Suggestions for working through each lesson are outlined below:

• Before you begin a lesson, preview what will be covered. Read the subheadings in the textbook and in the online commentary.

• Next, read the assignment from the textbook and the online commentary for that lesson.

• Work any suggested exercises, including optional activities or study questions.

• Summarize the main ideas and explain important concepts in your own words. You may wish to keep a journal or notes about your responses to each lesson.

• When you are ready to take the progress evaluation, try to answer the questions first without looking at the textbook or lesson commentary.

• If you are uncertain of any of the answers, look them up in the textbook or lesson commentary before submitting your progress evaluation for scoring.

• Save or record your answers to the progress evaluation questions so you will have a record of the answers you submitted.

• After receiving your lesson report, review the comments for any answers that were incorrect and/or print out the lesson report. This report will help you study for the exams.

From the Commentary section of each Lesson, you will see, in the grey navigation box, a link to other WWW Sites. Refer to these as you see fit during your studies.

Printer-friendly Lessons have been created to:

• speed download time for Web pages.
• make printing course pages more efficient by using less paper.

If you ever feel lost, visit the Course Index, a comprehensive, linked index to every part of the course.