Offered ONLINE – SUMMER 2020!

In this one-credit, seven-week intensive summer high school course, students learn about:

the moral and philosophical principles underlying politics and economics
the types of government
the value of the U.S. Constitution
the structure of American national government as originally established and as currently operating
basic principles of economics
the structures of economic systems
the results of various economic actions
and the relationship between government, economics, morality, and human beings.

Assessment. Each student completes four brief reports covering topics such as geography, journalism, business, and current events.

*Note: This is not a personal finance course, although the information presented will help the student in understanding personal finance.

REQUIRED TEXTS – Any edition/translation may be used, but hard copies are required.

Aristotle – Politics (Recommended: Reeve translation/Hackett, ISBN: 9780872203884)
Cicero – Republic and Laws (Recommended: Oxford World’s Classics, ISBN: 9780199540112)
Locke – Second Treatise of Civil Government (Recommended: Macpherson editor/Hackett, ISBN: 9780915144860)
Marx and Engels – Communist Manifesto (Recommended: Barnes and Noble, ISBN: 9781593081003)
Bastiat – The Law (Recommended: Liberty Fund, ISBN: 9780865978300)
The Federalist Papers (Recommended: Rossiter editor, ISBN: 9780451528810) <= This edition includes the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and all Amendments
Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know about Wealth and Prosperity (ISBN: 9781250106940)

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Philosophy, Politics, and Economics