Florida Magruder's American Government

Essential Questions

Essential Questions introduce new concepts, topics, and ideas, and challenge students to gain a greater understanding of how enduring American government issues are relevant and still affect them today. Found at the beginning of each chapter, Essential Questions continuously reinforces the content while connecting what students are learning to their lives and the larger world around them.

Understanding by Design®

Academic research, in particular the Understanding by Design research of author Grant Wiggins, has informed the Magruder’s instructional design and pedagogy. Understanding by Design® is a groundbreaking but commonsense approach to building curriculum, instruction, and assessment centered around Essential Questions and “big ideas.”

Pearson is committed to this approach and has entered into an exclusive partnership with Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, coauthors of Understanding by Design.

• •Visit the Pearson UBD Website
• •Download UbD Research Support
• •Download ASCD Article about Wiggins and UbD
• •Download Professional Development article on UbD
• •Listen to the Grant Wiggins Podcast on UbD

American Government Essential Question Video

Students gain an understanding of the Essential Questions for American Government through relevant videos.

American Government Video

Student Edition

The core components – Student Edition, the Essential Questions Journal, hands-on activities, and the digital course – are tied together through Understanding by Design® based Essential Questions so that they can be used in any combination depending on teacher preference.

Government on the Go

Students experience Magruder’s American Government content in a personalized way with Government on the Go. Government on the Go allows students to gain a deeper understanding of content with downloadable audio and video files that include:

• • Political Dictionary Audio in English and Spanish
• • Audio Review in English and Spanish
• • Audio Tour Animations

Experience It! Activity Pack

With Magruder’s American Government, the opportunities to actively learn and collaborate with classmates are endless. Active learning inspires students to obtain an enduring understanding of the content they're studying. The American Government: Experience It! Activity Pack contains a wide range of documents, maps, role cards, and data to be used in the classroom for simulations.