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American
Government
- available
from the publisher online are chapter summaries and self-quizzes.
The student can take the quiz online, and get instant feedback,
including why an incorrect answer was wrong and what the rationale
for choosing the correct answer is. The chapter and section
summaries can be copied and pasted into ReadPlease if necessary.
This link
to the publisher, is for the 2001-3 text. Choose the "student
section" on the left, top. In addition to the material
listed by chapter, you may want to scroll down to the "resource
center". The "online skills tutor" is a nice
auditory and visual tutorial of higher-level thinking skills,
like identifying points of reference and analyzing images.
The video library contains interviews (also auditory) with
scholars on topics related to the text, providing a more current
perspective, as well as a taste of what a college lecture
might be like.
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Economics
- available from the publisher online are chapter summaries
and self-quizzes. The student can take the quiz online, and
get instant feedback, including why an incorrect answer was
wrong and what the rationale for choosing the correct answer
is. The chapter and section summaries can be copied and pasted
into ReadPlease if necessary. This link
to the publisher, is for the 2001-3 text. Choose the "student
section" on the left, top. In addition to the material
listed by chapter, you may want to scroll down to the "resource
center". The "online skills tutor" is a nice
auditory and visual tutorial of higher-level thinking skills,
like identifying points of reference and analyzing images.
The video library contains interviews (also auditory) with
scholars on topics related to the text, providing a more current
perspective, as well as a taste of what a college lecture
might be like.
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World History:
- Classzone-
main web site for the book used in
World History class.
World History ,Patterns of Interaction. (no password
needed) Choose the chapter you would like to study.
- Try
using the flip cards to practice the important terms
from each chapter.
- Do
the online crossword puzzle for even more practice.
- Take
the online chapter quiz. It's multiple choice, and when
you click on the submit answers button it will grade
it and give you an explanation for each answer, right
or wrong. You can print this to study from, and you
can take the quiz as many times as you'd like. The quiz
can be copied and pasted into any text-to-speech program.
No one but you will know your score.
To
listen to whole sections of the book, you can ask your teacher
to borrow the computer CD. Each page of the book is on the
CD. If you need help learning how to do this or installing
the free software you will need, ask your resource teacher
for help.
• Any part can be copied and pasted into any text-to-speech
program (Most of which will highlight as they read to make
it easier to follow along).
• The pages of the book are done in Adobe Acrobat. If
you are using version 7, you can also listen to it right from
Acrobat reader, without having to copy and paste. Just type
shift, control, and V all at the same time to hear the page
read to you. [Note: use control +K to adjust the voice, or
to make other adjustments like the size and color of the text.]
The text is not highlighted when you do it this way.
Related
Links :
Do
you want to learn more? Wish you could read the information
from the book explained in a little different way? Select a
chapter below, to access a variety of sites that were chosen
because they provide short, easy to understand reviews of the
topics in the book. Most have photos, maps, videos, or other
features to aid in understanding. All of the text passages can
be copied into any of the free text-to-speech software programs
listed elsewhere on this web site, so you can listen to the
information even if you don't have the CD for the book.
Chapter
1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter
3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter
5 | Chapter
6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter
8 | Chapter 9
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Prentice
Hall Biology Student Home Page - This
site offers supports for each chapter, including online
chapter quizzes, related news articles and "active
art", which are animated representations of experiments
and concepts related to that chapter.
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To access the online version of the text with complete
audio support and downloadable MP3 files, click on the
SuccessNet link located in the margin on the left side
of the page. (Password required: Talk to your classroom
teacher regarding the password that's required to access
these advanced supports)
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American
History:
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GoHRW.com
- The
publishers website for Social Studies internet resources.
Select the link for the book - American Anthem ©
2007
to gain access to online resources including,
online maps, quizzes, and chapter summaries in English and
Spanish for the junior American History "American Anthem"
text - no password needed. It's also where keyword codes
from the text can be entered to go to page-specific supports.
-
Holt
Online Learning -
gives access to the entire text online, auditory and visual,
with lots of interactive supports, quizzes and more.
Note: Requires
a password from the teacher.
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