{"id":6255,"date":"2025-07-09T21:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T01:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=6255"},"modified":"2025-07-09T21:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T01:47:41","slug":"archived-high-school-government-economics-and-civics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/high-school-level-5-6\/high-school-government-economics-and-civics\/archived-high-school-government-economics-and-civics\/","title":{"rendered":"Archived High School Government, Economics, and Civics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Level 5 & 6 Government, Economics, Civics (archived)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Mater Amabilis High School Civics at a Glance<\/a><\/p>\n

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Level 5, Year 1\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Level 5 Year 1 Civics\/ Government\/ Economics lesson plans<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Civics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plutarch\u2019s Lives <\/span><\/i>(Bernadotte Perrin translation <\/span>available free online <\/span><\/a>
\nOR the retelling, <\/span>Lives From Plutarch <\/span><\/i>by Pleasant Graves, Audrey Graves, John McFarland) available from<\/span> Hillside Education<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Term 1: Cicero ( + Demosthenes opt.)<\/span>
\nTerm 2: Alexander
\nTerm 3: Finish Alexander + Caesar
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Ourselves<\/span><\/i> by Charlotte Mason\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 1: Book 1: pp. 1-32
\nTerm 2: Book 1: pp. 33-65
\nTerm 3: Book 1: pp. 66-98<\/p>\n

Government\/Economics<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The following titles may be skipped if read already or if you find your child needs a more gradual easement into high school level coursework. Formal government and economics study will begin in Level 5 Year 2.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Term 1: <\/span>Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? <\/span><\/i>Richard J. Maybury
\n<\/span>Term 2: Are<\/span> You Liberal? Conservative? Or Confused? <\/span><\/i>Richard J. Maybury
\n<\/span>Term 3: Animal<\/span> Farm <\/span><\/i>by George Orwell<\/span><\/p>\n

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Level 5, Year 2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Level 5 Year 2 Civics\/Government\/Economics Lesson Plans<\/a><\/p>\n

Civics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plutarch\u2019s Lives<\/span><\/i> (Bernadotte Perrin translation <\/span>available free online<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

OR Anne White\u2019s\u00a0The Plutarch Project Volume One<\/a><\/p>\n

Term 1: Marcus Cato the Censor (or Publica)<\/span>
\nTerm 2: Philopoemen
\nTerm 3: Titus Flamininus<\/span><\/p>\n

Ourselves<\/span><\/i> by Charlotte Mason<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 1: Book I: pp. 99-131<\/span>
\nTerm 2: Book I: pp. 132-166
\nTerm 3: Book I: pp. 167-203<\/span><\/p>\n

Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Economics: Work and Prosperity<\/span><\/i> by Russel Kirk<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 1: Ch. 1-2<\/span>
\nTerm 2: Ch. 3
\nTerm 3: Ch. 4<\/span><\/p>\n

Government<\/strong><\/p>\n

The American Cause<\/span><\/i> by Russel Kirk (with a New Introduction by Gleaves Whitney)<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 1: Introduction<\/span>
\nTerm 2: Ch. 1-2
\nTerm 3: Ch. 3<\/span><\/p>\n

Readings from the American Founding and Essays<\/a><\/p>\n

Honors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Economics In One Lesson<\/span><\/i> by Hazlitt
\n<\/span>Term 1: Lesson I, II, III
\nTerm 2: Lesson IV, V, VI, VII
\nTerm 3: Lesson VIII, IX, X, XI<\/p>\n

The Grand Inquisitor<\/span><\/i> by Dostoyevsky<\/span><\/p>\n

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Level 6, Year 1<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Civics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plutarch\u2019s Lives (Bernadotte Perrin translation)<\/a><\/p>\n

OR Anne White\u2019s\u00a0The Plutarch Project Volume Two<\/a><\/p>\n