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Algebra 1 [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
What are algebraic expressions? How are they structured, and how can they be combined to create equations and inequalities? How do you know that the solutions you find are correct? In Algebra 1, students create expressions from verbal descriptions, manipulate and transform them, and create visual models. Requiring students to explain each step helps them understand mathematical processes. Exploring functions, sequences, and their corresponding graphs helps students determine the best ways to represent each. Students examine functions graphically, numerically, symbolically, and verbally, and learn how to translate between these different forms. Students’ depth of understanding increases as they complete proofs and describe data, fitting functions to their data. Students then extend their knowledge of linear and exponential relationships and apply their new understanding to create quadratic and exponential expressions as models of real-life phenomena.Course Breakdown
- Systems of equations and inequalities
- Scientific notation
- Properties of exponents
- Operations with polynomials
- Factoring
- Characteristics of quadratic functions Modeling with quadratic functions
- Data displays
- Measures of central tendency
- Experimental and theoretical probability
- Geometric sequences
- Simple exponential functions
- Radical equations
Course Goals
- Demonstrate the ability to solve systems of equations using a variety of methods.
- Simplify polynomials using multiple operations.
- Use knowledge of polynomials and scientific notation to interpret and analyze waste.
- Apply the different methods of factoring polynomials. Apply different methods of solving quadratic equations based on a given context.
- Define and use each of the measures of central tendency.
- Compute various types of probabilities.
- Utilize knowledge of measures of central tendency to analyze epidemics.
- Solve problems involving radicals by using multiple operations.
Algebra 2 [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
Extending their knowledge of linear, exponential, and quadratic functions to polynomial, rational, and radical functions, students in Algebra 2 model situations and solve equations, discovering how the rules they learned in arithmetic continue to apply as they work with polynomials. Students focus on the properties and factors of polynomials, learning to find the zeros of a polynomial and graph it as a function. Students use complex numbers to solve quadratic equations and exponential expressions, and learn how to rewrite rational expressions in different forms and solve simple rational and radical equations. The trigonometric concepts students learned previously are expanded as they focus on the unit circle and apply these concepts to models of periodic phenomena. Students then extend their knowledge of function families to model functions defined as square roots or cube roots, as well as piecewise-defined functions. A detailed look at exponential and logarithmic functions is applied to showing intercepts and end behavior. Students collect data through sample surveys, experiments, and simulations, and learn about the role of randomness in this process. Quantitative reasoning is emphasized as students compare the differences between sample surveys, experiments, and observations, and explain how randomization relates to each one
Population Comparision [Mastery Project]
HOW CAN YOU USE MATHEMATICS TO CATEGORIZE AND IDENTIFY POPULATIONS?
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is getting serious about managing invasive species, and is calling on citizen scientists to help them track numbers of specific organisms that are throwing ecosystems off balance. You work for a local nature center, and are in charge of creating an educational field guide that will help visitors identify and report species proliferating in your area. To create the field guide, you must select a species, research its population, and compare its numbers to a native species. To learn more, see the Action Project Rubric.
Game Play [Mastery Project]
HOW DOES PLAY ENRICH OUR LIVES?
You are a game tester, and you’ve been tasked with creating an exciting new twist on a classic game for a new generation of players. You have selected your first game and gone through multiple rounds of playtesting it to make improvements. For your final project, you will create your own game using information you gained from looking at classic games. This portfolio will show off the successful elements of the game and recommend strategies players can use to be successful. Your project should take the form of a product pitch slide show and include a demonstration of the mathematical probabilities involved in your game.
Course Breakdown
Characteristics of rational functions
Exponential and logarithmic functions
Transformations of functions
Inverse functions
Conic sections Systems of nonlinear equations
Arithmetic and geometric sequences
Introduction to trigonometry
Foundations of probability
The normal distribution
Course Goals
Compare and contrast exponential and logarithmic functions.
Use exponential and logarithmic functions to categorize and identify populations, then create a field guide to compare and contrast two different growth models.
Find the inverse of a function graphically and algebraically. Explore the relationships between linear and exponential functions and arithmetic and geometric sequences.
Analyze the unit circle and its relationship to trigonometric functions.
Distinguish between mutually exclusive and inclusive events, as well as independent and dependent events.
Create a game and analyze its success, playability, and strategy.
