Magruder`s American Government © 2012 Program Components

Program Components
Introduction
This guide describes the Prentice Hall Magruder’s American Government essential print and
digital components.
Program Organization
Prentice Hall Magruder’s American Government is organized around Understanding by
Design Essential Questions. Essential Questions help students of all abilities gain an
understanding of key American government principles to help them effectively problem
solve in this global economy. The content is relevant and accessible so students of all levels
understand the key concepts. Each resource in the program helps students acquire the
knowledge and skills they need to answer the Essential Question and move toward truly
understanding the content.
The Foundations Series
The Foundations Series is an accessible curriculum that covers the same core content as the
on-level version. Features include a lower reading level at a Lexile range between 800 and
900 and explicit skills instruction. The Foundations Series also provides embedded reading
support, explicit reading strategies, and integrated vocabulary support with key words that
highlight and define terms. The more open and readable single-column text design also
helps students reading at a lower level.
Copyright © 2012 Pearson, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
1
Student Resources
With a variety of student resources, Prentice Hall Magruder’s American Government helps
students understand key concepts of American government and apply them to real-world
situations.
Student Edition
The student edition provides complete course content in the print text and online. It is
available both for on-level and the Foundations Series.
PRENTICE HALL
PRENTICE HALL
Unit 4 The Executive Branch
Unit 1 Foundations of American Government
What should be the goals of government?
Chapter 1 Principles of Government
2 Origins of American Government
3 The Constitution
4 Federalism
Unit 2 Political Behavior: Government
by the People
In what ways should people participate in public affairs?
Chapter 5 Political Parties
6 Voters and Voter Behavior
7 The Electoral Process
8 Mass Media and Public Opinion
9 Interest Groups
Unit 3 The Legislative Branch
What makes a successful Congress?
Chapter 10 Congress
11 Powers of Congress
12 Congress in Action
What makes a good President?
Chapter 13 The Presidency
14 The Presidency in Action
15 Government at Work: The Bureaucracy
16 Financing Government
17 Foreign Policy and National Defense
Unit 5 The Judicial Branch
What should be the role of the judicial branch?
Chapter 18 The Federal Court System
19 Civil Liberties: First Amendment Freedoms
20 Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights
21 Civil Rights: Equal Justice Under Law
McClenaghan
William A. McClenaghan
2011
Unit 6 Comparative Political and
Economic Systems
How should a government meet the needs of its people?
Chapter 22 Comparative Political Systems
23 Comparative Economic Systems
Unit 7 Participating in State and
Local Government
What is the right balance of local, State, and
federal government?
Chapter 24 Governing the States
25 Local Government and Finance
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-317365-9
ISBN-10:
0-13-317365-8
9 0 0 0 0
9
PearsonSchool.com
780133 173659
2011 student edition with online student center
6-year access ISBN is: 0-13-317965-6
Copyright © 2012 Pearson, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
2
Essential Questions Journal
The Essential Questions Journal helps students develop
the framework for responses to the Essential Questions.
Students build their understanding and answer journal
questions, which shape their response to the overarching
unit’s Essential Question. The journal provides the
opportunity for students to express their opinions through
multiple writing opportunities. The journal also provides a
visual explanation and organization of the content.
StudentEXPRESS DVD
StudentEXPRESS is the DVD version of the student edition with page-by-page audio that
ensures that students have what they need to learn, study, and succeed in the classroom. It
also contains an interactive glossary with audio in both English and Spanish and reference
resources such as Historical Documents, Supreme Court Glossary, and maps.
Online Student Resources
Students can use a wide array of 21st century learning tools to personalize learning in the
online course. No matter where they are or what time of day it is, students have access to
their work.
Copyright © 2012 Pearson, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
3
Online Student Edition
The Online Student Edition has rich digital assets. Two levels of the student edition teach
core content, which enable students to use the version of the text that matches their
reading level. These are also available in DVD-ROM.
Interactivities
The online interactivities in the program help students gain a deeper understanding of key
concepts. Some of these resources include How Government Works, Citizenship Activity
Pack: Agents of Changes, and American Government: Experience It!
Government on the Go
Government on the Go allows students to access audio and video files of each chapter’s
interactivities. It includes the Audio Review and Political Dictionary, in both English and
Spanish, the Magruder’s American Government Dictionary, and Audio Tour Animations.
Copyright © 2012 Pearson, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
4
Essential Questions Videos
Each unit in the program provides an Essential Questions Video that helps students gain a
deeper understanding of the Essential Questions in American government. Students watch
a combination of historical and contemporary footage that helps them begin thinking about
the Essential Question in the unit.
WebQuests
WebQuests include research projects that use online resources to explore issues related to
American government.
Teacher Resources
The teacher resources offer instructional management tools that save time by letting you
plan, teach, assess, remediate, and manage your classroom quickly and easily.
Online Teacher Resources
The online teacher resources
provide access to a range of
teaching support. Some of these
resources include editable lesson
plans, leveled worksheets,
leveled quizzes and tests,
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Monitoring Assessments, answer
keys, rubrics, English language
learner (ELL) resources, and
more.
Copyright © 2012 Pearson, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
5
Teacher’s Resource Library DVD-ROM
The Magruder’s American Government Teacher’s Resource
Library DVD contains all of the same teaching materials found
in the online course. It includes the Teacher’s Edition and a
wide range of on-level and Foundations Series lesson plans,
worksheets, and assessments. The built-in differentiation allows
you to pick and choose among the resources that meet the
needs of all students.
American Government: Experience It! Activity Pack
The American Government: Experience It! Activity Pack is an activity-based and digital
program in which students learn about American Government through hands-on activities,
simulations, and online interactivities, all centered around the Essential Questions
in program. Seven folders contain role cards, maps, charts, newspaper articles and
photographs. The Activity Pack also provides a Teacher’s Guide and daily lesson plans for
using this resource. The digital interactivities are found in the digital course.
Copyright © 2012 Pearson, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
6
Citizenship Activity Pack
The Citizenship Activity Pack contains six folders with a range of civics activities, such as
how to serve on a jury, how to analyze a new TV program, and how to evaluate leadership.
Each corresponding unit has an animated movie and interactive activities found in the
Citizenship Activity Pack: Agents of Change CD-ROM. These interactivities are also available
in the digital course.
All-In-One Teaching Resources
The All-In-One Teaching Resources are print versions of
the same resources for each unit and chapter available in
the Teacher’s Resource Library.
Copyright © 2012 Pearson, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
7
Accelerating the Progress of English Language Learners
The ELL Handbook, available in print or online, provides additional support to help
accelerate the progress of English language learners (ELLs) in the classroom. In this
resource, ELL expert Jim Cummins provides guidelines for teaching ELL students in the
Magruder’s American Government classroom.
ExamView Test Bank CD-ROM
The ExamView Test Bank CD-ROM allows you to create customized tests from banks of
thousands of questions. The test bank questions—based on textbook content objectives—
provide specific text page numbers for content to foster remediation.
Review
This guide described the Prentice Hall Magruder’s American Government essential print and
digital components.
Copyright © 2012 Pearson, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
8