Exploring Government Curriculum Package
Typically counted as 1/2 credit for high school students.
Exploring Government
Does the prospect of a semester of studying government set your child's feet to dancing? Mine neither. But in many states, a semester is required for graduation. As painful as it may seem, a complete understanding of government will have a more significant impact on your students than a comparable understanding of calculus.
Exploring Government is as painless as it gets. Bite-sized lessons cover federal, state, and local government, as well as contemporary issues in government. Particular emphasis is placed on the Biblical basis for government and the U.S. Constitution.
Busy moms will be glad to know that Exploring Government is designed as a self-study course for teens. There are seventy-five engaging lessons divided into fifteen units of five lessons each. Each lesson has a student-friendly layout, with options included for various interesting, relevant activities in every unit.
Exploring Government can be used to achieve a half-credit in English. But your teen will need to read the recommended literature books (we suggest checking them out from the library) and the literary analysis provided in the optional Student Review Pack. Plus, it will involve essay writing. Doing these assignments may be valuable if your teen is college-bound and without other writing activities. They will help to crystallize his opinions and possible real-life applications. Or these suggested essay questions as a springboard for discussions around the dinner table or with your community group.
The Exploring Government curriculum package includes two books: the Exploring Government textbook with material clearly outlined as to the student's daily and weekly assignments, and We Hold These Truths, a collection of historical documents, essays, and speeches in American government. Both books are illustrated with a plethora of full-color photos, drawings, and maps.
Exploring Government Curriculum Package includes:
- Exploring Government Text
- We Hold These Truths
Quiz & Exam Pack is sold separately.
See sample pages below:
Exploring Government (includes Table of Contents, Introduction, Unit 4, and Unit 11)
We Hold These Truths (includes Table of Contents and selected readings)
Guide for Parents
- Seventy-five engaging lessons divided into fifteen units of five lessons each.
- Lessons cover Federal, state, and local government and also contemporary issues in government.
- Understand the background, basis, and operation of American government on all levels.
- We Hold These Truths is a collection of historic documents, essays, and speeches in American government.
- Both books are illustrated with colorful photos, drawings, and maps.
- A half-year credit in government, can also optionally provide a half-year credit in English
- Takes 45 minutes to an hour per day to achieve half-year government credit, or one and a half hours to achieve both government and English half-credits.
We Hold These Truths
Publisher's Information:
Binding: Hard Cover
Copyright: 2016
Publisher: Notgrass Company
Made In: USA
Faith-Based: Yes
Exploring Government
Publisher's Information:
Binding: Hard Cover
Copyright: 2016
Publisher: Notgrass Company
Made In: USA
Typical High School Credits Earned: 1/2 credit government
Faith-Based: Yes
Awards and Endorsements:
2012 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards Third Place
review by Hopkins Homeschool
”This is a very easy to read and understand government course. It works perfectly for the child who wants to learn at their own pace and it is easy enough to set the schedule and let your child go.”
Read the Reviewreview by Grace Christian Homeschool
”It's simplistic, organized, faith-based, and makes learning history and government not so intimidating by breaking it down for students.”
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