Course Descriptions
Unit 1 - Citizenship in Action
Program of Instruction
LET 1 LET 2 LET 3 LET 4 Total
Required: 18 hrs 2 hrs 6 hrs 26 hrs
Elective: 12 hrs (additional)
Purpose: Engages
students in the practice of basic citizenship customs, traditions and
in the exploration of opportunities for non-military
and military national service. Orients
students to the purpose of the Army JROTC Program and to
their roles as cadets.
Provides opportunities to become familiar with the
Department of Defense, examining
how all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces work together
to serve the nation by
defending democracy and maintaining peace. Also provides
opportunities to learn about
major, non-military service organizations.
Learning Outcomes:
Addresses the following JROTC core abilities:
Communicate using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and
written techniques.
Do your share as a good citizen in your school,
community, country, and the world.
Meets or partially meets the following JROTC program
outcomes:
Correlate the rights and responsibilities of
citizenship to the purposes of
government.
Characterize the role of the military in building and
defending a democracy and
maintaining peace in a democratic society.
Unit 2 – Leadership Theory and
Application
Program of Instruction
LET 1 LET 2 LET 3 LET 4 Total
Required: 18 hrs 2 hrs 12 hrs 10 hrs 40 hrs
Elective: 34 hrs (additional)
Purpose: Develops
cadet leadership potential through the application of principles,
values, and strategies. Prepares cadets to work effectively
as team members and
leaders, and to act as mentors to other cadets. Emphasizes
the role of the leader in
promoting equal opportunity, addressing prejudice, and
preventing sexual harassment
and assault. Cadets compare how those with varied
leadership styles approach
planning, decision-making, problem solving, negotiation, and
supervision. In the
Leadership Lab component of this unit, cadets apply
leadership skills to drill
movements, techniques, and commands as they move from novice
to expert
.
Exit Learning Outcomes:
Addresses the following JROTC core abilities:
Communicate using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and
written techniques.
Take responsibility for your actions and choices.
Treat self and others with respect.
Apply critical thinking techniques.
Meets or partially meets the following JROTC program
outcomes:
Develop leadership skills.
Build effective relationships with peers, co-workers,
and the community.
Characterize the role of the military in building and
defending a democracy and
maintaining peace in a democratic society.
Course Name: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (JROTC) and National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC)
Preparation Date: 15 September 2006
Optimum Class Size: 20
Unit 3 – Foundations for Success
Program of Instruction
LET 1 LET 2 LET 3 LET 4 Total
30 hrs 36 hrs 16 hrs 82 hrs Required:
6 hrs – Service Learning required to
be used in all
LET levels as needed
Elective: 4 hrs (additional)
Course Name: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (JROTC) and National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC)
Preparation Date: 15 September 2006
Optimum Class Size: 20
32
Purpose: Builds
essential skills cadets need to maximize learning potential and future
success, and lays the groundwork for service learning.
Recognizing the value of their
varied learning styles and multiple intelligences, cadets
apply learning strategies to
improve critical thinking, study, and communication skills.
As they progress through the
program, cadets extend their learning strategies by taking
on the responsibilities for
teaching younger cadets.
Cadets also develop and expand their abilities to
resolve conflict and prevent violence.
In addition, this unit helps cadets prepare for life
after high school as it focuses on
career planning and engages cadets in personal financial
planning as they work through
the High School Financial Planning curriculum.
Exit Learning Outcomes:
Addresses the following JROTC core abilities:
Build
your capacity for life-long learning.
Communicate
using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and written techniques.
Take responsibility for your actions and choices.
Do
your share as a good citizen in your school, community, country, and the
world?
Treat
self and others with respect.
Apply
critical thinking techniques.
Meets or partially meets the following JROTC program
outcomes:
Maximize potential for success through learning and
self-management.
Build
effective relationships with peers, co-workers, and the community.
Chapter 8: Making a Difference with Service Learning
Time: 6 required All LETs
as needed
Competencies:
Identify
the components of service learning.
Prepare
for a service learning project.
Evaluate
the effectiveness of a service learning project.
Unit 4 – Wellness, Fitness and First
Aid
Program of Instruction
LET 1 LET 2 LET 3 LET 4 Total
Required: 28 hrs
Elective: 12hrs (additional)
Purpose: Provides
information and tools cadets need to take responsibility for
physical and mental wellness. Cadets assess their personal
status and develop plans
for improving nutrition/exercise habits and for
controlling stress. This unit also helps
cadets make responsible choices about substance use and to
prevent substance
abuse. In addition cadets develop proficiency in providing
basic first aid.
