Pre-Law Curriculum for the Sixth Grade
Governmental Background
These courses are drafted to create a strong background and knowledge base for the student to explore a career in the legal field in America to a range of degrees.
The American Federal System
This course will present to the students the powers specific to the federal government, specific to the state government and those specific to both. The goal is to have the student understand where these powers are different and where they overlap as well. Students will be forced to consider how the people are able to maintain their sovereignty within this system and the importance of doing so.
State and Local Government
Presents the constitutional background for the state and local government while putting an emphasis on the overlap of the states and their subdivisions along with the goals of both state and local politics. Students will be encouraged to look for instances where their state government ends and their federal government begins to foster a better understanding of the division between them and the reasons behind this.
1.3 American Public Policy
This class describes the procedures for creating agenda, along with the creation and development of policies in the country regarding land, health care and social services.
Goals: To make students aware of the current policies in America and to appreciate how they are shaped and impacted.
Section Two: American History
2.1 U.S. History until 1877
This course describes the European impacts upon the explorers and the period of exploration. A deeper level of exploration of the colonial, revolutionary and federal periods will be presented along with the fashion, cultural and social changes that went along with these periods. Furthermore, the regional rivalries which led to the civil war are also assessed. The entire Civil War is presented along with the social issues and other such repercussions that are still being felt today. A particular focus would be put on the development of...
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