{"id":6106,"date":"2025-07-09T21:55:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T01:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=6106"},"modified":"2025-07-12T18:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T22:20:19","slug":"high-school-government-lesson-plans-by-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/high-school-level-5-6\/high-school-government-economics-and-civics\/high-school-government-lesson-plans-by-book\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Government Lesson Plans by Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990;\">High School Government: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990;\">Government <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990;\">Lesson Plans by Book<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>These lists provide a recommended reading schedule for the Government resources used in the American Government and Economics I-IV courses, to make it easier to assign them in other ways.<\/p>\n<h6>Mater Amabilis participates in affiliate programs with Amazon and Living Book Press.<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">Introductory government<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Are You Liberal? Conservative? Or Confused?<\/em>, Maybury [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4jTHTrp\">Amaz<\/a>]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 17-32<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 33-41<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 42-51<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 52-60<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 61-72<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 73-82<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 83-92<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 93-105<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 106-117<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pp. 118-127<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">Government<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i>The American Cause,<\/i> Kirk (with introduction by Whitney) [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ZCuwEQ\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 5 Year 2, Level 6 Year 1, Level 6 Year 2<\/p>\n<p>Year 1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Editor&#8217;s Introduction ix-xiv (stop at &#8220;and the United States above all.&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Editor\u2019s Introduction Intro. xiv-xvii (stop at &#8220;which have made the American nation great&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduction Intro. xvii-xxi<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ch 1 Ignorance &#8211; A Dangerous Luxury pp. 1-4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ch 2 The Need for Principles pp. 9-11<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ch 2 The Need for Principles pp. 12-14<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ch. 3 Moral Principle: Nature of Man pp. 15-17<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ch. 3 Moral Principle: Nature of Man pp. 17-20<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ch. 3 Moral Principle: Nature of Man pp. 20-23<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ch 3 Moral Principle: Nature of Man pp. 23-26<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ch 3 Moral Principle: Nature of Man pp. 26-30<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Year 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ch 4 Moral Principle: Church and State pp. 35-41<\/li>\n<li>Ch 4 Moral Principle: Church and State pp. 41-46<\/li>\n<li>Ch 5 Political Principle: Ordered Liberty pp. 53-57<\/li>\n<li>Ch 5 Political Principle: Ordered Liberty pp. 58-61<\/li>\n<li>Ch 5 Political Principle: Ordered Liberty pp. 61-64<\/li>\n<li>Ch 5 Political Principle: Ordered Liberty pp. 64-66<\/li>\n<li>Ch 6 Political Principle: The Federal Republic pp. 67-72<\/li>\n<li>Ch 6 Political Principle: The Federal Republic pp. 72-75<\/li>\n<li>Ch 6 Political Principle: The Federal Republic pp. 75-77<\/li>\n<li>Ch 6 Political Principle: The Federal Republic pp. 78-82<\/li>\n<li>Ch 6 Political Principle: The Federal Republic pp. 83-87<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Year 3<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ch 7 Economic Principle: The Free Economy pp. 89-92<\/li>\n<li>Ch 7 Economic Principle: The Free Economy pp. 92-95<\/li>\n<li>Ch 7 Economic Principle: The Free Economy pp. 95-98<\/li>\n<li>Ch 7 Economic Principle: The Free Economy pp. 98-104<\/li>\n<li>Ch 7 Economic Principle: The Free Economy pp. 105-107<\/li>\n<li>Ch 8 Economic Principle: American Economic Accomplishment pp. 109-112<\/li>\n<li>Ch 8 Economic Principle: American Economic Accomplishment pp. 112-117<\/li>\n<li>Ch 9 Anti-American Claims pp. 119-123<\/li>\n<li>Ch 9 Anti-American Claims pp. 123-126<\/li>\n<li>Ch 9 Anti-American Claims pp. 126-128<\/li>\n<li>Ch 9 Anti-American Claims pp. 128-133<\/li>\n<li>Ch 10 The American Answer pp. 135-138<\/li>\n<li>Ch 10 The American Answer pp. 139-142<\/li>\n<li>Afterward pp. 143-149 (stop before &#8220;It is important to see&#8230;&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Afterward pp. 149-153 (stop before &#8220;In addition to the Industrial Revolution&#8230;&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Afterward pp. 153-158<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/high-school-level-5-6\/government-primary-sources\/\">Government Primary Source Readings<\/a> &#8211; selections of essays by American Founders and others &#8211; Level 5 Year 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/education\/resources\/magna-carta\/british-library-magna-carta-1215-runnymede\/\">Magna