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How should a constitution be read?
Scalia and Breyer in their own words, two real cases, and students arguing interpretive method rather than outcomes.
New this term. Reviews from students and parents appear here once families have taken it.
Students read majority and dissenting opinions from two genuinely hard cases and argue about how the document should be read, deliberately separating the method question from the policy question.
Every meeting of this class stands on its own. Nothing in week six assumes week five, so a student can join in the middle, take the four weeks that fit around a busy month, and stop when they want to. There is no catching up to do, because there is nothing to be behind on.
That is also why there is no grade here and no such thing as an incomplete. The record keeps what actually happened: the meetings attended live and the recordings watched. A student who came to three meetings has a record of three meetings, not a failure.
Week 1
Scalia and Breyer, read directly and side by side.
Week 2
Majority and dissent read in full; method identified in each.
Week 3
A case where the usual coalitions break down.
Week 4
Students argue method before a student bench.
Opinion reader
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Edited opinions supplied at no cost.
Both interpretive schools are presented by their best advocates. The instructor states his own view once and then argues both sides.
Read our academic philosophyMeetings are recorded and released to enrolled families for fourteen days. Recordings capture the instructor and shared materials; student video is not published.
Full refund up to seven days before the first meeting; inside seven days, everything paid is credited to your Lyceum balance. No refunds or credits once the class has begun. Cancel any section from your parent account.
These describe how this instructor has been trained, reviewed with educators and accessibility specialists. They are not a diagnosis and not a marketing claim.
Students and parents review separately, on different questions, and the two aggregates are never blended. Every review is verified and moderated.
No parent reviews for this class yet.
Reviews from students are published as “Student, age 13”, never with a full name. Photo and short video reviews are supported and moderated before they appear.
Constitution & Founding
The ratification debate, read as a debate
Publius on one side, Brutus and the Federal Farmer on the other, and a class that has to decide for itself who had the better of it.
Mr. James OkadaNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$8/wk
$56 in total
$22.40 for add’l siblings
Great Books
A whole book in six weeks · Three mornings a week
Homer’s Odyssey read whole across one summer, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Meeting three times a week is what makes finishing it possible.
Mr. James OkadaNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$24/wk
$144 in total
$57.60 for add’l siblings
American History
True stories, told simply · Ages 6–9
Eight true stories about Americans who did a hard thing. Washington at Valley Forge, Harriet Tubman on the road at night, the men who would not leave the fire.
Mr. James OkadaNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$6/wk
$42 in total
$16.80 for add’l siblings
