Lone Star Politics Vantage Learning Platform

Tradition and Transformation in Texas

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.

• 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 LONE STAR POLITICS, SEVENTH EDITION

• Increased alignment to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s (THECB) curriculum standards makes the structure of the book and instructor’s assessments simple by providing a clear connection between the textbook’s objectives and the THECB standards.  
• New feature boxes cover the history of suffragists in Texas and a comparison of Texas and New Mexico.
• New data added on the expenditures of the top 10 Texas PACs, healthcare spending, higher education funding, and the economic impact of COVID-19 on Texas.
• New opening vignettes on the controversy with Speaker Bonnen, voting in the age of COVID-19, the legalization of hemp and hemp-derived products, and the border wall.
• Expanded discussion of:
  
  • immigration and demographics coverage;
  • federalism and the tension between state and local power;
  • Dan Patrick’s conservative policies and Ken Paxton’s legal troubles;
  • coverage of the poor conditions of prison facilities;
  • Amber Guygar’s killing of Botham Jean;
  • issues of age and mental capacity vis-à-vis capital punishment in Texas;
  • and coverage of public campaign financing and the role of money in judicial elections.