Your Textbook
Select the play button to begin the avatar video, and then use the navigation buttons to pause/stop, continue, or reset the avatar. View the presentation as often as you would like, and take notes as you follow along. Be sure to set your volume at a reasonable level before you begin.
To understand government, you will need to be able to
- Use the vocabulary.
- Understand key concepts.
- Apply key concepts to current issues.
- Analyze data.
- Compare and contrast ideas and institutions.
- Explain the significance of concepts.
- Expand on ideas presented in the text.
You will be assigned textbook readings, as well as other important reading selections, over the term of the course. As you read in your textbook consider these objectives and practice them.
It will benefit you to know your resources so that you can use them effectively. For this activity, you will examine the textbook
Questions to think about:
Which features of the text do you think will be most useful in understanding the material? Why? Which will be most interesting? Why? Which do you think you will use the most? Why? What do you think is missing from this text that you think would be useful?
