American Government: Vantage Digital Option

Stories of a Nation, Brief Edition

FAVORITE SAGE VANTAGE FEATURES

• Pedagogical Scaffolding
  Builds on core concepts, moving students from basic understanding to mastery.

• Confidence Builder
  Offers frequent Knowledge Checks, applied-learning multimedia tools (including assignable video with assessment), and chapter quizzes with focused feedback to ensure students know key concepts. Additionally, data analysis activities help build data literacy skills.

• eReading Experience
  Makes it easy for students to learn by presenting content in easy-to-digest chunks accompanied by frequent Knowledge Checks. The eReader also features notetaking, highlighting, definition look-up, and other helpful reading tools.
  
  
• Assignments and Measurement Made Simple
  Feeds auto-graded assignments to your gradebook, with real-time insight into student and class performance. The highly visual reports show if your students are struggling and where they need the most help.
  
  
• LMS Integration
  Saves you time by giving you access to all course materials from one location. SAGE Vantage can integrate with your LMS providing Single Sign-On (SSO) and gradebook integration.
  
  
• Simple Course Setup and Management
  Enables you to set up your course in just 3 steps—so fast you can complete it in minutes! Additionally, instructor control over assignments, content selection, due dates, and grading supports the way you choose to teach.
  
  
• Quality Content
  Written by expert authors and teachers you trust, content is not sacrificed for technical features.
  
  
• Student Dashboard
  Offers a highly visual student dashboard for easy access to grades, so students know exactly where they stand in your course and where they might improve.
  
  
• Greater Value and Choice
  Affordable access to easy-to-use, quality learning tools students will appreciate.
  
  
• Greater Flexibility
  Easy to access across mobile, desktop, and tablet devices, SAGE Vantage enables students to engage with the material you choose, learn by applying knowledge, and soar with confidence by performing better in your course.
  

KEY FEATURES OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, BRIEF SECOND EDITION

• Civil Rights and Civil Liberties have been split up into two separate chapters.
• New narratives keep students engaged by connecting key concepts to recent events and real people through topics such as #MeToo and the promises and challenges of digital political participation, an exploration into civil liberties through Supreme Court activity on the implication of cell-phone tracking data for fundamental rights and freedoms, and an analysis of the presidency of Donald Trump through this deeper question: How much does a president’s style and character actually impact their power and influence?
• Up-to-date 2020 election coverage and analysis, particularly in the chapters on Congress, the presidency, and political parties, provide students with a current snapshot of the results and struggles of the 2020 elections.
• SAGE course outcomes help you track and measure student success. Crafted with specific course outcomes in mind and vetted by advisors in the field, SAGE course outcomes clearly define and benchmark the knowledge and skills students are expected to achieve upon completion of your course. See how outcomes tie in with this book’s chapter-level objectives.
• Updated throughout to account for recent developments including:
  
  • Coverage of the Trump administration;
  • Analysis of the outcome of the 2020 elections and the battle for the White House;
  • The centering of the study of public opinion—its impact, coherence and durability—on Black Lives Matter from the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis;
  • Updated figures and tables throughout including new political science research on polarization;
  • U.S., Russia, and China in an age of multipolarity in international affairs;
  • An analysis on the impact on women’s’ congressional representation of the elections of 2018 and 2020; and
  • Exploration of today’s American economy, including the impact of student loan debt, the debate over the minimum wage, and a rising federal deficit.