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Look Inside Look Inside Cover: American Government: Stories of a Nation, 2nd Edition by Scott Abernathy; Karen Waples
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American Government: Stories of a Nation

For the AP® CourseSecond Edition| ©2025 Scott Abernathy; Karen Waples

Discover the ultimate resource for AP® U.S. GoPo with American Government: Stories of a Nation for the AP® Course. Known for its precise alignment with the AP® framework, this text provides students with the content and skills application they need, while providing you with a r...
Discover the ultimate resource for AP® U.S. GoPo with American Government: Stories of a Nation for the AP® Course. Known for its precise alignment with the AP® framework, this text provides students with the content and skills application they need, while providing you with a resource program that makes teaching easier. This second edition contains new AP® Exam Practice boxes, revised AP®-style questions, new Supreme Court Case Briefs, and new AP® Political Science Skill boxes for even more practice and deeper understanding. Our teacher resource and video program now has significantly more content and features. Whether you're a seasoned educator or new to the course, these resources make your classroom experience seamless.
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Empower Tomorrow's Leaders with the Best AP® U.S. GoPo Program

Discover the ultimate resource for AP® U.S. GoPo with American Government: Stories of a Nation for the AP® Course. Known for its precise alignment with the AP® framework, this text provides students with the content and skills application they need, while providing you with a resource program that makes teaching easier. This second edition contains new AP® Exam Practice boxes, revised AP®-style questions, new Supreme Court Case Briefs, and new AP® Political Science Skill boxes for even more practice and deeper understanding. Our teacher resource and video program now has significantly more content and features. Whether you're a seasoned educator or new to the course, these resources make your classroom experience seamless.

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Organization & Alignment: Stories of a Nation was written to align to the AP® U.S. GoPo CED in a clear, concise manner that is painless to teach and easy to understand. In the text, you’ll find:
  • Clear, simple unit structure that directly aligns to the AP® framework.
  • Meticulous content coverage, including updated events, graphs, pictures, and data.
  • Easy-to-use organization
    • Chapters are divided into sections guided by learning targets. Students will never be confused about what’s covered in each section.
    • Each section contains enough content, skills development, assignments, and assessments for a single lesson. We worked out the pacing, so you can focus on teaching.

Stories that Engage Students: Every chapter starts with a real-world story that shows how government principles impact real people. Enhance students’ learning experience by spotlighting practical application.

Integrated AP® Practice & Skills: Rather than tack on an AP® section at the end of every chapter, AP® Practice and Skills are woven throughout the text, providing a more engaging and effective learning experience.

  • Integrated Public Policy Coverage
  • Integrated AP® Exam Practice: Find AP®-style practice at the end of every chapter and unit, and a full practice exam at the end of the book.
Deeper Understanding of Foundational Documents & Required Cases
  • Foundational Documents Deep Dive
  • NEW! Required Supreme Court Case Briefs break down each case by facts, issues, decision and holdings, and reasoning in an easily identifiable and digestible table format.
  • The Foundational Documents and Court Cases Reader is an additional resource that accompanies the student text. Available in Achieve or as a hard copy, the reader includes all College Board® required documents and cases and additional frequently taught works that go beyond the framework. Each document is accompanied by commentary and guided questions to help students understand these complex texts.

    New to This Edition

    What’s new in this edition:
    • NEW! Content comprehensively covers all CED topics with a new present day narrative.

      • National and world events since 2020
      • Continued impact of the pandemic
      • 2022 Midterm Election
      • 2024 Presidential Election
    • NEW! Supreme Court Case Briefs break down each required case by facts, issues, decision and holdings, and reasoning in an easily identifiable and digestible table format.

    • NEW! Video program includes three types of videos:

      • NEW for Students! Narrated by AP® teachers and U.S. Government experts, AP® Practice and Skill Videos dive into each AP® Exam Practice and Skill box to further illuminate key course concepts and give insights into exam-taking strategies.
      • UPDATED! Concept & Skill Videos, narrated by author Karen Waples, highlight important chapter concepts and exam information.
      • UPDATED! Chapter Overview videos for teachers, narrated by Teacher’s Edition authors, summarize chapter content and help plan your course.
    • NEW! Updated Achieve courseware with new AP®-style exam questions.

