October 2021 Vantage Update

The October 2021 Update for AmGov: Long Story Short, Second Edition, contains the following changes:

  • Each chapter includes more activities. There are now two video activities and one data activity in every chapter. 
  • Each chapter also includes a set of Critical Thinking Check questions. 
  • Short answer questions have been added. They are included at the end of each video and data activity (one short answer question per activity) and within each Critical Thinking Check (all questions are short answer).
Chapter Type Title
1 Data Activity Data Activity 1.1: Political Ideology by Generation
1 Video Activity Video Activity 1.1: Topics in American Government: The Media
1 Video Activity Video Activity 1.2: Topics in American Government: Media Trends
1 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 1 Critical Thinking Check
2 Video Activity Video Activity 2.1: Topics in American Government: The Declaration
of Independence
2 Video Activity Video Activity 2.1: Topics in American Government: The
Constitutional Convention
2 Data Activity Data Activity 2.1: Population of Enslaved Individuals in the United
States (1850)
2 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 2 Critical Thinking Check
3 Video Activity Video Activity 3.1: Topics in American Government: The Bill of Rights
3 Video Activity Video Activity 3.2: Topics in American Government: Limits on Free
Speech
3 Data Activity Data Activity 3.1: Poverty, Prosperity, and Education, by Race and
Ethnicity
3 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 3 Critical Thinking Check
4 Video Activity Video Activity 4.1: Topics in American Government: Congress
4 Video Activity Video Activity 4.2: Topics in American Government: How a Bill
Becomes a Law
4 Data Activity Data Activity 4.1: Ideological Polarization of the Parties in Congress,
1879 - 2019
4 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 4 Critical Thinking Check
5 Video Activity Video Activity 5.1: Topics in American Government: The Powers of the
Presidency
5 Data Activity Data Activity 5.1: Partisan Polarization and Presidential Approval
5 Video Activity Video Activity 5.2: Topics in American Government: Bureaucracy and the Spoils System
5 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 5 Critical Thinking Check
6 Video Activity Video Activity 6.1: States Pass Laws Following Ferguson
6 Video Activity Video Activity 6.2: Topics in American Government: Judicial Review
6 Data Activity Data Activity 6.1: Number of Dissenting and Concurring Opinions
6 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 6 Critical Thinking Check
7 Video Activity Video Activity 7.1: Topics in American Government: Political Polarization
7 Video Activity Video Activity 7.2: Topics in American Government: Collective Action
7 Data Activity Data Activity 7.1: Contributions to Political Parties by Economic Sector
7 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 7 Critical Thinking Check
8 Video Activity Video Activity 8.1: Topics in American Government: Influences on Political Opinions
8 Data Activity Data Activity 8.1: Voter Turnout in Presidential and Midterm House Elections, 1932 – 2018
8 Video Activity Video Activity 8.2: Topics in American Government: The Electoral College
8 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 8 Critical Thinking Check
9 Data Activity Data Activity 9.1: Perceptions of Accuracy in Social Media
9 Video Activity Video Activity 9.1: Net Neutrality
9 Video Activity Video Activity 9.2: The Importance of Media Literacy
9 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 9 Critical Thinking Check
10 Video Activity Video Activity 10.1: Topics in American Government: The Policymaking Process
10 Data Activity Data Activity 10.1: Payments for Individuals by Category and Major Programs, 1990 – 2018
10 Video Activity Video Activity 10.2: Topics in American Government: Foreign Policy
10 Critical Thinking Check Chapter 10 Critical Thinking Check

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