Carta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/instituteofcatholicculture.org\/events\/principles-of-liberty\">Principles of Liberty: A Study of the Magna Carta (ICC lecture)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theimaginativeconservative.org\/2022\/09\/reading-american-founding-documents-bradley-birzer.html\">\u201cReading the American Founding\u201d<\/a> by Bradley J. Birzer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/thompson-revolutionary-writings#lfAdams_label_023\">Dissertation on Feudal and Canon Law<\/a> by John Adams<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/gordon-a-discourse-of-standing-armies-1722\">\u201cA Discourse of Standing Armies&#8221;<\/a> by Thomas Gordon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/lutz-american-political-writing-during-the-founding-era-1760-1805-vol-1#lfHyneman-01_head_081\">\u201cThe Genuine Principles of the Ancient Saxon, or English Constitution\u201d<\/a> by Demophilus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/henderson-cato-a-tragedy-and-selected-essays#lf0714_head_205\">Cato: A Tragedy<\/a> by Addison<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/lodge-the-works-of-alexander-hamilton-federal-edition-vol-1#lf0249-01_head_009\">\u201cRemarks on the Quebec Bill\u201d<\/a> by Hamilton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/lee-empire-and-nation-letters-from-a-farmer#lf0010_head_004\">Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer: 1<\/a> by Dickinson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/lee-empire-and-nation-letters-from-a-farmer#lf0010_head_006\">Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer: 3<\/a> by Dickinson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/lee-empire-and-nation-letters-from-a-farmer#lf0010_head_011\">Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer: 8<\/a> by Dickinson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/lee-empire-and-nation-letters-from-a-farmer#lf0010_head_012\">Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer: 9<\/a> by Dickinson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/lee-empire-and-nation-letters-from-a-farmer#lf0010_head_013\">Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer: 10<\/a> by Dickinson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/lee-empire-and-nation-letters-from-a-farmer#lf0010_head_015\">Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer: 12<\/a> by Dickinson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/canavan-select-works-of-edmund-burke-vol-1#lf0005-01_head_006\">\u201cSpeech on American Taxation\u201d<\/a> by Edmund Burke &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/theimaginativeconservative.org\/2023\/01\/edmund-burke-dignity-human-person-bradley-birzer.html\">\u201cEdmund Burke and the Dignity of the Human Person\u201d<\/a> by Bradley J. Birzer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/sandoz-political-sermons-of-the-american-founding-era-vol-1-1730-1788--5#lf0018-01_head_045\">\u201cThe Church\u2019s Flight into the Wilderness\u201d<\/a> by Samuel Sherwood<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_172\">Federalist #1, \u201cIntroduction\u201d<\/a> by Alexander Hamilton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_243\">Federalist #47 \u201cThe meaning of the maxim, which requires a separation of the departments of power, examined and ascertained\u201d<\/a> by James Madison<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theimaginativeconservative.org\/2017\/11\/conservatives-liberals-view-federalist-george-w-carey.html\">\u201cHow Conservatives and Liberals View The Federalist\u201d<\/a> by George Carey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/becker-the-declaration-of-independence-a-study-on-the-history-of-political-ideas#lf0034_head_009\">Declaration of Independence<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/theimaginativeconservative.org\/2024\/07\/read-declaration-independence-m-e-bradford.html\">\u201cHow to Read the Declaration of Independence\u201d<\/a> by M. E. Bradford<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/pages\/1778-articles-of-confederation\">Articles of Confederation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_174\">Federalist #2 \u201cConcerning Dangers from Foreign Force &amp; Influence\u201d<\/a> by John Jay<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_189\">Federalist #9 \u201cThe Utility of the Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection\u201d<\/a> by Alexander Hamilton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_191\">Federalist #10 &#8220;The Same Subject Continued&#8221;<\/a> by James Madison<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_231\">Federalist #37 &#8220;Concerning the difficulties which the convention must have experienced in the formation of a proper plan&#8221;<\/a> by James Madison<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/pages\/1787-us-constitution\">U.S. Constitution Article I<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_250\">Federalist #51 &#8220;The same subject continued, with the same view, and concluded&#8221;<\/a> by James Madison<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_257\">Federalist #57 &#8220;The same subject continued, in relation to the supposed tendency of the plan of the convention to elevate the few above the many&#8221;<\/a> by James Madison<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_264\">Federalist #62 &#8220;Concerning the constitution of the senate, with regard to the qualifications of the members; the manner of appointing them; the equality of representation; the number of the senators, and the duration of their appointments&#8221;<\/a> by James Madison<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_265\">Federalist #63 &#8220;A further view of the constitution of the senate, in