Rhetorical 1 (ages 14+)

About Course
- 32-week program fully laid out with our weekly agenda
- Live interactive zoom classes 1 day a week for 4 hours
- Offline 3 days a week with independent work
- Students will read, research and practice at home 3 days a week and come to community prepared for public speaking, discussion, debate, and science/experiments
- Most students will average 4 hrs. a day doing coursework with our program.
- Practicing the classical tools of learning provides the fundamentals of critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- An optional but highly recommended resource would be Kreeft’s Socratic Logic (kindle $8.99 hardback $35)
Required Book List
Debate |
Everyday Debate |
https://classicalacademicpress.com/collections/everyday-debate |
Science & Research |
Riot and the Dance Biology |
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Exposition |
Lost Tools of Writing – 1st Semester |
Lost Tools of Writing Comparison Essays – 2nd Semester |
Call of the Wild |
The Witch of Blackbird Pond |
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The Giver |
Born Again |
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Old Man and the Sea |
Through Gates of Splendor |
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To Kill A Mockingbird |
Starship Troopers |
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Up From Slavery |
Hunger Games |
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Emerson – Self Reliance and other Essays |
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Edgar Allen Poe – The Gold Bug and Other Tales |
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Logic |
The Discovery of Deduction |
Suggested for Parents and Mentors: Kreeft, Socratic Logic |
Our yearly calendar for your planning purposes is:
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First Day of School Week of August 26th
- Thanksgiving Break Week of Nov 25th
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End of First Semester Week of December 16th
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Winter Break December 9th – January 3rd
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Beginning of Second Semester January 6th
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Second Semester Spring Break March 3rd-7th
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Last Day of ‘4 Hours to Freedom’ Classes May 2nd
Course Content
Semester 2 Week 17
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Q&A Session Intelligence Squared Pt.1
09:11 -
Obama’s Acceptance Speech 2008
19:07 -
LTW Introduction
07:24 -
LTW Comparison Essay One: Invention
06:49 -
How Viruses Work
02:39 -
Archaea
02:06 -
Bacteria (updated)
07:31