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A founding subject

Constitution & Founding

The Declaration, the Constitution, the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers, and the live disagreements about how to read them.

  • The Declaration
  • The Constitutional Convention
  • Federalist papers
  • Anti-Federalist papers
  • Separation of powers
  • Interpretive schools

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  • Semester course

    Constitution & Founding

    The Federalist & the Anti-Federalists

    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.

    Ages
    Ages 14–18
    Meetings
    7 live meetings
    Days
    Tuesdays
    Time
    5:00 pm ET · 60 min1 other time
    James OkadaMr. James Okada

    New this term

    Reviews appear once families have taken it.

    $8/wk

    $56 in total

    $22.40 for add’l siblings

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    Constitution & Founding

    The Debate: Originalism vs. Living Constitutionalism

    How should a constitution be read?

    Scalia and Breyer in their own words, two real cases, and students arguing interpretive method rather than outcomes.

    Ages
    Ages 15–18
    Meetings
    4 live meetings
    Days
    Thursdays
    Time
    10:00 am ET · 60 min1 other time
    James OkadaMr. James Okada

    New this term

    Reviews appear once families have taken it.

    $8/wk

    $32 in total

    $12.80 for add’l siblings

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  • Alan Hale

    Dr. Alan Hale

    Political Philosophy & Constitutional Thought

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  • James Okada

    Mr. James Okada

    American History & Civics

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