American Government
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Connect for American Government
Students engage with a flexible, highly-interactive learning environment that enriches them with the resources they need to truly understand the diverse content of the American Government course. With a broad library of assignable activities, Connect makes it efficient for instructors to deploy vetted and up-to-the-minute assignments to motivate learners, and efficiently assess students’ mastery of course content.
Connect for American Government Features
What is Connect?
Connect for Political Science is a complete course platform that enables instructors to build deeper connections with their students through the assignment of digital content and tools, creating engaging learning experiences. Political scientists have reported that students display stronger critical thinking skills and improved academic performance as a result of using Connect.
SmartBook
Available within Connect, SmartBook 2.0 personalizes learning to individual student needs, continually adapting to pinpoint knowledge gaps and focus learning on concepts requiring additional study. For instructors, SmartBook tracks student progress and provides insights that guide teaching strategies and advanced instruction, for a more dynamic class experience.
NewsFlash
NewsFlash answers the challenge of helping students see the relevance of the American Government course through scaffolded activities and assessment questions that integrate the news (updated monthly) with relevant course content. Key government concepts and learning objectives are applied to analyze up-to-date articles, videos, TedTalks, and other media through assignments in Connect. After interacting with a contemporary news story, students are assessed on their ability to make the connection between real-life events and course content.
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Podcasts
Freshen classes and gain increased flexibility to design a dynamic learning environment, with available bi-annual podcast episodes. Deepen students’ understanding of real-life politics with over 100 assignable discussions and debate through the storytelling power of actual podcasts.
Practice: Government
Practice: Government, McGraw Hill’s educational game focused on the American political system, can now be played inside Connect! Fifteen “missions” that capture the arc of a legislator’s professional life (running for office; introducing and passing legislation; fundraising) pair with auto-graded and open-ended critical-thinking questions to harness the power of "learning by doing," all conveniently delivered within Connect.
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Concept Clips
Concept clips are brief, clear, and engaging videos using easy-to-understand narration, animations, and visual cues that walk students through the more difficult concepts in the American government course (e.g., the Electoral College; Supreme Court procedures). Videos also teach valuable skills to deploy—in life as well as in social science classes!—such as how to evaluate a public opinion poll, and how to evaluate news sources.
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Interactive Data
Connect’s Interactive Data activities provide valuable scaffolding to support political data visualizations that help students gain insight into factors that shape our political process. Learners can review electoral turnout over time or contemplate how demographic shifts in the American population will impact future elections. These interactive charts and maps are paired with auto-graded and critical-thinking questions to assess students’ mastery of the content.
Content and technology are ever-changing, and it is important that you can keep your course up to date with the latest information and assessments. That’s why we want to deliver the most current and relevant content for your course, hassle-free.
Connect Master: American Government is evergreen, which means it is continuously evolving and relevant, with content updates delivered directly to your existing Connect course. Engage students and freshen up assignments with up-to-date coverage of select topics and new questions, all without having to switch editions or build a new course. These updates will be delivered every term; click here to view latest updates.
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Self-Service Customization
McGraw Hill Create™ is a simple and easy-to-use online service allowing instructors to customize their own course books. Material can be pulled from different sources to create textbooks and eBooks tailored to your course.
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LMS Integration Features with LTI Advantage
We support LTI-compliant LMSs with Single Sign-On, Deep Linking, and Grade Syncing.
Have questions?
Contact McGraw Hill’s American Government Team at: polisci@mheducation.com
or text Michael Gedatus, Marketing Manager at (713) 344-3900 OR Jason Seitz, Portfolio Manager at (718) 536-4917