Instructional Materials

Assessment in Political Science (Forthcoming, Spring 2008). edited by Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann, John Ishiyama. The guide to assessment provides in-depth discussion and resources for classroom, departmental and program assessment that can be used by all departments and institutions. In addition to general assessment tools, the authors and editors provide guidance on assessing learning in special situations such as in online environments and experiential programs. This is a great reference tool for all departments and faculty in political science.

APSA Syllabi Collections (1992-2001). Twelve syllabi collections organized around major subfields and key issues in political science. More on the APSA Syllabi Collections

 

American Democracy in an Age of Inequality (2004). This report from the APSA Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy provides a brief overview on the dangers facing the United States. A great reading excerise for the classroom. 

Pollie Awards (2000).  This 38 minute tape includes the best political ads from the 2000 campaign season. It makes an excellent A/V addition to courses on the American political process, elections and campaigns, and advocacy in the media. 

SETUPS: American Politics (Supplementary Empirical Teaching Units in Political Science). SETUPS are Computer-related instructional materials designed to help students gain an appreciation of specific substantive topics while simultaneously learning general analytic methods.

Voting Behavior: The 2004 Election (2005). This instructional module developed by Charles Prysby and Carmine Scavo, coauthors of the Voting Behavior SETUPS modules since 1984, provides the ability to reference and analyze a dataset drawn from the 2004 National Election study (NES).  This material is now available exclusively online via membership access through either Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) member institutions that have signed up for ICPSR Direct, or through APSA's Departmental Service Program membership.  DSP members can find out how to establish their access with ICPSR by using the SETUPS link in the Members Only area of the DSPonline member page.  Find out more about the module at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SETUPS/index.html.

Voting Behavior: The 2000 Election (2001). Edited by Charles Prysby and Carmine Scavo, is now available for purchase for $8 a copy.

Voting Behavior: The 1996 Election (1997), by Charles Prysby and Carmine Scavo. WAS: $11.50, ICPSR members, $14.50 non-ICPSR members. NOW: $6.90, ICPSR members; $8.70, non-ICPSR members.

  Voting Behavior: The 1992 Election (1993), by Charles Prysby and Carmine Scavo. WAS: $10; NOW: $5.25 (paper); 20% discount on orders of 25 or more copies.

American Voting Behavior in Presidential Elections,   1972 to 1992 (1995), by Charles Prysby and Carmine Scavo. WAS: $10. NOW: $6 (paper); 20% discount on orders of 25 or more copies.

Women and American Politics Series
Women's Movements: Organizing Change (1988), by Joyce Gelb and Ethel Klein. This monograph gives an in-depth look at women's social movements aimed at affecting social change. Special focus is given to how such groups build and maintain the resources, organizational structures, leadership groups, and devoted constituencies they need to achieve their goals. WAS: $6.50. NOW: $3.90, discounts available on large orders.

Women and Power in American Politics (1988), by Milda K. Hedblom. This unit discusses the changes that justify a separate study of women and politics and the special study of women as power holders. It goes on to analyze how opportunities and power are regularly and differentially distributed among women and considers the evidence that for some political purposes women may become a distinct economic and political interest group. WAS: $6.50. NOW: $3.90, discounts available on large orders.

Lessons on the Constitution: Supplements to High School Courses in American History, Government, and Civics, by John Patrick and Richard C. Remy, with Paul Finkelman serving as consulting historical editor. Published jointly by Project '87 and the Social Science Education Consortium. $18.95 (with discounts available for large orders) 

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