Exit Learning Outcomes:
Addresses the following JROTC core abilities:
Take responsibility for your actions and choices.
Communicate
using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and written techniques.
Do
your share as a good citizen in your school, community, country, and the
world.
Apply
critical thinking techniques.
Meets or partially meets the following JROTC program
outcomes:
Promote
wellness through nutrition, physical fitness and substance abuse
prevention.
Chapter 1: Achieving a Healthy Lifestyle
Time: 4 required, 12 elective LET 2
Course Name: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (JROTC) and National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC)
Preparation Date: 15 September 2006
Optimum Class Size: 20
36
Competencies:
Develop
a personal exercise program.
Meet
the physical fitness standards for the Cadet Challenge.
Evaluate
how diet impacts life.
Analyze
how well you meet nutrient guidelines.
Relate
the NAS dietary guidelines to your personal diet.
Estimate
your body fat content.
Analyze
the impact sanitation and hygiene has on health.
Assess
how stress impacts your life.
Chapter 2: First Aid for Emergency and Non-Emergency
Situations
Time: 18 required LET 2
Competencies:
Assess
first aid situations.
Demonstrate
life-saving skills in an emergency situation.
Determine first aid procedures for bleeding victim.
Determine
first aid treatment for shock, fractures, strains and sprains.
Determine first aid treatment for burns.
Determine first aid treatment for wounds, bruises and
poisoning.
Determine
first aid treatment for heat related injuries.
Determine first aid treatment for cold weather
injuries.
Determine first aid treatment for bites, stings and
poisonous hazards.
Chapter 3: Drug Awareness
Time: 6 required LET 2
Competencies:
Assess
the impact of drug and substance abuse on life today.
Respond
to substance use and abuse situations.
Unit 5 – Geography, Map Skills and
Environmental Awareness
Program of Instruction
LET 1 LET 2 LET 3 LET 4 Total
Required: 2 2 hrs
Elective: 38hrs (additional)
Purpose: Cadets
build map reading and land navigation skills, applying them to the
sport of orienteering and to air navigation. Cadets
develop global awareness, as they
compare physical, political, economic, and cultural elements
of continents, regions and
countries, and examine the global nature of environmental
issues.
Course Name: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (JROTC) and National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC)
Preparation Date: 15 September 2006
Optimum Class Size: 20
37
Exit Learning Outcomes:
Addresses the following JROTC core abilities:
Communicate
using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and written techniques.
Do
your share as a good citizen in your school, community, country, and the
world.
Treat
self and others with respect.
Apply
critical thinking techniques.
Meets or partially meets the following JROTC program
outcomes:
Apply
physical and political geography to building global awareness.
Correlate
the rights and responsibilities of citizenship to the purposes of
government.
Chapter 1: Map Skills
Time: 2 required, 20 elective LET 2
Competencies:
Explore
the components of a globe.
Use
map reading skills.
Identify
the characteristics of a topographic map.
Use
the Grid Reference System to locate points anywhere in the world.
Use
terrain features to orient a map and determine location.
Measure
distance using maps.
Calculate direction on topographic maps.
Use
a compass and grid to locate a position on a topographical map.
Apply
map reading and land navigation skills to determine location.
Relate
map reading skills to orienteering.
Plan
an air flight.
Chapter 2: Exploring the World
Time: 0 required, 14 elective LET 2
Competencies:
Show
how geographic characteristics interact to form unique cultures.
Explore
the unique geographic characteristics of
Explore
the unique geographic characteristics of
Explore
the unique geographic characteristics of
Explore
the unique geographic characteristics of
Explore
the unique geographic characteristics of
Explore
the unique geographic characteristics of
Course Name: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (JROTC) and National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC)
Preparation Date: 15 September 2006
Optimum Class Size: 20
38
Chapter 3: Environmental Awareness
Time: 0 required, 4 elective LET 2
Competencies:
Investigate
the causes and effects of a local environmental problem.
Examine
an environmental issue that has global impact.
