APLS 201- 008 American National Government Summer I 2009 A Web Course -- Bob Botsch (bobb@usca.edu), C-7 HSS Building

Home Syllabus Text Course Schedule and Assignments Blackboard link Blog Resources   1.New York Times   2. Washington Post   3. USA Today 4. U.S. Constitution 5. Federalist Papers

Course Homepage Welcome to American National Government taught over the Web! In this course you will explore American National government, with a particular focus on the Constitution. The unique aspect of the course is that we have a FREE web based text that I wrote specifically for the course. The course will consist of five main parts: 1) the Web-based text, 2) answering reading questions about each chapter in the text using Blackboard, 3) discussions using a blog, 4) short written assignments that you also post on the blog for all to see and learn from, and 5) two take-home essay exams that you get on-line and then email back to me at bobb@usca.edu. You can find all the links you need in the panel to the left. If you have not used Blackboard before, just follow the instructions on the opening page. You go to assignments to get the reading mastery tests and discussion for the discussion questions. The Blog link takes you directly to the blog. You may post answers anonymously or create your own profile on Google. But please make sure you sign you name on each of your comments! .