Biology [Project Based] (1st semester)
$250.00Course Description
The science of biology is large, complex, and constantly changing. This course provides students with a broad and interactive experience covering the main topics of biological science. Topics range from cell reproduction to the diversity of life. Students also learn about the chemical components of life, the process of energy conversion, and life’s functions. The course explores genetics, incorporating the latest scientific research, including the use of genetics in biotechnology. Next, the course covers ecology to raise students’ awareness of the many challenges and opportunities in the modern world and how they apply to the field of biology. Finally, the course presents the theory of evolution and the evidence that supports the theory. Throughout the course, students complete lab activities that reinforce the material and provide the opportunity to apply their knowledge through interactive experiments and activities.Course Breakdown
- Scientific method project
- The scientific method
- Characteristics of life
- Classification of living things
- Basic chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Cell structure
- Cellular organelles
- Types of cells
- Cellular transport Biomimcry Project
- Energy and ATP
- Cellular respiration
- Photosynthesis
- The cell cycle
- Mitosis
- Meiosis
- Genetics
Course Goals
- Develop proper scientific methodology techniques and apply them in scientific investigations, culminating in a scientific inquiry.
- Become familiar with the unifying characteristics shared by all living organisms.
- Examine concepts in chemistry that are important to living organisms, including the structures and functions of major biomolecules.
- Explore the structures and functions of various cellular organelles.
- Explain how cells maintain homeostasis through passive transport. Describe the way cells process energy for their activities.
- Explain the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
- Investigate the properties of plants and nature that could be applied to current issues humans face.
- Compare and contrast the ways cells reproduce through mitosis and meiosis.
- Apply the principles of genetics to demonstrate how traits pass from parents to offspring.
Biology [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
The science of biology is large, complex, and constantly changing. This course provides students with a broad and interactive experience covering the main topics of biological science. Topics range from cell reproduction to the diversity of life. Students also learn about the chemical components of life, the process of energy conversion, and life’s functions. The course explores genetics, incorporating the latest scientific research, including the use of genetics in biotechnology. Next, the course covers ecology to raise students’ awareness of the many challenges and opportunities in the modern world and how they apply to the field of biology. Finally, the course presents the theory of evolution and the evidence that supports the theory. Throughout the course, students complete lab activities that reinforce the material and provide the opportunity to apply their knowledge through interactive experiments and activities.Course Breakdown
- Structure of DNA
- DNA replication
- Protein synthesis
- Mutations
- Bacteria
- GMO project
- Viruses
- Protists
- Fungi
- Plants Types of animals
- Causes of disease
- Living with disease
- Major organ systems of the body
- Evolution
- Ecology
Course Goals
- Examine the structure of DNA and outline the process of DNA replication.
- Describe how proteins are made through transcription and translation.
- Explore the various applications of genetic engineering techniques.
- Construct an argument about the use of genetically modified organisms.
- Distinguish between the characteristics of bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, and plants. Distinguish the major groups of animals from one another according to their characteristics.
- Describe the structure and function of each major body system.
- Investigate how a disease may affect the human body via a body map.
- Explore the major themes of ecology and examine how humans impact the environment.
- Describe the mechanisms of evolution and investigate the evidence supporting the Theory of Evolution.
Earth Science [Project Based] (1st semester)
$250.00Course Description
Earth Science explores how a number of sciences, including geology, physics, chemistry, and biology impact the world and universe around us. In this interactive and engaging course, students study air, water, and the physical processes that shape the physical world, and how human civilization has affected the balance of nature. Students learn about the modern science behind topics from the Earth’s history, such as continental drift, ice ages, fossil dating, and geological timescale. Students will also look at processes that affect life today, such as weathering and erosion, the rock cycle, weather patterns, and climate. They will explore regular phenomena, the cause of the seasons and natural disasters. The students will examine the formation, acquisition and use of natural resources, as well as alternative energy sources. The students will also look at Earth as a small part of a larger universe in an exploration of astronomy. They will examine the Solar System and the stars and galaxies beyond it.Course Breakdown
- Scientific principles
- Cycles of matter
- Studying and modeling the Earth
- Earth's movements and the seasons
- Factors that determine climate
- Climate-change analysis project
- Formation and age of rocks
- Geological time
- Formation of minerals
- Formation of natural resources Using natural resources
- Effect of the location of resources
- Features and motions of the Moon
- Continental drift
- Causes and effects of earthquakes
- Formation and catastrophic results of volcanoes
- Movement and effects of glaciers
- Earth formations project
Course Goals
- Develop proper scientific methodology techniques and apply them in scientific investigations.
- Analyze the impact of the water, carbon, and energy cycles on Earth and explain how humans interact with each.
- Describe how models are used to make observations and predictions in Earth Science.
- Explain the processes of the rock cycle and the methods used to find the relative and absolute ages of rocks.
- Describe the formation of natural resources and how they are obtained for use as energy sources. Describe the motion of Earth and explain how it affects the climate.
- Explain how the climate changes over time in different regions.
- Explain the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift.
- Compare the characteristics of different types of volcanoes.
- Summarize how the ice ages influenced the formation of geologic structures.
