Exploring Government Literature Package (2016)

Exploring Government Literature Package (2016)Exploring Governmentis 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. The purpose of Exploring Government is to educate and inspire your student concerning the

Exploring Governmentis 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.

The purpose of Exploring Government is to educate and inspire your student concerning the government of the United States as well as the governments of the individual states and our local communities. We want to help your student be well-equipped as a Christian citizen after studying this material.

In addition to providing high school credit in government, your student can use Exploring Government to earn a half-year credit in English. The English component includes reading the following four biographies of American political figures (available separately) and completing writing assignments.

• Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough (Units 1-4)


• The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge by Calvin Coolidge (Units 5-6)


• Born Again by Charles Colson (Units 7-11)


• God and Ronald Reagan by Paul Kengor (Units 12-15)