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English Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will read and interpret a variety of literary genres.
  2. Students will write in standard form, including grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
  3. Students will write for a variety of audiences and purposes, formally and informally.
  4. Students will analyze and critique writing.
  5. Students will create original literary works.
  6. Students will research and integrate information into their writing, utilizing correct documentation techniques.
  7. Students will discuss authors, their works, and related issues.
  8. Students will show an appreciation for the authors, their works, and related ideas in accordance with Gospel values.
Assessments:

  1. Formal and informal writing exercises, including essays and research papers.
  2. Oral presentations.
  3. Objective tests and quizzes.
  4. Vocabulary quizzes.
  5. Projects.

Fine Arts Department Curriculum

Goals:
  1. Students will process and utilize techniques for the production, exhibitions and/or performance in a variety of the visual or performing arts.
  2. Students will demonstrate the principles and elements of several different art forms.
  3. Students will use specific vocabulary to explain and discuss their perceptions about and evaluation of works in dance, music, theatre, visual arts and mixed media.
  4. Students will participate in and show appreciation for the interrelationships of the visual and performing arts as well as the relationships of the arts to other academic disciplines.
  5. Students will be able to create visual and performing arts while recognizing their work in historical and cultural contexts.
Assessments:
  1. Exams, Tests, Quizzes
  2. Projects and Presentations
  3. Daily Participation

Foreign Languages Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will use the target language to communicate: speaking, reading, writing, and listening.
  2. Students will demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of multicultural diversity.
  3. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills using the target language.
  4. Students will create original works and demonstrate consideration for the works created by others.
  5. Students will realize new perceptions of their own culture as they learn about other cultures.
  6. Students will express their own ideas, needs, and wants to develop proficiency and progress toward connected discourse.
Assessments:

  1. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  2. Workbooks and worksheets
  3. Projects and oral presentations
  4. Research
  5. Oral and listening tasks

Mathematics Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will compute with accurary, with and without the use of calculators.
  2. Students will demonstrate accurate computation and estimation of integers, fractions, and decimals.
  3. Students will develop and demonstrate sequential problem-solving skills and apply generic reasoning skills to new situations.
  4. Students will recognize patterns, relationships, and function characteristics.
  5. Students will incorporate measurement and algebraic principles with geometric and spatial concepts.
  6. Students will develop an understanding of the relationships among geometric figures and demonstrate that understanding in practical applications.
Assessments:

  1. Homework, quizzes, tests, and exams
  2. Projects and presentations
  3. Papers/reports

Practical Arts Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will demonstrate a proficient application of digital technology, including internet usage, still and video photography, computer hardware and software applications.
  2. Students will describe, identify and research various business, economic and personal finance systems that are currently in use both on a national and worldwide level.
  3. Students will research and analyze the responsibilities of household management, parenthood, and child development.
  4. Students will recognize the various documents, forms, transactions and methods used in business and personal finance.
  5. Students will recognize and explain the legal system of the United States on the local, state and national level.

Science Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will identify the goals and limits of science and participate in the process of scientific inquiry.
  2. Students will integrate their knowledge of science with studies in technology, math, and other subjects.
  3. Students will show respect for the impact of science, technology, and human activity on the environment.
  4. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills.
  5. Students will recognize the properties and principles of matter, energy, force, and motion.
  6. Students will identify characteristics of life and recognize the complexity of living systems.
  7. Students will identify unifying processes such as physical, biological, chemical, and geological cycles.
  8. Students will show appreciation for the beauty in Creation thereby respecting it and its Creator.
Assessments:
  1. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  2. Lab reports and lab tests
  3. Projects and presentations
  4. Research papers

Social Studies Department Curriculum

Goals

  1. Students will be able to identify and apply the major elements of geographical study and analyze their relationship to changes in society and environment.
  2. Students will be able to explore the continuity and change in the history in the United States and the world.
  3. Students will be able to define, interpret, and apply the principles which develop and shape the constitutional democracy in the United States.
  4. Students will be able to recognize the principles and processes of governance systems.
  5. Students will be able to compare and contrast economic concepts and principles.
  6. Students will be able to analyze the relationships of individuals and groups to institutions and cultural traditions.
  7. Students will be able to apply the tools of inquiry and interpretation for the social sciences.

Theology Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will be able to explain Catholic Christianity on the basis of its major concepts and their relation to one another.
  2. Students will be able to explain the Divine Plan as revealed in Salvation History and how the Church reads the Old Testament in the light of Christ crucified and risen.
  3. Students will demonstrate a basic familiarity with the major themes of the New Testament, especially the Gospel message of Jesus and apply Jesus' message to their lives.
  4. Students will apply an appropriate understanding of the important role of sacraments to their own faith development.
  5. Students will describe and analyze their relationship and commitment to God through Christ in the context of the Spirit-filled community which is the Church.
  6. Students will be able to analyze and apply Catholic social teachings to the political, economic, and cultural conditions of the present day.
  7. Students will be able to compare and contrast the Catholic Church's beliefs in relation to non-Christian Churches and come to value the richness of their Catholic tradition while respecting the tradition of others.
  8. Students will explore the major areas of adult responsibility in the single, married, ordained, and religious lifestyles.
  9. Students will identify their own ability to aid the building of the Kingdom of God through their direct service to others.
Assessments:
  1. Tests and quizzes
  2. Papers, journals, and projects
  3. Participation and discussion
  4. Service, supervisor's evaluation

Fundamentals of English I (210)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will examine writing as a process, focusing on expository, narrative, descriptive, and persuasive paragraph writing.
  2. Students will demonstrate knowledge of grammar (primarily parts of speech and parts and types of the sentences), usage, spelling, and mechanics.
  3. Students will read and analyze a variety of literary genres, including short stories, drama, and novels.
  4. Students will examine the literary elements of plot, characterization, point of view, setting, symbol, tone, and irony.
  5. Students will discuss authors, their works, and related issues.
  6. Students will practice organizational and research skills.
  7. Students will write for a variety of purposes, formal and informal.
Content:
  1. The Writing Process
  2. Paragraph Writing
  3. Short Stories
  4. Parts of Speech
  5. Parts of a Sentence
  6. Writing Effective Sentences
  7. Drama
  8. Novel
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Formal and informal writing exercises.
  2. Oral presentations.
  3. Objective tests and quizzes.
  4. Vocabulary quizzes.
  5. Projects.
  6. Prentice Hall Literature: Gold Edition
  7. Warriner's Grammar and Composition: Third Course,
  8. Writer's Inc.
  9. Novels
  10. Videos

English I (212)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will read and discuss the four literary types: short story, poetry, drama, and novel.
  2. Students will analyze literature in terms of setting, characters, plot, and theme.
  3. Students will write descriptive, expository, narrative, and persuasive paragraphs with standard form, including grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
  4. Students will research and integrate information into their writing on a limited basis but will be expected to document sources correctly in MLA style.
Content:
  1. Short Stories in anthology
  2. Novels
  3. Drama
  4. Poetry
  5. Paragraph writing
  6. Grammar: usage and mechanics  
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Daily language practice
  2. Quizzes, tests, and exam
  3. Projects and research, presentations
  4. Writing assignments
  5. Prentice Hall Literature: Gold
  6. Writer's Inc.

Advanced English I (215)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will read and discuss the four literary genres: short story, poetry, drama, and the novel.
  2. Students will analyze a story in terms of setting, characters, plot, and theme.
  3. Students will write descriptive, expository, narrative, and persuasive paragraphs with standard form, including grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
  4. Students will research and integrate information into their writing on a limited basis and document sources correctly in MLA style.
  5. Students will write a short story and/or poem.
  6. Students will read and analyze Greek mythology.
  7. Students will interview peers and adults in the community and write biographies.
Content:
  1. Short stories and nonfiction
  2. Paragraph writing
  3. Novels
  4. Grammar and usage
  5. Research writing
  6. Mythology
  7. Creative writing
  8. Biography
  9. Drama
  10. Poetry
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Quizzes, tests, and exam
  2. Projects and research, presentations
  3. Writing assignments
  4. Prentice Hall Literature: Gold
  5. Writers Inc  
  6. Edith Hamilton's Mythology

Fundamentals of English II (220)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will read, analyze, and respond to non-fiction and fiction works.
  2. Students will participate in activities that require practical application of reading and writing skills.
  3. Students will write about and discuss their increasing knowledge of various topics.
  4. Students will use standard forms of writing and speaking.
  5. Students will write for a variety of purposes, formal and informal.
  6. Students will practice organizationl and research skills.
  7. Students will increase their knowledge of grammar, usage, and writing mechanics.
Content:
  1. Fiction and short stories
  2. Parts of speech, sentences, phrases and clauses
  3. Novel
  4. Writing process, paragraph writing, expository writing and research writing
  5. Grammar usage and mechanics
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Formal and informal writing exercises.
  2. Discussions and oral presentations.
  3. Tests and quizzes.
  4. Projects.
  5. Prentice Hall Literature: Platinum Edition
  6. Writer's Inc.
  7. Warriner's Grammar and Composition: Blue
  8. Appropriate novels for reading level

English II (222)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will write effective compositions utilizing the writing process.
  2. Students will demonstrate proper grammar, usage, and mechanics in writing.
  3. Students will read a variety of literature including short stories, non-fiction, myths, legends, drama, and novels.
  4. Students will identify elements of literature including plot, setting, characterization, theme, point of view, tone, and irony.
  5. Students will analyze literature focusing on theme, symbolism, and meaning.
Content:
  1. Fiction and short stories
  2. Point of view, setting, characterization, plot, theme, and vocabulary
  3. Parts of sentences, phrases, and clauses
  4. Novel
  5. Myth and Legend
  6. Writing process, paragraph writing, expository writing, and research writing
  7. Grammar usage and mechanics
  8. Drama
  9. Non-fiction biographies and essays
  10. Vocabulary study
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Prentice Hall Literature: The Platinum Edition
  2. Writer's Inc.
  3. Novels and plays (will vary)
  4. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  5. Projects and presentations
  6. Reports and papers

Advanced English II (225)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will read a variety of general literary genres including drama, short stories, poetry, non-fiction, novels, and legends
  2. Students will discuss and interpret this literature.
  3. Students will research authors' biographies to discover connections between their works and their lives.
  4. Students will explain orally and through the written medium the findings of their research.
  5. Students will use various internet Web sites to enhance their appreciation of literature.
  6. Students will use the various online resources to assist them in their writing, proofreading, punctuation, grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Content:
  1. The study of literary genres including drama, poetry, legends, non-fiction,novels, and short stories.
  2. The story of literary terms and their application to the above literary genres.
  3. The study of the writing process including rough drafts, rewriting, proofreading and final copies.
  4. The study of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
  5. The study of research skills and documentation techniques.
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Prentice Hall: The Platinum Edition
  2. Prentice Hall: The American Experience
  3. The Writer's Inc.
  4. Various online resources
  5. Various novels, plays, and other sources of literature not found in the Prentice Hall textbooks
  6. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  7. Projects and presentations
  8. Reports and papers

English III (236)

Goals:
  1. Students will read and analyze American Literature by examining classical, traditional, modern, and contemporary selections which represent a span of American times, American places, and American insights into the present human condition.
  2. Students will summarize the major elements of a piece of literature, compare and contrast the literary movements which fostered the literature, and describe the writer's individual techniques.
  3. Students will create their own pieces of literature and will present them to the class in oral presentation.
Content:
  1. The New Land
  2. The Revolutionary Period
  3. A Growing Nation
  4. The New England Renaissance
  5. Division/War/Reconciliation
  6. Realism and the Frontier
  7. The Modern Age
  8. Contemporary Writers
  9. Creative, Academic, Reflective, and Personal Writing
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. The American Experience, Prentice Hall, 4th Edition
  2. Writers Inc.
  3. Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck
  4. Other screened and selected supplementary material including video tapes, audio tapes, Literary Cavalcade magazine (as available)
  5. Unit tests, quizzes, homework/creative writing assignments, class discussion and positive participation

Honors Process of Composition (238EN)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will write coherent, sustainable paragraphs and essays.
  2. Students will identify and write clear, precise, unified topic sentences and thesis statements.
  3. Students will write a variety of essays and papers demonstrating various methods of development.
  4. Students will imitate assigned patterns of writing.
  5. Students will identify purpose and audience in writing.
  6. Students will review elements of style and correctness.
Content:
  1. Qualities of effective writing
  2. The Writing Process
  3. Documentation
  4. Methods of discourse:
    1. Exposition
    2. Definition
    3. Comparison and/or contrast
    4. Cause and Effect
    5. Climactic/Descending Order
    6. Spatial Order
    7. Character Analysis
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Formal and informal writing exercises, including paragraphs and essays
  2. Objective tests and quizzes
  3. Student's Book of College English: Rhetoric, Readings, Handbook
  4. Writers Inc.
  5. Novel

Honors Strategies of Rhetoric and Research (251EN)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will write sustainable, coherent, comprehensive papers of various lengths.
  2. Students will identify matters such as diction, style, originality, logic, mechanics, and usage.
  3. Students will apply their own reasoned opinion with reading and research, avoiding fallacies of reasoning.
  4. Students will interact with a variety of library resources.
  5. Students will apply MLA documentation style to all formal writing.
  6. Students will analyze research sources for bias and authority.
  7. Students will create a thesis and apply conclusions based on research.
Content:
  1. Argumentation
  2. Logic and Proof, Evidence and Reason
  3. Selecting and Narrowing Topics for Argumentation
  4. The Research Process
  5. Note-taking
  6. Documentation
  7. Writing an abstract, summaries, and topic prospectus
  8. Structure and Tone
  9. Drafting and Revising
  10. Analyzing, Presenting, and Defending Findings
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Formal and informal writing exercises, including essays and research papers.
  2. Oral presentations
  3. Objective tests and quizzes
  4. Vocabulary quizzes
  5. Student's Book of College English: Rhetoric, Readings, Handbook
  6. Writers Inc.
  7. Elements of Argument
  8. Novel
  9. Various online resources

English IV (246)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will read and analyze a variety of literary genres.
  2. Students will write in standard form, including grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
  3. Students will write for a variety of audiences and purposes, formally and informally.
  4. Students will analyze and critique writing.
  5. Students will research and integrate information into their writing, utilizing correct documentation forms.
  6. Students will discuss authors, their works, and related issues.
  7. Students will show an appreciation for the authors, their works, and related ideas in accordance with the Gospel values.
Content:
  1. Evolution of the English language
  2. Old English poetry and epic poetry
  3. Middle English including Arthurian legends and Chaucer
  4. Research studies, practice, projects, and documentation techniques
  5. Shakespearean plays and sonnets
  6. The Enlightenment and Neoclassicism with Swift
  7. Romantic and Gothic Literature
  8. Dickens and the Victorian Age
  9. Modern novels and short stories
  10. The practice of the writing process including rough drafts, rewriting, proofreading and final copies
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Prentice Hall Literature - The British Tradition.
  2. The Writers Inc.
  3. Various online resources
  4. Various novels, plays, and other sources of literature not found in the Prentice Hall textbook
  5. Exams, quizzes, tests
  6. Written and oral projects
  7. Essays (both formal and informal)
  8. Notes
  9. Oral discussions
  10. Research papers

Honors Intro to Literary Studies (252EN)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will read and discuss a variety of literary genres by British and American authors.
  2. Students will analyze medieval poetry, Arthurian Romance, the American essay, and several 19th, 20th Century American and British novels.
  3. Students will research and use information in their writing, using MLA documentation.
  4. Students will read a novel independently and participate in a multi-media presentation with other students, as well as write a literary analysis of this novel.
Content:
  1. Medieval background as shown by Chaucer
  2. Medieval satire/poetry
  3. Arthurian Romance
  4. Novels of the Romantic Era
  5. Victorian novels
  6. Essay genre, Thoreau
  7. 20th Century novels
  8. Review of MLA documentation
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Novels, videos, and Writers Inc.
  2. Essays
  3. Research paper and project
  4. Oral presentation

