Showing God's work through American history, and emphasizing traditional American values such as liberty (when for the Christian Good), individualism, equality, and growth (described as achieving goals such as gaining wealth, buying property, changing the environment, enjoying new experiences, and following the Creation Mandate), this text employs a conservative Christian worldview in interpreting the events of the past.
The student text features unit opener timelines of major events and chapters begin with a chapter outline of major topics plus a quotation. Full-color and archival photographs, paintings, and other visuals are included throughout each chapter; sidebars and general feature boxes provide interesting information that provides a fuller picture of important people, events or concepts. Charts, diagrams, and maps help students to visualize geographic locations and statistical information. Section quizzes help students remember what they've learned throughout the chapter, and chapter review features critical thinking & review questions, as well as a list of people, places, and things to remember.
The Teacher's Edition features two spiral-bound volumes that include reduced-size student book pages surrounded by teacher notes in the margin. Teacher information includes answers to the section quizzes given in the text, lesson objectives, helpful background information, pointers on using additional resources, and more.
The student activities workbook contains multiple activities for each chapter; activities include map studies, filling out graphic organizers, true/false and completing other worksheet-based exercises. Selections to read before the worksheets are also integrated throughout. The student activities answer key features the full-size worksheets with correct answers overlaid plus some page numbers for answer reference.
The tests feature a variety of matching, short answer, multiple choice, true/false and essay questions; the test answer key features the full-size tests with the correct answers overlaid along with page numbers where the answers can be found.
8th Grade / Ages 13. Parents may wish to note that current events discuss gay rights and abortion.
This kit includes:
- The American Republic Student Text, 599 pages, softcover. 4th Edition
- The American Republic Teacher's Edition Book 1 & Book 2, spiralbound, 597 pages, hard backcovers and soft front-covers
- The American Republic Student Activities, 254 pages, softcover. 4th Edition
- The American Republic Student Activities Answer Key, 254 pages, spiralbound, 4th Edition
- The American Republic Tests Answer Key, loose-leaf, 4th Edition
- The American Republic Test packet, glue-binding, 4th Edition
