by Brigid Harrison, Jean Harris and Susan Tolchin
American Democracy Now, applies a critical thinking framework to teaching American Government by asking students to inquire, converse and participate.
Inquire is about students asking the right questions, and not taking what they read, hear, or see at face value. Converse is getting students to the point where they can join in the conversation of democracy constantly going on around them – as informed participants. Participate is about students getting involved or making a conscious decision not to get involved, and also about participation including many new activities related to technology – blogging, online polling, social networking sites, and more.
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Then-Now-Next (Inquire): To help students develop their skills in political inquiry, each chapter begins with a set of chapter-opening statements and questions that frames students' reading and stimulates their critical evaluation of the material, prompting them to consider:
What was the situation THEN?
How does then connect us to NOW and what is the current situation?
How does considering what happened then and what exists now help us to determine what should or will come NEXT?
Correlation Guide: www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/TS_Political_Issues_16eX.pdf
This convenient guide matches the issues in Taking Sides: Political Issues, 16/e Expanded with the corresponding chapters in two of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Political Science textbooks by Harrison et al. and Patterson.
Correlation Guide:
www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/AE_American_Govt_0910.pdf
This convenient guide matches the units in Annual Editions: American Government 09/10 with the corresponding chapters in three of our best-selling McGraw-Hill American Government textbooks by Harrison et al., Patterson, and Losco/Baker.
Conversation of Democracy (Converse) – Students evaluate a political issue, evaluate different perspectives, and consider their own opinions.
Facebook - Terri Towner (University of Oakland), a professor who has published numerous academic articles regarding using Facebook to teach American Government, has contributed "How to use Facebook" professor coverage to American Democracy Now.
- Instructional videos will show professors how to get started using Facebook.
- The American Democracy Now - Facebook site will contain exclusive National Journal articles not found in the textbook.
- Professors will be encouraged to post their own content they have found effective in the classroom as well as considering using content posted by their American Democracy Now "friends".
Political Inquiry (Inquire): Students learn to critically evaluate tables, charts, photographs – to question the nature of the data for a better understanding of it.
Online Learning Center that offers a number of additional resources for both students and instructors. Study tools are free and open to all students, and instructor material is password-protected.
For the instructor:
Instructor's Manual
Learning Objectives
Downloadable PowerPoint Presentations, including assessments
Test Bank (multiple-choice, short-answer, essay)
CPS
Lecture Launchers
For the student:
Self-scoring Chapter Quizzes (multiple-choice, short-answer, essay)
Chapter Outlines
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