If you're like most instructors, you're eager to try new and interesting teaching tools in your American government course. Check what's available to you with O'Connor and Sabato's textbook:

Instructor's Manual

The Instructor's Manual includes lecture ideas, discussion questions, classroom activities, and a guide to video and other resources.

Test Bank

Completely revised and expanded, the test bank provides more than 2,000 multiple-choice, true/false and essay questions. A Computerized Test Bank in IBM (DOS or Windows) or Macintosh formats is also available.

Getting Involved: A Guide to Student Citizenship
Getting Involved is a practical handbook for students in American Government classes who volunteer to get involved in politics, who must meet a course requirement to practice student citizenship, or who sign up for an extra-credit project that entails political participation...This 64 page booklet will be written in simple, straight-forward language. Each chapter will contain extras (such as sample letters, telephone scripts, student interviews, and anecdotes) to enliven it. The authors' intention is first to generate student enthusiasm for political involvement and then to help students get connected, foster teamwork, set goals and strategies, experiment with tactics, build alliances, anticipate obstacles, and make a difference in their lives and communities.

Transparencies

A full set of over 50 color transparencies, including maps, charts, and diagrams is available for classroom use.

PowerPoint Presentation

A set of over 200 PowerPoint slides provides instructors with ready made lecture outlines, visuals for use in class presentation, and a medium which they can adapt to suit their specific teaching needs.

Allyn & Bacon Interactive Video for American Government

Organized to complement each chapter of the text, this 90-minute videotape provides over 25 important political "stories" that students will find informative and interesting. Meant to initiate useful class discussions, these video stories are followed by an expertly conceived series of questions that require students to think critically about controversial issues, weigh information carefully before taking a position, and understand why different people may hold different views on a given topic.

Video Library

Those who adopt the text can choose from a wide range of videos on every major course topic.