Earth Science [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
Earth Science explores how a number of sciences, including geology, physics, chemistry, and biology impact the world and universe around us. In this interactive and engaging course, students study air, water, and the physical processes that shape the physical world, and how human civilization has affected the balance of nature. Students learn about the modern science behind topics from the Earth’s history, such as continental drift, ice ages, fossil dating, and geological timescale. Students will also look at processes that affect life today, such as weathering and erosion, the rock cycle, weather patterns, and climate. They will explore regular phenomena, the cause of the seasons and natural disasters. The students will examine the formation, acquisition and use of natural resources, as well as alternative energy sources. The students will also look at Earth as a small part of a larger universe in an exploration of astronomy. They will examine the Solar System and the stars and galaxies beyond it.Course Breakdown
- Soil formation
- Weathering and erosion
- River systems
- Atmosphere and its cycles
- The Sun and its effect on the atmosphere
- Human impact on the atmosphere
- Formation of wind patterns
- Formation of weather
- Thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes
- Predicting weather patterns
- Climate forecast project Basics of oceanography
- Landforms and food webs of the ocean
- Marine ecosystems project
- Structure of the solar system
- Bodies in the solar system
- Electromagnetic radiation
- Stars and galaxies
- Human impacts and programs
- Energy sources
- Impacts on ecosystems
Course Goals
- Summarize the effects of weathering and erosion on the three different rock types.
- Describe river systems and how they affect Earth's surface.
- Compare atmospheric cycles and the ways humans interact with those cycles.
- Investigate the conditions which create different weather phenomena. Identify the biologic and geologic features of the ocean.
- Analyze the movement of the oceans using tidal and current patterns.
- Summarize the formation of the universe, its laws, and all of the objects within it.
- Compare benefits and drawbacks of using alternate forms of energy.
- Describe the impact humans have on Earth.
Economics [Project Based] (1st semester)
$250.00Course Description
Economics is a comprehensive survey of the ways in which human decisions impact the world every day. Microeconomic concepts including supply and demand, business transactions, the fundamentals of work, and others offer students a glimpse into the effect of personal economic decisions upon the world. Macroeconomic concepts such as the fiscal policy of governments, trade, natural resource use, and other big picture topics offer a more broad view of the world’s economic systems. In its entirety, this course illuminates the ways in which people from around the world are connected to one another and their natural surroundings every day.Course Breakdown
- Overview of key economic concepts
- The laws of supply and demand
- Market equilibrium and disequilibrium
- Economic decision making
- Labor and wages Economic systems
- Types of business
- The role of the entrepreneur
- Market failures
- Government intervention in the economy
- Investment strategies
Course Goals
- Explain that economics is about the allocation of scarce resources, that scarcity forces choice, that tradeoffs exist, and that every choice has an opportunity cost.
- Analyze how demand and supply for a good in a competitive market are determined and explain how demand and supply together determine equilibrium price.
- Analyze the roles and decisions of producers and consumers in a market.
- Formulate a Return on Investment Portfolio related to the cost of postsecondary education and training. Assess the role of prices in allocating scarce resources in market economies and explain the consequences of price controls.
- Explain how prices and outputs are determined in markets characterized by just one seller (monopolies), a few sellers (oligopolies), or many sellers of unique but similar products (monopolistic competition).
- Analyze the role of market failure in government decisions.
- Design a comprehensive investment strategy in order to meet personal short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals.
Economics [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
Economics is a comprehensive survey of the ways in which human decisions impact the world every day. Microeconomic concepts including supply and demand, business transactions, the fundamentals of work, and others offer students a glimpse into the effect of personal economic decisions upon the world. Macroeconomic concepts such as the fiscal policy of governments, trade, natural resource use, and other big picture topics offer a more broad view of the world’s economic systems. In its entirety, this course illuminates the ways in which people from around the world are connected to one another and their natural surroundings every day.Course Breakdown
- Uses, characteristics, and value of money
- Macroeconomic theory
- American fiscal policy
- The business cycle
- Gross domestic product (GDP)
- Budgets and national debt
- Taxes and government spending The history of banking in the United States
- Types and roles of financial institutions
- Assets
- The Federal Reserve System
- Inflation and deflation
- Imports and exports
- Global trade and international trade organizations
- National economic development
Course Goals
- Analyze how money, in its various forms and uses, impacts the economy.
- Explain how fiscal and monetary policies are used to determine economic goals and impact the economy.
- Analyze the roles income distribution, production, and taxes play in the economy.
- Create a tax plan after gaining an understanding of how and why governments use taxes. Explain how banking systems evolved over time and led to the creation of the Federal
- Reserve System.
- Analyze the role of the Federal Reserve System in impacting the economy through monetary policy and other economic tools.
- Analyze the global economic development of nations and the various roles of the US economy around the world.
- Design a currency based on principles of value, taking into account the recent democratization of currency.
