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In this course, students will explore the physical and human characteristics that shape our world. They will examine landforms, climate zones, and ecosystems while also analyzing cultural and economic patterns across different regions. Using maps and geographic tools, students will investigate how migration, population trends, and globalization impact societies. The...
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In this course, students will explore the physical and human characteristics that shape our world. They will examine landforms, climate zones, and ecosystems while also analyzing cultural and economic patterns across different regions. Using maps and geographic tools, students will investigate how migration, population trends, and globalization impact societies. The...
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This course explores the physical and cultural aspects of our world, helping students understand how geography shapes human experiences. Students will learn essential geography skills, including map reading, spatial analysis, and research methods. The course covers major regions of the world, focusing on physical landscapes, climate patterns, and cultural diversity....
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This course formalizes what students learned about geometry in the middle grades with a focus on reasoning and making mathematical arguments. Mathematical reasoning is introduced with a study of triangle congruency, including exposure to formal proofs and geometric constructions. Then students extend what they have learned to other essential triangle...
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This course focuses on functions, polynomials, periodic phenomena, and collecting and analyzing data. The course begins with a review of linear and quadratic functions to solidify a foundation for learning these new functions. Students make connections between verbal, numeric, algebraic, and graphical representations of functions and apply this knowledge as...
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This course focuses on five critical areas: relationships between quantities and reasoning with equations, linear and exponential relationships, descriptive statistics, expressions and equations, and quadratic functions and modeling. This course builds on the foundation set in middle grades by deepening students’ understanding of linear and exponential functions and developing fluency...
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This is a senior-level English course that offers fascinating insight into British literary traditions spanning from Anglo-Saxon writing to the modern period. With interactive introductions and historical contexts, this full-year course connects philosophical, political, religious, ethical, and social influences of each time period to the works of many notable authors,...
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This junior-year English course invites students to delve into American literature from early American Indian voices through contemporary works. Students engage in literary analysis and inferential evaluation of great texts as the centerpieces of this course. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, and expository nonfiction, students master comprehension and literary...
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Focused on application, this sophomore English course reinforces literary analysis and twenty-first century skills with superb pieces of literature and literary nonfiction, application e-resources, and educational interactives. Each thematic unit focuses on specific literary analysis skills and allows students to apply them to a range of genres and text structures....
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This freshman-year English course engages students in literary analysis and inferential evaluation of great texts both classic and contemporary. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, and literary nonfiction, students will master comprehension and literary-analysis strategies. Interwoven in the lessons across two semesters are activities that encourage students to strengthen their...
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