Honors Intro to Drama (A Literary Study of Drama) (253EN)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will write critical analyses based on the study of drama.
  2. Students will analyze these works through class discussion, formal essays, and informal reflections.
  3. Students will research and use information in a fully-documented paper on plays studied.
  4. Students will participate in a dramatization of a section of a play studied.
  5. Students will create an annotated bibliography.
Content:
  1. Historical background on drama; literary terms
  2. Shakespearean drama - tragedy and comedy
  3. Reviews of literary criticism
  4. Medieval morality plays
  5. French drama - Rostand
  6. Russian drama - Chekhov
  7. Annotated bibliography
  8. Modern British drama - Shaw, Wilde
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Plays and videos
  2. Writers Inc.
  3. Reflections, in-class essays
  4. Research project
  5. Annotated bibliography
  6. Participation in class discussion and dramatic presentation

Reading Strategies (233)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will participate in a complete review of language skills, through exercises that cover sentence structure, grammar and usage, punctuation, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and rhetoric in an effort to improve test-taking performance.
  2. Students will use computer software to improve reading speed and fluency.
  3. Students will apply vocabulary building and comprehension skills through a variety of games and exercises.
  4. Students will select the speed and presentation of words in timed reading exercises.
  5. Students will choose reading rate, fluency, and comprehension goals and analyze their progress.
  6. Students will read selections in Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science to practice higher order critical thinking skills.
  7. Students will participate in test-preparation and test-taking strategies.
  8. Students will participate in ACT Reading Tests, under simulated test conditions, analyze their results, and identify steps needed to improve their performance.
Content:
  1. Critical language skills
  2. Vocabulary words from context, central ideas, and derivatives
  3. Computer-based vocabulary and comprehension
  4. Reading speed and fluency practice
  5. Timed reading comprehension
  6. Higher order critical thinking and learning activities
  7. Test-preparation and test-taking strategies
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Learning 100 Quantum Reading Computer Software Series, textbooks, and videos
  2. Tests, quizzes, and progress toward reaching reading rate, fluency, and comprehension goals

Creative Writing (235)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will create non-fiction articles/memoirs, fiction, plays, and poems, present and discuss them in class, and will submit selected items for publication and contest work.
  2. Students will read, analyze, and discuss/interpret various genres of literature in class activities.
Content:
  1. The Power of Observation
  2. Form and Size
  3. Simile and Metaphor
  4. Emphasizing Ideas
  5. Point of View
  6. Exploring Oneself
  7. Interpreting Song
  8. Writing Dialogue
  9. Describing Conflict
  10. Daily Journal Entries
  11. Developing the Imagination
  12. Comparing and Contrasting
  13. Letter to a Grandchild 
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Look, Think, and Write, NTC, 1986
  2. Writer's Market
  3. Writer Magazine
  4. Writing exercises
  5. Oral presentations of original work
  6. Classroom discussion
  7. Portfolio
  8. Students read/report on two books (mutual choice)

Detective Literature (241)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will read detective stories and analyze and discuss the detective story as a major literary form in world literature.
  2. Students will analyze and discuss current criminal investigation procedures.
  3. Students will participate in critical thinking games, which will sharpen their group-thinking (cooperative) skills.
Content:
  1. Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue / The Purloined Letter / The Gold Bug)
  2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (A Study in Scarlet / The Final Problem / The Adventure of the Empty House )
  3. Ellery Queen (The Adventure of the Tell-Tale Bottle / My Queer Dean / The Adventure of the President's Half-Disme)
  4. G. K. Chesterton (The Invisible Man)
  5. Agatha Christie (Hunter's Lodge / Village Murders)
  6. Dorothy L. Sayers (The Adventurous Exploit in the Cave of Ali Baba)
  7. William Brittain (Mr. Strang Performs an Experiment)
  8. Mary Roberts Rinehart (Locked Doors)
  9. Stuart Palmer (You Bet Your Life)
  10. Nero Wolfe (The World Series Murder)
  11. John Ball (In the Heat of the Night)
  12. James Yaffe (Mom and the Haunted Mink)
  13. Bret Harte (Stolen Cigar Case)
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. The Detective Story, Saul Schwartz, National Book Company, 1994
  2. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  3. Research projects and presentations
  4. Contest/Game work
  5. Positive discussion and active participation
  6. Videos (as available)
  7. Guest presentations by law enforcement personnel (as available)

Journalism News Writing (232)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will learn basic news writing skills to prepare them for entry into Journalism I or Video Production classes.
  2. Depending on progress, some students will have the opportunity to have their work published in The Knightly News.
  3. Students will learn the importance of accuracy and revision.
Content:
  1. Story angle
  2. News value 
  3. Story elements interviews
  4. Quote attributions and sources
  5. Journalistic ethics/libel
  6. Grammar/verb usage
  7. Associated Press style 
  8. Leads - hard and soft news
  9. Transitions 
  10. Headlines
  11. Story structure
  12. Concise writing
  13. Journalism history
  14. Newspaper analysis and reading (Newspapers in Education)
  15. Broadcast news writing for radio and TV
  16. Accuracy
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method, Third Edition, Wadsworth Publishing Co., 2000
  2. News Writing video series
  3. Handouts from various journalism Internet sites
  4. Style quizzes
  5. Worksheets/text exercises
  6. Stories

Newspaper Journalism I (239)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will write for the student newspaper, The Knightly News.
  2. Students will develop story ideas, select stories and photos using news values.
  3. Students will interview and research sources.
  4. Students will use InDesign software to do newspaper layout and design.
  5. Students will use PhotoShop software to process photos and make special effects.
  6. Students will sell advertising and the published newspaper.
  7. Students will recognize where their writing needs imporvement and respond by making revisions before handing their final papers in for grading.
  8. Students will interact with one another and work as a team.
Content:
  1. News writing
  2. Feature writing
  3. Editiorials/commentary/reviews
  4. Revision
  5. Headline writing
  6. Layout and design (InDesign, PhotoShop)
  7. Advertising and newspaper sales
  8. Ethics
  9. First Amendment Rights
  10. History of Journalism
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Scholastic Journalism: Eighth Edition, Iowa State University Press, 1990
  2. Various online resources
  3. The Associated Press Stylebook
  4. Worksheets
  5. Quizzes
  6. News stories
  7. Test
  8. Deadlines

Newspaper Journalism II (256)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will write for the student newspaper, The Knightly News, published monthly.
  2. Students will develop story ideas, select stories and photos using news values.
  3. Students will interview and research stories.
  4. Students will use InDesign software to do newspaper layout and design.
  5. Students will use PhotoShop software to process photos and make special effects.
  6. Students will sell advertising and the published newspaper.
  7. Students will recognize where their writing needs improvement and respond by making revisions before handing their final papers in for grading.
  8. Students will interact with one another and work as a team.
Content:
  1. News writing
  2. Feature writing
  3. Editiorials/commentary/reviews
  4. Revision
  5. Headline writing
  6. Layout and design (InDesign and PhotoShop)
  7. Advertising and newspaper sales
  8. Ethics
  9. First Amendment Rights
  10. History of Journalism
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Scholastic Journalism: Eighth Edition, Iowa State University Press, 1990
  2. Various online resources
  3. The Associated Press Stylebook
  4. Worksheets
  5. Quizzes
  6. News stories
  7. Tests
  8. Deadlines

Yearbook Journalism (254)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify yearbook purpose and design to develop layouts.
  2. Students will write using journalistic style by copy writing for spreads, including alternative forms of copy, captions, and headlines.
  3. Students will choose a theme and create layouts that demonstrate that theme.
  4. Students will operate desktop publishing software to design complete page spreads.
  5. Students will use digital camera equipment to complete spreads on the computer.
  6. Students will identify deadlines and apply them.
  7. Students will participate in small groups to select projects and solve problems as needed.
Content:
  1. Concept, Ladder, & Terminology
  2. Coverage, Dividing the Book
  3. Theme & Spin-offs
  4. Establishing Section Unity and Templates
  5. Introduction to yearbook computer program
  6. Advanced Topics in yearbook computer program
  7. Copy writing
  8. Alternative forms of copy
  9. Captions and Headlines
  10. Coordinating section elements
  11. Planning photo and layout deadlines
  12. Indexing
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Tests and quizzes.
  2. Timely completion of design elements and spreads
  3. Yearbook Avenue program
  4. Jostens Guidebook

Band Prep (600)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate good breathing habits playing an instrument.
  2. Students will identify and play the notation in the clef sign.
  3. Students will play with good tone quality and tonguing.
  4. Students will express knowledge and understanding of basic musicianship of common-practice music.
  5. Students will perform in at least one concert.
Content:
  1. Students will perform music from different cultures consisting of a varied repertoire.
  2. Students will be able to play simple melodies by ear and perform music with expression and technical accuracy.
  3. Students will read whole, half, quarter and dotted notes and rests in simple meters, use standard notation to record their musical ideas and identify symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation and expression.
  4. Students will receive a large amount of playing time on their instruments.
  5. Students will pat their foot to help understand rhythms.
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Method Book
  2. Playing tests
  3. Writing tests
  4. Worksheets
  5. Concerts

Band (610)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will play correctly notes and rhythms the full range of their instrument.
  2. Students will demonstrate good posture and playing positions on their instrument.
  3. Students will demonstrate good marching style.
  4. Students will demonstrate good tone quality on their instrument.
  5. Students will perform in many venues of marching music and concert music including Christmas, Christian, pop, serious, and pep.
Content:
  1. Learning music for marching band, concert band, graduation band, mass band, and any other band, which would broaden the student's outlook in band.
  2. Daily warm-up exercises for tone quality, tonguing, slurring, and technique
  3. Ensemble opportunities for a new outlook in playing their individual instruments
  4. Solo experiences
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Music chosen for the specific event or opportunity
  2. Symphonic Band Technique by Tom Rhodes and Donald Bierschend
  3. Individual playing tests
  4. Group playing tests
  5. Daily in class assessments

Concert Band (610P)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will play correctly notes and rhythms the full range of their instrument.
  2. Students will demonstrate good posture and playing positions on their instrument.
  3. Students will demonstrate good tone quality on their instrument.
  4. Students will perform in many venues of concert music including Christmas, Christian, pop, serious, and pep.
Content:
  1. Learning music for concert band, graduation band, mass band, and any other band, which would broaden the student's outlook in band.
  2. Daily warm-up exercises for tone quality, tonguing, slurring, and technique
  3. Ensemble opportunities for a new outlook in playing their individual instruments
  4. Solo experiences
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Music chosen for the specific event or opportunity
  2. Symphonic Band Technique by Tom Rhodes and Donald Bierschend
  3. Individual playing tests
  4. Group playing tests
  5. Daily in class assessments

Jazz Band (611)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will play correctly notes and rhythms the full range of their instrument.
  2. Students will demonstrate good posture and playing positions on their instrument.
  3. Students will demonstrate good jazz styles.
  4. Students will demonstrate good tone quality on their instrument.
  5. Students will perform in many venues of jazz music.
Content:
  1. Learning music in the genre of jazz, which would broaden the student's outlook
  2. Daily warm-up exercises for tone quality, tonguing, slurring, and technique in jazz styling
  3. Opportunities to play in many styles of jazz and rock
  4. Solo improvisational experiences
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Music chosen for the specific event or opportunity
  2. Five Minutes in Jazz Warm-ups
  3. Chop-Monster 1 with CD - Jazz Language Tutor by Shelly Berg
  4. Daily in class assessments

Introduction to Music (612)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will respond emotionally and intelligently to a wide range of music representative of many styles and culture.
  2. Students will describe the social uses of music and value music accordingly.
  3. Students will recognize music as an important marker of its time and culture.
  4. Students will develop knowledge and understanding of, and respect for, superlative human musical achievements.
  5. Students will acquire an overview of their own musical heritage and why music is an essential ingredient of all human cultures, including the Catholic faith.
Content:
  1. Students will deal with rhythm and melody in a spiral curriculum.
  2. Students will receive a large amount of music history and theory in a non-threatening way.
  3. Students will listen daily to different cultural music.
  4. Students will perform, compose, analyze and critique music as ways to learn about the role and value of music in human life.
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives - Glencoe Publishing
  2. CD box set
  3. Individual playing and written tests
  4. Group playing tests
  5. Daily in class assessments

Music Theory (614)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will develop notation practices in music.
  2. Students will uperform aural reading of music.
  3. Students will identify music and begin "to hear" music as they read it.
  4. Students will apply knowledge and understanding of basic musicianship in written, aural, and oral aspects of common-practice music.
Content:
  1. Rhythm and melody in a spiral curriculum
  2. Written and listening work to develop their ear
  3. Daily rhythms and pitches to begin to notate by listening
  4. Piano
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Basic Musicianship - Dr. Charles W. Smith - not published
  2. Listening activities
  3. Writing activities
  4. Individual and group projects
  5. Written tests
  6. Worksheets

Mixed Chorus (616)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify all the names of the notes and know them by sight.
  2. Students will identify values of the notes and recognize them.
  3. Students will perform rhythms using the notes and rests.
  4. Students will sight read given the starting pitch.
  5. Students will identify intervals and how they are used in sight reading.
Content:
  1. Singing on a daily basis to familiarize the student with notes and rests
  2. Singing for life. Continuing on after high school either in college or in the community
  3. Preparing the student for excelling to the next level which would be Chamber Choir
  4. Knowledge of all aspects of music
  5. Music in our lives and how it effects our daily function
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Singing on a regular basis
  2. Quizzes and tests to check the level of skill learned (written and oral)
  3. Concerts

Chamber Choir (617)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will prepare for concerts, competition, and college.
  2. Students will participate in all types of music.
  3. Students will collect more knowledge in the field of sight-reading.
  4. Students will improve their skills as an accomplished singer.
  5. Students will sing songs in a foreign language.
Content:
  1. Your voice and how to use it properly
  2. Correct enunciation of vowels and consonants
  3. Learning good diction
  4. Controlling one's breath and how it affects ones tone quality
  5. Developing good ear training and listening skills
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Attending clinics
  2. Daily warm-ups and exercises to strengthen voice
  3. Going over proper posture and breathing technique
  4. Singing exams along with ear training exams
  5. Reading varied types of music from classical to rock

Band Color Guard (702)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of different guard equipment.
  2. Students will demonstrate good posture and routine positions on their equipment.
  3. Students will demonstrate good marching style.
  4. Students will demonstrate good quality on their flag or rifle.
  5. Students will perform in many venues of marching music and concert music.
Content:
  1. Learning routines to music for marching band that would broaden the student's outlook in guard and music
  2. Daily warm-up exercises for stretching, marching, dancing and equipment technique
  3. Ensemble opportunities for a new outlook in participating on their individual piece of equipment
  4. Solo experiences
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Music chosen for the specific event or opportunity
  2. Individual performance tests
  3. Group performance tests
  4. Daily in class assessments

Introduction to Art (620)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will interpret the meaning of the "language of art."
  2. Students will apply the sequential procedures of art criticism.
  3. Students will express appreciation for their artistic heritage.
  4. Students will identify line in a natural and manufactured environment.
  5. Students will apply perceptive drawing skills, translate value to line, and edistinguish contour lines.
  6. Students will identify shape, form, and space as closely related elements.
  7. Students will classify color as an element of art.
Content:
  1. Language of art
  2. Art criticism and aesthetic judgment
  3. Art history
  4. Line
  5. Drawing skills, shading, and perspective
  6. Shape, form, and space
  7. Properties of color
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. ArtTalk, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2000
  2. Exam, Tests, and Quizzes
  3. Projects

Drawing I (621)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate operational skills in pencil techniques.
  2. Students will practice and use drawing basics.
  3. Students will complete still-life drawings in different medium.
  4. Students will interpret and create still-life drawings using different mediums.
Content:
  1. Hard and soft pencils
  2. Vigor and Pressure
  3. Using an Eraser and Tortillon
  4. Perspective drawings
  5. Value drawings
  6. Textures in drawing
  7. Strong and weak shading
  8. Contrast and position
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Sketchbook
  2. Drawing tools
  3. Projects
  4. Videos
  5. Demonstrations

