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We the People 6th Edition

StudySpace

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StudySpace Site Features:

The structure of this site uses contemporary pedagogical techniques to help you strengthen your study habits.  The site is organized into 3 parts: Organize, Learn and Connect.

1. Organize:

This material will help you prepare to tackle the chapter material by getting you to think energetically before you read the chapter.  Then when you do open your book you will engage it more effectively.

  • Chapter Study Plan guides you as you work your way through the online material
  • Chapter Outlines give an bird’s eye view of the issues the chapter will explore. 
  • Preview Quizzes ask general knowledge questions related to the chapter topic.

2. Learn:

These exercises help you master what you’ve read in the chapter.

  • Chapter Reviews allow you to quickly review what you have read and help you identify the most important topics in each chapter.
  • Vocabulary Flashcards test your knowledge of important terms and concepts.
  • Diagnostic Quizzes provide a graphical score that shows you which material in the text you have grasped, and which parts you need to re-read.

3. Connect:

Here you are asked to apply what you learned from the chapter and to make connections between concepts you have mastered.

  • Interactive Politics simulations offer hands-on experience in how government works through entertaining role-playing games.
  • You Decide exercises, following the topics found in the Policy Debate boxes for each chapter, use media sources to get you to think critically about important contemporary issues.
  • Questions for Discussion and Thought are provocative questions which can be used for essay assignments.
  • What Government Does exercises help you to see how the day-to-day activities of government affect you personally.
  •  Get Involved exercises encourage participation in politics by showing you ways in which your participation can directly affect political situations.

 

EBookEBOOK—SAME GREAT CONTENT, HALF THE PRICE. The ebook version We the People , Sixth Edition, offers the full content of the print version at half the price. The Norton ebook format replicates actual book pages for a pleasant reading experience and allows students to take notes and highlight with ease, print pages as needed, and electronically search the text. Accessible at any time on the web, the ebook is directly linked to StudySpace's resources, incorporating many of its interactive elements. The ebook is also available in PDF format. Visit nortonebooks.com for more information.

 

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Instructors now have an easy way to collect students’ online quizzes with the Norton Gradebook without flooding their inboxes with e-mails.

Students can track their online quiz scores by setting up their own Student Gradebook.