Exploring Government
by Ray Notgrass
Update Notice
This summer we plan to have a new printing of Exploring Government ready for sale at the current price. This is not a major revision of the text but primarily a formatting change to produce the books in paperback (perfect binding) rather than the current coil binding. The page numbering will be different, however. You are welcome to order the current binding now or contact us to be notified when the new version is ready.
Exploring Government
Curriuculum Package
About Exploring Government
Exploring Government is a one-semester high school course that provides a half-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:
- 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.
What Parents Are Saying
You can join an e-mail discussion group to talk with other parents who are using our high school curricula. Membership requests are approved by the moderator (not by us), so please share some brief information about why you would like to join at the time you submit your membership request. Blank membership requests may be denied. This is part of an effort to keep spammers out of this group. Send your subscription request to ExploringAmerica_users-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Samples
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- 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
- Sample Pages from the Quiz and Exam Book