Unit 6 – Citizenship in American
History and Government
Program of Instruction
LET 1 LET 2 LET 3 LET 4 Total
Required: 10 16 26 hrs
Elective: 34hrs (additional)
Purpose: Builds
the basic skills and interest for participation in civic and political life.
Cadets actively engage in the We The
People curriculum to explore the origins,
structure, rights, and responsibilities of the American
constitutional government. Actively
engages cadets in applying problem solving strategies to
current political and social
issues.
Exit Learning Outcomes:
Addresses the following JROTC core abilities:
Communicate
using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and written techniques.
Do
your share as a good citizen in your school, community, country, and the
world.
Treat
self and others with respect.
Apply
critical thinking techniques.
Meets or partially meets the following JROTC program
outcomes:
Correlate
the rights and responsibilities of citizenship to the purposes of
government.
Relate
events in
today.
Chapter 1: You the People - Citizenship Skills
Time: 10 required LET 2
Competencies:
Examine
the Preamble to the American Constitution.
Course Name: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (JROTC) and National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC)
Preparation Date: 15 September 2006
Optimum Class Size: 20
39
Hypothesize
what our country would be like without skilled citizenship.
Use
the small group meeting process in decision-making situations.
Participate
in a representative group session.
Explore
the Chief Justice process for debating constitutional and contemporary
issue.
Chapter 2: Foundations of the American Political
System-[We The People - Unit 1]
Time: 10 required LET 2
Competencies:
Examine
how the Founders’ ideas of government were to protect natural rights
of citizens.
Explore
how modern ideas of individual rights developed.
Relate
the origins of representative government to British history.
Compare
the varied arguments the Founders had for independence from
Examine
the first states' constitutional ideals for protecting their rights.
Chapter 3: Creating the Constitution [We The People - Unit 2]
Time: 6 required, 2 elective LET 2
Competencies:
Identify
the origins of the Articles of Confederation.
Explain
how the Philadelphia Convention and the Virginia Plan helped create the
Constitution.
Categorize
the powers granted to the legislative, judicial and executive branches
of government.
Analyze
the conflicting positions relating to the ratification of the Constitution.
Chapter 4: Shaping American Institutions and
Practices [We The People - Unit 3]
Time: 0 required, 10 elective LET 2
Competencies:
Identify
how the constitution was used to organize the new government.
Examine
the reasons behind the development of the Bill of Rights.
�� Compare
the role of political parties in early
Contrast
various positions on Judicial Review.
Differentiate
between the powers of federal and state governments.
Chapter 5: Bill of Rights Developed and Expanded [We The People - Unit 4]
Time: 0 required, 10 elective LET 2
Course Name: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (JROTC) and National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC)
Preparation Date: 15 September 2006
Optimum Class Size: 20
40
Competencies:
Illustrate
the causes and effects of the Civil War.
Explain
how the Fourteenth Amendment expanded constitutional protection of
rights.
Examine
how the civil rights movement used the constitution to achieve its goals.
Identify
the evolution of the right to vote in the
Defend
a position about the acceptability of an affirmative action program under
the equal protection clause.
Chapter 6: The Bill of Rights [We The
People - Unit 5]
Time: 4 required, 10 elective LET 2
Competencies:
Compare
different interpretations of how the first amendment applies to the
government's power over religion.
Compare
different interpretations of how the first amendment protects freedom of
expression.
Compare
different interpretations of how the first amendment protects freedom of
assembly, petition and association.
Evaluate
the significance of Procedural Due Process.
Compare
different interpretations of how the Fourth and Fifth
Amendments.
protect citizens against unreasonable law enforcement.
Compare
different interpretations of how the Fifth through Eighth Amendments
protect citizens' rights within the Judicial System.
Justify
the differences between the military justice system and the civilian justice
system.
Chapter 7: Citizen Roles in American Democracy [We The People - Unit 6]
Time: 6 required, 2 elective LET 2
Competencies:
Define
your role as a citizen or resident alien of a constitutional democracy.
Predict
how increased diversity, technological changes, and closer international
relationships are likely to affect your life as an American
citizen or resident alien
over the next 10 years.
Illustrate
similarities and differences between the American view of human rights
and the human rights views held by the wider
international community.
Justify
your opinion about a contemporary issue that presents a conflict among
competing fundamental constitutional principles (ex. personal
freedom vs. social
order).
Course Name: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (JROTC) and National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC)
Preparation Date: 15 September 2006
Optimum Class Size: 20