Grade Level: High School
World Geography
The study of world geography involves understanding the natural forces that shape our planet and the interactions between people and their environment. It’s about how human activity can modify the surface of the Earth itself and inform the region’s culture and inhabitants over time. This course is also about acquiring information from disparate sources, like
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This course is anchored by questions about how and why human societies rise and fall and learning how diverse cultures and societies around the world developed and interacted. Students will practice the skills that historians use to reconstruct and analyze the past, undertake in-depth research, make complex arguments, defend logical positions with detailed evidence, and
Continue readingWord: The Poet’s Voice
This poetry course explores the writing craft needed to produce poems that deserve to be read. Students will study various themes: from nature writing to love poetry; spoken word and environmentally-themed poems; and works focused on capturing and expressing the female perspective. Students create and learn how to edit and revise their own poems and
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The course explores themes of identity, gender, race, and social justice, and looks at the literary craft of world building (how a writer creates an elaborate, believable story world). This single semester course focuses on works of science fiction and fantasy written by women. There are 18 lessons in three units. There is a creative
Continue readingBritish Literature
Prepare to dive into the worlds of heroes, monsters, fairies, and kings. This course presents a selection of works of British literature beginning with Beowulf, the earliest written work of British literature, and spanning through the twentieth century. You will explore classic stories written by some of the most widely read literary icons. Beginning with
Continue readingWorld Literature: Classics
In our World Literature: Classics course, students read the works of contemporary and historical international authors and refine grammar and composition skills through numerous writing assignments. In addition to active reading and critical evaluation of literature, students’ writing instincts are further honed and challenged with a variety of essays (expository, compare/contrast, personal opinion, and interpretive),
Continue readingAmerican Literature: Classics
Through American Literature: Classics, students explore the thoughts and feelings of those who have lived on this land that we now call the United States. Through their words, they experience the events that helped create this country and that made it what it is today. In the process, they will begin to understand more fully
Continue readingThe Hero’s Journey: Literature & Composition, 2nd Edition
The books in the Hero’s Journey: Literature & Composition, Second Edition, feature ordinary people who find themselves in circumstances that require extraordinary acts, and how these acts relate to the archetypal hero’s journey. Lessons provide historical background on the setting and author, and discussion points for exploring literary themes and issues with family and peers.
Continue readingComposition: Expression and Understanding
Composition: Expression and Understanding is designed to help students develop essential skills that will form the basis for their long-term development as a writer. Learning to write is a journey rather than a destination; at the heart of this journey is the need to know oneself. In the first semester, The Art of Expression, students
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