English 1 [Project Based] (1st semester)
$250.00Course Description
How do writers and speakers effectively communicate to their audiences? When is it appropriate to use formal and informal English? When writing or speaking, why are smooth transitions from one idea, event, or concept to another important? Learning to become an effective communicator includes knowing how to receive, evaluate, comprehend, and respond to verbal and nonverbal communication. Students learn effective communication in the context of fiction and nonfiction writing as well as in one-on-one and group discussions. Students strengthen their writing skills by varying syntax and sentence types, and through the correct use of colons, semicolons, and conjunctive adverbs. Students learn to keep their audience, task, and purpose in mind while maintaining a formal style and objective tone, and use style manuals and reference materials to appropriately cite sources, and ensure that their writing meets the conventions of formal English.Course Breakdown
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
- "Cleis" by Sappho
- "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats
- "Prologue" by Anne Bradstreet
- Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
- "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens
- "Personal Helicon" by Seamus Heaney
- "Musée des Beaux Arts" by W. H. Auden
- "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol
- Candide by Voltaire
- "Dandelion Wine" by Ray Bradbury Allegory of the Cave by Plato
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- Haiku poems by Matsuo Bashō
- Haiku poems by Issa Kobayashi
- "Ode to My Suit" by Pablo Neruda
- "If You Forget Me" by Pablo Neruda
- "Poetry" by Pablo Neruda
- "The Story of the Three Genjias" by an unknown author
Course Goals
- Write a story about a significant moment in your life.
- Examine how literary elements are used in various short stories.
- Read and analyze Candide.
- Write a story about one of your memories using third-person perspective, descriptive language, and plot elements. Analyze conventions of drama in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
- Write a persuasive essay on Romeo and Juliet.
- Examine the literary elements of various poems.
- Create and deliver an original podcast about yourself and your beliefs.
English 1 [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
How do writers and speakers effectively communicate to their audiences? When is it appropriate to use formal and informal English? When writing or speaking, why are smooth transitions from one idea, event, or concept to another important? Learning to become an effective communicator includes knowing how to receive, evaluate, comprehend, and respond to verbal and nonverbal communication. Students learn effective communication in the context of fiction and nonfiction writing as well as in one-on-one and group discussions. Students strengthen their writing skills by varying syntax and sentence types, and through the correct use of colons, semicolons, and conjunctive adverbs. Students learn to keep their audience, task, and purpose in mind while maintaining a formal style and objective tone, and use style manuals and reference materials to appropriately cite sources, and ensure that their writing meets the conventions of formal English.Course Breakdown
- "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen
- "When You Are Old" by William Butler Yeats
- "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats
- "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
- "For My People" by Margaret Walker
- "Changgan Memories" by Li Po
- "I Am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca
- "Black Cat" by Rainer Maria Rilke
- "The Swan" by Rainer Maria Rilke
- "We Grow Accustomed to the Dark" by Emily Dickinson
- "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound
- "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop
- "Ode to My Socks" by Pablo Neruda
- "The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus
- "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica" by Judith Ortiz Cofer
- A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
- "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
- "The Garden of Forking Paths" by Jorge Luis Borges
- "The True Story of Ah Q" by Lu Hsun
- Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard
- Tartuffe by Molière
- "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- "Home" by Anton Chekhov
- The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- "The Circular Ruins" by Jorge Luis Borges
- "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty
- "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
Course Goals
- Read and analyze a variety of poems in different forms and from different cultures.
- Write a compare-and-contrast essay on two poems.
- Create and recite an original poem. Research a banned book and create a presentation that summarizes the reasons it was challenged.
- Read and examine the cultural significance of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
- Read and analyze the plot structure of The Metamorphosis.
- Write an essay that examines the causes or effects of a topic.
English 2 [Project Based] (1st semester)
$250.00Course Description
How can the written language be changed according to context, audience, and purpose? In this course, students explore the evolution of language in fiction and nonfiction, assess rhetorical and narrative techniques, identify and refine claims and counterclaims, and ask and answer questions to aid in their research. Students also evaluate and employ vocabulary and comprehension strategies to determine the literal, figurative, and connotative meanings of technical and content-area words and phrases.Course Breakdown
- Beowulf by an anonymous author
- Summary of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
- The Song of Roland by an anonymous author
- Nibelungenlied by an anonymous author
- "The Ballad of Casey Jones" by Wallace Saunders
- "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- "Soul's Joy, Now I Am Gone" by John Donne
- "Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare
- "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning
- "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne
- "Go and Catch a Falling Star" by John Donne
- "Sweetest Love, I Do Not Go" by John Donne
- "All the World's a Stage" by William Shakespeare
- "The Thought Fox" by Ted Hughes
- "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
- "Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh
- "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
- "In Westminster Abbey" by John Betjeman
- "Devonshire Street W1" by John Betjeman\
- "Naming of Parts" by Henry Reed\
- "Not Waving but Drowning" by Stevie Smith\
- "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" by Robert Browning
- The Shepheardes Calender by Edmund Spenser
- "The Golden Speech" by Queen Elizabeth I Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- "Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- "Faith" by Tim O'Brien
Course Goals
- Analyze the hero's journey by examining heroes in literature and real life.
