Course Detail
Liberty Seminar for High Schoolers
The Liberty Seminar for high schoolers introduces concepts of reflective thinking. In the course, we read, listen, dialogue, and reflect the principles of a free society. Reflective thinking is the foundation of genuine, long-term learning. And your kids will have fun doing it! When your child has completed this course, they can take these skills into any area of learning to learn more deeply.
Course Overview
This is a 15 week (semester) course!* Your student will have access to weekly lessons on this website. At the end of each week, Friday mornings, all the high school students join their Socratic coach for Zoom call. In the call, your child will be guided with reflective questions to get them thinking more deeply about the lesson for that week.
*Summer sessions available
Course Outline
This course is designed to take your child from unreflective thinking to becoming aware of the basic skills and best practices for reflective thinking. To accomplish this, there are three modules.
M1: Self-Awareness
Lessons are designed to get students to become aware of their own thinking.
- Freedom vs Fear
- Thinking Like an Economist
- How To Develop Economic Principles
- Economic Concepts Implied by Action
M2: Learn Inquiry
Lessons are designed to help students use inquiry to learn new things.
- The Dangers of Collectivism
- “Robinson Crusoe” Economics
- I, Pencil
M3: Practice Strategy
Lessons are designed to help students practice and expand their inquiry and dialogue skills
- The Institution of Private Property
- Jack Ryan is Lying About Venezuela
- Direct Exchange and Barter Prices
- Indirect Exchange and Money
- Supply & Demand
- Wreck-it-Ralph & Eminent Domain
- Failures of Socialism
- Marx vs Mises
Included in the Course
Included in the course are the tools that help build reflective thinking skills. These resources are put together into 15 self-paced audio lessons and corresponding worksheets. The bulk of the course are the Socratic-style Zoom sessions that allow us to practice these skills. And of course, we must have something to think and dialogue about, and so the course includes the reference material for that.
- 15 Self-Paced Audio Lessons + Worksheets
- 15 45-min Socratic-Style Zoom Calls
- Access to Student's Only Forum – High Schoolers only
- Lesson for the Young Economist by Robert Murphy (PDF) Teacher’s Manual (PDF)
Founder of Mere Liberty Courses, Author, Independent Researcher, B.A. Philosophy
I’m a veteran homeschool parent and have now branched out teaching critical thought using the Socratic method and dialoguing about the principles of a free society. One of those fundamental principles is in the freedom to think, explore, and discover how the world works. I use the Socratic method as a means of discovery and self-improvement in the key skills of critical thinking.
High School
$297.00
/ person
- 15 Self-Paced Audio Lessons + Worksheets
- 15 45-min Socratic-Style Zoom Calls
- Access to Student's Only Forum
- Lesson for the Young Economist by Robert Murphy (PDF) Teacher’s Manual (PDF)
Important Dates
- Open Registration
- August 16, 2022
- Deadline to Register
- August 22, 2022
- First Day of Class
- August 29th, 2022
- Weekly Zoom Calls
- Fridays @ 10am MT / 12pm PT
Video Brochure
Here’s more information about what you and your middle schooler can expect.