regard to the duration of the appointment of its members&#8221;<\/a> by James Madison &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/theimaginativeconservative.org\/2010\/09\/federalists-and-anti-federalists.html\">\u201cFederalists and Anti-Federalists\u201d<\/a> by Bradley J. Birzer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/pages\/1787-us-constitution\">U.S. Constitution, Article II<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_273\">Federalist #68 &#8220;The view of the constitution of the president continued, in relation to the mode of appointment&#8221;<\/a> by Alexander Hamilton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_279\">Federalist #70 &#8220;The same view continued, in relation to the unity of the executive, and with an examination of the project of an executive council&#8221;<\/a> by Alexander Hamilton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_285\">Federalist #72 &#8220;The same view continued, in regard to the re-eligibility of the president&#8221;<\/a> by Alexander Hamilton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/pages\/1787-us-constitution\">U.S. Constitution, Article III<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_293\">Federalist #78 &#8220;A view of the constitution of the judicial department in relation to the tenure of good behaviour&#8221;<\/a> by Alexander Hamilton<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/pages\/1787-us-constitution\">U.S. Constitution, Articles IV-VII<\/a> &amp; (Your State Constitution)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/pages\/1791-us-bill-of-rights-1st-10-amendments-with-commentary\">Bill of Rights<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed#lf1631_label_312\">Federalist #84 \u201cConcerning several miscellaneous objections\u201d<\/a> by Alexander Hamilton\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Major Problems in American History Since 1945<\/em>, Griffith and Baker, second edition [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40e0I1o\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 1, Level 6 Year 2<\/p>\n<p>Year 1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ch. 1, \u201cThe Origins of the Postwar International System\u2019\u201d pp. 1-16<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 1, \u201cThe Roots of Postwar Politics\u201d pp. 16-26<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 1, \u201cThe Legacies of World War II\u201d pp. 26-34<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 2, \u201cPresident Harry S Truman\u2019s Advisers Discuss the Atomic Bomb, May 1945\u201d pp. 36-38<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 2, \u201cAtomic Scientists Urge an Alternative Course, June 1945\u201d pp. 38-40<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 2, \u201cU.S. Science Advisers Endorse Dropping the Bomb, June 1945\u201d, \u201cUndersecretary of the Navy Ralph Bard Urges Alternatives, June 1945\u201d pp. 40-41<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 2, \u201cGeneral Leslie Groves Reports on a Successful Test, July 1945\u201d, &#8220;President Truman Discusses the Bomb at Potsdam, July 1945&#8221; pp. 41-44<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 2, &#8220;The U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey Concludes That the Bomb Was Unnecessary, 1946&#8221; pp. 45-49<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 2, Essays \u201cThe Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb\u201d pp. 49-57<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 2, Essay \u201cHiroshima: Historians Reassess\u201d pp. 57-68<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hprweb.com\/2010\/08\/the-catholic-holocaust-of-nagasaki-why-lord\/\">\u201cThe Catholic Holocaust of Nagasaki\u201d<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/firstthings.com\/trumans-terrible-choice-75-years-ago\/\">&#8220;Truman\u2019s Terrible Choice, 75 Years Ago&#8221;<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholic.com\/magazine\/online-edition\/catholic-morality-and-the-bomb\">&#8220;Catholic Morality and the Bomb&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3, \u201cPresident Harry S. Truman and His Advisors Debate U.S. Policy Toward the U.S.S.R., April 1945&#8243; pp. 70-74<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3, \u201cRussian Premier Joseph Stalin Defends Soviet Policy in Eastern Europe, April 1945\u201d, \u201cSecretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace Urges a Conciliatory Approach, July 1946\u201d pp. 74-76<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3, \u201cWhite House Aide Clark M. Clifford Summarizes the Case for the Hard Line, September 1946\u201d pp. 76-80<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3, &#8220;Soviet Ambassador Nikolai Novikov Reports on the U.S. Drive for World Supremacy, September 1946&#8221; pp. 80-85<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3, \u201cThe Truman Doctrine, March 1947\u201d, \u201cUndersecretary of State Dean Acheson Calls for Economic Aid to Europe, May 1947\u201d pp. 86-89<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3, \u201cThe President\u2019s Advisors Urge Military Expansion, April 1950\u201d pp. 90-93<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3, \u201cPresident Truman and His Advisors Determine the United States\u2019 Response to the Invasion of South Korea, June 26 1950\u201d pp. 93-96<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3 Essays \u201cSoviet Unilateralism and the Origins of the Cold War\u201d pp. 96-108<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3 Essay \u201cAn Exaggerated Threat and the Rise of American Globalism\u201d pp. 108-118<\/li>\n<li>Students may want to read selections from Ch. 4 for insights into the unique economic and social ideas introduced in the 1950s. Parents should preview.