Momto6inIN Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm looking towards next fall and would like to capitalize on the election year to do some government/civics/election type stuff with my kids. I've got a standard government course for my high schoolers covered, but wondered what I should use for my to-be 3rd and 7th graders. I know about Uncle Sam and You, but we tried Notgrass before and it just wasn't a good fit for us. Kind of dry, I guess. And I wanted something that was not a full year course, only about 12 weeks-ish so we can continue on with our history studies the rest of the year. I saw Konos has a book called Electing America's Leaders ... anyone have any reviews on that? And any other ideas would be greatly appreciated - thanks! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s//ref=mw_dp_a_s?ie=UTF8&i=digital-text&k=Syl+Sobel. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s//ref=mw_dp_a_s?ie=UTF8&i=digital-text&k=Syl+Sobel. :) Thanks for the links! Have you used any/all of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the links! Have you used any/all of these? Nope. Sorry. A friend highly recommend them a while back. I found out she homeschooled her kids and asked for any tips and she told me to do around 10 things I have written down in a notebook in the closet. One was to use these in the early grades because it will make history studies more accessible. It doesn't make sense to wait until high school to make history make sense. Edited December 16, 2015 by Slache 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mona Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Homeschool in the Woods just came out with an elections unit study for grades 3-8. I have it, but it is so new that there aren't any reviews yet. I plan to start it in February. Samples here: http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com/elections.html 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Homeschool in the Woods just came out with an elections unit study for grades 3-8. I have it, but it is so new that there aren't any reviews yet. I plan to start it in February. Samples here: http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com/elections.html Thanks for posting this. I'm going to give it a try :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 iCivics.org Lots of ideas/curriculum/games. And it's free! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 iCivics.org Lots of ideas/curriculum/games. And it's free! Thanks!!! Will be looking through this in the next couple of weeks :-)!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 iCivics.org Lots of ideas/curriculum/games. And it's free! Oooooh, that looks fun! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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