Drawing II (622)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate operational skills in drawing.
  2. Students will use their own compositions using creative thinking.
  3. Students will apply techniques and terms used in connection with their work.
  4. Students will use correct perspective, shading, and proportioning skills on all projects.
Content:
  1. Still-life construction
  2. Drawing practices
  3. Portrait drawing
  4. Perspective drawing
  5. Color pencil drawing
  6. Pen-ink drawing
  7. Pastel drawing
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Sketchbook
  2. Drawing tools
  3. Projects
  4. Videos
  5. Demonstrations

Pottery I (623)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate operational motor skills.
  2. Students will participate in a variety of pottery techniques in handbuilding.
  3. Students will show appreciation for the world of pottery both past and present.
  4. Students will apply techniques and terms used in connection with their work.
  5. Students will apply basic techniques for glazing and firing pottery.
  6. Students will create art that is both functional and nonfunctional.
Content:
  1. Pinch pot
  2. Coil pot
  3. Slab piece including lid
  4. Combination piece with handle
  5. Sculpture
  6. Teapot
  7. Choice project
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Pottery tool kit
  2. Project
  3. Demonstrations
  4. Videos

Pottery II (624)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate operational motor skills.
  2. Students will imitate the technique of hand-building pottery.
  3. Students will extend his/her work on the wheel-throwing techniques.
  4. Students will create original and experimental work.
  5. Students will imitate specific techniques for glazing and firing pottery.
Content:
  1. Wheel thrown pieces
  2. Sculpture piece
  3. Slab project with lid
  4. Coil piece
  5. Pinch project
  6. Wall hanging.
  7. Choice project
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Pottery tool kit
  2. Project
  3. Demonstrations
  4. Videos

Wood Carving I (625)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate the basic skills in various forms of woodcarving.
  2. Students will use safety procedures while using carving knives.
  3. Students will research the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of wood.
  4. Students will use the various carving tools and their uses.
  5. Students will use different finishing properties on their projects.
  6. Students will use printing ink and paper on their woodcuts.
Content:
  1. Safety procedures and first aid supplies
  2. Wood
  3. Carving tools
  4. Finishing techniques and supplies
  5. Relief carving
  6. Chip carving
  7. Woodcut
  8. Printing woodcut
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Resource books
  2. Demonstrations and projects
  3. Carving tools
  4. Finishing supplies

Woodcarving II (626)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate the basic skills in various forms of woodcarving.
  2. Students will use safety procedures while using carving knives.
  3. Students will research the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of wood.
  4. Students will use the various carving tools and their uses.
  5. Students will use different finishing properties on their projects.
  6. Students will design and finish three or more woodcarvings.
Content:
  1. Safety procedures and first aid supplies
  2. Wood
  3. Carving tools
  4. Finishing techniques and supplies
  5. Relief carving
  6. Chip carving
  7. Woodcut
  8. Printing woodcut
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Resource books
  2. Demonstrations and projects
  3. Carving tools
  4. Finishing supplies

Painting I (627)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate operational skills in painting.
  2. Students will apply painting techniques.
  3. Students will imitate painting styles and techniques.
  4. Students will design their own compositions.
  5. Students will paint with originality.
  6. Students will use color theory.
Content:
  1. Drawing
  2. Conception
  3. Composition
  4. Color
  5. Acrylics
  6. Techniques, thin washes, and thick impasto
  7. Surface alternatives
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Videos
  2. Demonstrations
  3. Projects
  4. Resources books
  5. Painting supplies

Painting II (628)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate operational skills in painting.
  2. Students will research and imitate more painting techniques
  3. Students will use more original ideas in their work.
  4. Students will imitate styles and techniques already studied.
  5. Students will design their own compositions.
Content:
  1. Drawing.
  2. Conception.
  3. Composition.
  4. Color.
  5. Acrylics.
  6. Techniques.
  7. Surface alternatives.
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Videos
  2. Demonstrations
  3. Projects
  4. Resources books
  5. Painting supplies

Photography (645)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will learn to use a 35mm SLR camera using the manual mode.
  2. Students will process 35mm black/white film.
  3. Students will produce professional black/white prints.
  4. Students will learn to make aesthetic judgments based on the elements of design and principles of art.
  5. Students will develop the ability to communicate their feelings through the medium of photography.
Content:
  1. Function and mechanics of the 35mm camera
  2. Black/white film and print chemistry
  3. Elements of design and principles of art
  4. Intent of the artist
  5. Presentation of the photo
  6. Special techniques
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Lecture
  2. Lab (darkroom)
  3. Critiques
  4. Reports
  5. Exhibition of work
  6. Portfolio review

Speech (641)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will perform a variety of increasingly challenging public speaking activities.
  2. Students will identify and build upon existing strategies for development of speech topics and/or performance situations.
  3. Students will utilize the body as an aid in the delivery of various types of communication/performance activities.
  4. Students will utilize poise and control while presenting in front of their audiences.
  5. Students will utilize vocal qualities as an aid in the delivery of various types of performances.
  6. Students will formulate and follow a written outline in an oral delivery.
  7. Students will generate, write, and present various types of communication activities.
Content:
  1. Introduction to communication
  2. Nonverbal messages
  3. Vocal messages
  4. Verbal messages
  5. Group discussion
  6. Introduction speech
  7. Narrative speech
  8. Duet pantomime
  9. Projection speech
  10. Demonstration speech
  11. Informative speech
  12. Persuasive speech
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Speeches, performances, projects, and presentations
  2. Tests and quizzes
  3. Homework and written work
  4. Personal evaluations
  5. Rehearsal work and evaluations
  6. Class participation

Honors Speech Communications (651FA)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will review the basic strategies of speech organization and delivery.
  2. Students will design, outline, and deliver persuasive, informative, entertainment, special occasion, and impromptu speeches.
  3. Students will participate in various speaking atmospheres including classroom, auditorium, and mass media formats.
  4. Students will deliver various styles of speeches, including memorized, extemporaneous, written, and impromptu.
  5. Students will identify and utilize effective strategies in small group communication.
Content:
  1. Informative speech
  2. Persuasive speech
  3. Entertainment speech
  4. Special occasion speech
  5. Impromptu speech
  6. Radio speaking
  7. Television speaking
  8. Storytelling
  9. Small group communication
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. How To Design and Deliver Speeches, Leon Fletcher, Harper and Row
  2. Speech performances
  3. Written work
  4. Rehearsal work
  5. Tests and quizzes

 

 

Competitive Speaking (646)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify all types of forensics and speech events.
  2. Students will identify speech tournament organization and rules.
  3. Students will identify and rehearse speech event preparation.
  4. Students will utilize various verbal expressions during presentations.
  5. Students will utilize various nonverbal expressions during presentations.
  6. Students will locate, prepare, rehearse, and perform each event in class.
  7. Students will locate, prepare, rehearse, and perform at least two events for co-curricular speaking events.
Content:
  1. Fundamentals of speech tournaments
  2. Oratory events
  3. Interpretation events
  4. Debate events
  5. Other speech competitions
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Written work
  2. Rehearsal work
  3. Performances
  4. Personal evaluations
  5. Class participation

Acting I (643)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will develop specific character analyses.
  2. Students will practice and various vocal techniques for performances.
  3. Students will create believable situations and characters.
  4. Students will perform in various theatre game activities.
  5. Students will utilize correct stage movement.
  6. Students will identify and perform the necessary preparations and skills required to secure an acting job.
  7. Students will block, rehearse, memorize and perform various performances.
  8. Students will identify believable and non-believable acting in their own performance and in the performances of others.
Content:
  1. Auditioning
  2. Developing the mind for acting
  3. Basic Stage movement
  4. Developing the voice
  5. Characterization
  6. Scene work
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Audition monologue performances
  2. Improvisation
  3. Scene work
  4. Tests and quizzes
  5. Character analyses
  6. Personal evaluations
  7. Critical analyses

Honors Acting II (649FA)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will use centers, energies, Laban shapes, and Meisner acting techniques to help develop characters.
  2. Students will practice stage combat techniques.
  3. Students will continue work on losing inhibitions while performing on stage.
  4. Students will utilize proper vocal techniques for character development and projection.
  5. Students will act and react sincerely and genuinely on stage.
  6. Students will develop a monologue suitable for college or professional audition.
  7. Students will develop and perform a duet scene.
  8. Students will produce and perform a one-act play for public performance.
Content:
  1. Laban shapes
  2. Advance improvisational acting games
  3. Stage combat techniques
  4. Meisner's True Acting approach
  5. Vocal warm-ups and exercises
  6. Monologue preparation and performance
  7. Duet scene preparation and performance
  8. One-act play preparation and performance
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Dramatics magazine, "True Acting" series, September 1998 through May 1999
  2. Performances of monologues, duet scenes, and one-act play
  3. Character analyses
  4. Personal evaluations

Theatre Appreciation (642)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will display concentration, sensory perception, and poise on stage.
  2. Students will identify and define basic acting and stage terminology.
  3. Students will utilize basic stage movement skills.
  4. Students will develop individual and group scenes.
  5. Students will identify and define basic stagecraft terminology.
  6. Students will utilize the basics of set, lighting, sound, and front of house design.
  7. Students will direct, design, rehearse, and perform actual scenes.
  8. Students will research, write about, discuss eras in the history of theatre.
Content:
  1. History of theatre
  2. Stage terminology
  3. Acting and basic stage movement
  4. Light design basics
  5. Set design basics
  6. Sound design basics
  7. Scene performance
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Various videos discussing acting and stagecraft
  2. Designs and projects
  3. Individual and group scene work
  4. Tests and quizzes
  5. Exam project

Technical Theatre (648)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will design and implement straight character, old age, animal, and special effects makeup.
  2. Students will design, implement and run a basic light design.
  3. Students will design, implement, and run a sound design which includes wireless and handheld microphones, sound effects, and music.
  4. Students will design, build, and paint set pieces.
  5. Students will design and implement front of house affairs.
  6. Students will participate in the technical aspects of a live production.
  7. Students will assemble and maintain a portfolio of their technical accomplishments.
Content:
  1. Makeup design and implementation
  2. Lighting design and implementation
  3. Sound design and implementation
  4. Set design and construction
  5. Front of house affairs
  6. Portfolio assembly
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Quizzes and tests
  2. Designs
  3. Projects
  4. Oral presentations
  5. Daily attendance and work
  6. Homework
  7. Portfolio

Film Appreciation (644)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will view, analyze, interpret, and discuss films according to specific areas of study.
Content:
  1. Cinematography
  2. Mise en Scene
  3. Movement
  4. Editing
  5. Sound
  6. Acting
  7. Drama
  8. Story
  9. Literature
  10. Ideology
  11. Theory
  12. Synthesis: putting it all together
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Understanding Movies, Gianetti, Prentice Hall, 1996
  2. Unit tests, quizzes, comprehensive final exam over text material
  3. Presentations
  4. Films and clips

Video Production and Communication I (647)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify and operate the functions of the different types of video cameras in the studio.
  2. Students will identify and utilize all sound equipment for studio and ENG work.
  3. Students will demonstrate editing skills using the Avio system.
  4. Students will participate in the production of a daily news and announcement show directed to the school community.
  5. Students will interact with studio crews as a floor manager.
  6. Students will operate and identify studio and ENG lighting equipment.
  7. Students will write news copy.
  8. Students will compose effective camera shots for studio and ENG reports.
  9. Students will show respect for and act on the basis of professional standards with care, cleaning and storage of all video, audio and lighting equipment.
  10. Students will demonstrate interviewing techniques.
  11. Students will create a variety of video projects.
  12. Students will demonstrate an overall knowledge of the coursework covered and integrate this knowledge into a final project.
Content:
  1. Shot composition
  2. Lighting for video
  3. Audio requirements
  4. Interviewing techniques
  5. Camera operation
  6. Studio set-up and operation
  7. Scripting
  8. Video editing
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Video Communication & Production, Goodheart-Wilcox Pub., 2002
  2. Written tests and quizzes
  3. "Hands On" Tests
  4. Participation in Knightly News Live, Knightline, Turkey Tournament Coverage

Video Production and Communication II (650)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will participate in improving and refining the skills acquired in Video Production.
  2. Students will demonstrate basic television production management concepts.
  3. Students will perform in various management positions in the production of The Knightly News Live. These positions will include Director, Studio Manager, Technical Director, Producer and Floor Manager.
  4. Students will operate computerized digital video editing equipment.
  5. Students will interact effectively in both large and small group settings to meet deadlines.
  6. Students demonstrat skills needed to produce a professional quality show airing on cable television. (Knightline)
Content:
  1. Advanced scriptwriting and storyboarding
  2. Long form feature ENG reporting
  3. Pre-production planning
  4. Digital editing
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Video Communication & Production, Goodheart-Wilcox Pub., 2002
  2. Written tests and quizzes
  3. Practical "hands on" exams
  4. In studio job evaluation
  5. Portfolio completion and review

German I (311)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will use German to communicate: speaking, reading, writing, and listening.
  2. Students will investigate the German culture in their local communities.
  3. Students will use German to solve critical thinking puzzles and grammar tasks.
  4. Students will create personal projects.
  5. Students will identify and investigate Germany's European neighbors, their major cities.
  6. Students will participate in basic German prayers and songs. , and Washington's Sister City.
Content:
  1. Vocabulary building
  2. Grammar: verb conjugations, sentence building, sentence structure
  3. Oral communication
  4. Listening skills
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Deutsch Aktuell I, Wolfgang S. Kraft, EMC Paradigm, 2004
  2. Exams, tests and quizzes
  3. Projects, homework, internet activities, and field trips
  4. Oral presentations and drills, videos, interactive CD's, class participation, listening exercises
  5. World wide web resources

German II (312)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will use German to communicate through speaking, reading, writing, and listening.
  2. Students will use German to solve critical thinking puzzles and grammar exercises.
  3. Students will create text demonstrating units' grammar and vocabulary.
  4. Students will participate in basic German prayers and songs.
  5. Students will research the German speaking countries of Austria and Switzerland to determine their contributions to society, their cultural differences, and points of interest.
Content:
  1. German as a second language
  2. Focus on grammar: parts of speech, sentence parts, sentence word order, perfect and past tenses.
  3. Build vocabulary
  4. Listening skills enhanced
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Deutsch Aktuell I, Wolfgang S. Kraft, EMC Paradigm, 2004
  2. Exams, tests and quizzes
  3. Projects, research, homework, internet activities, and field trips
  4. Oral presentations and drills, videos, interactive CD's, class participation, listening exercises
  5. World Wide Web resources

Honors German III (313FL)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will use German to communicate through listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
  2. Students will apply analytical thinking skills daily in grammar exercises.
  3. Students will read and discuss a simple literary work.
  4. Students will recite German prayers.
Content:
  1. German homes; daily activities using the past tense
  2. Eating establishments; foods, menus, ordering, likes and dislikes
  3. Shopping; requests and paying using demonstrative pronouns
  4. Daily routines; sequencing, opposites with adjectives after "der" words
  5. Reading and discussing target language literature 
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Deutsch Aktuell 2, Wolfgang S. Kraft, EMC/Paradigm, 2004
  2. Projects, homework, internet activities, and field trips
  3. Oral presentations and drills, videos, movies and songs
  4. Exams, unit tests, quizzes, and teacher assessment of oral participation
  5. Variety of literature in target language

