Speeches that Shaped the Modern World: From the Famous to the Infamous - Course

Students will learn about major historical events in modern history.
Students will learn about persuasive speech and leadership qualities.

I am a lawyer in Australia, and I have homeschooled my own children for the past 8 years and will continue to do so for at least another 17 years (my youngest child is 1y as of 2022). 

I have degrees, post-graduate, and professional qualifications in the following:

- Law - Bachelor of Laws, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Admission as a Lawyer;

- TESOL - I have completed 8 out of 8 units towards the 150-hour qualification. When I receive my official professional certificate from Arizona State University I will update this here as it is expected to take up to 8 weeks to arrive;

- Criminology;
- I.T. Security;
- Applied Linguistics;
- Investigative Services;

- Bachelor of Arts in Security, Terrorism and Counterterrorism from Murdoch University which covered the following topics:
Ethnic Conflict and Multiculturalism
Ethnic Questions in East and South-East Asia
Chinese Political Economy and Business
Islam: Past and Present
Power and Legitimacy in Modern Political Thought
Practical Ethics
Politics in Contemporary China
Terrorism in a Globalised World
War and Peace in World History
Body and Mind
Crime, Business and Politics in Asia
News and Politics
Australian Foreign Policy
Authoritarianism and Democracy
Terrorism: Its Causes and Consequences
International Security Studies
Knowledge and Information Security
Spies, Saboteurs and Secret Agents
Structure Thought and Reality
Introduction to University Learning
Globalisation: The Asia Pacific
Perspectives on Security and Terrorism
Introduction to Global Politics

I have also completed the following short courses which are relevant to the classes I teach here:

- How Forensic Science should speak to the Court;
- Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases (USA);
- An Introduction to American Law (USA);
- English Common Law: Structure and Principles (UK);
- Economic Growth and Distributive Justice;
- Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries;
- Reason and Persuasion: Thinking Through Three Dialogues By Plato;
- Technology and Ethics;
- ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students;
- The Clinical Psychology of Children and Young People;
- Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing;
- A Brief History of Humankind.

Students are invited to write an optional essay regarding any of these speeches, these speakers, and/or the events surrounding these speeches. If you would like assistance in choosing a topic or title, please send me a message. If you would like advice on drafts before submitting your assignment for a final result, please send them to me either directly or share them in the classroom if you are happy for other students to read your work too. 

Students may also like to - or instead of - write and/or perform a speech of their own that can be submitted either via writing and/or audio/visual recordings, or live in class if you choose to by prior arrangement.

30 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.

"Speeches That Shaped the Modern World" by Alan J Whiticker 
https://www.amazon.com.au/Speeches-That-Shaped-Modern-World-ebook/dp/B005PSULOM/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

- https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au
- https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au
- https://www.britannica.com
- https://www.aljazeera.com