Appendix
This unit implements Virginia’s History and Social Science Standards of Learning for Virginia and United States Government 9a-9f. It serves as a case study for understanding how public policy is made by examining different perspectives on the role of government, describing how the national government influences the public agenda and shapes public policy, then how the state and local governments influence the public agenda and shape public policy, looking at the process by which policy is implemented by the bureaucracy at each level, analyzing how individuals, interest groups, and the media influence public policy, and formulating and practicing a course of action to address local and/or state issues. While these objectives may be taught without one particular focus of public policy, I believe that students have more to gain from the concreteness, singularity, relevance, and coherence of viewing the history of housing policy in the United States as it relates to the city of Richmond.
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