the State by Jonathan Bean

New Deal - Present

• New Deal Legal History Seminar by Daniel Ernst
• The Great Depression in the United States, 1929-1942 by Jonathan Bean
• The United States Since 1945 by Matt Lassiter

Policy History and Policy Making

• Colloquium in U.S. Policy History: U.S., 1800 - Present by Jonathan Bean
• The Politics of Public Policy (2) by Jacob Hacker
• Policy History by Chris Howard

Political Activism

• Social Movements in American Politics by Elizabeth Sanders

Political Parties

• Socialism: The Dream and the Nightmare by Jonathan Bean
• Political Parties by Andrew Polsky

Presidency

• U.S. National Elections by David Mayhew
• The Modern American Presidency (2) by Edward Berkowitz
• The American Presidency by Elizabeth Sanders
• The Politics of Presidential Selection by Byron Shafer

Social Policy and Inequality

• America’s Welfare State by Edward Berkowitz
• Inequality and American Democracy: Participation, Power, and Policy by Jacob Hacker
• The American Welfare State in Comparative Perspective by Jacob Hacker
• Inequality and American Politics by Jacob Hacker
• The American Welfare State by Chris Howard

U.S. Constitution and the Judiciary

• American Legal History by Daniel Ernst
• Politics, Law, and the American State by Jacob Hacker