Honors German IV (314FL)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will hear German spoken in class and will speak, read, and write inGerman to communicate.
  2. Students will participate in discussions of current events, of cultural differences, and of selected historical events relating to Germany.
  3. Students will read and discuss an historical German biography.
  4. Students will write personal letters or e-mail messages in German.
  5. Students will apply coordinate and subordinate clauses to well-constructed complex sentences in German.
  6. Students will demonstrate proficiency by completing a video project in the target language.
Content:
  1. Holidays and festivals, using adjective endings.
  2. Postal services and letter writing with mixed prepositions.
  3. Occupations, medical topics, and health issues, using past perfect tenses.
  4. Traffic situations, vehicle license, and auto parts with the use of conjunctions.
  5. Environmental concerns and famous castles, using the passive voice.
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Deutsch Aktuell 2, Wolfgang S. Kraft, EMC/Paradigm Publishing, St. Paul, MN, 2004  
  2. Projects, homework, internet activities, and field trips
  3. Oral presentations and drills, videos, DVD's, CD's
  4. Exams, tests, quizzes, and teacher assessment of oral participation
  5. Variety of literature in target language

Spanish I (331)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will use Spanish to communicate through speaking, reading, writing, and listening.
  2. Students will participate verbally in class and learn how their mistakes are opportunities for learning.
  3. Students will research, individually, the various cultures that represent the Spanish speaking world.
  4. Students will express an appreciation for the diversity of cultures that represent the Spanish-speaking people, both locally and globally.
  5. Students will use today's technology to communicate within and explore the Spanish speaking world.
Content:
  1. Exams, tests and quizzes
  2. Workbooks and worksheets
  3. Projects and oral presentations
  4. Oral and listening tasks
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Navegando 1 textbook EMC/Paradigm
  2. Projects, etc.
  3. World Wide Web

Spanish II (332)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will use Spanish to formulate written and spoken sentences.
  2. Students will demonstrate awareness of Spanish-speaking cultures, comparing and contrasting with the culture of the U.S.
  3. Students will use Spanish in real-life situations.
  4. Students will identify the parts of speech in Spanish sentences.
  5. Students will improve their pronunciation of Spanish.
  6. Students will increase their knowledge and usage of Spanish vocabulary.
  7. Students will listen to Spanish questions and respond appropriately.
Content:
  1. Spanish as a second language
  2. Focus on grammar, especially understanding sentence structure
  3. Building Spanish vocabulary
  4. Projects and oral presentations
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Somos Asi 2 text, EMC Publishing, 1997 (Lecciones preliminares; Lecciones 1-4)
  2. Workbooks and Worksheets
  3. Videos and CDs that accompany text series
  4. Written and oral exams, tests and quizzes
  5. Projects
  6. World wide web

Honors Spanish III (333FL)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will use Spanish to describe events and activities in the present, past and future.
  2. Students will show an interest in and appreciation for Spanish-speaking cultures.
  3. Students will use Spanish in real-life and imaginary situations.
  4. Students will determine when and where to use the indicative, interrogative, imperative and subjunctive moods.
  5. Students will continue to improve their pronunciation of Spanish.
  6. Students will expand their knowledge and usage of Spanish vocabulary.
Content:
  1. Spanish as a second language
  2. Focus on grammar, vocabulary and verb tenses
  3. Increasing Spanish vocabulary and improve their writing and speaking skills
  4. Communicate in Spanish, expressing their own ideas and experiences
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Navegando, EMC Publishing, 2005 (Capitalos 4-7)
  2. Workbook and Vocabulary & Grammar Activities 
  3. Videos and CDs that accompany text series
  4. Oral participation
  5. Written and oral exams, tests and quizzes
  6. Research
  7. Oral and listening activities

Honors Spanish IV (334FL)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will read, interpret and discuss various literary works in Spanish.
  2. Students will answer written and oral questions concerning the works that they read.
  3. Students will express their ideas and opinions about the works that they read.
  4. Students will show an interest in and appreciation for other customs and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
  5. Students will demonstrate knowledge of grammar and vocabulary through compositions and oral presentations.
  6. Students will use Spanish extensively to communicate: speaking, reading, writing and listening.
Content:
  1. Spanish as a second language
  2. Focus on speaking, reading and writing Spanish
  3. Expanding Spanish vocabulary and knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world
  4. Improving one's understanding of syntax and word origins
  5. Spanish in the real world
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Navgendo 2, EMC Publishing, 2005 (Capitulos 8-10)
  2. Short stories by Latin American and Spanish authors
  3. Videos on Latin American and Spanish history and culture
  4. Written homework assignments and workbook activities
  5. Research projects and oral presentations
  6. Written and oral exams, tests and quizzes

Introduction to Algebra I - Part 1 (401)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will write algebraic expressions for numerical functions.
  2. Students will apply arithmetic concepts of fractions to algebraic fractions.
  3. Students will solve algebraic equations by applying reverse "order of operations" concepts.
  4. Students will apply equation-solving principles to solving proportions.
  5. Students will accurately compute addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of real numbers.
  6. Students will apply their knowledge of equations and vocabulary to the solution of algebraic word problems.
  7. Students will solve and graph inequalities.
  8. Students will demonstrate their ability to graph points and linear equations in the coordinate plane.
  9. Students will calculate and simplify simple radical expressions.
Content:
  1. Numerical expressions, algebraic expressions, applications of unit price, patterns and formulas
  2. Properties of 1 and 0, properties of multiplication and addition, distributive property, like terms
  3. Factors, multiples, divisibility, divisibility tests, prime numbers, prime factoring, least common multiple
  4. Lowest terms fractions, algebraic fractions, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions
  5. Solving simple equations, writing equations to solve application problems
  6. Solving equations with more than one operation, distributive property in equation solving
  7. Ratio, proportion, percent, application problems using interest and discount
  8. Introduction to the array of real numbers including integers, rational numbers, square root, absolute value
  9. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of real numbers
  10. Solving equations using real numbers
  11. Solving inequalities and graphing the results
  12. Introduction to coordinate geometry including graphing points and equations, locating intercepts, identifying slope
  13. Simplifying radicals, approximating square roots
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Introductory Algebra 1; Jacobs, Russell F.; Holt, Rinehart and Winston; 1993
  2. Homework, periodic quizzes, chapter tests

Introduction to Algebra I - Part 2 (402)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will review and perform basic algebra skills that were taught in their previous algebra class.
  2. Students will translate words to algebraic problems and solve.
  3. Students will use perimeter, distance and average formulas to solve word problems.
  4. Students will solve systems of equations and inequalities.
  5. Students will simplify and evaluate polynomials.
  6. Students will evaluate and simplify rational expressions involving all math operations.
Content:
  1. Operations on numbers
  2. Equations and problem solving
  3. Solving one variable equations
  4. Solving and graphing inequalities
  5. Powers and operations with exponents
  6. Roots and operations with square roots
  7. Operations with monomials and polynomials
  8. Factoring polynomials
  9. Operations with rational expressions
  10. Graphs of linear functions and relations
  11. Solving systems of equations
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Introductory Algebra II, Russell F. Jacobs, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1993
  2. Homework, quizzes, tests, and exam

Algebra I (410)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will refine their basic math operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
  2. Students will translate words into algebraic problems and solve.
  3. Students will solve linear equations algebraically and graph.
  4. Students will solve systems of equations and inequalties and graph.
  5. Students will use ratio and proportion to solve problems from numeric and algebraic perspectives (percent and slope).
  6. Students will apply number sense in relation to exponents (powers) and roots (square).
  7. Students will extend problem-solving strategies by creating and using equations and graphs.
  8. Students will simplify and evaluate polynomials.
  9. Students will recognize and use different functions of calculators to solve algebraic problems.
Content:
  1. Introduction to algebra symbols and expressions
  2. Operations with integers and rational numbers
  3. Solving one variable equations
  4. Solving and graphing inequalities
  5. Operations with exponents and polynomials
  6. Factoring polynomials
  7. Graphing linear equations
  8. Solving systems of equations
  9. Solving two variable inequalities and absolute value
  10. Operations with rational expressions
  11. Simplifying radical expressions and equations
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Algebra 1, Smith, Charles, Dossey, Bittenger, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2001
  2. Homework, quizzes, tests, and exam

Advanced Algebra I (415)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will simplify expressions involving numbers and variables.
  2. Students will solve equations and inequalities.
  3. Students will identify linear functions and apply their properties.
  4. Students will solve systems of equations and inequalities.
  5. Students will simplify and factor polynomials and rational expressions.
  6. Students will solve polynomials and rational equations.
  7. Students will solve radical expressions.
Content:
  1. Sets, grouping symbols, order of operations, operations with positive and negative numbers
  2. One step to several step transformations, one equation word problems
  3. Domain, range, functions, intercepts, slope, linear graphs, perpendicular and parallel lines
  4. Substitution, linear combination, graphing, two equation word problem, linear programming, three equations with three variables
  5. Common factor, difference of squares, sums and differences of cubes, trinomials, grouping
  6. Rational and irrational square roots, operations on radicals
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Algebra 1, Structure and Method - Book 1, Brown, Dolciani, Sorgenfrey, Cole, McDougal Littlel, 2000
  2. Homework, quizzes, tests, and exam

Introduction to Geometry (421)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will correctly use the symbols, definitions, properties, postulates, and theorems of geometry in proofs and application problems.
  2. Students will apply the geometric concepts of congruence, similarity, parallelism, and equality to application problems.
  3. Students will demonstrate the use of the Pythagorean theorem in application problems.
  4. Students will use ratios to solve problems involving trigonometric functions.
  5. Students will demonstrate their ability to graph points and lines in the coordinate plane.
  6. Students will calculate areas, perimeters, surface areas, and volumes of polygons, prisms, cylinders and circles.
Content:
  1. Points, lines, planes, absolute value, distance, angles, congruent segments, congruent angles, types of triangles, definitions, postulates, theorems, properties of equality
  2. Linear pair angles, complementary angles, supplementary angles
  3. Parallel lines, parallel planes, skew lines, angles formed by two lines cut by a transversal, sum of angles in a triangle, exterior angle of triangle properties, sum of interior and exterior angles of polygons
  4. Congruent triangles; SSS, SAS, ASA postulates; HL, AAS congruence postulates; medians, altitudes, angle and side bisectors of triangles
  5. Parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, squares, trapezoids
  6. Ratios; proportions; similar polygons
  7. Properties of right triangles; Pythagorean theorem; special right triangles; tangent, sine, cosine ratio, applications involving angles of elevation and depression
  8. Definitions and measures of circles, tangents, arcs, central angles, chords, inscribed angles, secants
  9. Area and perimeter of quadrilaterals, polygons, and circles
  10. Surface area and volume of prisms, pyramids, and spheres
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Informal Geometry, Smith, Stanley A.; Nelson, Charles W.; Koss, Roberta K.; Keedy, Mervin L.; Bittinger, Marvin L.; Addison-Wesley Publishing Company; 1992
  2. Daily homework, periodic quizzes, and chapter tests

Geometry (420)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will correctly use the symbols, definitions, properties, postulates, theorems, and corollaries of geometry in proofs and application problems.
  2. Given a geometric diagram, students will distinguish between information that may and may not be assumed from geometric diagrams, thereby displaying their understanding of using only valid assumptions.
  3. Students will write deductive proofs based on valid assumptions and deductive logic using definitions, properties, postulates, theorems and corollaries.
  4. Students will apply the geometric concepts of congruence, similarity, parallelism, and equality to application problems. This includes defining the variable(s), writing an equation, solving the equation, and answering the question.
  5. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the attributes of polygons and solids by correctly calculating areas, perimeters, surface areas, and volumes.
  6. Students will apply their knowledge of ratios to relationships among the parts of a triangle, specifically tangent, sine, and cosine.
Content:
  1. Points, lines, planes, absolute value, distance, angles, congruent segments, congruent angles, types of triangles, conditional statements, definitions, postulates, theorems, properties of equality
  2. Linear pair angles, complementary angles, supplementary angles, perpendicular lines, two column proofs
  3. Parallel lines, parallel planes, skew lines, angles formed by two lines cut by a transversal, sum of angles in a triangle, exterior angle of triangle properties, sum of interior and exterior angles of polygons
  4. Congruent triangles; SSS, SAS, ASA HL postulates; overlapping triangles; medians, altitudes, angle and side bisectors of triangles
  5. Parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, squares, trapezoids, midsegment of triangles, indirect proofs, inequality properties of sides and angles of triangles
  6. Ratios; proportions; similar polygons; AA, SAS, SSS similarity of triangle postulates and theorems; applications involving similar triangles, parallel lines cut by transversal, interior angle bisector
  7. Properties of right triangles; Pythagorean theorem; special right triangles; tangent, sine, cosine ratio, applications involving angles of elevation and depression
  8. Definitions and measures of circles, tangents, arcs, central angles, chords, inscribed angles, secants
  9. Area and perimeter of quadrilaterals, polygons, and circles
  10. Surface area and volume of prisms, pyramids, spheres, cylinders and cones
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Geometry; Larson, Boswell, and Stiff; McDougall Little, Inc., 2001
  2. Homework, quizzes, tests and exam

Advanced Geometry

 

Goals:
  1. Students will correctly use the symbols, definitions, properties, postulates, theorems and corollaries of geometry in proofs and application problems.
  2. Given a geometric diagram, students will distinguish between information that may and may not be assumed from geometric diagrams, thereby displaying their understanding of using only valid assumptions.
  3. Students will write deductive proofs based on valid assumptions and deductive logic using definitions, properties, postulates, theorems and corollaries.
  4. Students will apply the geometric concepts of congruence, similarity, parallelism, and equality to application problems. This includes defining the variable(s), writing an equation, solving the equation, and answering the question.
  5. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the attributes of polygons and solids by correctly calculating areas, perimeters, surface areas, and volumes.
  6. Students will apply their knowledge of ratios to relationships among the parts of a triangle, specifically tangent, sine and cosine.
Content:
  1. Points, lines, planes, absolute value, distance, angles, congruent segments, congruent angles, types of triangles, distance formula, conditional statements, definitions, postulates, theorems, properties of equality
  2. Linear pair angles, complementary angles, supplementary angles, perpendicular lines, two column proofs
  3. Congruent triangles; SSS, SAS, ASA postulates; overlapping triangles; HL, HA congruence postulates; medians, altitudes, angle and side bisectors of triangles
  4. Parallel lines, parallel planes, skew lines, angles formed by two lines cut by a transversal, sum of angles in a triangle, exterior angle of triangle properties, sum of interior and exterior angles of polygons
  5. Parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, squares, trapezoids, midsegment of triangles, indirect proofs, inequality properties of sides and angles of triangles
  6. Ratios; proportions; similar polygons; AA, SAS, SSS similarity of triangle postulates and theorems; applications involving similar triangles, parallel lines cut by transversal, interior angle bisector
  7. Properties of right triangles; Pythagorean Theorem; special right triangles; tangent, sine, cosine ratios; applications involving angles of elevation and depression
  8. Definitions and measures of circles, tangents, arcs, central angles, chords, inscribed angles, secants
  9. Area of perimeter of quadrilaterals, polygons, and circles
  10. Surface area and volumes of prisms, pyramids, and spheres
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Geometry for Enjoyment and Challenge; Rhoad, Richard; Milauskas, George; Whipple, Robert; McDougal Littell & Company, 2000
  2. Daily homework, periodic quizzes, and chapter tests

Introduction to Algebra II (426)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will simplify expressions involving numbers and variables.
  2. Students will solve equations and inequalities.
  3. Students will graph linear functions and write their equations
  4. Students will solve systems of equations and inequalities.
  5. Students will simplify and factor polynomials and rational expressions.
  6. Students will solve polynomials and rational equations.
  7. Students will solve radical expressions.
  8. Students will solve polynomial functions.
  9. Students will identify and graph circles and ellipses.
Content:
  1. Grouping symbols, order of operations, operations with positive and negative numbers, exponents
  2. Simplify variable expressions, evaluate variable expressions, translate verbal expressions to variable expressions
  3. Solve equations, solve absolute value, inequality expressions
  4. Solve application problems with coins, stamps, mixtures, motions, integers, investment, percent mixture
  5. Linear graphs, write equations of lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, graph inequalities in two variables
  6. Substitution, linear combination, graphing with two variables, linear combination with three variables
  7. Multiply and divide monomials, simplify expressions with negative exponents, add and subtract polynomials, multiply polynomials
  8. Factor binomials, trinomials, by grouping, solve by factoring
  9. Simplify rational expressions, multiply, divide, add, subtract rational expressions
  10. Simplify radical expressions, solve with radical expressions
  11. Solve with quadratic formula
  12. Translation of graphs
  13. Circles and ellipses
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Intermediate Algebra with Applications; Aufmann, Barker, Lockwood; Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
  2. Homework, quizzes, tests, and exam

