Age: 14+ High School Half Credit
This course meets the requirements of a high school civics or government class.
The class will meet weekly over Zoom on Thursdays, from 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Central Standard Time. The format will be lectures and discussion each week.
Civics: American Government’s History and Structure is a discussion-based class that will study the American system of government by exploring the biblical basis for civics, a brief history of civil liberty, the English common law system, and America’s founding documents. Students will complete weekly readings and write answers to discussion questions for class. Students will also have an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of civics through occasional quizzes and a paper on a Supreme Court case at the end of the semester.
Course Requirements:
None
Assessment and Grading:
Quizzes will be automatically graded in the course or by a distributed key. Weekly discussion questions will be graded on a pass/fail basis by the instructor. The final paper will be graded by the instructor.
Course Format:
The course will consist of live Zoom meetings that will be added to the steps as recordings each week. Assigned readings and quizzes will also be available within the lessons.
Course Content
1st Quarter
About Instructor
Dave Raymond
Dave Raymond lives in rural Middle Tennessee with his wife and 6 children where he has taught the humanities for the past 20 years. He teaches the disciplines of history, literature, composition, and Latin through Quiller Tutorials.
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