mcconnellboys Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 And if so, would you please tell me how you liked them? Thanks! American Government and Politics (12e) Schmidt, Shelley, Bardes Thomson/Wadsworth ISBN 0534631622 American Government, Institutions and Policies (9e) Wilson Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0618299807 American Government: Continuity and Change (8e) O'Connor, Sabato AW/BC/Longman...Pearson ISBN 0321317114 American Government: Power and Purpose (8e) Lowi Norton ISBN 0393927288 Civics Today; Citizenship, Economics, and You (1e) Glencoe ISBN 0078609704 Government by the People, National Version (20e) Burns Prentice Hall ISBN 0131938886 Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy (11e) Edwards Longman ISBN 0321195051 Magruder's American government (2004e) McClenaghan Prentice Hall ISBN 0131816764 Politics in America, National Version (5e) Dye Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-049425-9 United States Government; Democracy in Action (1e) Remy McGraw-Hill ISBN 00786000537 We the People (5e) Patterson McGraw-Hill We the People Ginsberg, Lowi, Weir W. W. Norton & Company Edition: 4 Copyright Date: 2003 ISBN: 0-393-97929-6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anissarobert Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Hi, We are doing AP right now, so she has not taken the test, but I ordered 4 of these from Paperbackswap, and chose the one bellow after looking at them. It seemed the best of the lot. I taught government at the college level as a grad. student, and all of them have what I would call a liberal slant. Government by the People, National Version (20e) Burns Prentice Hall ISBN 0131938886 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I used the Wilson, Diulio text when I taught it a couple of years ago. I thought it tracked the required AP subjects well and prepared the students for the topics they would find on the exam. HTH, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Thank you both. Anissa, is there a more conservative text that you like better? I was looking at the Hippocampus site for their online stuff and those were the texts they recommend that go along with their online lessons. I feel sure other books would also work, however (even if I have to line up the topics, myself).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anissarobert Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 If there is a conservative college government text, I have never seen it, but I can't claim to have made an extensive survey. I just wanted to warn you so you could warn your dc. My dd finds some of the bias funny, so it makes for good discussion. If I remember correctly texts by Lowi and Ginsberg seem to be more on the liberal side, so I avoided those. The one we are using seems a bit more moderate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMcC Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 We will be using "Government by the People" next school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 Have you had a chance to look over it yet, and if so, do you like the look of it? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Thank you both. Anissa, is there a more conservative text that you like better? Regena, I actually chose the Wilson text because it usually gets cited as the conversative one among the lot. I found it pretty even-handed and not overly leaning one way or another. IIRC, both authors worked in conservative administrations. The text is, of course, just part of the class. Much of the class will probably be driven by your discussion, by primary documents and by current events. I plan to teach it again next year and will use Wilson, Dilulio again. HTH, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMcC Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Have you had a chance to look over it yet, and if so, do you like the look of it? Thanks, I haven't looked it over. I know.. bad of me. I found it listed on the AP website syllabi and it had a good customer rating when I purchased it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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