TEACHER REFERENCE / FREE PLANNING TOOL
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A coverage checklist and current exam reference. No lesson plans, official test questions, answer keys, or member practice materials are included in this public tool.
Official exam requirements
The exam is fully digital in Bluebook. The following describes the official exam, not the structure or timing of the CLSM games.
| Section | Format | Time / weighting |
|---|---|---|
| I · Multiple choice | 55 questions. Stand-alone items and sets based on quantitative, text, and visual sources. | 80 minutes · 50% |
| II · Free response | 4 questions: Concept Application, Quantitative Analysis, SCOTUS Comparison, Argument Essay. | 100 minutes · 50% |
Across the course, practice concept application, SCOTUS application, data analysis, source analysis, and argumentation. Students need to explain reasoning, limits, and evidence—not only identify terms. The course also includes a civic project requirement; games alone do not fulfill it.
Official CED · Clarifications and corrections · Current official exam information
Topic 1.1 teacher materials
Student document analysis, concept application, quantitative practice, argument writing, simulation journal, and a separate teacher reference with game solutions. These are original local practice and feedback tools, not the official AP exam rubric.
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Your course coverage checklist
Track what you have taught. This free planning checklist does not unlock or represent completed game content.
0 of 60 topics checked. The target collection is 240 short games and 60 longer simulations; the current release contains six short games and one longer simulation, including the complete planned activity count for Topic 1.1. Required documents and cases need their own sustained analysis.
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Required reading & case checklist
Foundational documents
- Articles of Confederation
- Brutus No. 1
- U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments
- Declaration of Independence
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Federalist No. 10
- Federalist No. 39
- Federalist No. 51
- Federalist No. 70
- Federalist No. 78
- Gettysburg Address
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Core principles from Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations
Supreme Court cases
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
- Schenck v. United States (1919)
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- Baker v. Carr (1962)
- Engel v. Vitale (1962)
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
- Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
- New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
- Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
- Shaw v. Reno (1993)
- United States v. Lopez (1995)
- McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
These are the required-case names, distinct from optional illustrative examples. Study facts, constitutional issues, holdings, and reasoning, and practice comparison with unfamiliar cases. Later legal developments should be distinguished from the historical holdings.
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