哈特福德的伙伴关系

2项清单.

• 公民参与I

  公民参与一(I) (Designed for the Fourth Form)

   

  的 公民参与一(I) 课程 consists of 两个 课程: 

  1) 公民参与 和 Civil Discourse which meets during the fall trimester 和

  2) 演讲写作和公众演讲 which meets during the winter 也是春季学期的一部分s.

   

  的 公民参与一(I) 课程是及格/不及格.

   

  1. 这门课 公民参与 和 Civil Discourse 存在的原因有三个.

   

  第一个, through a carefully selected series of lessons, 公民参与 seeks to help Westminster students better underst和 who they are 和 for what they st和.

   

  第二个, 365平台 feels strongly it has an obligation to teach its students, 明确而有意地, that they have an obligation to engage in their community.

   

  第三, civil discourse is a gateway through which one engages in one’s community—one must learn to listen, one must learn 考虑相反的观点, one must learn to honor the conventions of courtesy 和 respect.

  
  

  举个例子, last year’s 公民参与 课程 (2022-23) included the following topics:

  1. 介绍 公民参与一(I)
  2. 分裂的大脑
  3. 不知道对. 敬畏
  4. No Rights without Responsibilities: 的 Statue of 自由与. 责任雕像
  5. 柏拉图的洞穴
  6. 人生的两半
  7. 自由与. 平等
  8. 领导和. “Follower-ship”
  9. 所面临的挑战

  
  

  2. 的 演讲写作和公众演讲 课程的存在有三个原因.
  
  

  第一个, being trained in public speaking is an important means by which one can contribute to one’s community.
  
  

  第二个, through a carefully selected series of lessons, the 演讲写作和公众演讲 course at Westminster aims to familiarize students with the fundamentals of composing 和 presenting a speech.

   

  第三, the 演讲写作和公众演讲 course seeks to provide Westminster students with the actual experience of preparing 和 delivering a speech by asking each student to participate in a public speaking contest. This contest both revives an old Westminster tradition 和 thus affirms the idea that public speaking is a fundamental tenet of the educational process.

  
  

  举个例子, last year’s (2022-2023) 演讲写作和公众演讲 课程 followed the general pattern below:

  1. 介绍 the 演讲写作和公众演讲 course:
     a. 课程描述-概述
     b. 365平台 Fourth Form Speaking Contest — Overview
  2. 通用条款和技术
     a. 通用术语简介
     b. 介绍 Key Rhetorical Techniques
     c. 书面表达vs. 口头表达 
  3. Identify the key rhetorical techniques in 两个 short speeches
     a. TBD     
     b. TBD 
  4. Speech # 1: 的 “Sistare” Speech: 用你自己的话
     a. 用你自己的话 . . . Write your own short version of Speech 3a or 3b.
     b. Diagram your own short version of Speech 3a or 3b.
     c. 练习演讲.
     d. Submit your diagrammed version of either speech 3a or 3b.
     e. Deliver to the class your own version of either speech 3a or 3b.
  5. 演讲2:准备 你自己原创的简短演讲
     a. 用你自己的话 . . . 写一篇原创的简短演讲.
     b. 画出你最初的简短演讲.
     c. Practice delivering your original, short speech.
     d. Submit the diagrammed version of your original, short speech.
     e. Deliver to the class your original, short speech.
  6. Fourth Form Public Speaking Contest = Finalists (chosen from Speech # 2).
     暂定日期和时间:待定. 格式TBD.

• 公民参与II

  公民参与二(II) (2) (Designed for 第一个-Year Fifth Formers, One-Year Sixth Formers, 和 Post-Graduates.)
  
  

  公民参与2 (II); 就像 公民参与一(I), is a Pass/Fail course that meets one day per week for the fall trimester, 冬季三个月, 也是春季学期的一部分. 

   

  的 公民参与二(II) 版本 公民参与 课程, 提供给高年级新生, focuses on examining the foundations of both Western 和 Eastern civilization as a method to achieve the goals described above in the 公民参与 和 Civil Discourse 为四年级学生开设的课程. 再一次。, those goals are to aid Westminster students better underst和 who they are 和 for what they st和, to teach Westminster students that they have an obligation to engage in their own community as well as the community-at-large, 和 to help Westminster students learn the basics of civil discourse (i.e., 学会倾听, 考虑相反的观点, 和 to honor the conventions of courtesy 和 respect).

   

  此外, 公民参与二(II) seeks both to welcome new students to Westminster 和 to assist them in thinking about the role they can play within the Westminster community as well as the world around them.

  
  

  举个例子, last year’s (2022-2023) 公民参与二(II) 课程 included the following topics:

  介绍 公民参与二(II)

  分裂的大脑
  惊奇与敬畏
  雅典与. 耶路撒冷(理性vs理性. 信仰) 
  Homer, Achilles, 和 the Heroic Code 

  苏格拉底，柏拉图，亚里士多德
  耶路撒冷和上帝的智慧
  所面临的挑战 

  恬淡寡欲

  St. 奥古斯汀
  但丁
  蒙田
  塞万提斯
  莎士比亚

  帕斯卡

  尼采
  介绍 Eastern Civilization: Hinduism 和 Buddhism
  儒家与道教