U.S. Government:

An Interactive Approach

U.S. Government, a nationally distributed product, is being newly released, encased in a state-of-the-art intuitive Web-based interface that it shares with WorldView's other highly acclaimed products. With each user possessing his or her own account, students will enjoy learning from this interactive, workbook-style product wherever they have access to the Internet, either at home or in school – their work securely stored and easily retrieved "from the cloud."

This high school program explores the philosophy of government, the components and underpinnings of American government, and factors that affect our political system. The content, divided into 12 chapters and 5 themes, is explored in such depth and breadth as to put U.S. Government into the realm of an electronic textbook. Each chapter is accompanied by a comprehensive overview, tutorials, review and test questions, writing activities, written and graphical documents, and projects.

Resource materials include:

• 81 original source documents
• 64 graphical-based documents
• 484 glossary entries
• 850+ chronology entries
• 180 biographies
• 25 projects
• 9 tutorial lessons

Assessment materials include:

• 680 questions/mini-lessons
• 25 skill-development projects
• 14 essay questions with sample essays
• 145 written and graphical dbq’s

Accolades:

• 2012 ComputED Gazette BESSIE Award, Best Social Studies Web Site—Post-Secondary
• 2011 Recommended for approval as a textbook by the Oregon Department of Education
• 2011 ComputED Gazette EDDIE Award, Best Social Studies Web Site—Post-Secondary
• 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award, Educational Technology—Social Studies, Finalist
• 2004 Alabama State Textbook Committee approved U.S. Government for state textbook funding
• 2002 Texas Education Agency approved U.S. Government for state textbook funding.