Scope and sequence · PE & Health
Tactics & Strategy
A one-semester course in how to make and carry out a plan against a thinking opponent, taught through Sun Tzu and Clausewitz, the chessboard and the Go board, the battles of Scripture and history, and the formations and scouting reports of modern team sports.
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What to cover
30 of 30 lessons are MUST COVER. They are tested on the unit tests and exams, or are skills the SAT/ACT relies on. OPTIONAL lessons are enrichment. Do them if time allows. The course is complete when the MUST COVER lessons are done.
Unit 1: What Strategy Is
- MUST COVER 1.1 Strategy, Operations and Tactics · exam
- MUST COVER 1.2 The Principles of War · exam
- MUST COVER 1.3 Sun Tzu: Know the Enemy and Know Yourself · exam
- MUST COVER 1.4 Clausewitz: Friction and the Fog of War · exam
- MUST COVER 1.5 Counting the Cost · exam
Unit 2: The Board as a Battlefield
- MUST COVER 2.1 Chess Openings: Center, Development, King Safety and Tempo · exam
- MUST COVER 2.2 Forks, Pins and Skewers · exam
- MUST COVER 2.3 Planning in the Middlegame: Steinitz and Capablanca · exam
- MUST COVER 2.4 Go: Influence, Territory and Sente · exam
- MUST COVER 2.5 Checkers and the Endgame: Counting and the Opposition · exam
Unit 3: Great Plans of the Ancient and Biblical World
- MUST COVER 3.1 Gideon’s Three Hundred · exam
- MUST COVER 3.2 Joshua’s Ambush at Ai · exam
- MUST COVER 3.3 Alexander at Gaugamela: The Oblique Attack · exam
- MUST COVER 3.4 Hannibal at Cannae: The Double Envelopment · exam
- MUST COVER 3.5 Scipio at Zama: Learning from the Enemy · exam
Unit 4: Generals and Admirals, 1776–1944
- MUST COVER 4.1 Washington at Trenton: Surprise and Morale · exam
- MUST COVER 4.2 Napoleon at Austerlitz: The Feigned Weakness · exam
- MUST COVER 4.3 Nelson at Trafalgar: Breaking the Line · exam
- MUST COVER 4.4 Jackson’s Valley Campaign: Maneuver and Interior Lines · exam
- MUST COVER 4.5 Deception and Intelligence: Midway and Operation Fortitude · exam
Unit 5: Tactics in Team Sports
- MUST COVER 5.1 Soccer Formations: From the Pyramid to Total Football · exam
- MUST COVER 5.2 Football Formations: Single Wing, T and West Coast · exam
- MUST COVER 5.3 Basketball: Man, Zone, Spacing and John Wooden · exam
- MUST COVER 5.4 Hockey and Lacrosse: The Power Play and the Forecheck · exam
- MUST COVER 5.5 The Scouting Report · exam
Unit 6: The Strategist’s Character
- MUST COVER 6.1 Commander’s Intent · exam
- MUST COVER 6.2 Supply: Minard’s Map of 1812 · exam
- MUST COVER 6.3 When the Plan Fails · exam
- MUST COVER 6.4 Honor and Lawful Striving · exam
- MUST COVER 6.5 Capstone: Your Strategy Report · exam
36-week pacing calendar
This is a 20-week course. Pair it with another course in the same subject, or spread it over the year at a lighter pace.
