Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introducation

    • Introduction
  • 2

    Video Lessons

    • Lesson 1

    • Lesson 1 The Art of Argument

    • Lesson 2

    • Lesson 2 Everything has a Thesis

    • Lesson 2 Postscript

    • Lesson 3

    • Lesson 3 Thesis Statements Embedded in Objective Media

    • Lesson 4

    • Lesson 4 Types of Logical Fallacies

    • Lesson 5

    • Lesson 5 Ad Fontem

    • Lesson 6

    • Logic 6 Emotional Appeals

    • Lesson 7

    • Lesson 7 Distraction

    • Lesson 8

    • Lesson 8 Arguing from Part to Whole

    • Lesson 9

    • Lesson 9 Framing an Argument

    • Lesson 10

    • Lesson 10 Sources of an Argument

    • Lesson 13 Test

    • Lesson 14

Meet the Instructor

Instructor

Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones (alias Mr. C) has for several years taught classes on history, civics, speech and logic both on- and off-line as part of the growing private/homeschool movement. He is currently on the faculty of four schools across the Intermountain West, teaching everything from Shakespeare to Defense Against the Dark Arts. One of his favorite gigs is Game Master in weeklong summer camps from Virginia to Utah. Mr. C graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.A. in Classics (Roman History). He was a campaign manager and public relations specialist for several congressional campaigns and National Field Director for the Alan Keyes presidential campaign in 2000. A prolific writer, Mr. C has published dozens of articles in several newspapers and magazines, as well as ten books (fiction and non-), including the just-released short novel collection The Bones Stand Up.