1bassoon Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Anyone one know anything, or have any feedback on this text? http://cathyduffyreviews.com/Government/basic-american-government.htm TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I perused it this summer as a possibility for an American Government class I'm teaching this year. It was awfully wordy. Couldn't get past that. ;) Also, I decided it would be much better for my class to have a text that has section titles, bolded vocabulary words, charts and graphs just to break up long pages of text. Sorry, that's probably not much help! Hope this gives you a bump for others that can comment on the content. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I own it. Have not used it. It is big. It is wordy. It looks really good. It starts with the greeks and moves forward. It appears to be a study of government--US government in particular. I plan to use it. Just not quite there yet. I know where it is so if you want me to look at it. It is the spine used in the Sonlight course. I think it is 400. I can't keep the name changes staight. People here do not like the course. Considered to be the worst one. Overall boring according to the posts. I cannot remember that book being the problem. A thread search might be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wildberrys Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Own it, used it for probably 4-6 weeks when dd did SL Core 400. We ditched it for a different text that clearly and concisely covered Am govt. The Carson book would be good for a political science major or perhaps law----not good for a general overview of how Am Govt works at the high school level. My son will be using Abeka Govt---not this book either. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice H Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I perused it this summer as a possibility for an American Government class I'm teaching this year. It was awfully wordy. Couldn't get past that. ;) Also, I decided it would be much better for my class to have a text that has section titles, bolded vocabulary words, charts and graphs just to break up long pages of text. Lisa I tried to outline it once as part of summer prep for an upcoming school year (w/o Sonlight course materials). The govt. book sort of defies traditional outlining. This is in contrast to Carson's American History series of textbooks, which are very user-friendly, and a teacher guide is available. That said, dd read neither of these texts. I like and kept the govt text as a reference, or just to pick up and peruse particular sections. The history books are much easier and interesting reading IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Very helpful - thanks everyone! (in full disclosure - a friend was asking about it, and I knew there was no better place to get information!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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