Civics Class 2023-24

Civics Course

 

Required Texts:

 

Calendar:

September

The Relationship Between Power, Money, and Governance

  • 9/13 – Primitive Society and the Nature of Human Exchange
  • 9/20 – Currency Deep Dive: From Bartering to Bitcoin
  • 9/27 – The Ancient Greeks and the European Enlightenment
October

The Road to Revolution

  • 10/4 – Life as a Colonist: Taxation without Representation
  • 10/11 – Trouble Brewing in Boston
  • 10/18 – George vs. George and the Art of Propaganda
  • 10/25 – The Debate Over Independence
  • 10/27 (Friday) 7-9:30p – Movie Night: 1776, The Musical
November

The Birth of a New Nation

  • 11/1 – The Word Turned Upside Down: A Miraculous Victory
  • 11/8 – The Constitutional Convention: How the Sausage Gets Made
  • 11/15 – Understanding our Constitution
  • 11/22 – Thanksgiving Break
  • 11/29 – The Bill of Rights Examined
December

The Many Faces of Government

  • 12/6 – Comparing and Contrasting Different Forms of Government
  • 12/13 – Service Project
  • 12/20 – Christmas Break
  • 12/27 – Christmas Break
January

Debate Prep and a Look into Government

  • 1/3 – Debate Prep
  • 1/10 – Debate Prep
  • 1/17 – Branches of Government: Checks & Balances
  • 1/24 – Election Process & Electoral College, Maura Teaches
  • 1/31 – Pulling Back the Curtain: Recognizing Government Overreach & Newspeak
February

Economics 101

  • 2/7 – Economics of Human Behavior: Incentive, Supply & Demand, Opportunity Costs
  • 2/10 (Saturday) 6pm – Historical Debate: The Vote on American Independence
  • 2/14 – The Creature from Jekyll Island: The Federal Reserve from Birth to Now
  • 2/21 – Common Economic Facts & Fallacies
  • 2/28 – Understanding the Stock Market, Maura Teaches
March

Debate Prep and Jr. School Prep

  • 3/6 – Debate Prep
  • 3/13 – Debate Prep
  • 3/16 (Saturday) 10-11:30am – Mock Presidential Debate
  • 3/20 – Teaching Prep for Jr. School
  • 3/27 Spring Break
April

Becoming Constitutional Defenders

  • 4/3 – Spring Break
  • 4/10 – Scholars teach Jr. School/Constitutional Law
  • 4/17 – Scholars Teach Jr. School/Constitutional Law
  • 4/24 – Scholars Teach Jr. School/Constitutional Law
May

Becoming Constitutional Defenders

  • 5/1 – Scholars Teach Jr. School/Constitutional Law
  • 5/3 (Friday) 7-9:30p – Movie Night: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • 5/8 – Scholars Teach Jr. School/Constitutional Law
  • 5/15 – Scholars Teach Jr. School/Constitutional Law
  • 5/22 – Service Project, Kristin gone