Algebra II (430)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will simplify expressions involving numbers and variables.
  2. Students will solve equations and inequalities.
  3. Students will identify linear functions and apply their properties.
  4. Students will solve systems of equations and inequalities.
  5. Students will simplify and factor polynomials and rational expressions.
  6. Students will solve polynomials and rational equations.
  7. Students will evaluate and solve radical expressions.
  8. Students will identify conic sections and apply their properties.
  9. Students will solve polynomial functions.
  10. Students will evaluate, simplify, and solve exponential functions
Content:
  1. Grouping symbols, order of operations, operations with positive and negative numbers
  2. One step to several step transformations, one equation word problems
  3. Domain, range, functions, intercepts, slope, linear graphs, perpendicular and parallel lines
  4. Substitution, linear combination, graphing, two equation word problem, linear programming, three equations with three variables
  5. Common factor, difference of squares, sums and differences of cubes, trinomials, grouping
  6. Rational and irrational square roots, operations on radicals, imaginary roots
  7. Distance, midpoint, circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas
  8. Synthetic division
  9. Transformations, laws of logarithms
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Algebra 2 and Trigonometry, Smith, Charles, Dossey, Keedy and Bittinger, Addison-Wesley, 1990.
  2. Homework, quizzes, tests, and exam

Algebra III (444)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will write equations of lines and apply them to triangles.
  2. Students will solve systems of equations using a variety of methods.
  3. Students will perform the four basic operations on polynomials, rational expressions, and complex numbers.
  4. Students will solve equations using a variety of methods.
  5. Students will calculate logarithms and apply them.
  6. Students will solve for the missing parts of a triangle.
  7. Students will perform the four basic operations on matrices and apply them.
  8. Students will calculate probabilities and outcomes using permutations and combinations.
  9. Students will calculate and interpret statistics.
Content:
  1. Parallel lines, perpendicular lines, altitudes, medians, and perpendicular bisectors
  2. Graphing, substitution, linear combination, Cramer's Rule, Gauss-Jordan, matrices
  3. Exponents, common denominators
  4. Factor, quadratic formula, synthetic division
  5. Compound interest, exponential growth and decay
  6. Sine, cosine, tangent, Law of Sines, Law of Cosines
  7. Mean, mode, median, stem-leaf plots, scatter plots
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Precalculus, Blitzer, Prentice Hall, 2004
  2. Homework, quizzes, tests, exams

Honors College Algebra (440MA)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will write equations of lines.
  2. Students will identify functions and their properties
  3. Students will solve systems of equations using a variety of methods.
  4. Students will perform the four basic operations on polynomials and rational expressions.
  5. Students will solve equations using a variety of methods.
  6. Students will calculate logarithms and natural logarighms and apply them.
  7. Students will identify and writes equations for conic sections and apply their properties.
  8. Students will be able to solve with inequalities.
  9. Students will be able to apply probability topics and sequentials.
  10. Students will perform the four basic operations on matrices and apply them.
  11. Students will use regressions to fit and predict values.
Content:
  1. Parallel lines, perpendicular lines
  2. Domain, range, graphs, transformations, inverses, x and y intercepts
  3. Graphing, substituion, linear combination, matrices
  4. Exponents, common denominators
  5. Factor, quadratic formula, synthetic division
  6. Compound interest, exponential growth and decay
  7. Circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas
  8. Systems of inequalities, linear programming
  9. Sequences, series, combinations, permutations
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. College Algebra - 9th Edition, Lial, Hornsby, and Schneider, Pearson Education, 2005
  2. Homework, quizzes, tests, and exam

Trigonometry (441)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will define and apply the six trigonometric functions in the rectangular system.
  2. Students will define and apply the six trigonometric functions in a right triangle.
  3. Students can solve application problems using radian measures.
  4. Students can create graphs of the six trigonometric functions by using phase shifts.
  5. Students can solve identities.
  6. Students can solve trigonometric equations.
  7. Students can compute areas of triangles and solve for missing parts of triangles.
  8. Students can solve applications using circular functions.
Content:
  1. Angles in standard position, coterminal angles, special angles
  2. Functions on calculators, solve right triangles, applications
  3. Reference angles, radian, degrees, arc length, sector area, angular and linear velocity
  4. Reciprocal, ratio, pythagorean, sum and difference, double-angle identities
  5. Laws of sines and cosines, areas of triangles
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Trigonometry, Charles McKeague, Saunders College Publishing, 1994.
  2. Exams, tests, and quizzes

Honors Calculus (443MA)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will solve problems using algebra and trigonometry techniques.
  2. Students will relate limits and continuity of function graphs.
  3. Students will define and compute derivatives.
  4. Students can apply derivatives to functional graphs.
  5. Students can apply derivatives to economics and business situations.
  6. Students will recognize, define, and apply integration.
  7. Students can apply integration in computing areas and volumes of function systems.
  8. Students can apply integration techniques to physics.
Content:
  1. Solve and graph absolute value and inequalities, solve systems of equations, solve trigonometric equations
  2. Solve limit problems, continuous graphs, vertical and horizontal asymptotes
  3. Define derivatives, equations of tangent lines, implicit differentiation, higher order derivatives
  4. Velocity problems, curve sketching, Intermediate Value, Rolles, Mean Value Theorem, related rates
  5. Antidifferentiation, sigma notation, definite integral
  6. Area between curves, volume by disc and shell method, work, arc length
  7. Center of mass, centroid, liquid pressure
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Calculus of a Single Variable, Larson, Hostetler, Edwards, D.C. Heath and Company, 1990
  2. Exams, tests, quizzes, and homework

Probability and Statistics (446)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will research the history of probability and statistics and identify different examples of probability and statistics in use around them.
  2. Students will collect data and be able to organize the data and construct different types of graphs.
  3. Students will discuss the uses and misuses of statistics and interpret various graphs.
  4. Students will calculate and relate different measures of variation.
  5. Students will assign probability values to simulations and calculate permutations and combinations.
  6. Students will compute the binomial probabilities and know when to apply.
  7. Students will calculate and interpret z scores.
  8. Students will calculate probabilities using the normal curve as an approximation.
  9. Students will apply the normal distribution to concrete examples.  
  10. Students will interpret the meaning of positive and negative relationships of data.
  11. Students will interpret sampling distributions and normal approximation to the binomial distribution. 
Content:
  1. Statistics in the world today
  2. Organizing data into graphs and various displays
  3. Averages and variations
  4. Elementary probability rules and techniques
  5. The binomial probability distribution
  6. Normal distributions, sampling distributions, central limit theorem
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Understandable Statistics - Fifth Edition, Charles Henry Brase, D.C. Heath and Co., 1995
  2. Activity-Based Statistics, Scheaffer, Gnanadesikan, Watkins, and Witmer, Springer-Verlag, 1996
  3. TI-84/TI-84 Plus Calculator
  4. TI-84 Plus/TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Guidebook, Texas Instruments Inc, 2004
  5. Projects and presentations
  6. Homework, quizzes, tests, and exam

Computer Program Design (450)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will use program design recipes to develop computer programs.
  2. Students will write computer programs using a subset of the Scheme language.
  3. Students will demonstrate problem solving skills in designing programs to perform specific tasks.
Content:
  1. Introduction to computer program design concepts through the use of design recipes
  2. Introduction to the DrScheme interactive programming environment for development and testing of programs
  3. Numbers, expressions and simple programs
  4. Functions and variable definitions
  5. Conditional functions and expressions
  6. Symbolic information
  7. Compound data: structures and lists
  8. Self-referencing data definitions
  9. Scheme syntax and semantics
  10. Designing complex programs (generalized and recursive functions)
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. How to Design Programs, Felleisen, Matthias; Findler, Robert Bruce; Flatt, Matthew; Krishnamurthi, Shriram; The MIT Press 2001
  2. DrScheme programming environment
  3. Program assignments, chapter tests, and exam

Computer Programming in C++ (451)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify computer hardware and software basics.
  2. Students will use Microsoft Visual C++ software development system to enter, compile and run computer programs.
  3. Students will write computer programs using the C++ language.
  4. Students will demonstrate structured thinking and problem solving skills in writing programs to perform specific tasks.
Content:
  1. Introduction to computer and programming terminology
  2. Introduction to Microsoft Visual C++ software development system for development and testing of programs
  3. Numeric variables and constants, and data types
  4. Data output and input via cout and cin
  5. String variables and constants
  6. Math expressions and operators
  7. Program control via if statements (including nested if statements and else-if ladders), loops and logical operators
  8. Functions, parameters, overloaded functions and libraries
  9. Programming style and processes
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. A Guide to Programming in C++, Corica, Tim; Brown, Beth; Presley, Bruce; Lawrenceville Press
  2. Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Introductory Edition software
  3. Lawrenceville Press web site: http://www.lpdatafiles.com
  4. Computer Programming in C++ folder on Moodle with lvp library and electronic copies of sample programs provided in text.
  5. Program assignments, chapter tests, and exam

Physical Education/Health (700)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate strength, flexibility, and stamina exercises.
  2. Students will interact with one another and show respect for each other.
  3. Students will identify healthy life choices.
  4. Students will identify rules and strategies involved in participation of games.
  5. Students will participate in games and demonstrate the skills involved.
Content:
  1. Softball
  2. Soccer
  3. Touch Football
  4. Basketball
  5. Volleyball
  6. Speedball
  7. Substance Abuse
  8. Mental Health
  9. Nutrition
  10. Modern Health Problems
  11. First Aid
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Health and Wellness, Meeks Heit, Glencoe/McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. 1999
  2. Equipment
  3. Skills Test
  4. Written tests, classwork, and projects

Physical Education/Health with Concert Band (701)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate strength, flexibility, and stamina exercises.
  2. Students will interact with one another and show respect for each other.
  3. Students will identify healthy life choices.
  4. Students will identify rules and strategies involved in participation of games.
  5. Students will participate in games and demonstrate the skills involved.
Content:
  1. Softball
  2. Soccer
  3. Touch Football
  4. Basketball
  5. Volleyball
  6. Speedball
  7. Substance Abuse
  8. Mental Health
  9. Nutrition
  10. Modern Health Problems
  11. First Aid
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Health and Wellness, Meeks Heit, Glencoe/McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. 1999
  2. Equipment
  3. Skills Test
  4. Written tests, classwork, and projects

Trimnastics (703)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will research and apply nutrition to physical exercise and mental health.
  2. Students will demonstrate the importance and affect of exercise upon physical and mental health.
  3. Students will use cooperation to all activities.
  4. Students will identify and apply the varied physical elements of different types of exercise.
  5. Students will evaluate, identify and analyze their own physical needs and create an individual program for their future.
Content:
  1. Calesthenics
  2. Running
  3. Aerobics
  4. Weight Training
  5. Walking
  6. Dance
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Video
  2. Guest Instructors
  3. Projects/ Research
  4. Oral/ written test

Recreational Activities (704)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will participate in the concept of cooperation during all activities.
  2. Students will interact with their classmates and solve problems of getting along as well as recognizing each other's strengths and weaknesses for mutual respect.
  3. Students will compare and contrast their own likes and dislikes regarding activities as well as participate in new activities.
  4. Students will show a tolerance for one another by playing various activities during which they are continually being challenged to adjust to different personalities.
  5. Students will listen and increase their knowledge of certain activities (i.e., golf, bowling) through guest speakers.
Content:
  1. Tennis
  2. Golf
  3. Softball
  4. Soccer
  5. Wiffleball
  6. Frisbee
  7. Badminton
  8. Pickleball
  9. Bowling
  10. Swimming
  11. Basketball
  12. Team Handball
  13. Floor Hockey
  14. Volleyball
  15. Touch Football
  16. Country and Ballroom Dancing
  17. Washers
  18. Outdoor Education
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Equipment
  2. Field Trips
  3. Round Robin Participation
  4. Videos

Weightlifting (705A & 705B)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify, evaluate, and demonstrate improved strength, flexibility and stamina.
  2. Students will understand and apply all safety principles necessary.
  3. Students will interact with one another demonstrating cooperation and teamwork while lifting.
  4. Students will gain knowledge through classroom work and research in lifting techniques as applied to muscle improvement.
  5. Students will show appreciation for improved self-confidence.
  6. Students will create their own weight program routine.
Content:
  1. Bench Press
  2. Dead Lift
  3. Squat
  4. Incline
  5. Dumbbells
  6. Lat pulls
  7. Curls
  8. Lunges
  9. Shoulder Press
  10. Stretching
  11. Jogging
  12. Sprints
  13. Timed Runs
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Video
  2. Field Trips
  3. Personal Growth Charts
  4. Projects/ Research
  5. Guest Speakers
  6. Oral, Written, and Performance Tests

Recreational Bowling (708)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will be able to apply bowling skills in a leisure bowling activity with desirable social attitudes, good etiquette and sportsmanship.
  2. Students will develop hand-eye coordination.
  3. Students will learn and apply the terminology, scoring and rules involved in bowling.
  4. Students will demonstrate the proper technique in aiming, approach and delivery, and position where to hit the pins.
  5. Sutdents will demonstrate the proper technique in throwing a bowling ball.
  6. Students will learn and apply the value of good etiquette and sportsmanship in bowling competition.
  7. Students will gain and demonstrate enjoyment and competition through the participation of bowling activities.
Content:
  1. Bowling techniques
  2. Score keeping
  3. Basic courtesies and safety
  4. Tournaments and competitions
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. No textbook required. Handouts will include bowling terms, handicapped sheets, competition sheets, and score sheets.
  2. Town & Country Bowling Alley.
  3. Skill grade will include tournament play, evaluation by instructor, skills tests, participation, bowling conduct and written tests.

