Introduction to US Government and Politics

Prompt

One goal of reading a chapter is to understand what the chapter was about. There are at least four ways to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter. First, you can summarize what your read. Next, you can classify chapter concepts, say from the simplest concept to the most complex concept. Third, you can clarify a concept because explaining the multiple parts of the concept. And finally, you predict how the chapter would influence your behavior or the behavior of others.

Instructions

In 5 sentences, describe your understanding of the chapter to the Professor.

Understanding includes:

1. Summarizing the chapter or a section of the chapter,
2. Classifying different chapter concepts from simple or complex,
3. Clarifying a concept into two or more parts, or
4. Predicting the effect of reading the chapter on your behavior or the behavior of others.

Your submission should clearly specify whether you are summarizing, classifying, clarifying, or predicting.

What does Summarizing, Classifying, Clarifying, and Predicting mean?

• Summarizing is providing a brief description of the chapter, or a specific section of the chapter, in your own words.
• Classifying is ordering chapter concepts from simple to complex, according to your perspective of what is simple and complex.
• Clarifying is explaining a concept and showing how there are two or more parts to the concept.
• Predicting is describing how reading the chapter influences your political behavior or how you think reading the chapter would influence the political behavior of others, such as your family or friends.

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