<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 5, \u201cFidel Castro Denounces U.S. Policy Toward Cuba, 1960\u201d, \u201cPresident Kennedy Calls for an Alliance for Progress, 1961\u201d pp. 159-165<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 5, \u201cA Board of Inquiry Reports on the Bay of Pigs, 1961\u201d pp. 165-169<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 5, \u201cPresident Kennedy and His Advisors Debate Options in the Missile Crisis, October 16, 1962\u201d pp. 170-177<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 5, \u201cSoviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Appeals to President Kennedy, October 26, 1962\u201d, \u201cAnastas I Mikoyan and Fidel Castro Review the Crisis, November 3-4, 1962\u201d pp. 177-183<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 5 Essays \u201cSpinning Out of Control: Kennedy\u2019s War Against Cuba and the Missile Crisis\u201d pp. 183-195<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 5, \u201cAftermath\u201d pp. 196-212<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 6 \u201cMichael Harrington Describes the \u2018Other America,\u2019 1962\u201d, \u201cPresident Lyndon B. Johnson Declares War on Poverty, 1964\u201d pp. 215-221<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 6, \u201cPresident Ronald Reagan Warns of the Dangers of the Welfare State, 1964\u201d, \u201cA Liberal Cartoonist Worries That Johnson Has Abandoned the Welfare State\u201d, \u201cTwo White House Aids Report the Achievements of the Great Society, 1966\u201d, \u201cPoverty in America, 1959-1997: A Graphic\u201d pp. 221-226<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 6, Essays \u201cWas the Great Society a Lost Opportunity\u201d pp. 226-240<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 6, Essay \u201cFrom Opportunities to Entitlement\u201d pp. 240-246<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Year 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ch. 7, \u201cThe New York Times Reports a Murder in Georgia, 1946\u201d, \u201cMalcom X Recalls Getting a \u2018Conk,\u2019 1964\u201d, \u201cBrown vs. Board of Education, 1954\u201d pp. 249-254<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 7, \u201cFranklin McCain Remembers the First sit-In, 1960\u201d, \u201cMartin Luther King, Jr., \u2018I Have a Dream,\u2019 1963\u201d, \u201cStokely Carmichael Explains \u201cBlack Power\u201d pp. 254-263<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 7, \u201cA Senate Committee Reports on Campaign Against Martin Luther King, Jr., 1976\u201d pp. 263-265 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa.upenn.edu\/Articles_Gen\/Letter_Birmingham.html\">\u201cLetter from a Birmingham Jail\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ch. 7, Essays \u201cKing As Disturber of the Piece\u201d pp. 265-271<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 7, Essay \u201cThe Continuing Racial Crisis\u201d pp. 272-278 and Optional Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tXjfZkJ2qos&amp;t=2s\">Ta-Nehisi Coats and John McWhorter Discuss and Debate Black Hip-Hop Culture and Racism<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ch. 8, \u201cThe Vietnamese Declare Their Independence, 1945\u201d, \u201cState Department Advisors Debate U.S. Support for French in Vietnam, 1949\u201d, \u201cPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower Explains the Domino Theory, 1954\u201d pp. 281-287<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 8, \u201cFinal Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1954\u201d, \u201cNguyan Tan Thanh, a South Vietnamese Peasant, Explains Why He Joined the Vietcong (1961), 1986\u201d, \u201cThe Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964\u201d pp. 287-290<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 8, \u201cPresident Lyndon Johnson\u2019s Advisors Debate Expanding the War, 1965\u201d pp. 291-296<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 8, \u201cLieutenant Marion Lee Kempner, a Young Marine, Explains the War, 1966\u201d and \u201cWrong Rambo! A Vietnam Veteran Looks Back, 1985\u201d pp. 296-299<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 8, Essays \u201cThe Cold War and American Intervention in Vietnam\u201d pp. 299-310<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 8, Essay \u201cThe Meaning of Vietnam\u201d pp. 310-320<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 12, \u201cPresident Jimmy Carter and the Crisis of the American Spirit, 1979\u201d, \u201cPresidential Candidate Ronald Reagan Calls for New Economic Policies, 1980\u201d, \u201cPresident George Bush Seeks a Kinder, Gentler Nation, 1989\u201d pp. 449-458<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 12, \u201cThe Republican \u2018Contract With America,\u2019 1994\u201d, \u201cPresident Bill Clinton Signs a Bill to \u2018End Welfare as We Know It,\u2019 1996\u201d, \u201cA Liberal Post-Mortem on the 1996 Election\u201d pp. 459-464<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 12, Essays \u201cThe Mobilization of American Business\u201d pp. 464-477<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 12, Essay \u201cDemocrats and Republicans Forge a New Political Economy\u201d pp. 477-496<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 13, \u201cPresident Ronald Reagan Denounces the Soviet Empire as an \u2018Evil\u2019 Empire, 1982&#8243;, \u201cU.S. Military Spending: A Graphic\u201d pp. 498-503<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 13, \u201cA Congressional Committee Reports on Irangate, 1987\u201d pp. 504-508<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 13, \u201cSoviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Charts a New Direction for the U.S.S.R.