Advanced Comparative Government and Politics homeschool curriculum.
Your student compares institutions, elections, policy, and political change across six countries.
A personalized lesson from the course
Political outcomes reflect not only what citizens want but which institutions can organize, filter, and implement those preferences.
- Lesson
- Institutions Make Choices Possible
- Goal
- Compare how two political systems handle one policy problem and explain the institutional reason for the difference.
How a lesson works
A 10-minute reading
This example lesson comes from the unit on regimes, participation, policy, and comparison. It moves from “A country is not one variable” to “Policy reveals the machinery” and builds to one idea: comparison is more than finding a difference; it is explaining why the difference matters in each political setting.
Help inside the reading
Any line of “Institutions Make Choices Possible” can go to our Always-On Mentor: your child highlights it to ask a question, and the mentor can draw the idea step by step on its board or, after a missed answer, explain it another way.
A check halfway through
Your child answers “Why is a country label not enough for comparative government analysis?” before reading on, and the Reading Check at the end asks new questions.
A project your child hands in
Track one policy problem across two course countries and explain how institutions change what is politically possible.
- Task
- Use comparable indicators and primary or reliable secondary sources to build a mechanism-based comparison
- Hand in
- Country comparison matrix and a 600-word policy analysis
Arguments backed by evidence
Each week pairs one country's institutions with current evidence and a written argument about similarities and differences. Advanced Comparative Government and Politics runs through 23 units and 115 skills, starting with political systems and regimes, political institutions, and political culture and participation.
- Country comparison matrices
- Data and source analyses
- Short and extended comparative arguments
Units and skills
Advanced Comparative Government and Politics23 units · 115 skills
Political systems and regimes5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Political systems and regimes
- Compare course-country evidence involving Political systems and regimes
- Analyze political data connected to Political systems and regimes
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Political systems and regimes
- Construct a comparative political argument about Political systems and regimes
Political institutions5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Political institutions
- Compare course-country evidence involving Political institutions
- Analyze political data connected to Political institutions
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Political institutions
- Construct a comparative political argument about Political institutions
Political culture and participation5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Political culture and participation
- Compare course-country evidence involving Political culture and participation
- Analyze political data connected to Political culture and participation
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Political culture and participation
- Construct a comparative political argument about Political culture and participation
Party and electoral systems5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Party and electoral systems
- Compare course-country evidence involving Party and electoral systems
- Analyze political data connected to Party and electoral systems
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Party and electoral systems
- Construct a comparative political argument about Party and electoral systems
Political and economic change5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Political and economic change
- Compare course-country evidence involving Political and economic change
- Analyze political data connected to Political and economic change
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Political and economic change
- Construct a comparative political argument about Political and economic change
Public policy5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Public policy
- Compare course-country evidence involving Public policy
- Analyze political data connected to Public policy
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Public policy
- Construct a comparative political argument about Public policy
China5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving China
- Compare course-country evidence involving China
- Analyze political data connected to China
- Analyze a qualitative political source about China
- Construct a comparative political argument about China
Iran5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Iran
- Compare course-country evidence involving Iran
- Analyze political data connected to Iran
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Iran
- Construct a comparative political argument about Iran
Mexico5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Mexico
- Compare course-country evidence involving Mexico
- Analyze political data connected to Mexico
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Mexico
- Construct a comparative political argument about Mexico
Nigeria5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Nigeria
- Compare course-country evidence involving Nigeria
- Analyze political data connected to Nigeria
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Nigeria
- Construct a comparative political argument about Nigeria
Russia5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Russia
- Compare course-country evidence involving Russia
- Analyze political data connected to Russia
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Russia
- Construct a comparative political argument about Russia
United Kingdom5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving United Kingdom
- Compare course-country evidence involving United Kingdom
- Analyze political data connected to United Kingdom
- Analyze a qualitative political source about United Kingdom
- Construct a comparative political argument about United Kingdom
Source credibility and provenance5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Source credibility and provenance
- Compare course-country evidence involving Source credibility and provenance
- Analyze political data connected to Source credibility and provenance
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Source credibility and provenance
