Basic American Government Curriculum

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Self-paced Homeschool Government Course

Getting kids interested in history and government can sometimes be a challenge. I firmly believe that it is more important than ever to educate and encouage the younger generation to learn about our American Government and their right as citizens to vote. It is always helpful to have a solid, core text in place when teaching the foundations of American Government. So when I heard about Boundary Stone’s, Basic American Government Course Bundle I was very excited to give this a try!

An Overview of Boundary Stone’s Basic American Government

Okay! I have to be very honest with you. When I received this book in the mail, I was not at all impressed. I it over 475 pages of just text. No photos! BORING. As a former public school history teacher this was my worst nightmare come true. It’s hard enough getting kids engaged in history and government much less with a text chocked full of just words. But, when I logged onto the online portion of the program, WOW! I was pleasantly surprised. This could actually be something we could work with. With the book as our core text and the online features we could make a go of this. Here are some highlights of the self-paced online program:

• Engaging Photos
• Videos (great explanations)
• Discussions Questions
• Study Guides
• Online Fill in the Blank Questions

Five Benefits of this Self-Paced Christian Curriculum

I have always loved a self-paced curriculum and this one is no different. As a busy homeschool teacher/mom, I can put my child working on his assignments and come back to check on him and work with him when I’m not dealing with someone else.

Efficiency – Everybody learns differently. With self-pacing, each individual can make the best use of his or her time, in order to meet his or her learning goals.

Effectiveness – Self-pacing can improve memory , particularly when the learner allows for more time on more difficult material.

Convenience – With self-paced sources such as Basic American Government, you can work it into your homeschool schedule wherever it works best.

Focus – with self-paced learning students generally learn only at a time where there are no distractions, which leads to effective learning.

Ownership – self-paced learning puts the responsibility of learning on the student and not the teacher.

Earning Credit

Using this curriculum in combination with Boundary Stone’s Economics course will give your child one full high school credit. This can be done in a full year and we are more than ready to add these courses to the transcript. For more information on both of these courses visit the Boundary Stone website.

I feel that this is perfect for kids who are self starters and disciplined. Moms who don’t really want to teach from a text will love the online feature of this program. Visit the website today and check out their freebies page. You can also sign up for the Newsletter and keep up to date with things going on with Boundary Stone.