Living Democracy, Texas Edition (2nd Edition)

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Participation in Politics

Recurring Pathways features provide students with the means—and the inspiration—to participate directly in the political process and to make a difference at all levels of the community. 

Participation in the classroom

A story-telling narrative, provocative examples, and stunning visual program foster in-class participation and discussion while a range of activities encourage students to apply key concepts in- and outside the classroom.

Participation in Learning

This text wide variety of self-assessment tools in each chapter to help students anticipate, understand, and review key ideas as they work through the text.

• Practice Quizzes and Chapter Review Tests offer multiple-choice questions and answer keys so students can check their progress.
• Critical Thinking Questions prompt students to synthesize ideas from different chapters.
• New Key Questions, Key Objective Outlines, and Key Objective Review sections in this edition expand this text’s extensive pedagogy and focus students on the most important information in the section. 
• Connect the LINK features placed at the top of the page help students to make connections about particular topics, from one chapter to another. 
• Actual Student Questions are called-out in the text serve as a starting point for a topic and class discussion.

New to this Edition:

• Revised design still offers lots of visual appeal, but also better organizes material for students and seeks to expand their understanding of complex topics. 
• With expanded learning goals, outlines and review pedagogy for each chapter, this edition provides even clearer framework for learning.
• Key Objective Outlines appear on each chapter-opening spread with a Key Question for each section to help students focus in on the most important ideas to look for as well as a key question for the chapter itself and the chapter-opening vignette. 
• Key Questions for each main section of the chapter highlight the most crucial information. 
• Key Objective Review sections at the end of the chapter include a summary statement about each major section, a list of the Key Terms, Critical Thinking questions, Internet Resources and Additional Readings.
• Extended Key Term Definitions provide more background with key terms defined at the top of the page.  An illustrative example of each term appears next to the definition to fully explain the significance of the term.
• “Student Profile” sections showcase the actions and accomplishments of young persons who have become active in American politics or engaged in making changes in pubic life.  (Example:  Ch 12, Alexander Heffner and Andrew Mangino, the founders of Scoop08.com, the first-ever national student newspaper.)
• “Pathways of Change from Around the World” offer a comparative perspective by spotlighting stories of political action by young persons in different parts of the world.  (Example:  Ch 1, Pathways of Change from Around the World: Venezuelan Students Demand the Right to Protest)
• You Decide! features [formerly “Your Turn!”] at the end of every chapter ask students to consider a scenario or a project that requires them to apply the information they’ve learned to a real-world situation.