Exploring Government, 2016 Updated Edition–Curriculum Kit

The Notgrass Company Exploring Government curriculum is a one-semester (half-credit) high school course that covers the government of the United States from its beginning to the present with a special emphasis on the Biblical pattern for government and the U.S. Constitution. Students will learn about federal, state, and local government and become better equipped to understand our country's government as they learn about contemporary issues facing our nation today.

The Exploring Government textbook includes 75 lessons. At the beginning of each unit, an introduction, list of books used in the unit, project literature assignments, and any additional assignments are laid out; these overarching assignments are broken up into daily tasks given at the end of each day's reading.

We Hold These Truths contains the historic documents, essays, speeches, and other works related to the text. Entries include "On the Divine Right of Kings," the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, Wesberry v. Sanders (1964), the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, a Letter from an Anonymous Veteran, and more.

NASB Scripture used.

This 2016 updated edition includes major revisions and updates to the text, including a new layout with hundreds of color photos and illustrations, a new optional English/literature half-year credit, hands-on project and writing ideas for every unit, and a completely revised Student Review Pack (sold-separately) designed for ease-of-use.

This kit includes:

Exploring Government, 455 pages, hardcover We Hold These Truths, 225 pages, hardcover

Please Note: the full Exploring Government program also includes the following components, which are not-included and are sold-separately: Exploring Government Student Review Pack (which is an optional supplement with review questions, a quiz & exam book, and an answer key) plus four highly-recommended works of literature: Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough, The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, Born Again by Charles W. Colson, and God and Ronald Reagan by Paul Kengor.