This course uses the interactive 2013 e-book edition of We the People materials (designed by the Center for Civic Education, the Center on Congress and the National Center for State Legislatures, funded by the US Congress and the US Department of Education) to provide an online and interactive distance delivery course which teaches all Alaska EED Content Standards for Government and Citizenship. Students will also compare our constitutional republic to other nations, both contemporary and historical, as well as reflect on government and citizenship issues in current events locally, statewide, nationally and internationally.

Section A will focus on learning and understanding the full philosophical heritage that influenced our founders in creating the US Constitution, including the Preamble and Articles I-VII. We'll look at the influences of Classical Greek and Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment philosophers, as well as the history of all Thirteen Colonies. We'll see how our founders used various ideas and reasoning in the development and constructing of the U. S. Constitution.

The course goes through 16 lessons. Each lesson involves approximately 90 minutes of reading, followed by cumulative reading review quizzes. Quizzes are untimed, open book, and customized for independent students. Students are allowed to retake quizzes, with reordered content, as often as they wish until they are satisfied with their grades. The course is asynchronous, meaning students can pace themselves through assignments, though there are suggested due dates to help students finish the course during the summer.

This is our class site. We'll use it to navigate to other key Internet tools to learn, collaborate and study together. We'll use Moodle for its great test bank features. To log in to Moodle, registered students should type in their first name (no capital letters) as their user name, and the word Government (with a capital "G") as their beginning password. First time users will then immediately receive a prompt to set up their own password. It is very important to write this down and remember it. See the video below to follow this Moodle login process:

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Students should use click the "HELP!" tab at the top of any page on this site if they need to contact their instructor, Ms. Galla.

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Click the link below to look at how our course aligns with Alaska State Standards.

We The People  Alaska Standards' Alignment

Students taking this public school course are protected under U.S. Section 504, U.S. Section 508, CIPA, and FERPA.

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