Teacher Aid (900)

Media Center Aide (901)

Personal Finance (904)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will apply concepts involving the opening and maintaining of savings, checking, certificates of deposit and other types of banking accounts
  2. Students will design and interpret a household budget and balance sheet.
  3. Students will identify credit issues including rates and financing options.
  4. Students will participate in the management of mutual funds, stocks and bonds.
  5. Students will identify various types of insurance and interpret the coverages of each.
  6. Students will compare and contrast various retirement accounts.
Content:
  1. Banking
  2. Credit
  3. Budget
  4. Insurance
  5. Investments
  6. Retirement Accounts
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Business and Personal Finance, Glencoe Pub. 2007
  2. Dollars and Sense Interactive Software 2005
  3. Tests and quizzes
  4. Projects
  5. Oral presentations
  6. Periodicals including The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal Student Edition, St. Louis Business Review
  7. Internet sources (to be determined)

Micro Economics (911)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will explain how supply and demand interact to determine prices.
  2. Students will describe the major types of economic markets in the United States.
  3. Students will discuss how competition and monopolies affect prices.
  4. Students will differentiate between elastic and inelastic demand.
  5. Students will explain Bar Graphs/Tables and Charts
  6. Students will be exposed to the Stock market, mutual funds, banking, and other investment venues.
Contents:
  1. What is economics?
  2. Economic systems
  3. Forms of Business Organizatons
  4. What is demand?
  5. What is supply?
  6. Prices as signals/Market structures
  7. Competition and Market Structures
  8. Money, banking, and investing
  9. International Trade/Global Markets 
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Tests, quizzes, projects and real world simulations
  2. Economics Principles and Practice, Glencoe Pub., 2005
  3. Wall Street Journal Student Edition
  4. Various on-line websites:  yahoo/finance 

Macro Economics (909)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will explain how fundamental economic concepts relate to Macro Economics.
  2. Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand.
  3. Students will create projects demonstrating their knowledge of GDP, Inflation, Deflation and Unemployment.
  4. Students will discuss both Monetary and Fiscal policy on a nationwide and global level.
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Tests, quizzes, projects and real world simulations
  2. Economics Principles and Practice, Glencoe Pub., 2005.
  3. Wall Street Journal Student Edition
  4. Various on-line websites

Law for Business and Personal Use (912)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will recognize the need and reasons for laws as well as practical guidelines for being effective citizens and consumers.
  2. Students will interpret contracts of various types, credit application, tax information and tax forms.
  3. Students will identify criminal and civil applications as well as the various types of insurance coverage.
Content:
  1. Law, Justice and You: Shield of Constitution, Ethics, Kinds of Law, Enforcing the Law, Crimes, Torts
  2. Contracts: Making Binding Agreements, Buying and Selling Goods, Using Credit
  3. Protecting Against Loss--Property, Casualty, Auto, Life, and Social Insurance, Investment IRA's, etc
  4. Taxes: Federal, State, and FICA
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Law for Business, Mietus, Adamson, Conry, South-Western Publishing Co, 1993
  2. Exams, tests and quizzes
  3. Projects

Accounting (918)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will analyze business transactions and record them correctly in various accounting forms.
  2. Students will prepare all documents and reports needed in the accounting cycle.
  3. Students will identify differences in accounting for a service business & a merchandising business as well as for a sole proprietorship, partnership and corporation.
  4. Students will apply accounting theory in working with payroll accounts, taxes and reports; a cash register system and petty cash; sales tax and other sales and purchases systems; uncollectible accounts; plant assets and depreciation.
Content:
  1. Accounting for a Service Business organized as a Proprietorship: Analyzing, journalizing and posting transactions; Cash Control Systems Work Sheet and Financial Statements; Adjusting and Closing Entries
  2. Accounting for a Merchandising Business organized as a Partnership: Journalizing Purchases and Cash Payments, Sales and Cash Receipts; Posting to General and Subsidiary ledgers; Payroll records and Payroll Accounting
  3. Accounting for a Merchandising Business organized as a Corporation; Using special journals for Purchases, Sales, Cash Receipts and Cash Payments; Uncollectible Accounts Receivable; Plant Assets and Depreciation; Inventory
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Century 21 Accounting, Sixth Edition, Ross, Hanson, Gilbertson, Lehman & Swanson, South-Western Publishing Co. 1995
  2. Workbook with accounting forms
  3. Quizzes, tests, and exams
  4. Practice set and computer problems

Marketing I (920)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify the seven functions of marketing.
  2. Students will explain the processes needed to move, store, locate and/or transfer the ownership of goods and services.
  3. Students will discuss the financial concepts used in making business decisions.
  4. Students will design a market information system that allows them to gather, access, synthesize, evaluate and disseminate information in marketing business decisions.
  5. Students will recognize the factors utilitzed in determining and adjusting prices to maximize returns.
  6. Students will research strategies used to communicate information about products.
  7. Students will perform and use various actions to demonstrate planned personalized sales communication.
  8. Students will demonstrate all of the seven functions of marketing through projects that use these concepts.
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Homework assignments
  2. Projects both in and out of class
  3. Tests and Quizzes
  4. Oral and Written Presentations

Web Page Design I (903)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will be able to identify and effectively use web page terminology.
  2. Students will use web browser to view and test web pages.
  3. Students will use a text editor to create HTML code.
  4. Students will demonstrate effective web page design and html programming techniques in the development of web page semester project.
Content:
  1. Creating an HTML document; previewing, importing content, editing, and printing HTML documents
  2. Creating Links to Web Pages and Other Files; planning a web site, creating internal, external, e-mail and jump links
  3. Formatting Page Elements with HTML; using ordered and unordered lists, customizing fonts
  4. Adding graphics and Multimedia; inserting images, specifying image sizes, exploring image maps and multimedia options
  5. Formatting with Cascading Style Sheets; css formatting, text formatting, background images and colors, margins, list formatting
  6. Working with Tables; formatting cell contents with css, modifying backgrounds, changing table dimensions, using nested and stacked tables
  7. Controlling Page Layout with Frames and Tables, using navigation bars, frame sets, and templates, structuring tables versus frames
  8. Designing Web Pages;  Examine design principles, cross-platform issues, web design resources, and accessibility as well as usability factors
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Text: HTML, Third Edition - Illustrated, Complete by Cox, Wermers & Reding published by Thomson Course Technology
  2. Software: Microsoft Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, Notepad, Wordpad
  3. Internet Access
  4. Lab assignments, tests, and class participation
  5. Web site design semester project

Web Page Design II (903-2)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will be able to identify and effectively use web scripting, dynamic HTML and XML
  2. Students will use web browser to view and test web pages.
  3. Students will use a text editor to create HTML code.
  4. Students will demonstrate effective scripting, dhtml, and XML programming techniques in the development of web page semester project.
Content:
  1. Using Forms to Control Input; plan and creat a form with text fields, radio buttons, check boxes, pull-down menus and push buttons
  2. Scripting for HTML; create and debug web scripts including event handlers, functions, variables and conditionals
  3. Working with Dynamic HTML (DHTML); explore DHTML techniques including showing & hiding elements, and changing font sizes and colors
  4. Controlling Content Dynamically; insert, delete, and modify content dynamically, replace graphics dynamically and bind data
  5. Positioning with DHTML; position elements absolutely and relatively, add scroll bar and sidebar, use dynamic positioning
  6. Implementing Dynamic Effects; filter and scale content, element transitions, create slide show and transition between pages
  7. Structuring Data with XML; explore benefits of XML, define XML elements and structure, enter, bind and format XML data, modify XML documents
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Text: HTML, Third Edition - Illustrated, Complete by Cox, Wermers & Reding published by Thomson Course Technology
  2. Software: Microsoft Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, Notepad, Wordpad
  3. Internet Access
  4. Lab assignments, tests, and class participation
  5. Web site design semester project

Computer Repair and Networking Concepts (907)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify computer hardware and software terminology.
  2. Build of PC using components from obsolete computers
  3. Installation of systems software, including Microsoft Office and Symantecs Anti-virus
Content:
  1. PC Essentials including history of computers, role of operating systems, PC toolkits, and PC connectivity
  2. Internal Essentials of PC's including motherboards, CPU's, memory, power supplies and cooling
  3. Add-on Boards including video, audio, modems, metwork cards and other controller cards
  4. Drives including hard drives, drive interfaces, CD/DVD drives, floppy, removable and backup drives
  5. Peripherals including monitors, wireless networking, audio externals, input devices, gaming hardware, and printers
  6. Special issues related to laptops
  7. Building a PC and installing system software
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Windows XP Professional
  2. Microsoft Office Professional software

Principles of Technology I (914)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will type 30 words per minute without looking at keys with reasonable accuracy.
  2. Students will apply in their coursework the technologies that are made available by the school.
  3. Students will use Microsoft Word to create work documents and Works Cited lists in MLA format.
  4. Students will identify plagiarism.
  5. Students will submit assignments via Turnitin.com.
  6. Students will review peer assignments via Turnitin.com.
  7. Students will use Microsoft Excel to prepare reports, graphs and charts.
  8. Students will use Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations.
  9. Students will use online resources including Opposing Viewpoints, online databases of publications, online encyclopedias, and an online card catalog to do research on specific topics and write reports while complying with copyright laws.
  10. Students will analyze the validity of resources available on the Web.
Content:
  1. Keyboarding letters, numbers and symbols by touch method
  2. Use of networked drives for storing files and submitting assignments
  3. Basic word processing skills using Microsoft Word inclduing headers, margins, page orientation, printing, spell check, undo, font face/style/size, creating/editing/saving documents, and copy/cut/paste
  4. Intermediate word processing skills using Microsoft Wrod including help, find/replace, tabs, page breaks, hanging indents, tables, word art, bullets, graphics, word wrap
  5. Microsoft Word templates for Modern Language Associations (MLA) Works Cited lists
  6. Plagiarism - what is is and how to avoid it
  7. Submission of assignments and review of peer assignments via turnitin.com
  8. Basics of spreadsheets using Microsoft's Excel including entering data, formulas, headers, and creating graphs and charts
  9. Basics of presentations using Microsoft's PowerPoint including creating/editing/saving presentations, creating slides, changing backgrounds and text, inserting graphics, navigating a presentation, and viewing a presentation
  10. Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint skills including design templates, help, preinting hamouts and outlines, animation and slide transitions, working with multiple objects on a page, and adding music
  11. Research skills including using OPAC online card catalog to identify sources available in the school library, EbscoHost to find online sources of publications, Opposing Viewpoints to obtain multiple viewpoints, and Grolier's Online Encyclopedia
  12. Computer ethics including complying with copyright laws
  13. Judicious use of the internet when during research
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Century 21 Computer Applications and Keyboarding, 8th Ed. Thomson South-Western Publishing, 2006
  2. Computer software which accompanies the textbook
  3. Atomic Learning Tutorials
  4. Microsoft Word 2003, Excel 2003 and PowerPoint 2003 software
  5. OPAC software, EbscoHost, Opposing Viewpoints, Grolier's Online Encyclopedia
  6. Turnitin.com Plagiarism Prevention and Peer Review
  7. Assignments, research reports, tests and exam

Principles of Technology II (916)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will apply advanced Microsoft Office skills in their school projects.
  2. Students will use Microsoft Access 2003 to prepare data bases and reports.
  3. Students will merge data contained in Access data bases, Excel spreadsheets and/or Word tables into Word documents to prepare reports, letters, and labels.
  4. Students will use Microsoft Publisher to create brochures and flyers.
  5. Students will effective web searching techniques to preform research on the internet.
  6. Students will analyze the validity of resources available on the Web.
  7. Students will use Windows Movie Maker to prepare and present school reports.
  8. Students will prepare an electronic portfolio that is representative of their work thus far in high school.
Content:
  1. Advanced word processing skills using Microsoft Word including merging with data in Word tables, Excel spreadsheets, and Access data bases
  2. Advanced spreadsheet skills using Microsoft Excel including functions and merging spreadsheet data into Word documents
  3. Advanced presentation skills using Microsoft PowerPoint including creating a master slides, adding animation, sound, and slide transitions
  4. Basic publishing skills using Microsoft Publisher including preparation of printable brochures and fliers
  5. Effective web searching techniques, including search engines, directories, and verifying the validity of web sites
  6. Basic and intermediate data base skills using Microsoft Access including creating a data base, inputing data, creating reports, merging with Word document
  7. Basic video creation skills using Windows Movie Maker and digital photos and/or short video clips.
  8. Oranization and presentation skills in preparation of electronic portfolio.
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Century 21 Computer Applications and Keyboarding, 8th Ed. Thomson South-Western Publishing, 2006
  2. Computer software which accompanies the textbook
  3. Atomic Learning Tutorials
  4. Microsoft Word 2003, Excel 2003, Publisher 2003, Access 2003 and PowerPoint 2003 software
  5. Windows Movie Maker
  6. Lab assignments, tests and semester project

Foods & Nutrition I (921)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will explain the direct relationship between good nutrition and good health and apply this to their everyday lives.
  2. Students will identify various nutrients and explain the deficiency diseases and health risks associated with each.
  3. Students will describe the symptoms associated with anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and obesity, and suggest ways to get help for these individuals.
  4. Students will demonstrate kitchen safety, as well as proper food handling and storage.
  5. Students will prepare and evaluate a variety of foods.
Content:
  1. Nutrition
  2. Lab Preparation and Safety
  3. Cookies
  4. Fruits and Vegetables
  5. Grains and Quick Breads
  6. Table Settings and Etiquette
  7. Eggs, Milks, and Cheese
  8. Meats and Meat Substitutes
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Modern Meals. Dyuff, Hasler, & Sickler. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1990
  2. Various films, pamphlets, and health literature
  3. Guest speakers and demonstrators
  4. Exams, test and quizzes
  5. Labs, projects, and presentations

Foods & Nutrition II (922)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate food-preparation methods that will prevent food poisoning.
  2. Students will research customs and foods of people from other cultures.
  3. Students will plan, prepare, and evaluate various food items and meals.
  4. Students will describe various careers in the food and nutrition industry.
  5. Students will calculate the costs of preparing well-balanced meals.
Content:
  1. Sanitation and Safety
  2. Working in the Laboratory
  3. Yeast Breads and Grains
  4. Poultry and Fish
  5. Cakes and Pastries
  6. Foods from other places
  7. Regional Foods of the United States
  8. Smart Food Buying
  9. Careers in the food industries
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Modern Meals. Duyff, Hasler, Sickler Glenco/McGraw, 1990
  2. Various Chefs and field trips
  3. Various cookbooks, pamphlets, periodicals, internet, etc.
  4. Exams, tests, quizzes
  5. Projects and presentations

Housing & Interior Design (926)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify blue print symbols and explain the importance of understanding how a home is built.
  2. Students will create projects that illustrate floor plans, interior designs, and furnishings.
  3. Students will compare and contrast various styles of architecture.
  4. Students will gather first-hand information from field trips and guest speakers and apply that knowledge.
  5. Students will research various careers in the housing and interior design industry.
  6. Students will distinguish among the different styles of famous U.S. architects.
Content:
  1. Construction Basics
  2. Creating and Presenting Your Design
  3. Furniture Design
  4. Arranging Furniture, Lighting and Accessories
  5. Choosing Backgrounds
  6. Kitchens, Baths, and Laundry Areas
  7. Housing Trends, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
  8. Careers in the Housing Industry
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Textbook: Homes Today and Tomorrow
  2. Projects and presentations
  3. Final Floor Planning Project
  4. Various films and film clips
  5. Speakers and field trips
  6. Tests and class assignments

Child Development (927)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify the various stages of child development.
  2. Students will explain conception, pregnancy, labor and delivery.
  3. Students will show an appreciation for life by the study of how human life begins and grows.
  4. Students will compare their childhood with that of others.
  5. Students will observe and interact with children of various ages.
  6. Students will explore careers relating to childcare.
  7. Students will observe and discuss effective parenting skills, such as use of discipline, language acquisition, and nurturing.
Content:
  1. The development of life, from conception through childhood
  2. Understanding the responsibilities of children and parenthood
  3. Childcare skills
  4. Budgeting for a family
  5. Comparing and contrasting emotional, physical and intellectual development of children
  6. Health and safety issues dealing with children
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. The Developing Child, Glencoe Division of Macmillan/McGraw Hill Publishing, 1994
  2. Projects and presentations
  3. Numerous child observations, Field trips and guest speakers
  4. Exams, tests, and quizzes

Resource Skills I (201)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will apply skills to increase academic success.
  2. Students will use advocacy skills.
  3. Students will practice study skills, organization skills, time management techniques, test taking strategies.
  4. When deemed appropriate, students will use the opportunity to test or retest for academic subject matter.
  5. When deemed appropriate, students will utilize alternative testing methods.
  6. Students will utilize assistance with assignments from academic classes.
  7. Students will apply reading speed and comprehension techniques.
Content:
  1. Multiple Intelligence
  2. Learning Style
  3. Motivation
  4. Organization
  5. Time Management
  6. Study Skills
  7. Reading Comprehension Skills
  8. Listening Techniques
  9. Note Taking Skills
  10. Memorization Techniques
  11. Test Preparation Strategies
  12. Test Taking Skills
  13. Writing Process Skills
  14. Advocacy training
  15. Goal Setting
  16. Five rules to academic success
  17. Following directions
  18. Brain functions
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Writer's Inc., A student handbook for writing and learning
  2. How to be a Successful Student by Donald Martin
  3. Internet
  4. Videos
  5. Reproducible handouts
  6. Participation
  7. Research Report
  8. Agenda Book
  9. Daily Journal
  10. Brain exercises
  11. Daily applied assignments
  12. Class use
  13. Exams/test/quizzes
  14. Learning 100 Reading Strategies

