Coco_Clark Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 My high school kids need a half credit in government/civics. I could phone it in, but honestly, I don't think it's a bad idea. My own civics knowledge is pretty lamentable 😬 Anyways, any recs? Online or textbook based would both work. Something balanced would be ideal, I realize anything political is going to lean one way or another, but I want to avoid complete bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 You could have them go through the Khan materials and then add in movies, podcasts, etc. We used Khan as our "textbook" for AP government last year; they have a non-AP version, but I think it's about the same material. And then there are SO MANY podcasts that are great...Constitutional, Civics 101, More Perfect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyMom5 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 I really liked OM 8th grade Civics and would have no issue give a half-credit for it. My kids use DE for Government and the current kid's class is a hot mess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoeless Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 What about icivics.org? It's free and there is plenty of material for a half credit. You might have to create an account to see all the curriculum units. I once tried to print out the full middle school curriculum and gave up because there was SO much. Teachers | iCivics 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 My college class right now is using an online textbook (Common Sense Government) through Poptential.org (free) and my professor rips quiz questions from Quizlet, but honestly, the Khan Academy AP gov class is more thorough. I end up taking all my notes on Khan and then doing the corresponding work on Poptential. You might want to look at the online civics program here: https://cor.stanford.edu/ It's a nice way to learn how to evaluate sources. It's also handy with the debates and election season upon us. When oldest ds was at home, we did a year of combining logic and government lessons, and then watched the debates and ads to find fallacies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 We ended up using American Government: A Complete Coursebook (which I had to update at multiple points because it was out of date), a Supreme Court Case Studies book from Glencoe (found online), and now Modern States American Government course for CLEP prep. The plus side is that the text is short so we have plenty of time to add in the Modern States course, which ironically includes another textbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 Thanks, I'll look into Khan, because outsourcing to something fairly independent sounds great tbh. I used quite a bit of icivics when I did a late elementary/middle school, 1 quarter long, government run through a few years ago. It was quality but a LOT of work on my end to put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 We used the Crash Course videos (www.thecrashcourse.com) with the workbook (Amazon), selected bits from a standard government textbook (Magruder), watched Just Mercy, and I think we read the young reader Stamped that year too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Great Courses has a decent government set too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Check out Hillsdale College's free online video courses! (We loved their American history, and my kids easily passed 2 CLEP exams after taking it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 This is also great https://www.learner.org/series/democracy-in-america/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) https://www.ajspublications.com/ These is pretty neutral. We did the state/ federal constitution work text, learning outside the box Mission Possible and a couple of MIT Splash government-related workshops. Called it a semester of HS credit. Edited October 23, 2022 by MamaSprout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 We did the iCitizen pdf from Generation Joshua. I'm not a big fan of Generation Joshua's politics, but the pdf was very even handed and the essay at the end of each chapter assignments were good. https://store.hslda.org/generation-joshua-icitizen-curriculum---pdf-download-p983.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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