- Read and analyze a variety of poems.
- Write an original short story.
- Analyze the use of literary devices in various readings. Research and select a work that you think should be added to the literary canon.
- Create a presentation on your chosen novel.
- Read and analyze Lord of the Flies.
- Write a persuasive essay that encourages your audience to take action to fix a problem in your community.
- Conduct and utilize research to support ideas and counterarguments.
English 2 [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
How can the written language be changed according to context, audience, and purpose? In this course, students explore the evolution of language in fiction and nonfiction, assess rhetorical and narrative techniques, identify and refine claims and counterclaims, and ask and answer questions to aid in their research. Students also evaluate and employ vocabulary and comprehension strategies to determine the literal, figurative, and connotative meanings of technical and content-area words and phrases.Course Breakdown
- Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by The Dalai Lama
- "I Am an American Day" Address by Learned Hand
- Address to the Students at Moscow State University by Ronald Reagan
- "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
- Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Mother Teresa
- Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Nelson Mandela
- "Declaration of Conscience" by Margaret Chase Smith
- "Sonnet 141" by William Shakespeare
- "Sonnet 97" by William Shakespeare
- "A Conversation with Jeanne" by Czesław Miłosz
- Nobel Prize Lecture by William Faulkner
- State of the Union Address by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr.
- "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant
- "Any Human to Another" by Countee Cullen
- "Patterns" by Amy Lowell
- "And We Shall Be Steeped" by Leopold S. Senghor
- "Where Stories Come From" by an anonymous author
- "Why the Cheetah's Cheeks are Stained" by an anonymous author
- "The Birth of Hawaii" by an anonymous author
- "Chinese Creation Myths" by an anonymous author
- "Babe the Blue Ox" by S. E. Schlosser Animal Farm by George Orwell
- "Just Lather, That's All" by Hernando Téllez
- "The Feather Pillow" by Horacio Quiroga
- "The Rat Trap" by Selma Lagerlöf
- "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan
- "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel García Márquez
- "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel García Márquez
- "The Book of Sand" by Jorge Luis Borges
- "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
Course Goals
- Research activists who fought for freedom and equality.
- Write two freedom songs that incorporate the research you completed on freedom activists.
- Write a compare-and-contrast essay on two speeches.
- Read a selection of speeches and analyze their rhetorical elements. Create a work of art in response to propaganda.
- Write an essay that examines the causes or effects related to a topic.
- Read and analyze Animal Farm.
- Read and analyze literary devices in short stories.
English 3 [Project Based] (1st semseter)
$250.00Course Description
English 3 gives students the opportunity to explore the American identity by reading American texts that span the period from the late eighteenth century through the late twentieth century. During this journey through American literature, students will examine a variety of texts, including documents, speeches, poems, short stories, and novels. As they read these texts, students learn about the themes, characteristics, and concepts that delineate the American identity and examine how literature both reflects and defines these ideas. This work culminates in a project in which students research the American literary canon throughout history and then choose a modern text that they believe should be part of the literary canon. By the end of the course, students should be able to describe the defining characteristics of American literature and explain how those characteristics have evolved over time.Course Breakdown
- "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- "Man Listening to Disc" by Billy Collins
- "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
- "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry
- "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving
- "Women" by Alice Walker
- "The Third Ingredient" by O. Henry
- "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane
- "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
- "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
- "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost
- "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
- "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- "To Build a Fire" by Jack London
- "A Mystery of Heroism" by Stephen Crane
- "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain
- "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- "Great Serpent and the Great Flood" by an anonymous author
- "Wenebojo and the Wolves" by an anonymous author
- "Creation of the World" by an anonymous author
- "Why the Cheetah's Cheeks are Stained" by an anonymous author
- "The Birth of Hawaii" by an anonymous author
- "Chinese Creation Myths" by an anonymous author
- "Where Stories Come From" by an anonymous author
Course Goals
- Write a story about a significant moment in your life.
- Read and analyze short stories.
- Analyze the use of literary devices in various readings.
- Take a photograph and write a reflection on the meaning of life based on videos, speeches, and a student-conducted interview. Write a descriptive essay using sensory and figurative language.
- Read and analyze Frankenstein.
- Read and analyze creation myths and their impact on world cultures.
- Create an origin story with an accompanying illustration.