- Construct a comparative political argument about Source credibility and provenance
Claim, evidence, and reasoning5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Claim, evidence, and reasoning
- Compare course-country evidence involving Claim, evidence, and reasoning
- Analyze political data connected to Claim, evidence, and reasoning
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Claim, evidence, and reasoning
- Construct a comparative political argument about Claim, evidence, and reasoning
Counterargument and qualification5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Counterargument and qualification
- Compare course-country evidence involving Counterargument and qualification
- Analyze political data connected to Counterargument and qualification
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Counterargument and qualification
- Construct a comparative political argument about Counterargument and qualification
Dated evidence and changing conditions5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Dated evidence and changing conditions
- Compare course-country evidence involving Dated evidence and changing conditions
- Analyze political data connected to Dated evidence and changing conditions
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Dated evidence and changing conditions
- Construct a comparative political argument about Dated evidence and changing conditions
Competing contemporary perspectives5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Competing contemporary perspectives
- Compare course-country evidence involving Competing contemporary perspectives
- Analyze political data connected to Competing contemporary perspectives
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Competing contemporary perspectives
- Construct a comparative political argument about Competing contemporary perspectives
Multiple quantitative representations5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Multiple quantitative representations
- Compare course-country evidence involving Multiple quantitative representations
- Analyze political data connected to Multiple quantitative representations
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Multiple quantitative representations
- Construct a comparative political argument about Multiple quantitative representations
Graph construction and interpretation5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Graph construction and interpretation
- Compare course-country evidence involving Graph construction and interpretation
- Analyze political data connected to Graph construction and interpretation
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Graph construction and interpretation
- Construct a comparative political argument about Graph construction and interpretation
Written mathematical justification5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Written mathematical justification
- Compare course-country evidence involving Written mathematical justification
- Analyze political data connected to Written mathematical justification
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Written mathematical justification
- Construct a comparative political argument about Written mathematical justification
Advanced Comparative Government and Politics cumulative assessment5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Advanced Comparative Government and Politics cumulative assessment
- Compare course-country evidence involving Advanced Comparative Government and Politics cumulative assessment
- Analyze political data connected to Advanced Comparative Government and Politics cumulative assessment
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Advanced Comparative Government and Politics cumulative assessment
- Construct a comparative political argument about Advanced Comparative Government and Politics cumulative assessment
Advanced Comparative Government and Politics exam-mode practice5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Advanced Comparative Government and Politics exam-mode practice
- Compare course-country evidence involving Advanced Comparative Government and Politics exam-mode practice
- Analyze political data connected to Advanced Comparative Government and Politics exam-mode practice
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Advanced Comparative Government and Politics exam-mode practice
- Construct a comparative political argument about Advanced Comparative Government and Politics exam-mode practice
Advanced Comparative Government and Politics reflection and transfer5 skills
- Apply political concepts to a new case involving Advanced Comparative Government and Politics reflection and transfer
- Compare course-country evidence involving Advanced Comparative Government and Politics reflection and transfer
- Analyze political data connected to Advanced Comparative Government and Politics reflection and transfer
- Analyze a qualitative political source about Advanced Comparative Government and Politics reflection and transfer
- Construct a comparative political argument about Advanced Comparative Government and Politics reflection and transfer
Questions parents ask
How does Advanced Comparative Government and Politics prepare my student for AP Comparative Government and Politics?
- Advanced Comparative Government and Politics follows the AP Comparative Government and Politics framework unit by unit, as its skill tree shows. Your teen explains and applies the ideas in written responses and projects, so the work shows which skills are secure and which need more practice.
How does a homeschooler register for an AP exam?
- An AP coordinator at an AP-authorized local school arranges registration. Use College Board’s homeschool exam guidance to find a host school. That school sets its deadlines and outside-student policies; its coordinator orders the exam, collects fees, and tells your child where and when to test.
Which course title goes on a homeschool transcript?
- Advanced Comparative Government and Politics, not AP Comparative Government and Politics. The AP designation requires College Board Course Audit authorization of the course, which framework alignment does not give. We generate the transcript with that title, ready for you to sign as homeschool administrator.
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- Colleges award credit under their own AP score policies. College Board reports scores on a 1–5 scale, separately from our coursework grades; check the college’s required score and whether it grants credit, placement, or both.
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