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The American Government Resources site for Wadsworth provides a variety of tools to help students understand and enjoy the study of American government. The site’s 19 subdivisions correspond well with the chapters of all Wadsworth American Government textbooks.

Each of the 19 subdivisions contains six different student activities:
  • The InfoTrac Reader© has one exercise for each subdivision and includes a large list of both academic and popular-press articles available on InfoTrac.
  • InfoTrac Activities
  • Participation Activities provide opportunities for students to get involved in politics. Each activity asks students to do a specific set of actions and then ans9-wer questions about those actions.
  • Internet Activities require students to answer a variety of questions that involve research on the Web.
  • Related Links features the most important Web sites for finding information about government and politics.
  • Source Readings contains the full text of important documents including specific Supreme Court Cases.
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