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Posted: Aug 07 2006 at 12:10pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
A friend of mine has a sister who homeschools her children, but only started recently. I think she uses Seton for her curriculum.

She now needs a US History and a Civics/Economics course for her two oldest daughters, age junior and sophomore in high school.

I have no experience, so I'm hoping for some helpful advice. Most of her schooling experience is out of the box, so piecing something together isn't a perfect fit...but perhaps a few sources might work.

Could you pass on recommendations for spines, full courses, add-ons, living books or any other suggestions? Thanks so much.

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Posted: Aug 08 2006 at 3:09pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Bumping this up...anyone?

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MODG has a high school Government and Economics syllabus that looks good to me. The Government reading seems different from what someone might mean by "Civics". I have not used this syllabus, but looking at the books that are to be used it seems to be about the ideas behind why our nation's government/constitution is as it is, based on reading sources such as The Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers (arguments from the time that counter what the Federalist Papers are pushing for). The tension between those two groups is a fine lesson in the art of politics.

I don't think that is what someone means by a Civics course, though. I might be wrong; I don't know exactly what your friend has in mind to teach. To me, when I think Civics, I think more like: how a bill becomes a law; how does the Electoral College work, that sort of thing.

Maybe if you were to explain a little more of what your friend wants to be sure her children learn about the topic, I could think of what sources might be helpful; I feel like my response might be speaking to something other than what she wants.

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Posted: Aug 08 2006 at 5:07pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
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Posted: Aug 08 2006 at 5:16pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Thanks, MaryM. I should have looked first...I got back from vacation with that request and just wanted to post it before I forgot.

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Jenn,
We're using Whatever Happened to Penny Candy for economics and I ordered a Government unit study from Amanda Bennett's site a couple years ago ( www.unitstudy.com ). It's Christian based. We only got through the first section of it and stopped. I'd really like my 7th/8th grader to finish it.

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