📚 Course Curriculum
American civics starts with a simple question: where should government power come from? The Declaration of Independence answers that government gets its just powers from …
Open trial session →Federalism means power is divided between the national government and state governments. This is why the United States has one Constitution for the whole country …
Open trial session →The first ten amendments are the Bill of Rights. They protect freedoms such as religion, speech, press, assembly, petition, due process, trial by jury, and …
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When a GED® passage quotes the Declaration, Constitution, or Bill of Rights, do not panic over old-fashioned wording. First identify who is speaking, what problem …
Open trial session →Course Syllabus
This self-paced GED® Social Studies course follows a 4-lesson sequence. Work through the modules in order so that each skill supports the next.
Course sequence
Module 1 - Lessons 1-4
- The Ideas Behind the Constitution
- Federalism: One Country, Shared Power
- Rights, Amendments, and Equal Protection
- Reading Founding Documents on the GED®
Practice and completion
- Use worked examples and lesson practice to check understanding after each module.
- Review incorrect answers, explain the correction, and repeat weak skills.
- Complete the available mixed or final course practice to demonstrate readiness.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Explain the important civic, historical, economic, or geographic ideas in The Ideas Behind the Constitution.
- Analyze sources, evidence, and data related to Federalism: One Country, Shared Power.
- Compare perspectives and draw supported conclusions about Rights, Amendments, and Equal Protection.
- Apply source-based reasoning to questions involving Reading Founding Documents on the GED®.
- Use feedback and answer explanations to diagnose and correct mistakes.
- Complete mixed, exam-style practice with clearer reasoning and greater independence.
📝 Practice Questions
20 interactive questions with instant feedback and explanations.
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