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We combined some of the hours from DSs' multiple years of participating in YMCA Youth & Gov't (a model legislation program) along with the Great Source textbook as the spine. (It looks like that textbook is now updated.)

If interested in making it more hands-on, other model gov't programs to consider include:
Teen Pact
Model United Nations
Mock Trial
JSA (Junior States of America)

For more ideas, check out some of these threads, which are all linked on PAGE 5 of the big thread "High School Motherlode #2", pinned at the top of this board (under the subheading of "Social Studies", which is one of the later subheadings user the first topic heading of "High School Subjects/Courses"):

US Government and Economics - help please (lots of specific program suggestions)
Secular and quick/easy: US Government? Same for Economics?
Government and Economics - not rigorous
Which high school government course do you recommend (why? pros/cons?)
Looking for ideas for documentaries and movies for government class
AP Government at home?

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Oldest did a regular high school level. She was my STEM student. Used Never Before in History, and Under God (William Hendricks).  Those items were schedule in MFW's year 3 high school with study guides and such.

middle did the same, but then 2 years later, did a quick refresher course on ModernStates CLEP prep.  Took and easily passed the Am. Govt CELP for credit at her college. ah, got to love those vouchers to cover test fees with modernstates.org

youngest: on a more special ed kind of track.  Using Barron's  Painless American Government (even though the book says middle school), and maybe the standard deviants dvd if I can find that in the pile around this room. very basics and essentials

not sure any of those are what the original poster was looking for. might help someone.

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9 hours ago, cbollin said:

middle did the same, but then 2 years later, did a quick refresher course on ModernStates CLEP prep.  Took and easily passed the Am. Govt CELP for credit at her college. ah, got to love those vouchers to cover test fees with modernstates.org

 

That looks like a really good resource, thank you! I never even considered having her take a CLEP test. She's not 100% sure what college she's going to go to, but our local college is SDSU, which will probably be a big contender for her. They don't accept CLEP credits for American Government, bummer!!

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