Exploring Government
Content: Two books designed to give high school students a one-semester course in Federal, state, and local government.
Author: Ray Notgrass
Age Level: High School
Price: $49.95 (plus $7.95 for optional Quiz and Exam Pack)
About Exploring Government
Exploring Government is a one-semester high school course that provides a half-year credit in government. Lessons cover Federal, state, and local government and also contemporary issues in government. Special emphasis is placed on the Biblical basis for government and on the U.S. Constitution. Each of the fifteen units is intended to be studied for one week.
What the student is to do each day and each week is clearly outlined. The Unit Introduction page gives a brief overview of the unit, the lessons in that unit, and a suggestion for an activity that is relevant to that unit. Most of these activities are writing ideas, but some take a different form. The activities are designed to help the student think about and interact with the ideas that he or she is studying.
Our purpose in Exploring Government is to educate, to inspire, and sometimes to warn you concerning the governments of the United States, the individual states, and our local communities. As we understand the background, basis, and operation of American government on all levels, we are better equipped to remain prayerful, thoughtful, and involved with regard to government.
The Exploring Government Curriculum Package includes two books:
- Exploring Government, with 75 lessons divided into fifteen units of five lessons each.
- We Hold These Truths, a collection of historic documents, essays, and speeches in American government.
About the Author
Ray Notgrass holds a bachelor’s degree in history and master’s degrees in history and religion. He has written three other high school courses: Exploring America, Exploring World History, and Exploring Economics.
What Parents Are Saying
"My 15-year-old son and I have found your government course to be most enlightening and helpful. He told me that I should recommend this course to everyone I know, and I am." (New York)
"We are completely thrilled with the books. Each lesson is chock full of information, and the review questions and exams are excellent. . . . [My daughter] is receiving a high-quality education, with standards much higher than those found in public high schools." (Florida)
"My son has just started your American Government curriculum and we both love the style in which it is written. He understands what he is reading and everything is explained thoroughly. . . . Thanks for a great government curriculum from a Biblical viewpoint." (Georgia)
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Samples
These files are in PDF format. Left click on a link to open it in your web browser, or save the file to your computer by right clicking on the link and selecting the save option.
- Introduction
- Exploring Government Table of Contents
- Lesson 13 - Writing and Ratifying the Constitution
- Lesson 39 - The Supreme Court
- Lesson 60 - Tax Policy Issues
- We Hold These Truths Table of Contents
- Selections from the Quiz and Exam Book and Answer Key
Lesson 76
This lesson is a special addition to the Exploring Government package. It is included for your enjoyment and edification. There are no questions in the Quiz and Exam Book, no activities related to it, and no quiz that includes it. It is simply a way to extend the curriculum package to include more recent events.