\u201d \u201cThe New York Times Announces the End of the Cold War, 1989\u201d, \u201cPresident George Bush Declares a New World Order, 1990\u201d pp. 509-514 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyplace.com\/speeches\/reagan-parliament.htm\">\u201cRonald Reagan Addresses the British Parliament\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ch. 13, Essays \u201cRonald Reagan\u2019s Cold War Victory\u201d pp. 514-519<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 13, Essay \u201cReagan and the Russians\u201d pp. 519-521<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 13, Essay \u201cReagan and Central America\u201d pp. 521-529<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Centesimus Annus<\/em>, Pope St. John Paul II [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\">Vatican website<\/a>]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction 1-3; I. Characteristics of &#8220;Rerum Novarum&#8221; 4-7<\/li>\n<li>I. Characteristics of &#8220;Rerum Novarum&#8221; 8-11<\/li>\n<li>II. Towards the &#8216;New Things&#8217; of Today 12-16<\/li>\n<li>II. Towards the &#8216;New Things&#8217; of Today 17-21<\/li>\n<li>III. The Year 1989 22-25<\/li>\n<li>III. The Year 1989 26-29<\/li>\n<li>IV. Private Property and the Universal Destination of Material Goods 30-36<\/li>\n<li>IV. Private Property and the Universal Destination of Material Goods 37-43<\/li>\n<li>V. State and Capital 44-52<\/li>\n<li>V. State and Capital 53-62<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theimaginativeconservative.org\/2016\/08\/rerum-novarum-church-free-market-james-baresel.html\">\u201cDoes the Church Oppose the Free Market\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">novels<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Animal Farm<\/em>, Orwell [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HJUkIX\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 5 Year 1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ch. 1<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 2<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 4<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 5<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 6<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 7<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 8<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 9<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Brave New World<\/em>, Huxley [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43Q7JId\">Amaz<\/a>][<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huxley.net\/bnw\/\">online version<\/a>] &#8211; Level 5 Year 2 (optional lessons scheduled)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ch. 1-2<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 3-4<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 5-6<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 7-8<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 9-10<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 11-12<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 13-14<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 15-16<\/li>\n<li>Ch. 17-18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>1984<\/em>, Orwell [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HPeMrU\">Amaz<\/a>][<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetebook.com\/free-ebooks\/1984.pdf\">PDF<\/a>][<a href=\"https:\/\/www.george-orwell.org\/1984\">online version<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 1 (optional lessons scheduled)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Book 1, Ch. 1-2<\/li>\n<li>Book 1, Ch. 3-4<\/li>\n<li>Book 1, Ch. 5-6<\/li>\n<li>Book 1, Ch. 7-8<\/li>\n<li>Book 2, Ch. 1-2<\/li>\n<li>Book 2, Ch. 3-4<\/li>\n<li>Book 2, Ch. 5-6<\/li>\n<li>Book 2, Ch. 7-8<\/li>\n<li>Book 2, Ch. 9<\/li>\n<li>Book 3, Ch. 1-2<\/li>\n<li>Book 3, Ch. 3-4<\/li>\n<li>Book 3, Ch. 5-6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>All the King&#8217;s Men<\/em>, Warren [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4jXrClv\">Amaz<\/a>] (ad lib) &#8211; Level 6 Year 2<\/p>\n<p>Students may read this book on their own time. There is some scheduled ad lib reading time in the lesson plans, but no specific reading plan.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">honors selections<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Reflections on the Revolution in France<\/em>, Burke [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HOuzHF\">Amaz<\/a>][<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/15679\/15679-h\/15679-h.htm#REFLECTIONS\">Project Gutenberg<\/a>][<a href=\"https:\/\/socserv2.mcmaster.ca\/~econ\/ugcm\/3ll3\/burke\/revfrance.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] &#8211; If you choose to purchase this book, look through the reviews carefully to find one that is a readable edition. This selection is one of the more challenging honors options. Level 5 Year 2<\/p>\n<p>The page numbers below are from the Project Gutenberg edition (The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. III.). Some text is included to assist the student in finding the end of each reading in any edition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>pp. 233-253, stop at &#8220;&#8230;and bound indissolubly together.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 253-271, start at &#8220;A few years after this period&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;last resource of the thinking and the good.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 271-291, start at &#8220;The third head of right asserted by the pulpit&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;in the management of human affairs.