Students’ grades will be based on assignments and not on tests (there will be some quizzes). Students will be required to conduct research and deliver projects that show their mastery of the subject eg create comic strips, animations, slideshows, and posters.

Students will also participate in the national Stock Market Game (registration fees are included in the cost of the class).

Instructor: Meryl van der Merwe (meryl@fundafunda.com)

Hours: 4 to 6 hours per week

For: Grades 9 -12

Credit Hours: 1/2 High School Credit on completion of the semester

Syllabus: Available here

Spring Dates: January 4 – April 30  (any week in March can be taken for Spring break)

Required Materials: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Maybury

View One Module Here

Examples of student work

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This is a one-semester class that will cover the material usually taught in a high school Government class in as creative a manner as possible. Instead of textbooks, students will learn through primary sources, videos, games etc. Students’ grades will be based on assignments and not on tests.

Students will also be required to conduct research and deliver projects that show their mastery of the subject eg create comic strips, animations, slideshows, and posters. They will also participate in a Congress simulation and learn what it takes to get a bill passed. They will write a bill and then they will be put into committees and debate the bills. The bills that make it out of committee go through further debate and then a final vote. This takes a few weeks and yes, it can be done virtually and asynchronously. Students have the fun of working with classmates, but the flexibility of being online when it works for their schedule.

This is a video one of the previous students created to explain what you can expect!

Listen to the teacher talk about the class

Instructor: Meryl van der Merwe (meryl@fundafunda.com)

Hours: 4 to 5 hours per week

For: Grades 9 -12

Credit Hours: 1/2 High School Credit on completion of the semester

Syllabus: Available here

Fall Dates: August 17 – Dec 11 (with a week’s break over Thanksgiving)

Examples of student work

Students create an animated video showing the differences and similarities between Locke and Hobbes’ view of government (click play to view it).

Students have to create a comic strip to show what a day in the life of the president is like

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