• Overview
• Professional Development
• Curriculum Units
  • Can We Believe This?
  • Fighting Chance
  • On the Campaign Trail
  • The Better Budget
  • LegiQuest
  • A Government for Xlandia
  • Not in My Back Yard
• Unit Resources
  • Fighting Chance
  • On the Campaign Trail
  • The Better Budget
  • LegiQuest
  • A Government for Xlandia
  • Not in My Back Yard

Curriculum Units

The Problem Based Government units are designed to help teachers make the concepts of government, democracy and civic participation more relevant and meaningful to high school students. This curriculum meets key content standards set forth by the states and in the National Standards for Civics and Government.

All units are field-tested in a variety of classrooms.

	Can We Believe This		one period activity to introduce students to problem based learning
	Fighting Chance		unit on the Supreme Court and equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment
	On the Campaign Trail		unit on marketing candidates and “spinning” issues
	The Better Budget		unit on liberal and conservative views on the role of government
	LegiQuest		unit on the legislative process and lobbying strategies
	A Government for Xlandia		unit on constitutions, limited government, and comparative democratic systems
	Not In My Back Yard		unit on local government policymaking and homelessness