Maxwell School of Syracuse University: Public Affairs Website
I. Module Guidelines:
II. Debriefing Material for Classroom Discussion:
III. Lectures Modified from Coplin:
Module 1:
Module 2:
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
IV. Online Supplemental Guide for SUPA PAF 101 Instructors
Barbara Heller's Class Project:
Additional Resources:
Additional Resource Websites:
- Advocacy
Groups: A directory of United States Lobbyists, listed by category.
- Almanac
of Public Policy Issues: Background information, archived documents, and links on major U.S. public policy
issues, listed by category.
- New York
Times:
New York Times articles that can be used for modules. Some require payment,
and can be located for free by using an SU database.
- Non- Profit Organizations:
Provides lots of information about non-profits, and includes a "charity search."
- New York State Government:
News about New York State politics and government - also has national news.
- Track Current Legislation:
Follows the status of federal legislation and the activities of your senators
and representatives.
- Track Your Congressperson:
Provides information about Congress, allowing users to "track" their congressperson
to follow their activities. Also has general information about Congress
and how Congress works in "plain English."
- US Government Official Portal: Has
a helpful "Reference Center" that has general government information.
- US
Government Printing Office- Document SearchSearch and retrieval service
that provides bibliographic records of U.S. Government information products
- use it to link to Federal agency online resources or identify materials
distributed to Federal depository libraries.