Access to English: Social Studies

Focus: On the Playing Field - Practicing American Politics

In practice there are only two parties on the national level in the U.S., the Republicans and the Democrats. Why?

Read about this on pp. 193-209 in Access to English: Social Studies, and then work with the tasks in the textbook and here on the website.

The donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party, while the elephant symbolizes the Republican Party, or the Grand Old Party (GOP) as it is also known. The donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party, while the elephant symbolizes the Republican Party, or the Grand Old Party (GOP) as it is also known.

What Americans think of President Trump's first year in office

Trump supporter in Florida, a mother relying on the ACA, an Asian American college student, a DACA recipient and a transgender service member describe their lives in the whirlwind of 2017.

How do executive orders work?

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