Government

Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.

Government Chapters

A lesson plan to make your school's elections presidential.

A list of facts and events that make the Presidential Inauguration a unique event.

An explanation of what the Executive Branch is and what it does.

South Carolina History Standard 8-5.5 Compare Industrial development in South Carolina to the rest of the United States

South Carolina History Standard 8-5.4 Summarize the policies and actions of South Carolina's political leadership implementing discriminatory laws tha...

Government Audios

In spite of censorship in her time, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) remains one of Russia's most-loved poets of the 20th century.

On the 8th of December, 1941 - the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed - Americans received their up-to-date news from the radio.

Churchill tried repeatedly to convince FDR to enter the war.

Winston Churchill became Prime Minister on the 10th of May, 1940.

On the 16th of October, 1938, Winston Churchill broadcast a speech urging both his country, and America, to arm themselves.

Government Audio Narrations

During the Blitz, German warplanes devastate Coventry on November 14, 1940.

Bass Reeves, a former slave who became a Deputy U.S. Marshal, understood several Native-American languages.

Abe Lincoln began his life in a one-room cabin in rural Kentucky. He was the first person in his family who could read.

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