English 3 [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
English 3 gives students the opportunity to explore the American identity by reading American texts that span the period from the late eighteenth century through the late twentieth century. During this journey through American literature, students will examine a variety of texts, including documents, speeches, poems, short stories, and novels. As they read these texts, students learn about the themes, characteristics, and concepts that delineate the American identity and examine how literature both reflects and defines these ideas. This work culminates in a project in which students research the American literary canon throughout history and then choose a modern text that they believe should be part of the literary canon. By the end of the course, students should be able to describe the defining characteristics of American literature and explain how those characteristics have evolved over time.Course Breakdown
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- "Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop
- "The Sculptor's Funeral" by Tillie Olsen
- "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett
- "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
- "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg
- "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath
- "Demeter's Prayer to Hades" by Rita Dove
- "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
- "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
- "Jazz Fantasia" by Carl Sandburg
- "The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes
- "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams
- "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman
- "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" by Emily Dickinson
- "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
- "The Death of the Hired Man" by Robert Frost
- "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson
- "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
- "Out, Out" by Robert Frost
- "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
- Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 06 by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 02 by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 141 by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 97 by William Shakespeare
- "A Conversation with Jeanne" by Czeslaw Milosz
- Songs of Innocence by William Blake
- Songs of Experience by William Blake
- "Daybreak" by Stephen Spender
- "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln
- Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln
- "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving
- "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau
- "Little Things Are Big" by Jesús Colón
- "The Brave Little Tailor" by the Brothers Grimm
- A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Course Goals
- Write a research paper on a historical topic.
- Read and analyze The Great Gatsby.
- Create and deliver a podcast on the American Dream and its cultural impact.
- Read poems and examine their form and use of literary devices.
- Write a poetry analysis that examines an author's use of literary devices.
- Read and analyze A Doll's House.
- Create an original script on gender equality with effective historical characters, a clear setting, and strong dialogue.
English 4 [Project Based] (1st Semester)
$250.00Course Description
In English 4, students look critically at the world around them by reading a range of texts that explore past and present social, political, and cultural issues. As they read, students are challenged to analyze how central ideas and themes are crafted and presented, assess the author’s purpose for writing, and consider how to break down and evaluate information in a thoughtful manner. Throughout this course, students will think about how people see the world from different perspectives while also considering the common themes, hardships, and triumphs that unite humanity.Course Breakdown
- "The Death of the Moth" by Virginia Woolf
- "Sermon on the Mound" by Margaret Thatcher
- "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" by Winston Churchill
- "The Fallacy of Success" by G. K. Chesterton
- "Of Adversity" by Francis Bacon
- "Of Death" by Francis Bacon
- "Wind of Change" by Harold Macmillan
- "The Golden Speech" by Queen Elizabeth I
- "Soul's Joy, Now I Am Gone" by John Donne
- "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats
- "Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare
- "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
- "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh
- "The Battle of Agincourt" by William Shakespeare
- "How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
- "Naming of Parts" by Henry Reed
- "Not Waving, but Drowning" by Stevie Smith
- Shepheardes Calender "Eclogue 4" by Edmund Spenser
- "Meditations XVII" by John Donne
- "Sonnet for Heaven Below" by Jack Agüeros
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Course Goals
- Create and deliver a rhetorical speech on a belief worth preserving.
- Read a selection of speeches and examine each speaker's use of rhetoric.
- Read and analyze long narrative poems.
- Write a persuasive essay. Read and analyze Jane Eyre.
- Read and analyze The Importance of Being Earnest.
- Write a descriptive essay using sensory and figurative language.
- Create an original gothic synopsis and illustration using gothic conventions and themes.
English 4 [Project Based] (2nd Semester)
$250.00Course Description
In English 4, students look critically at the world around them by reading a range of texts that explore past and present social, political, and cultural issues. As they read, students are challenged to analyze how central ideas and themes are crafted and presented, assess the author’s purpose for writing, and consider how to break down and evaluate information in a thoughtful manner. Throughout this course, students will think about how people see the world from different perspectives while also considering the common themes, hardships, and triumphs that unite humanity.Course Breakdown
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- "Baking Mad: The Return of Afternoon Tea" by Maria Fitzpatrick
- "When Harry Met Sexism" by Bidisha
- "Women's Fiction is a Sign of a Sexist Book Industry" by Alison Flood
- "If" by Rudyard Kipling
- "No Faith in the Media" by Ahmed Versi
- "Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare
- "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning
- "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne
- "Go and Catch a Falling Star" by John Donne
- "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "Bill the Bloodhound" by P. G. Wodehouse
- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" by William Wordsworth
- "She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep" by Robert Graves
- "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
- "The Road and the End" by Carl Sandburg
- "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg
- "On the Seashore" by Rabindranath Tagore
- "Playthings" by Rabindranath Tagore Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot
- "Mrs. Packletide's Tiger" by Saki
- Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
- "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
- "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
Course Goals
- Create a spot piece that employs the journalistic method.
- Read a variety of nonfiction articles and examine each author's purpose and their supporting evidence.
- Read and analyze The Canterbury Tales.