| Week | Plan | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | Day 1: Lesson 1.1 Strategy, Operations and Tactics: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 1.1: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 1.1: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 1.2 The Principles of War: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 1.2: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 2 | Day 1: Lesson 1.2: practice set and corrections Day 2: Lesson 1.3 Sun Tzu: Know the Enemy and Know Yourself: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 1.3: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 1.3: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 1.4 Clausewitz: Friction and the Fog of War: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 3 | Day 1: Lesson 1.4: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 1.4: practice set and corrections Day 3: Lesson 1.5 Counting the Cost: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 1.5: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 1.5: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 4 | Day 1: Unit 1 test Day 2: Lesson 2.1 Chess Openings: Center, Development, King Safety and Tempo: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 2.1: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 2.1: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 2.2 Forks, Pins and Skewers: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 5 | Day 1: Lesson 2.2: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 2.2: practice set and corrections Day 3: Lesson 2.3 Planning in the Middlegame: Steinitz and Capablanca: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 2.3: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 2.3: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 6 | Day 1: Lesson 2.4 Go: Influence, Territory and Sente: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 2.4: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 2.4: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 2.5 Checkers and the Endgame: Counting and the Opposition: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 2.5: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 7 | Day 1: Lesson 2.5: practice set and corrections Day 2: Unit 2 test Day 3: Lesson 3.1 Gideon’s Three Hundred: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 3.1: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 3.1: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 8 | Day 1: Lesson 3.2 Joshua’s Ambush at Ai: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 3.2: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 3.2: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 3.3 Alexander at Gaugamela: The Oblique Attack: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 3.3: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 9 | Day 1: Lesson 3.3: practice set and corrections Day 2: Lesson 3.4 Hannibal at Cannae: The Double Envelopment: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 3.4: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 3.4: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 3.5 Scipio at Zama: Learning from the Enemy: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 10 | Day 1: Lesson 3.5: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 3.5: practice set and corrections Day 3: Unit 3 test Day 4: Review day for the midterm Day 5: Midterm exam | ||
| Wk 11 | Day 1: Lesson 4.1 Washington at Trenton: Surprise and Morale: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 4.1: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 4.1: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 4.2 Napoleon at Austerlitz: The Feigned Weakness: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 4.2: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 12 | Day 1: Lesson 4.2: practice set and corrections Day 2: Lesson 4.3 Nelson at Trafalgar: Breaking the Line: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 4.3: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 4.3: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 4.4 Jackson’s Valley Campaign: Maneuver and Interior Lines: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 13 | Day 1: Lesson 4.4: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 4.4: practice set and corrections Day 3: Lesson 4.5 Deception and Intelligence: Midway and Operation Fortitude: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 4.5: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 4.5: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 14 | Day 1: Unit 4 test Day 2: Lesson 5.1 Soccer Formations: From the Pyramid to Total Football: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 5.1: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 5.1: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 5.2 Football Formations: Single Wing, T and West Coast: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 15 | Day 1: Lesson 5.2: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 5.2: practice set and corrections Day 3: Lesson 5.3 Basketball: Man, Zone, Spacing and John Wooden: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 5.3: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 5.3: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 16 | Day 1: Lesson 5.4 Hockey and Lacrosse: The Power Play and the Forecheck: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 5.4: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 5.4: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 5.5 The Scouting Report: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 5.5: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 17 | Day 1: Lesson 5.5: practice set and corrections Day 2: Unit 5 test Day 3: Lesson 6.1 Commander’s Intent: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 6.1: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 6.1: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 18 | Day 1: Lesson 6.2 Supply: Minard’s Map of 1812: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 6.2: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 6.2: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 6.3 When the Plan Fails: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 6.3: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 19 | Day 1: Lesson 6.3: practice set and corrections Day 2: Lesson 6.4 Honor and Lawful Striving: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 6.4: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 6.4: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 6.5 Capstone: Your Strategy Report: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 20 | Day 1: Lesson 6.5: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 6.5: practice set and corrections Day 3: Unit 6 test Day 4: Review day for the final Day 5: Final exam | ||
| Wk 21 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
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| Wk 36 | Open week: second course, project or review |
Grading: Practice sets (completed and corrected) 15%, Projects (plan, record, analysis) 25%, Scorebook (organization, honesty, completeness) 10%, Unit tests 30%, Midterm exam 10%, Final exam 10%. Scale: A 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60.