AP Comparative Government

Students study six countries in AP Comparative Government and Politics: China, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

Textbooks

Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction McCormick, John, Hague, Rod, Harrop, Martin, Red Globe Press

Comparative Government and Politics: An Essential CoursebookEthel Wood

AP Comparative Government and Politics: With 3 Practice Tests (Barron’s Test Prep) With 3 Practice Tests Barron’s Test PrepDavis M.Ed., Jeff, Barrons Educational Series

The Future of Freedom: Fareed Zakaria Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

Additional Reading

  • A Fine Mess by T. R. Reid
  • The Narrow Corridor by Daron Acemoglu
  • The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
  • The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder
  • The Myth of Chinese Capitalism by Dexter Roberts

Websites

http://gapminder.org

https://www.economist.com/

https://freedomhouse.org/

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

https://www.loc.gov/collections/country-studies/about-this-collection/

https://www.state.gov/

https://www.un.org/

Miss DeLong https://www.youtube.com/user/cgdelong/videos

Choices program https://www.choices.edu/video-playlist/?unit=7778

https://www.youtube.com/c/GlobalChatwithMrTesch/videos

https://school.fultonschools.org/hs/riverwood/Documents/Social%20Studies/AP%20COMPARATIVE%20GOVERNMENT%20SYLLABUS%20Semester.pdfhttp://www.mrtredinnick.com/ap-comparative-government.html

https://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/94279

Animated government

Michael Brogley https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgOaEhy-m-VPljHHoZmk0kg/videos

http://caroddoapclasses.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/iranbriefingpaper.pdf