Recent Presentations

The Voting Rights Act: Is It at Risk? 

McGraw Hill Webinar, March 12. 2026  

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The Voting Rights Act: Is It at Risk

Texas Community College Teachers Association (TCCTA) Annual Convention
February 19 , 2026

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Donald Trump and Presidential Power: Do We Need a New Theory?

McGraw Hill Webinar, October 23, 2025

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Recent Books

We the People: An introduction to American Government

Click to get free desk copy (for college & dual credit AP high school instructors)

Click to get free desk copy (for non dual-credit AP, honors, and regular American government high school teachers. When prompted about the nature of your request, paste the following sentence: I’d like to review for adoption Thomas E. Patterson, We the People, 15th edition, McGraw Hill, ISBN: 9781265634568)

To order: Thomas E. Patterson, We the People, 15e (McGraw-Hill, 2021), ISBN: 9781265634568.  

For preparing your syllabus, the Table of Contents can be found here. A draft syllabus can be found here.

We The People 15th Edition cover