Course Descriptions

The Global History and Geography core curriculum focuses on global connections and linkages, and concepts and themes. The connections and linkages include: cultural diffusion (ideas/technology/food/disease), migrations, multi-regional empires, belief systems, trade, and conflict. Concepts and themes emphasized are: change, citizenship, culture and intellectual life, decision making, diversity, economic systems, environment and society, factors of production, human and physical geography, human rights, imperialism, interdependence, justice, movement of people and goods, nationalism, nation state, needs and wants, political systems, power, scarcity, science and technology, and urbanization. This course is divided between the ninth and tenth grade school years.

United States History is the history of a great experiment in representative democracy. The basic principles and core values expressed in the Declaration of Independence became the guiding ideas for our nation's civic culture. United States history since the Declaration of Independence has witnessed continued efforts to apply these principles and values to all people. The following concepts and themes are emphasized: change, citizenship, civic values, constitutional principles, culture and intellectual life, diversity, economic systems, environment, factors of production, foreign policy, government, human systems, immigration and migration, individuals, groups and institutions, interdependence, physical systems, places and regions, reform movements, presidential decisions and actions, and science and technology. This course is taken in the eleventh grade school year.

Participation in Government is the civics capstone to your social studies experience in school. You should be ready to synthesize and apply your previous social studies experience to the study of contemporary and/or historic public issues and to increase your awareness of your rights and responsibilities as a citizen. Fundamental to this course is that you define, analyze, monitor, and discuss issues and policies. The course reflects:

* An issue-based approach to public policy.

* The tools and skills needed in real-world learning experiences, and

* The knowledge needed for effective citizenship.

Economics. Introduces fundamental economic concepts and the study of the five main divisions: consumption, production, exchange, distribution, and governmental functions. Students will learn about economics and choice, market economies at work, money, banking, and finance, measuring and monitoring economic performance, the role of government in the economy, and the global economy. Students will recognize the role of critical thinking, leadership, and ethics in making effective business decisions

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Assignments thus far:

1) The Writing Revolution, Identify & Convert Fragments exercise, and the Chapter 3, Section 2 worksheet.

2) The Writing Revolution scrambled sentences assignment and the Chapter 4, Section 2 worksheet.

3) The Writing Revolution Sentence Types assignments (there are two) and the Chapter 5, Section 1 worksheet.

4) The Writing Revolution “Developing Questions for a Given Answer” exercise and the Chapter 5, Section 2 worksheet.

5) The Writing Revolution “Developing Commands from Questions using Expository Writing Terms” exercise and the Chapter 5, Section 3 worksheet.

6) The Writing Revolution “because, but, so” exercise and the Chapter 6, Section 1 worksheet.

7) The Writing Revolution “Subordinating Conjunctions” exercise and the Chapter 6, Section 2 worksheet.

8) The Writing Revolution “Fill-in Appositives” exercise and the Chapter 6, Section 3 worksheet.

9) Unit 2 Test and The Writing Revolution "Appositives Sentences 1" exercise.

10) The Writing Revolution “Sentence Combining 1” exercise and the Chapter 7, Section 1 worksheet.

11) The Writing Revolution “Sentence Expansion” exercise and the Chapter 7, Section 2 worksheet.

12) The Writing Revolution “Sentence Expansion 2” exercise and the Chapter 7, Section 3 worksheet.

13) Unit 3 Test

End of First Marking Period.

14) The Writing Revolution “Underlining + Note-Taking” exercise and the Chapter 12, Section 1 worksheet.

15) Unit 4 Test and The Writing Revolution "2nd Underlining + Note-Taking" exercise.

16) The Writing Revolution “Annotate Key Ideas” exercise and the Chapter 13, Section 1 worksheet.

17) The Writing Revolution “Annotate Key Ideas 2” exercise and the Chapter 13, Section 2 worksheet.

18) The Writing Revolution “Single Paragraph Outline” exercise and the Chapter 13, Section 3 worksheet.

19) The Writing Revolution “Distinguish a Topic Sentence” exercise and the Chapter 14, Section 1 worksheet.

20) The Writing Revolution “Generate Details” exercise and the Chapter 14, Section 2 worksheet.

21) The Writing Revolution “Given a Topic, Write a Topic Sentence” exercise and the Chapter 15, Section 3 worksheet.

22) The Writing Revolution “Given Details, Generate a Topic Sentence” exercise and the Chapter 16, Section 1 worksheet.

23) The Writing Revolution “Identify Topic Sentence and Sequence Details” exercise and the Chapter 16, Section 3 worksheet.

24) Unit 5 Test and The Writing Revolution "Given a Topic Sentence, Select Appropriate Details from a List" exercise.

End of Semester, Final Exam

25) The Writing Revolution “Eliminate Details 1” exercise and the Chapter 17, Section 1 worksheet.

26) The Writing Revolution “Eliminate Details 2” exercise and the Chapter 17, Section 4 worksheet.

27) The Writing Revolution “Generate Concluding Sentence” exercise and the Chapter 17, Section 5 worksheet.

28) The Writing Revolution “Convert to Single Paragraph Outline” exercise and the Chapter 18, Section 1 worksheet.

29) The Writing Revolution “Single Paragraph Outline Independent” exercise and the Chapter 18, Section 2 worksheet.

30) The Writing Revolution “Sentence Summary” exercise and the Chapter 18, Section 4 worksheet.

31) The Writing Revolution “Single-Paragraph Outline (SPO) Summary” exercise and the Chapter 19, Section 1 worksheet.

32) The Writing Revolution “Combined Outline” exercise and the Chapter 19, Section 2 worksheet.

33) The Writing Revolution “Revising Topic Sentences” exercise and the Chapter 19, Section 3 worksheet.

34) Unit 6 Test

35) The Writing Revolution “Transitions (from a bank)” exercise and the Chapter 20, Section 3 worksheet.

36) The Writing Revolution “Transitions (Illustration)” exercise and the Chapter 20, Section 5 worksheet.

37) The Writing Revolution Transitions (Change of Direction) exercise and the Chapter 21, Section 1 worksheet.

38) The Writing Revolution Transitions (Conclusion) exercise and the Chapter 21, Section 2 worksheet.

39) The Writing Revolution Transitions (Emphasis & Conclusion) and the Chapter 22, Section 1 worksheet.

40) The Writing Revolution Transitions on Single Paragraph Outline and the Chapter 22, Section 2 worksheet.

End of First Marking Period.

41) Unit 7 Test, and The Writing Revolution Transitions Revolutionized exercise.

42) The Writing Revolution Revising Unelaborated Paragraph and the Chapter 23, Section 2 worksheet.

As always, if a student has been absent, but sees me during one of my prep-periods, I will help them get caught up.