Becca’s GED Social Studies Blog

Yeah, voting! The GED test is supposed to measure skills that you can use in real life. So, why not see how GED social studies is part of your life every day? You’ve seen the primaries on the news, right? Voting to choose who’s going to be on the ballot. Voting is about government, and government is part of the GED test! Guess what, though? Voting in a primary isn’t even a right you have under the law. If they wanted too, the top people in the Republican Party or the Democratic Party could get together and figure out who to nominate for president. (Read on …)

Hey… Well, who knows what you need to know about for GED social studies better than you do? What idea is really hard to understand? What question is really difficult to answer? What do you want me to figure out and explain? Now, I’m asking you to send in all your GED social studies questions, so I can get you some answers to what you want to know. You can post a comment here, or e-mail me at becca@passged.com.

On the GED test, there are some important ideas you need to know about government and the big ideas behind government in the U.S. I was thinking about the last thing I talked about, redistricting, made me think about it. I mean, when people were using redistricting to discriminate against blacks or other minorities, other people brought it to court. The Supreme Court decided whether the people making laws were right or wrong. So, one part of the government can stop another part of the government from doing something. (Read on …)