- Write a research essay that references reliable sources and provides a thoughtful analysis of a topic of your choice. Create and deliver an original Shakespearean sonnet.
- Read and analyze Hamlet.
- Read and analyze Pygmalion.
- Write an original short story using situational irony.
Physics [Project Based] (1st semester)
$250.00Course Description
Physics is designed to provide students with an overview of traditional physics and the latest research in the field. Beginning with Newtonian mechanics, students learn that every object is acted upon by multiple predictable forces. The course moves on to investigate the laws of thermodynamics, covering fluid mechanics and the relationship between matter and energy. The course also explores the various models used to explain and apply the universal forces of electricity and magnetism. Students learn the characteristics of waves and the basics of optics before the final set of lessons on atomic physics. Here, students review the characteristics of the atom and its elemental particles and apply their knowledge to modern physics. Topics in this course will be reinforced through interactive, online lab assignments.Course Breakdown
- Velocity and acceleration
- Vector quantities
- Inertia and Newton's first law
- Forces and Newton's second law
- Interactions and Newton's third law
- Tool design project
- Kinetic and potential energy
- Conservation of energy and momentum
- Elastic and inelastic collisions Circular motion project
- Simple harmonic motion
- Gravity and planetary motion
- Fluid principles
- Defining and measuring heat
- Specific heat and heat transfer
- Thermal expansion
- Heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation
- Processes related to heat
- Four laws of thermodynamics
Course Goals
- Apply the principles of kinematics to one-dimensional motion and two-dimensional systems.
- Apply Newton's Laws of Motion to forces and related quantities in linear systems.
- Analyze conservation principles as applied to energy and momentum.
- Design and adjust a tool based on the principles of simple machines. Design an amusement park ride by applying the principles of circular motion and mechanics.
- Relate concepts of simple harmonic motion to pendulums and planetary systems of motion.
- Analyze fluid dynamics systems using the principles developed by Bernoulli, Pascal, and Archimedes.
- Apply the laws of thermodynamics to heat and energy.
Physics [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
Physics is designed to provide students with an overview of traditional physics and the latest research in the field. Beginning with Newtonian mechanics, students learn that every object is acted upon by multiple predictable forces. The course moves on to investigate the laws of thermodynamics, covering fluid mechanics and the relationship between matter and energy. The course also explores the various models used to explain and apply the universal forces of electricity and magnetism. Students learn the characteristics of waves and the basics of optics before the final set of lessons on atomic physics. Here, students review the characteristics of the atom and its elemental particles and apply their knowledge to modern physics. Topics in this course will be reinforced through interactive, online lab assignments.Course Breakdown
- Static electricity
- Electrical, strong, and gravitational forces
- Coulomb's law
- Circuit design project
- Current electricity
- Current, voltage, and resistance
- Ohm's law
- Magnetic fields and forces
- Magnetism and current electricity
- Faraday's law Musical instrument project Nature of waves
- Doppler effect and standing waves
- Interference patterns
- Diffraction
- Refraction and reflection
- Snell's law
- General and special relativity
- Wave-particle duality
- Quantum mechanics
Course Goals
- Describe the properties of electrical charges and their motions as influenced by electric fields and forces.
- Extend knowledge of electrostatic and electromotive systems to consumption of energy in applicable scenarios.
- Design an energy-efficient circuit schematic for a house.
- Identify and determine the properties of magnetic systems. Describe the properties of different waves and the relationships between them.
- Analyze interactions of waves with each other and with matter in the development of a musical instrument.
- Describe the principles of reflection and refraction as applied to mirrors and lenses.
- Analyze the principles of relativity as applied to motion close to the speed of light.
- Describe the methods used to determine the properties of subatomic particles.
US Government [Project Based] (1st semester)
$250.00Course Description
US Government offers students a comprehensive examination of this country’s government. Students explore the evolution of American democracy, from its birth in the eighteenth century to the expansive role of federal, state, and local governments today. The course covers topics such as changes to the Constitution, the function of the Supreme Court, the structure of Congress, and the importance of the media. The course explores the relationship between the political parties and lobbyists, and the process of monitoring and funding federal elections. Students investigate the roles of state and local governments and their impact on citizens’ daily lives. At the end of this course, students have a knowledge of and appreciation for the workings and history of the US government and understand its impact on American society.Course Breakdown
- Government and its importance
- Origins of American government
- Independent study project
- Key governing documents
- Federalism
- Members, responsibilities, and powers of Congress Roles and powers of the president
- Roles and powers of the Supreme Court
- Purpose and influence of interest groups
- Role of political parties
Course Goals
- Identify the role of government and describe its necessity in society.
- Examine the history of the creation of the United States government.
- Apply understanding of responsible citizenship through the creation of an Action Project. Identify governmental systems in the United States and the role of each.
- Examine the concept of checks and balances.
