The course covers the creation and practice of the United States government and students will be exposed to basic economics and its principles.
Grades 11-12
This class will cover the American Government, from a concept to its inception, to how it works in practice. Integrated into the class will be the study of economics, covering different facets of how the United States economy was created as well as how it evolved over the years. This unique history and critical thinking class for homeschooled students teach history through historical analysis, research, multimedia, and Socratic discussion. Students first learn the tools of the historian from Take A Stand! and then apply them.
Class Information
- Prerequisite: American History
- Ages: Grades 11-12 Class meets once weekly, for 1.5 hrs, 32 times per year.
- Required Textbooks TBA – We are working on a way for students to gain college credit for this class though CLEP testing.
- Registration fee: $65
- Tuition: $75/Month
- Outside of Class Time Requirement
- At-home reading and writing assignments will be given to prepare for weekly Socratic discussions. Monthly essays will be assigned to be researched/written at home. The teacher will give step-by-step guidance and evaluation. (Writing is subjective – we meet students where they are and help them improve.)
Content
Students will learn independent and critical thinking skills specific to studying American Government and Economics. They will apply these skills to the open-ended, analytical questions in the following topics:
- Western Political Thought and American Government
- The Declaration of Independence
- American Democracy: Founding Ideas
- The Role of Religion in American Education
- The U.S. Constitution
- The Supreme Court and Chief Justice Marshall
- Free Market or Planned Economy?
- Globalization and Illegal Immigration
- News Media and American Political Life
- Totalitarianism and the United States
- The American Electoral Process
- Free Market
- Socialism