Government is so often taught out of stiff, boring textbooks; which is really a shame, considering the importance of learning the subject Over the last two decades of teaching, Catherine has come to see that many topics, including government, can be taught in interesting, often hands-on ways, to a variety of ages. She has developed a number of lapbook sets and other mini units along the way that help bring an important topic to life. Here, in one place for the first time, are several of those units - any or all should help you bring government alive for your younger students or for your older students