Spring 2018

Some tips...

• ​Be sure to answer all parts of the question.

• Your in-class discussion response should be as complete as you can make it. If there are five reasons why something happened or five elements to an explanation, you should try to include all five in your discussion.

• Be sure to know the difference between concepts. 

• Be sure to ANSWER the question...

• Discussion Questions are all from the lecture slides.

• Demonstrate that you understand the question you are answering.

•  Be sure to elaborate and use full sentences.  You need to demonstrate that you understand the concept(s). 

• Remember these are factual discussions, not opinion-based discussions and will be graded accordingly.

• You should write as if for an uninformed audience.

• Discussion that employ these terms and points in a way that reflect understanding is important.  

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Topic Review Guide: Introduction

• Any questions? 

  • This topic review guide should be completed. I will be looking in your online folders for this work!

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Topic Review Guide: Topic 1

1. ​​Explain how the legitimacy of government is related to political culture. 

2. Define each of the key values of American political culture presented in class.

3. Define democracy in terms of three key elements as it was defined in class and discuss each of these elements.

4. Discuss how individualism shapes our understanding of the other four key values of American political culture presented in class.