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LET III B, (Spring Semester) Course Syllabus

SCHS JROTC Syllabus

LET III B (Spring)

 

Overview:   JROTC is foremost a leadership and character development course of study.  All JROTC activities will focus on six Core Abilities which will develop and enhance cadets as they progress through all classes and extra-curricular activities.  They are:

 

  • Take responsibility for your actions and choices
  • Treat self and others with respect
  • Apply critical thinking techniques
  • Communicate using verbal, non-verbal, visual and written techniques
  • Do your share as a good citizen in your school, community, country, and the world
  • Build your capacity for life-long learning

 

This year we are going to a 4 x 4 Block Schedule, which will double our instruction time from previous years.  Therefore, we will be able to offer JROTC mandatory and elective classes in the fall semester and TN State required subjects such as Wellness, Government, and Personal Finance in the spring semester.  To achieve the maximum benefit, cadets should become involved in as many teams and activities as possible as they serve to multiply the effects of the lessons learned in classroom study.  Activities become the learning laboratory to practically apply these lessons.

 

Grading:  We will average up to three academic lessons per week.  Thursdays and Fridays will be reserved for uniform wear/inspections, PT and labs.    Each lesson will consist of learning activities to include Exercises, Quizzes and Assessments.  LET (Leadership, Education, and Training) level 1-4 grading categories are as follows:

 

 

  • Coursework will include worksheets, and other assigned tasks for 30% of the overall grade.
  • Tests include chapter tests, quizzes, and Cadet Challenge for 20% of the overall grade.
  • Participation grade will include physical training and uniform inspections for 30% of the overall grade. Cadets not in uniform, without an advanced excusal, will receive a zero that will count toward the inspection average.  These students will have the following Monday, or the next available class, to make up missed uniform inspections.
  • Performance grades are worth 20 % of a cadet’s final grade. This is mostly a subjective grade that includes an evaluation of completion of assigned leadership tasks and performance for leadership

position.

 

This is a transition year from traditional to full block.  Therefore, LET III cadets will need to receive Government (will be offered in LET II year in the future) and Personal Finance.

                                        

Course Curriculum Subjects

 

1st Quarter, Government

              

               CH 5, GOVERNMENT

 

               L1, Organizing a Government

L2, Philosophies of Civic Life

               L3, Influences on Individual Rights

               L 4 British Origins of American Government

               L5, Colonial Ideas about Rights and Government

               L6, Colonial Rebellion and the Declaration of Independence

               L8, The Articles of Confederation

               L9, The Philadelphia Convention

               L10 The debate over

               L11, Branches of National Government

               L12, Balancing National and State powers

               L15, Amendments and Judicial Review

               L16, Political Parties and the Constitutional System

               L17, Constitution and the Civil War

               L18, Due Process

               L27, Bill of Rights

               L37, American Domestic Challenges

               L39, Returning to Fundamental Principles

 

 

 

2nd Quarter, Personal Finance

 

               Dave Ramsey High School Financial Planning

 

CH 1, Introduction

CH 2, Budget Basics

CH 3, Saving Money

CH 4, Credit and Debit

CH 5, Consumer Awareness

CH 7, College Planning

CH 8, Financial Services

CH 9, Role of Insurance

CH 10 Income and Taxes