The LIFEPAC Government & Economics Set is a biblically integrated course presented in an engaging, student-directed worktext format. Your student will study lessons which focus on the history of international and United States government, the American party system, and a study of economics, business, and free enterprise. A teacher’s guide is included in this Alpha Omega curriculum.
Are your tired of today’s mainstream culture and its secular view of history and the social sciences? How can you be sure that your student will develop a solid biblical worldview? The LIFEPAC Government & Economics homeschool curriculum from Alpha Omega Publications is designed to do just that! This outstanding history curriculum integrates a biblical perspective into instruction in six major social studies strands. The strands are geography, history, government, citizenship, economics, and social studies. With motivating lessons presented in ten full color worktexts, the focus of the LIFEPAC Government & Economics Set is a study of Government and Economics! Your child will complete comprehensive lessons on types of governments in the U.S. and abroad, the Bill of Rights, democracy, the Christian and politics, free enterprise, running a business, the stock market, and personal finance.
Let us take a look at a few more features that the LIFEPAC Government & Economics Set has to offer! LIFEPAC student worktexts include daily instruction and review as well as ample opportunity for assessment of student progress. And in order to encourage individualized instruction, we have included a teacher’s guide designed to help you guide your student’s learning experience according to his specific interests and needs. This must-have Alpha Omega curriculum resource includes teaching notes for each unit, a complete answer key, additional resources, and learning activities.
GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS – SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Unit 1 – INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS 1
Why have governments?
Types of governments
Governments in our world
Political thinkers
Unit 2 – UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
Three branches of government
Legislative process
Unit 3 – AMERICAN PARTY SYSTEM
American party system
Development of political parties
Functions of political parties
Voting
Unit 4 – HISTORY OF GOVERNMENTS
Primitive governments
Beginnings of democracy
Feudalism, theocracy, and democracy
Fascism and Nazism
Unit 5 – THE CHRISTIAN AND HIS GOVERNMENT
Discrimination and the Christian
Christian attitudes
Public opinion and truth in politics
Politics and propaganda
Unit 6 – FREE ENTERPRISE
Economics>
Competition>
Money through history>
International finance and currency
Unit 7 – BUSINESS AND YOU
Running a business>
Government and business>
Banks and mergers>
Deregulation and bankruptcy
Unit 8 – THE STOCK MARKET
How it started and works>
Selecting stocks>
Types of stocks>
Tracking stocks
Unit 9 – BUDGET AND FINANCE
Cash, credit, and checking
Buying a car
Grants, loans, and IRAs
Savings and eCash
Unit 10 – GEOGRAPHY AND REVIEW
Euro and International finance
U.S. geography
The global traveler
Neighbors, heroes, and the Holy Land
