Browse Curriculum
Explore lessons, activities, projects, and more — organized by stage and pillar.
🔬Apprentice
Market Economics Lab: Supply and Demand in the Real World
American DynamismExperiment
Two to three market visits over 2-3 weeks, plus 3-4 hours of analysis6 materials
🗺️Apprentice
How Government Actually Works: Inside a City Council Meeting
American DynamismField Plan
Half day for the meeting, plus 3-4 hours of preparation and 2 hours of follow-up over one week6 materials
📖Apprentice
American Innovation Deep Dive: Trace One Invention's Full Chain of Impact
American DynamismLesson
Multi-session — 4 to 6 weeks, roughly 3 hours per week, producing a researched article or presentation4 materials
🤝Apprentice
Civic Engagement Project: Fix Something in Your Community
American DynamismService
5-7 weeks (3-5 hours per week)6 materials
🏗️Apprentice
Start a Micro-Business
American DynamismProject
8 weeks (ongoing, approximately 5-10 hours per week)6 materials
🗺️Architect
Community Leadership Capstone: Lead Something Real
American DynamismField Plan
8-12 weeks (variable hours; intense around the event)7 materials
🏗️Architect
Launch a Real Business
American DynamismProject
12-16 weeks (10-20 hours per week)8 materials
📖Architect
American Leadership Study: Primary Sources
American DynamismLesson
4-6 weeks (4-6 hours per week)5 materials
✏️Architect
Capital and Markets: Reading the Money
American DynamismPractice
20-30 minutes, 4-5x per week, over 8+ weeks5 materials
🏗️Architect
Policy Analysis Project: Diagnose, Propose, Persuade
American DynamismProject
6-8 weeks (6-10 hours per week)6 materials
🔨Builder
Bridge Building Challenge
American DynamismActivity
3 sessions, 60 minutes each14 materials
💬Builder
Who Builds America
American DynamismDiscussion
3 sessions, 45-60 minutes each6 materials
🗺️Builder
Hometown History Walk
American DynamismField Plan
2 sessions: one field session (90 minutes walking), one follow-up session (60 minutes research and writing)10 materials
📖Builder
The Economics of Building
American DynamismLesson
3 sessions, 45-60 minutes each6 materials
🏗️Builder
Local Builders Museum
American DynamismProject
5 sessions, 60-90 minutes each (plus independent research time between sessions)11 materials
✏️Explorer
America's Builders Timeline
American DynamismPractice
45 minutes6 materials
🏔️Explorer
Founders' Day Expedition
American DynamismAdventure
Half day (2-3 hours including travel)6 materials
🔨Explorer
Invention Convention
American DynamismActivity
60 minutes5 materials
🏗️Explorer
The Neighborhood Improvement Plan
American DynamismProject
3 sessions of 40 minutes each (120 minutes total)7 materials
🤝Explorer
Thank a Veteran
American DynamismService
60 minutes (plus optional visit time)5 materials
🗺️Explorer
Visit a Small Business
American DynamismField Plan
90 minutes (30 minutes preparation, 30-minute visit, 30 minutes processing)4 materials
💬Explorer
What Would You Build?
American DynamismDiscussion
35 minutes3 materials
📖Explorer
Who Built This Town?
American DynamismLesson
45 minutes5 materials
🔨Foundation
Building Something Together
American DynamismActivity
30 minutes6 materials
📖Foundation
Community Helpers
American DynamismLesson
20 minutes4 materials
🤝Foundation
Helping Our Neighbors
American DynamismService
30 minutes4 materials
✏️Foundation
I Can Do It — Daily Independence Moments
American DynamismPractice
5 minutes per moment (spread throughout the day)3 materials
🏔️Foundation
Visit a Working Place
American DynamismAdventure
60 minutes (including travel)5 materials
💬Foundation
What Do You Want to Build When You Grow Up?
American DynamismDiscussion
10 minutes2 materials
🔨Genesis
Documenting Your Family History Before the Baby Arrives
American DynamismActivity
90 minutes for the first sitting, plus follow-up calls over the following weeks5 materials
💬Genesis
What Self-Reliance Means for Our Family
American DynamismDiscussion
45-60 minutes (one focused conversation)3 materials
📖Genesis
The Homesteading Mindset: Self-Reliance Begins at Home, Even in an Apartment
American DynamismLesson
75 minutes (reading plus a household audit exercise)4 materials
✏️Genesis
Letters to Your Unborn Child: A Writing Practice for Capturing Your Hopes and Vision
American DynamismPractice
20-30 minutes per session, roughly twice a month, sustained across pregnancy and the first year4 materials
🏗️Genesis
The American Family as a Building Project
American DynamismProject
Multi-session (three sessions of 45-75 minutes, spread over 1-2 weeks)4 materials