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How to Get an A in this class

  
Syllabus --course schedule, reading assignments & grading --(preliminary draft in PDF format- may change)

 
WebCT site      --WebCT allows you to see your grade, post messages & send private email
 

Extra Credit 


Textbook Website -- you can take practice quizzes on this site  ("Diagnostic quizzes")

   

Usefull Websites -- scroll down for American Government Sites

 

Internet Readings:

Internet readings as found in the study guides and course schedule, including the following (you may need your student ID card to view some of these):               

Read by:
Title Source
Author
Ch. 4
The Inquisition…. Christian Science Monitor 8/28/2003 by Susan Dunn
Ch. 5
“Report Cites Life-Span…” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 3/24/2004 by Chaka Ferguson
Ch. 5
Black drivers more likely...
St. Louis Post 5/31/2005
by Joel Currier
Ch. 7 The Fiction Behind Torture Policy Newsweek 8/4/2008; p11 Dahlia Lithwick
Ch. 16
"Paying More, Living Less" St. Louis Post Dispatch, 8/27/2003 editorial
Ch. 17
What Would Jesus Tax? St. Louis Post Dispatch,  8/3/03 by Kevin Horrigan
Ch. 17 (optional)
"A fix but no cure..." BBCNews.com; 6/3/2004 by Imogen Foulkes
 

Objectives (study guides) for: 
        Quizzes & Midterm

         Quizzes & Final 


Mini-Lectures   --go here to see Minilectures of some of the more difficult topics. 



Go to SCC's Calendar Page to find out important dates
(drop dates, final exam schedule....)

Required Texts and Materials

Ginsberg, Lowi and Weir; We the PeopleThe textbook offers web exercises and study questions (in addition to my study guide) at:  www.wwnorton.com

The Federalist Papers #10 and #51 (in the Appendix of text) --for help on these essay, see th sites linked on my webpage

Articles on reserve at the SCC library include:

Missouri Voters Handbook , 10th ed. (for the online MO Government Quiz)

Palast, Greg. The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. (selected pages)

Franken, Al. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. (selected pages)

Christian Science Monitor (not required for summer students); you can sign up in class or click on the link to sign up online

Course Schedule and Reading Assignments --due dates for assignments & exams

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