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 291-310, start at &#8220;Having considered the composition of the third estate&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 310-333, start at &#8220;Government is not made in virtue of natural rights&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;as a ridiculous, absurd, and antiquated fashion.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 333-352, start at &#8220;On this scheme of things, a king is but a man&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;the best-constituted republics within their reach.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 352-370 (end of page), start at &#8220;First I beg leave to speak of our Church Establishment&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;against similar conclusions.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 371-393, start at &#8220;I hope we shall never be so totally lost&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;part of the proceedings of the National Assembly.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 393-412, start at &#8220;To cut off all appearance of connection between&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;and loyalty were his constant theme.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 412-432, start at &#8220;But the nobility of France are degenerated since&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;they are none of ours.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 432-452, start at &#8220;You may suppose that we do not approve your&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;to prove their tendency beneficial.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp, 452-473, start at &#8220;We must always see with a pity not unmixed with respect&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;bite each other to their mutual destruction.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 473-492, start at &#8220;I am afraid I have gone too far into their way of considering&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;to the first cementing principle.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 492-514 (end of page), start at &#8220;The second material of cement for their new republic&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;absence of mutiny than the existence of discipline.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 515-534, start at &#8220;I cannot help pausing here for a moment&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;produced by an ill-constructed system of government.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 534-554, start at &#8220;Having concluded my few remarks on the constitution&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;certainly not Jud\u00e6us Apella.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>pp. 554-563 (end), start at &#8220;A noble indignation rises in the minds&#8230;&#8221;, stop at &#8220;&#8230;which may preserve its equipoise.&#8221; (the end)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Grand Inquisitor, <\/em>Dostoevsky (from\u00a0<em>The Brothers Karamazov<\/em>) [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4478aMX\">Amaz<\/a>][<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/8578\/8578-h\/8578-h.htm\">Project Gutenberg]<\/a> &#8211; alternative in Level 5 Year 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This brief selection could be read in one or two sittings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">ad lib selections<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Students may read these books on their own time. There is some scheduled ad lib reading time in the lesson plans, but no specific reading plan.<\/p>\n<p><em>A Song for Nagasaki: The Story of Takashi Nagai: Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb,<\/em> Glynn and Endo [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/462Iu6Q\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 1 (Term 1)<\/p>\n<p><em>The Making of the Atomic Bomb<\/em>, Rhodes [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44kLElb\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 1 (Term 1)<\/p>\n<p><em>One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,<\/em> Solzhenitsyn [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ZDpsQy\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 1 (Term 2)<\/p>\n<p><i>Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis,<\/i>\u00a0Kennedy [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4e9023c\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 1 (Term 3)<\/p>\n<p><em>The Grunt Padre: Father Vincent Robert Capodanno, Vietnam, 1966-1967<\/em>, Mode [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ldlt5t\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 2 (Term 1)<\/p>\n<p><em>A Pope and a President<\/em>, Kengor (for the ambitious or motivated student) [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4lh824H\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 2 (Term 2)<\/p>\n<p><em>Small Is Still Beautiful<\/em>, Pearce [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4lliDf4\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 2 (Term 3)<\/p>\n<p><em>Third Ways: How Bulgarian Greens, Swedish Housewives, and Beer-Swilling Englishmen Created Family-Centered Economics &#8212; And Why They Disappeared<\/em>, Carlson [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45DFlKN\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; Level 6 Year 2 (Term 3)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 Mater Amabilis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High School Government: Government Lesson Plans by Book These lists provide a recommended reading schedule for the Government resources used in the American Government and Economics I-IV courses, to make it easier to assign them in other ways. 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