Course Outline and Objectives

Class:  Jr. High Civics/Government

 Tutor:  Ginger McCreery

 Primary Text:  The Land of Fair Play

 Publisher:  Christian Liberty Press                     ISBN#  1-930092-98-9

 Cost:    $8.00                  Where Available:  Home School Junction, CLP catalog

Other books/materials, etc. required for class:

The Tennessee Blue Book (provided by instructor), Newspaper articles, TN Civic hand-outs (provided by instructor)

 ***Parents are responsible for getting all texts and materials unless teacher specifies otherwise.

 Yearly Tuition:  $272.00                                    Copy/Lab Fees:  $15.00

With this tuition rate, I must have a minimum of  8 and maximum of  12  students.   

 Overview of class:  To be good citizens we need to understand how our government works!  Using the textbook, newspaper articles, and additional hand-outs the students will study the U.S. Government; acquire and understand vocabulary critical to the understanding of our political processes; learn the steps of how a bill becomes a law; and examine the Tennessee General Assembly

Prerequisites for this class:  none

Recommended Grade Level(s) for this class:  7-9

Estimated Difficulty Level of course for average student:   

Easy          average XXX               above average  XXX         highly challenging

 Average study time for this class will be approximately       4     hours per week.

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