Resource Skills II (202)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will apply academic study skills.
  2. Students will apply advocacy skills.
  3. Students will perform study skills, organization skills, time management techniques, test taking strategies.
  4. When deemed appropriate, students will use the opportunity to test or retest for academic subject matter.
  5. When deemed appropriate, students will utilize alternative testing methods.
  6. Students will utilize assistance with assignments from academic classes.
Content:
  1. Motivation
  2. Organization
  3. Time Management
  4. Study Skills
  5. Listening Techniques
  6. Note Taking Skills
  7. Memorization Techniques
  8. Test Preparation Strategies
  9. Writing Forms
  10. Self Motivated Learning
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Writer's Inc., A student handbook for writing and learning
  2. Websites
  3. Internet
  4. Videos
  5. Reproducible handouts
  6. Participation
  7. Form Writing Essays
  8. Agenda Book
  9. Daily Journal
  10. Brain exercises
  11. Daily applied assignments
  12. Learning 100 Reading Strategies
  13. Class use
  14. Final Exam

Survey of the Sciences (515)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will use the basic concepts of physical science, earth science, nuclear chemistry, astronomy and electricity.
  2. Students will apply scientific principles in experimental models to increase comprehension.
  3. Students will apply scientific methods to solve real-life problems.
  4. Students will observe the use of scientific principles in society.
  5. Students will gain an appreciation for the Creator in His Creation.
Content:
  1. Metric measurement
  2. Energy equations -- potential energy, kinetic energy, heat -- plus force, density, weight, work
  3. Solar system, stars, galaxies, and the universe
  4. Geologic processes, landforms and plate tectonics
  5. Atomic structure
  6. Using the periodic table
  7. Basic electrical principles
  8. Micro- and macro-atmospheric phenomena
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Physical Science - Concepts in Action with Earth and Space Science, Frank, Wysession, and Yancopoulos, Prentice Hall, 2006
  2. Videos, computers, CBLs and other technology
  3. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  4. Projects
  5. Labs and lab reports

Biology I (525)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will describe the characteristics of living things.
  2. Students will explain the cell theory and describe precisely the structures and activities of the cell.
  3. Students will identify the basic patterns of inheritance and principles of heredity.
  4. Students will relate the Principle of Natural Selection with the Theory of Evolution.
  5. Students will show appreciation for the beauty of God's creation by the study of different forms of life.
Content:
  1. Biology as a science
  2. Chemistry and the chemical basis for life
  3. Cell structure, function, and energy
  4. Nucleic acids
  5. Cell growth and division
  6. Genetics, human heredity, and genetic engineering
  7. Evolution and classification systems
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Biology, Miller and Levine, Prentice Hall, 2008
  2. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  3. Projects,papers, and presentations
  4. Labs and lab reports
  5. Videos, laser disks, computers, microscopes, and other technology

Advanced Biology I (526)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will describe in depth the characteristics of living things.
  2. Students will explain and analyze the cell theory and describe precisely the structures and activities of the cell.
  3. Students will identify and investigate the basic patterns of inheritance and principles of heredity.
  4. Students will relate the Principle of Natural Selection with the Theory of Evolution.
  5. Students will show appreciation for the beauty of God's creation by the study of different forms of life.
Content:
  1. Biology as a science
  2. Chemistry and the chemical basis for life
  3. Cell structure, function, and energy
  4. Nucleic acids
  5. Cell growth and division
  6. Genetics, human heredity, and genetic engineering
  7. Evolution and classification systems
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Biology: The Web of Life, Lisoski and Strauss, Foresman-Wesley, 2000
  2. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  3. Projects,papers, and presentations
  4. Labs and lab reports
  5. Videos, digital video disks, laser disks, computers, compact disks, microscopes, digital microscope, internet and other technology

Honors Biology II (530SC)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will recognize that the principles of evolution are the unifying theme of all Biology.
  2. Students will show an appreciation for the incredible biological diversity on planet Earth.
  3. Students will describe the hereditary process and molecular biology of DNA.
  4. Students will define their place in the environment and analyze the dynamics of ecosystems.
Content:
  1. The origin of living things and biochemistry
  2. The biology of the cell
  3. Viruses and the Kingdoms of Life
  4. The evidences for evolution and population genetics
  5. Molecular genetics and development
  6. Dynamics of ecosystems and populations
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Biology, Raven & Johnson, Wm. C. Brown Pub., 4th ed.
  2. CD-ROM activities: Explorations in Human Biology and Explorations in Cell Biology & Genetics, Wm. C. Brown Pub.
  3. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  4. Quarter projects and presentations
  5. Laboratory reports and homework assignments

Practical Chemistry (531)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will apply the principles of chemistry to everyday settings.
  2. Students will explain the structure of matter and the changes it undergoes.
  3. Students will explore different aspects of the science of chemistry and how it affects their lives.
Content:
  1. Supplying our water needs
  2. Conserving chemical resources
  3. Petroleum: to build? to burn?
  4. Understanding food
  5. Nuclear chemistry in our world
  6. Chemistry, air, and climate
  7. Health: your risks and choices
  8. The chemical industry: promise and challenge
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. ChemCom: Chemistry in the Community, American Chemical Society, 1993
  2. Tests, quizzes, exams
  3. Projects
  4. Labs and lab reports
  5. Videos, laser disks, computers, and other technology

Chemistry I (532)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will integrate the SI metric system of units in measurements and problem solving.
  2. Students will identify the structure and composition of matter.
  3. Students will apply chemical processes and principles to everyday experiences.
  4. Students will realize the impact of chemistry on social and political issues.
  5. Students will recognize the beauty in creation and show respect for it and its Creator.
Content:
  1. States of matter, change, energy
  2. Scientific measurement
  3. Atomic structure, subatomic particles
  4. Mole quantity, stoichiometry
  5. Chemical reactions
  6. Chemical periodicity
  7. Ionic, covalent, metallic bonds
  8. Properties of solutions
  9. Acids and bases
  10. Behavior of gases
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. CHEMISTRY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2006
  2. Laboratory activities and problem solving
  3. Exams, test, and quizzes

Chemistry II (534)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will continue the study of the structure of matter and the changes it undergoes.
  2. Students will carry out laboratory investigations that will deepen their understanding of material covered in lecture.
  3. Students will make connections between the principles of chemistry and how it impacts their world.
Content:
  1. Water and aqueous solutions
  2. Solutions
  3. Reaction rates and equilibrium
  4. Acids, bases, and neutralization
  5. Oxidation-reduction reactions
  6. Electrochemistry
  7. Organic chemistry
  8. Nuclear chemistry
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Chemistry, Wilbraham, Staley, Matta Waterman, Prentice Hall, 2002
  2. Exams, tests, quizzes, and homework assignments
  3. Lab investigations and formal lab reports
  4. Videos, computers, and CD-ROM presentations

Physics (541)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will recognize the beauty in creation and show respect for it and its Creator.
  2. Students will use the International System of Units in measurements to obtain precise information about matter and energy.
  3. Students will integrate mathematical and scientific concepts through lab work and problem solving.
  4. Students will recognize their contributions and responsibilities toward the ecological evolution of the universe.
  5. Students will research the contributions made by individual scientists.
Content:
  1. Force, motion, and energy
  2. Wave motion, sound, and light
  3. Electricity, electric circuits
  4. Electromagnetism
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. PHYSICS, Serway, Faughn, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2002
  2. Computer based laboratory activities complemented with graphical analysis
  3. Extensive problem solving
  4. Exams, test, quizzes

Astronomy (535)

 

Goals:
  1.  
Content:
  1.   
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Exams, tests, quizzes

Human Anatomy & Physiology (533)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify the anatomical parts of the human body.
  2. Students will relate form to function in studying physiology of the human body.
  3. Students will analyze the effects of loss of homeostasis on various body systems.
  4. Students will investigate current medical practices and techniques.
  5. Students will show an appreciation for their own bodies through a better understanding of the miracle of life.
Content:
  1. An overview of basic biology; including cells, basic biochemistry and tissues
  2. A system by system study of human anatomy and physiology
  3. Dissections of sheep organs and the virtual fetal pig
  4. Historical information on medicine, health, anatomy and physiology
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology, Marieb, Addison Wesley, 4th edition, 1994
  2. Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory Manual, Marieb, Benjamin Cummings, 2nd edition, 2003
  3. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  4. Projects and presentations
  5. Laboratory reports

Human Ecology (536)

 

Goals:
  1.  
Content:
  1.  
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  2. Projects and presentations
  3. Laboratory reports

Global Studies I (118)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify the five characteristics of civilizations.
  2. Students will define the major characteristics of the first civilizations.
  3. Students will analyze the development and achievements of the ancient Greek civilizations.
  4. Students will describe the evolution of Roman government.
  5. Students will explain the spread of Islam and note Islamic contributions.
  6. Students will explain feudalism and the manorial system in medieval Europe.
  7. Students will analyze the major civilizations of Japan, Korea, Africa, and the Americas.
  8. Students will analyze the impact that the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution had on history.
Content:
  1. The beginnings of civilizations
  2. People created civilizations in India and China.
  3. Greek city-states developed in the Mediterranean region.
  4. Rome ruled the western world.
  5. The Byzantine Empire and the heritage of Rome.
  6. Islam became a powerful force from Spain to India.
  7. Feudal lords and the church dominated Medieval Europe.
  8. Nations developed in Europe.
  9. Civilizations in East Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
  10. The Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution in Europe.
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. World History-The Human Experience, National Geographic Society, Glencoe McGraw-Hill
  2. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  3. Projects and presentations
  4. Research papers

Global Studies II (120)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will describe the emergence of modern nations.
  2. Students will examine the development of industrial societies.
  3. Students will interpret the causes and effects of World Wars in the 20th Century.
  4. Students will examine the continuity and changes of world events since 1945.
Content:
  1. French Revolution
  2. The Industrial Revolution
  3. Liveral reforms
  4. Unification and Liberalism
  5. World War I and the Russian Revolution
  6. The Great Depression and the rise of totalitarian dictators
  7. World War II
  8. The post-war years in Europe and North America
  9. Challenges facing the modern world
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. World History: The Human Experience, Glencoe McGraw-Hill
  2. Guided readings, section reviews, crossword puzzles, extended guided reading worksheets, vocabulary terms, individual projects, group projects, and online homework assignments and tests
  3. Mapping and geography
  4. Channel One
  5. Open notes, closed book, and daily quizzes

 

 

American History I (128)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will research and analyze the American Society up to 1783
  2. Students will compare and contrast American Liberty 1776-1830
  3. Students will explain and discuss the development of America 1800-1860
  4. Students will describe how our nation divided and reluctantly reunited from 1850-1877
Content:
  1. The New World and colonial development
  2. American Revolution
  3. U.S.  and Missouri Constitution
  4. Development of American politics
  5. Early American Society
  6. The Missouri Compromise
  7. The Market Revolution
  8. Religion and Reform in 1800 America
  9. Beyond the Mississippi
  10. Causes of the Civil War
  11. The Civil War
  12. Current Events 
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. America Pathways to the Present, Prentice Hall 2000
  2. Exams, tests, quizzes, group work, quarter projects, semester projects, presentations, PowerPoints
  3. Newsweeks and Channel 1
  4. Films and Documentaries
  5. Globes, maps, timelines, diagrams
  6. Music, newspapers, magazines
  7. Lecture notes, handouts, essays

Honors American History I (129SS)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify and explain the New World Beginnings and the English in America.
  2. Students will compare and contrast the Northern, Middle and Southern colonies.
  3. Students will describe the development, stages, and consequences of the American Revolution.
  4. Students will research the development and process of the U.S.and Missouri Constitution and Jeffersonian Democracy.
  5. Students will describe, discuss and interpret the strengthening of nationalism and Jacksonian Democracy.
  6. Students wll research, analyze and interpret the slavery issue, state rights, and southern secession.
Content:
  1. New World
  2. Colonial development in America
  3. American Revolution
  4. Jeffersonian Democracy
  5. U.S. and Missouri Constitution
  6. Jacksonian Democracy
  7. Civil War
  8. Reconstruction
  9. Current Events
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. The American Pageant, Bailey and Kennedy, Prentice Hall 1995
  2. The American Spirit, Volume I, Bailey and Kennedy
  3. Films, PowerPoints, Internet reviews, primary documents, book reviews/reports, essays
  4. Globes, maps, timelines, diagrams, music, newspapers, magazines, channel one, documents, and outside readings, lecture, boardnotes, and handouts
  5. Presentations, projects, term papers, research papers, worksheets, tests and exams

American History II (131)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will describe the characteristics and changes in the United States after the Civil War.
  2. Students will discuss the changes in American industry, expansion, government and daily life after the Civil War.
  3. Students will research the changes in American politics and international relations between 1890-1920.
  4. Students will interpret the changing economic conditions in America between 1919-1938.
  5. Students will explore the key attributes of World War II
  6. Students will identify the key attributes of the Cold War between 1945-1960.
  7. Students will recognize the changing nature of American Society between 1960-1975.
  8. Students will compare/contrast the continuity and change of the United States from 1968-Present.
Content:
  1. America faces reconstruction after the Civil War.
  2. Expansion of American Industry, 1850-1900
  3. America looks toward the West for expansion.
  4. Politics, Immigration and Urban life in America (1870-1915)
  5. Daily life in America and the Gilded Age
  6. America becomes an Imperialistic and World Power.
  7. The Progressive Era
  8. The 1920's
  9. America and the World War I Era
  10. America in the 1920s
  11. The Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression
  12. Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal
  13. America and WWII
  14. America and the Cold War (1945-1960)
  15. The Post World War II in America
  16. The Civil Rights Movement and other protests in America (1945-1970)
  17. The Vietnam War and American Society
  18. Richard Nixon and Watergate
  19. The Post Watergate Period in America
  20. The American Conservative Revolution
  21. Entering a new American Era
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. America - Pathways to Present; Clayton, Perry, Reed, Winkler; Prentice Hall
  2. Computer programs, films, documentaries, magazines and newspapers
  3. Maps, charts, and graphs
  4. Exams, tests and quizzes
  5. Projects and presentations

Honors American History II (133SS)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will define and interpret the Southern reconstruction and its consequences.
  2. Students will analyze the Gilded and Industrial Ages.
  3. Students will examine the urban movement.
  4. Students will research the Great West, Agricultural and Debtor Revolutions.
  5. Students will interpret the T. Roosevelt and Wilsonian Progressivism.
  6. Students will describe, identify, and analyze the factors, fighting, and the consequences of WW II.
  7. Students will research and recall the domestic and foreign policies and issues of the 1960's and 1970's.
  8. Students will compare and contrast the legislation, policies, foreign affairs, and domestics issues of the 1980's and 1990's.
  9. Students will research the conservative elements ending the century and the liberal views of the new century in America.
Content:
  1. Gilded and Industrial Ages
  2. Great West, agriculture and debtors of the second half of the nineteenth century
  3. Progressivism
  4. WW I
  5. The 1920's
  6. The Great Depression
  7. WW II
  8. The Cold War
  9. Domestic and foreign issues between 1960 and 1990
  10. The conservative and liberal movements of the 1990's and into the next century
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. The American Pageant, Bailey and Kennedy, Prentice Hall, 1995
  2. The American Spirit, Volume II, Bailey and Kennedy
  3. Films, power point, internet
  4. Globes, maps, timelines, diagrams, music, newspapers, magazines, channel one, documents, and outside readings, lectures, boardnotes, and handouts.
  5. Presentations, projects, worksheets, test and exams
  6. Book Reviews: Four novels/historic books will be read. One per quarter - formal book reviews.