- Apply understanding of responsible citizenship through the creation of an Action Project.
US Government [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
US Government offers students a comprehensive examination of this country’s government. Students explore the evolution of American democracy, from its birth in the eighteenth century to the expansive role of federal, state, and local governments today. The course covers topics such as changes to the Constitution, the function of the Supreme Court, the structure of Congress, and the importance of the media. The course explores the relationship between the political parties and lobbyists, and the process of monitoring and funding federal elections. Students investigate the roles of state and local governments and their impact on citizens’ daily lives. At the end of this course, students have a knowledge of and appreciation for the workings and history of the US government and understand its impact on American society.
Course Breakdown
- Types of elections
- Campaign process
- Role of the media in government
- Unity Poster Project
- The Bill of Rights Court Ruling Project
- United States court system
- Taxes and national debt
- State governments and their authority
- Local governments and their authority
Course Goals
- Describe the election process.
- Assess the role of the media in American politics.
- Explain how the Bill of Rights protects the important freedoms of individuals.
- Create a poster to persuade an audience to take action to resolve a local, state, or national issue. Describe the role of the court system at the local and national levels.
- Contrast common law, statutory law, criminal law, and administrative law.
- Explain the relationship between the American economic system and the federal budget.
- Describe how state and local governments develop their budgets.
- Analyze a Supreme Court ruling and present an evaluation of the ruling's adherence to constitutional principles.
World History [Project Based] (1st semester)
$250.00Course Description
World History explores the changes created by the events and people of the past, and explains how these changes impacted modern times. The material is organized sequentially, exploring history from 1400 CE to the present day. Starting with the Renaissance and the Reformation, the course will highlight the cultural, economic, political, and social impact of innovation and intellectual thought. Further changes will be uncovered with the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the rise of imperialism and nationalism. The closing topics emphasize global conflicts and diplomacy, as seen in World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Upon completion of the course, students have an appreciation for the patterns of historical change and their impact on modern society.Course Breakdown
- Influence of the Italian Renaissance
- Factors leading up to the Protestant Reformation
- Rise and fall of the Spanish Empire
- Importance of the monarchies in England, France, and Russia
- Reasons for the Age of Exploration Causes of the French Revolution
- Napoleon's reign and influence within Europe
- Changes in scientific thought in the 1600s
- The Enlightenment
- The Industrial Revolution
- Political and social reforms of the 1800s
- Rise of nationalism in Europe
Course Goals
- Analyze the influence of the Italian Renaissance and its relationship with culture, religion, and art.
- Evaluate the factors that led to the Protestant Reformation and describe religious reforms in Europe.
- Analyze the development and destruction of the Spanish empire.
- Compare and contrast the monarchies of England, France, and Russia during the Age of Exploration. Explore the causes and effects of the
- French Revolution.
- Examine the Napoleonic Wars and the reconstruction of Europe.
- Consider the genesis of scientific thought and how it affected scientific discoveries.
- Recognize the foundation of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on modernity.
- Compare and contrast the transformation of political and social ideologies of the 1800s.
World History [Project Based] (2nd semester)
$250.00Course Description
World History explores the changes created by the events and people of the past, and explains how these changes impacted modern times. The material is organized sequentially, exploring history from 1400 CE to the present day. Starting with the Renaissance and the Reformation, the course will highlight the cultural, economic, political, and social impact of innovation and intellectual thought. Further changes will be uncovered with the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the rise of imperialism and nationalism. The closing topics emphasize global conflicts and diplomacy, as seen in World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Upon completion of the course, students have an appreciation for the patterns of historical change and their impact on modern society.
Course Breakdown
- Causes of World War I
- Key military events of World War I
- Influence of communism and the Bolshevik Revolution
- Recovery of Europe after World War I
- Popular culture of the 1920s
- The Great Depression
- Hitler and Stalin
- Factors leading up to World War II
- Key military events of World War II
- Conclusion of World War II Recovery after World War II
- Characteristics of the Cold War
- Decline of imperialism in Africa
- The spread of nationalism in India and the Middle East
- Japan's economic success
- Nationalism in Latin America
- Relations between Latin America and the United States
Course Goals
- Analyze the major events of militarism that caused political and national strife, igniting both world wars.
- Explain the influence of new ideologies, such as communism, on Europe following World War I, and examine the causes of the Bolshevik Revolution.
- Discover the influence of World War I on popular culture, political change, social issues, and economic failures, including the Great Depression.
- Evaluate the effects of the Treaty of Versailles, paying special attention to how it contributed to the causes of World War II. Describe the transition to a global economy following World War II.
- Analyze the tensions between two emerging world powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, which eventually led to the Cold War.
- Summarize the spread of nationalism and its effects on the Middle East, India, and the changing relationships between Latin American countries and the United States.
- Explain the reasons for the decline of imperialism in Africa after World War II.