    What’s updated in this edition:
    • AP® Political Science Practice boxes are divided into two features for clarity:
      • AP® Exam Practice teaches students how to approach exam questions
      • AP® Political Science Skills break down key concepts from the chapter
    • Updated FRQs and MCQs in the end-of-chapter/unit/book Practice Exams.
    • Revised graphs, tables, and content.
    • The Teacher’s Resources have been revised to be more robust with new features and significantly more content than the previous edition. The Teacher’s Edition has also been reformatted, making it easier to navigate, prep, and teach the course.
    Look Inside Look Inside Cover: American Government: Stories of a Nation, 2nd Edition by Scott Abernathy; Karen Waples

    American Government: Stories of a Nation

    Second Edition| ©2025

    Scott Abernathy; Karen Waples

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    Look Inside Look Inside Cover: American Government: Stories of a Nation, 2nd Edition by Scott Abernathy; Karen Waples

    American Government: Stories of a Nation

    Second Edition| 2025

    Scott Abernathy; Karen Waples

    Table of Contents

    Brief Contents
    About the Authors
    Acknowledgments
    To the Student
    Tips for Taking the AP ® Exam
    American Government: What’s Inside the Second Edition

    Unit 1 Foundations of American Democracy

    Chapter 1 American Government and Politics

    The Stories of Our Nation

    Chapter 2 The Constitution

    A New Vision of Government

    Chapter 3 Federalism

    Dividing Power between the National Government and the States

    Unit 2 The Branches of the Federal Government

    Chapter 4 Congress
    Representation, Organization, and Legislation

    Chapter 5 The American Presidency
    Individuals, Institutions, and Executive Power

    Chapter 6 The Federal Judiciary
    Politics, Power, and the “Least Dangerous” Branch

    Chapter 7 The Federal Bureaucracy
    Carrying Out the Day-to-Day Functions of Government

    Unit 3 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

    Chapter 8 Civil Liberties
    Protecting Fundamental Freedoms

    Chapter 9 Civil Rights
    What Is Equality?

    Unit 4 American Political Ideologies and Beliefs

    Chapter 10 American Attitudes about Government and Politics
    What Americans Believe

    Chapter 11 Public Opinion
    Measuring Americans’ Opinions

    Chapter 12 Political Ideology
    How Beliefs Shape Our Choices

    Unit 5 Political Participation

    Chapter 13 Voting and Elections
    Elections and Voters in an Era of Demographic Change

    Chapter 14 Political Parties and Campaigns
    The Powers and Limitations of Political Parties

    Chapter 15 Interest Groups and Social Movements
    Collective Action, Power, and Representation

    Chapter 16 The Media
    New Technologies, Enduring Issues

    Practice Exam for AP ® U.S. Government and Politics
    Political Party Affiliations in Congress and the Presidency, 1789–2021 A-1
    Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789–2020 A-5
    Glossary/Glosario G-1
    Notes N-1 Index I-1
    Look Inside Look Inside Cover: American Government: Stories of a Nation, 2nd Edition by Scott Abernathy; Karen Waples

    American Government: Stories of a Nation

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    Scott Abernathy; Karen Waples

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    Scott Abernathy

    After working as an on-street counselor for homeless adolescents in Boston, Scott received a master of curriculum and instruction and taught fourth and seventh grades in Wisconsin public schools. Hoping to learn more about the underlying systems that drove educational outcomes, Scott completed an M.P.A in domestic policy and then a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University. Scott is now an associate professor of political science and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Minnesota. He is also the author of School Choice and the Future of American Democracy and No Child Left Behind and the Public Schools, both from University of Michigan Press.


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    Karen Waples

    Formerly a trial attorney, Karen Waples has taught since 1989 and currently teaches AP® Comparative Government and Politics and AP® U.S. Government and Politics at Holy Family High School in Broomfield, Colorado. Karen has served as a reader, table leader, question leader, and exam leader for the AP® Comparative Government and Politics Exam and as a reader for the AP® U.S. Government and Politics and AP® U.S. History Exams. She is an endorsed consultant for the College Board® and leads workshops and institutes throughout the country for both the AP® Comparative Government and Politics course and the AP® U.S. Government and Politics course. Karen was the chair of the College Board® Social Science Academic Advisory Committee and was a member of the Curriculum Re-design Committee for AP® U.S. Government and Politics. She received the Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education in 1997 and was recognized as a Cherry Creek High School Teacher of the Year in 2002.

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