US Government Unit

Posted by Cindy on September 17, 2009

So sorry I’ve been MIA for several days.  We’ve been enjoying lots of pretty afternoons and evenings outside and I’ve let lots of things indoors slack.  Oops!  Gotta enjoy these perfect days while you can, though!

Last week we finished a unit on US Government and Civics using The United States Government 7th-12th grade lapbooking unit from Knowledge Box Central.  It was a great refresher for me and a super way to teach my children everything from the history of the Constitution to the design and procedures of our government to the rights and responsibilities we have as citizens.  We should all be teaching US Government and Civics anyway, but in light of so many political issues in our country right now, it’s extremely important to teach our children the fundamentals of how our government is supposed to work and what we can and should do about it when it isn’t working like it should.  (Sorry for the run-on sentence and the soap box.)

Anywho, here are some pictures of our lapbook.

To be sure they understood the wealth of information learned during the unit, I gave the kiddos a test that you can download from my Homeschool Launch page.  Mahayla scored 100% without help.  Caleb was allowed to use his lapbook when he came across a tough question.  With the help of his lapbook, he scored 100%, too!

We’ve moved on to the first of a four-part energy/physics unit – focusing on the definition of energy, heat and electricity.  Some of our resources are posted in the sidebar.  I’ll post about our fun soon!