Psychology (143)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will research and evaluate information pertinent to psychology from a variety of sources.
  2. Students will apply psychological concepts to everyday situations.
  3. Students will distinguish among the fields studied in the areas of psychology.
  4. Students will communicate information and concepts effectively in oral and written forms.
Content:
  1. Psychology as a social science
  2. Psychological methods and the study of parapsychology
  3. Human development
  4. Heredity and environment
  5. Biological influence on behavior
  6. Personality theories
  7. Nature of intelligence and measuring intellectual ability
  8. Theories of learning, perception, and memory
  9. Classical and operant conditioning
  10. Psychological disorders
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Psychology, Its Principles and Applications, by Engles and Snellgrove, 9th edition, 1989
  2. Observations and experiments
  3. Films and documentaries
  4. Guest speakers and field trips
  5. Research paper on a current issue or theory in psychology

Sociology (144)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will research, interpret, and evaluate information pertinent to sociology from a variety of sources.
  2. Students will apply sociological concepts to everyday situations.
  3. Students will communicate information and concepts effectively in oral and written forms.
  4. Students will analyze the relationships of individuals and groups to institutions and cultural traditions.
Content:
  1. Cultual Diversity and the Meaning of Culture
  2. Cultural Conformity and Adaption
  3. Social Structure
  4. Deviance and Social Control
  5. Crime
  6. Social Stratification
  7. Collective Behavior and Social Movements
  8. Social Change and Modernization
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Sociology - The Study of Human Relationships, by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 5th Edition, 1995, 2000 Printing
  2. Tests, quizzes, applications, and evaluations
  3. Guest speakers and field trips
  4. Charts and graphs
  5. Research paper on national or global societal issue

Honors College Psychology (145SS)

 

Goals:
  1. The student will distinguish between the psychological perspective and other social science perspectives.
  2. The student will gain an understanding of the theories which define and support the psychological perspective.
  3. The student will gain an understanding of the process of research and its relationship to the field of psychology.
  4. The student will gain an understanding of the major issues and areas that are linked to the field of psychology and the human condition.
Content:
  1. Introduction to the field of psychology
  2. Study of behavior
  3. Core areas of psychology
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Psychology, David G. Myers, 7th edition, Worth Publishers
  2. Several video programs
  3. Exams, research paper, assignments

Honors College Sociology (146SS)

 

Goals:
  1. The student will demonstrate an ability to define the structural-functional, social-conflict, and symbolic interactionist perspectives.
  2. The student will distinguish between the sociological perspective and other behavioral perspectives.
  3. The student will examine the influence of group membership and the direct and indirect impact of that membership upon an individual's behavior.
  4. The student will be able to apply a structural-functional and social-conflict analysis to the varied social problems and structures of our society, such as racial, gender inequaltiy, the economy, the criminal justice system, power and politics, and issues of religion and family.
Content:
  1. Scientific study of social relations
  2. Scientific study of social organizations
  3. Scientific study of social institutions
  4. Scientific study of social dynamics
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Sociology, Ninth Edition; Shepard, Jon M.; Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2005

Contemporary Issues (150)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will describe the range of viewpoints which represent the contemporary political spectrum in American life.
  2. Students will compare and contrast different political systems which exist in todays world.
  3. Students will locate the sites of current world situations and identify major world leaders.
  4. Students will demonstrate media literacy.
  5. Students will communicate information effectively in oral and written form.
Content:
  1. Political spectrum
  2. National, state, and local political issues and affairs
  3. Letter responses to specific columnists and media news stories
  4. International issues and affairs
  5. Societal issues and affairs
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Newsweek Magazine, Newsweek Inc.
  2. Guest speakers and field trips
  3. Internet news sources
  4. National and international newscasts
  5. Maps, charts, and graphs
  6. Commentary and letter writing.
  7. Portfolio of assignments

Theology I: An Introduction to Catholic Christianity (810A)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will describe how they relate to God and the concrete ways in which they respond to God's invitation to friendship.
  2. Students will identify the ways in which Incarnation (relationship with a God who has "stepped out" of eternity into the time of homan history) shapes Christian discipleship, and in particular the faith life for Roman Catholics.
  3. Students will write about personal "paschal" experiences and identify what was learned through the process of these experiences.
  4. Students will demonstrate basic familiarity with the Bible and Church teaching and practices.
  5. Students will discuss how Scriptures and Tradition function as the sources of divine revelation.
  6. Students will identify and describe the significance of the symbols, rituals, stories, and religious practiices of the various liturgical seasons.
  7. Students will identify and discuss ways to develop and use the moral virtues more fully in the concrete experiences of their lives.
Content:
  1. Relationship with God
  2. God Revealed in Human History/Incarnational Spirituality
  3. Jesus, the Christ
  4. The Holy Spirit of Jesus in the Church
  5. The Deposit of Faith: Scriptures and Tradition
  6. Sacramental Sensibility/Sacred Time
  7. The Virtues as the Foundation of the Ethical Life
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. The New Amercian Bible
  2. Text: The Light of Faith, Harcourt
  3. Catechism of the Catholic Church
  4. Audio and video resources
  5. Reading assignments, written reflections
  6. Tests, quizzes, and homework assignments

Theology I: Old Testament (810B)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will read and interpret a wide variety of selections from the Old Testament.
  2. Students will identify and distinguish different methods of interpreting sacred scripture, analyzing their shortcomings and strengths.
  3. Students will identify and describe the particular worldview that will inform their reading and interpretation of the sacred scriptures.
  4. Students will classify different books and passages of the Old Testament according to genre and intent of the scriptural author and apply this information to interpretation of the sacred texts.
  5. Students will research the history of the ancient Israelites, describing the geography as well as the cultural and political climate of the time from which these sacred scriptures emerged.
  6. Students will identify how key Old Testament stories and themes are significant elements of the broader, ongoing story of salvation told both in scripture and in the history of the People of God.
  7. Students will describe how their experience of the sacred texts informs the experience of living as faithful Christians in the third millennium.
Content:
  1. The Catholic approach to divine revelation and the interpretation of scripture
  2. The Book of Psalms as a School of Prayer
  3. The Story of Salvation/the History of the People of Israel
  4. Creation/Promise
  5. The Patriarchs/God's Covenant with Israel/the Exodus
  6. The Law of God
  7. The Promised Land
  8. Israel as a Nation
  9. The Prophets
  10. The Babylonian Exile
  11. The Wisdom Literature
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. The New American Bible
  2. Written on Our Hearts: The Old Testament, St. Mary's Press, 1999
  3. Catechism of the Catholic Church
  4. Audio and video resources
  5. Reading assignments, written reflections
  6. Tests, quizzes, homework assignments

Theology II: New Testament (820A)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will analyze the texts of the New Testament as the Word of God, a place of divine encounter and vital resource for Christian living.
  2. Students will interpret New Testament texts from historical, cultural, literary, and theological perspectives to comprehend the process through which these texts were created and developed.
  3. Students will apply the sacred texts in their personal relationship with Jesus and the Christian community.
Content:
  1. Jesus of Nazareth - Historical Background
  2. The Gospels According to Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John
  3. The Kingdom of God: Central Metaphor of the Christian Testament
  4. The Parables: Jesus' Primary Teaching Tool
  5. Christian Discipleship: Gospel Implications for the Third Millennium
  6. The Letters of St. Paul
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Texts: Encountering Jesus in the New Testament (Ave Maria Press) & The New American Bible or Jerusalem Bible
  2. Catechism of the Catholic Church
  3. Internet & video resources
  4. Tests, projects, quizzes, reflections, and classroom discussions

Theology II: Sacramental Theology (820B)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the sacramental nature of the Church, the awareness that God approaches us through the material world, especially in the person of Jesus Christ.
  2. Students will compare and contrast the history of the seven Sacraments, liturgy, and worship with modern expressions of worship.
  3. Students will write meditations on the weekly readings, so that they can make the New Testament pertinent and real in their everyday lives.
  4. Students will relate the expression of their faith in the sacraments with the everyday struggles of modern life.
Content:
  1. The sacraments in general terms
  2. Symbols
  3. Rituals
  4. Prayer
  5. Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist
  6. Sacraments of Healing: Reconciliation and Annointing
  7. Sacraments of Ministry: Holy Orders and Marriage
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Text: Celebrating Sacraments, Joseph Stoutzenberger (St. Mary's Press) & New American Bible or Jerusalem Bible
  2. Catechism of the Catholic Church
  3. Internet, video, and audio resources
  4. Tests, projects, quizzes, reflections, and classroom discussions

Theology III: Catholic Morality and Social Justice (833)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify and describe the basic beliefs of the Catholic faith, according to Scripture, as interpreted by the Tradition of the Church and the Second Vatican Council.
  2. Students will describe a correctly formed conscience and explain the principles of Catholic morality.
  3. Students will identify and respond to the principles of Catholic Social Doctrine as well as the specific teachings of the Church regarding social issues.
  4. Students will show respect for and be able to define and discuss the teachings of the Catholic Church on moral issues.
  5. Students will be able to define and describe those things in the Church which can be changed and those things which cannot be changed.
Content:
  1. The basic beliefs of the Catholic Church
  2. Virtues, values, principles, and laws
  3. Formation of conscience
  4. Moral decision making
  5. Social justice documents
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church
  2. The Church: Our Story, Ave Maria Press, 1998
  3. Morality: an Invitation to Christian Living, Hardcourt Religion Publishers
  4. Understanding the Catechism: Morality, Resources for Christian Living
  5. Exams, tests, quizzes, projects and presentations

Theology IV: The Catholic Response To Non-Christian Religions (844A)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify the nature of religion by giving specific answers to the six questions religions seek to answer.
  2. Students will compare and contrast the basic history and elements of the world's major religions through their study of nine religious traditions.
  3. Students will speak with respect for the people and the traditions of the world's various religions.
  4. Students will identify key saints (and their charism) in the Catholic tradition.
Content:
  1. Nature of religion (two weeks)
  2. Hinduism and Buddhism (six weeks)
  3. Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto (four weeks)
  4. Zoroastrianism (one week)
  5. Judaism and Christianity (four weeks)
  6. Islam (two weeks)
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. World Religions: A Voyage of Discovery, Brodd, St. Mary's Press, 1998
  2. Catechism of the Catholic Church
  3. Journaling, meditation time, class participation, relaxation techniques, centering prayer
  4. Exam, tests, quizzes, essays
  5. Video participation, PowerPoint presentation
  6. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Theology IV: Lifestyles (844B)

 

Goals:
  1. Students will identify and discuss methods of coping with the opportunities and challenges that are part of late adolescence and early adult life.
  2. Students will critique their value system and re-evaluate it in the light of their new status as young adults.
  3. Students will discuss love, friendship, communication.
  4. Students will reflect on suffering and healing in life.
  5. Students will examine, discuss, and evaluate the four life styles (single, married, ordained, and consecrated) in relationship to their current preferences and talents.
  6. Students will create scenarios of their future family life and examine them in the light of their current families.
  7. Students will review their understanding of the Catholic Church and its symbols of belief.
Content:
  1. Identity and Autonomy (two weeks)
  2. Creativity and Learning (one week)
  3. Work, Money, and Possessions (two weeks)
  4. Suffering and Healing (two weeks)
  5. Sexuality (two weeks)
  6. Love, Friendship, and Communication (four weeks)
  7. Single, Married, Religious, and Ordained Life (four weeks)
  8. Passing on the Catholic Tradition (two weeks)
Resources, Activities, and Assessments:
  1. Christian Vocations, McCarty, Harcourt, 2001
  2. Catechism of the Catholic Church
  3. Journaling, meditation time, class participation, relaxation techniques, centering prayer
  4. Quizzes, tests, essays, exam
  5. Video participation, PowerPoint presentation

Christian Service (843)

 

English Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will read and interpret a variety of literary genres.
  2. Students will write in standard form, including grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
  3. Students will write for a variety of audiences and purposes, formally and informally.
  4. Students will analyze and critique writing.
    5. Students will create original literary works.
  5. Students will research and integrate information into their writing, utilizing correct documentation techniques.
  6. Students will discuss authors, their works, and related issues.
  7. Students will show an appreciation for authors, their works, and related ideas in accordance with Gospel values.
Assessments:

  1. Formal and informal writing exercises, including essays and research papers.
  2. Oral presentations.
  3. Objective tests and quizzes.
  4. Vocabulary quizzes.
  5. Projects.
Fine Arts Department Curriculum

Goals:
  1. Students will process and utilize techniques for the production, exhibitions and/or performance in a variety of the visual or performing arts.
  2. Students will demonstrate the principles and elements of several different art forms.
  3. Students will use specific vocabulary to explain and discuss their perceptions about and evaluation of works in dance, music, theatre, visual arts and mixed media.
  4. Students will participate in and show appreciation for the interrelationships of the visual and performing arts as well as the relationships of the arts to other academic disciplines.
  5. Students will be able to create visual and performing arts while recognizing their work in historical and cultural contexts.
Assessments:
  1. Exams, Tests, Quizzes
  2. Projects and Presentations
  3. Daily Participation
Foreign Languages Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will use the target language to communicate:  speaking, reading, writing, and listening.
  2. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills using the target language.
  3. Students will demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of multicultural diversity.
  4. Students will create original works and demonstrate consideration for the works created by others.
  5. Students will realize new perceptions of their own culture as they learn about other cultures.
  6. Students will express their own ideas, needs, and wants to develop proficiency and progress toward connected discourse.
Assessments:

 

  1. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  2. Daily assignments and worksheets
  3. Projects and oral presentations
  4. Research
  5. Oral and listening tasks
Mathematics Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will compute with accuracy, with and without the use of calculators.
  2. Students will demonstrate accurate computation and estimation of integers, fractions, and decimals.
  3. Students will develop and demonstrate sequential problem-solving skills and apply generic reasoning skills to new situations.
  4. Students will recognize patterns, relationships, and function characteristics.
  5. Students will incorporate measurement and algebraic principles with geometric and spatial concepts.
  6. Students will develop an understanding of the relationships among geometric figures and demonstrate that understanding in practical applications.
Assessments:

  1. Homework, quizzes, tests, and exams
  2. Projects and presentations
Practical Arts Department Curriculum

Goals:
  1. Students will demonstrate a proficient application of digital technology, including internet usage, still and video photography, computer hardware and software applications.
  2. Students will describe, identify and research various business, economic and personal finance systems that are currently in use both on a national and worldwide level.
  3. Students will research and analyze the responsibilities of household management, parenthood, and child development.
  4. Students will recognize the various documents, forms, transactions and methods used in business and personal finance.
  5. Students will recognize and explain the legal system of the United States on the local, state and national level.
Science Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will identify the goals and limits of science and participate in the process of scientific inquiry.
  2. Students will integrate their knowledge of science with studies in technology, math, and other subjects.
  3. Students will show respect for the impact of science, technology, and human activity on the environment.
  4. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills.
  5. Students will recognize the properties and principles of matter, energy, force, and motion.
  6. Students will identify characteristics of life and recognize the complexity of living systems.
  7. Students will identify unifying processes such as physical, biological, chemical, and geological cycles.
  8. Students will show appreciation for the beauty in Creation thereby respecting it and its Creator.
Assessments:
  1. Exams, tests, and quizzes
  2. Lab reports and lab tests
  3. Projects and presentations
  4. Research papers
Social Studies Department Curriculum

Goals

  1. Students will be able to identify and apply the major elements of geographical study and analyze their relationship to changes in society and environment.
  2. Students will be able to explore the continuity and change in the history in the United States and the world.
  3. Students will be able to define, interpret, and apply the principles which develop and shape the constitutional democracy in the United States.
  4. Students will be able to recognize the principles and processes of governance systems.
  5. Students will be able to compare and contrast economic concepts and principles.
  6. Students will be able to analyze the relationships of individuals and groups to institutions and cultural traditions.
  7. Students will be able to apply the tools of inquiry and interpretation for the social sciences.
Theology Department Curriculum

Goals:

  1. Students will be able to explain Catholic Christianity on the basis of its major concepts and their relation to one another.
  2. Students will be able to explain the Divine Plan as revealed in Sacred Scriptures and apply it to their lives.
  3. Students will articulate their relationship with God through personal and communal prayer.
  4. Students will integrate their spiritual principles in their daily living.
Assessments:
  1. Tests and quizzes
  2. Papers, journals, and projects
  3. Participation and discussion
  4. Service, supervisor's evaluation