Electronic Teaching

• American Political Science Association Guidelines on Electronic Scholarship
  • Draft guidelines for access, support, equipment and training
  • Posted in August 1999 for comment

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Class Assignments - University of Michigan

• Course Reserves (UMich)
  • Lists materials available at University Reserves in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library
  • Arranged by department and course number
  • Also includes electronic reserves

• Arab-Israeli Conflict (PS 353 - Tanter/Taylor)
• Campaign Finance Reform (PS 483 - Dr. Margaret Howard, 1999
• Chemical and Biological Disarmament (Res.Coll. - Dr Susan Wright)
• Congressional Research
• Executive Branch Research
• Health Care Politics (SPH 684 - Dr. William Weissert - 1999)
• Higher Education Politics (Dr. Connie Cook/Dr. Don Heller - 1999)
• International Organization & Integration (PS 463 - Dr. Harold Jacobson - 1999)
  • International Organization and Integration (PS 463 - Dr. Harold Jacobson - 1998)
  • International Organization & Integration (PS 463 - Dr. Harold Jacobson - 1997)
  • International Organization & Integration (PS 463 - Dr. Harold Jacobson - 1995)
• International Security Affairs (PS 472 - Dr. Raymond Tanter)
• International Simulations
• Local Government Politics (1999)
• Michigan Legislative Simulation (Dr. Mark Creekmore - Social Work, 1999)
• Middle East Conflicts (PS 353/498 - Dr. Ray Tanter)
• Political Feasibility Studies (SPH 684 - Dr. William Weissert)
• Political Science Honors (Dr. John Campbell, 1999)
• United States China Policy (High School Debate Topic, 1995/96)
• United States Foreign Policy (SPP 560/USIA Scholars)
• United States Russia Policy (High School Debate Topic, 1998/99)

Class Assignments from Other Universities

• Campaign '96: Third Party Time? (JFK School of Government)
• Election Day Simulation (University of Washington)
  • Game to teach the electoral process; may take 10 minutes to 6 hours
  • Players choose candidate and campaign staff
  • React to circumstances, issues, crises and geography
  • Election results can be analyzed at the end of the game
  • Game must be downloaded from web site to a hard drive
• Teaching Political Science (American Political Science Association)
  • Curriculum recommendations, course syllabi, civics education, using the internet
  • Essays and articles from previous issues of PS
• Teaching Politics: Techniques and Technologies (College of New Jersey)
  • Conference papers, multimedia sources, and archival web sites for teaching postsecondary political science
  • Archival discussions of the H-Teachpol listserv
• Teaching Resources (University of Colorado)
  • Annotated guide to teaching techniques
  • Political Science course syllabi
  • Links to textbook publishers
• Voting Behavior: The 2004 Election (UMich Only)
  • On-line textbook with exercises on using Berkeley's Data Analysis Software to measure the 2004 results and voter characteristics
  • Based on the American National Election Study of 2004 from ICPSR

Class Assignments - Elementary and Seconardy Schools

• Blue Web'n Library of Learning Resources
  • K-12 Internet research tools and class assignments
  • Political science appears under History and Social Sciences as well as Community Resources
• Civitas
  • Lesson plans, syllabi, and textbooks for civics education worldwide
  • Aimed primarily at K-12
  • Civitas is an international non-governmental organization
• Congress Link
  • Lesson plans on the political process for K-12
  • How to contact Congress

Grace York, Political Science Librarian
Christina Campbell, Documents Assistant, July 2000
University of Michigan Library
Graphics by Sherry Piontek, Barbara Perles, and Grace York

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psclass.html