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Art Appreciation

Apex Learning
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0.5 Unit
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Fine Arts
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Art Appreciation is a survey of the history of Western visual arts, with a primary focus on painting. Students begin with an introduction to the basic principles of painting and learn how to critique and compare works of art. Students then explore prehistoric and early Greek and Roman art before... Read More
  • State Certified

English I

Apex Learning
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1 Unit
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English Language Arts
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Grades: 9
The English 9 course is an overview of exemplar selections of literature in fiction and nonfiction genres. Students read short stories, poems, a full-length novel, and a full-length Shakespeare play, analyzing the use of elements of literature in developing character, plot, and theme. For example, in selected stories, students compare... Read More
  • State Certified
  • NCAA Eligible

Music Appreciation

Apex Learning
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1 Unit
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Fine Arts
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Music Appreciation is a streamlined course that introduces students to the history, theory, and genres of music, from the most primitive surviving examples, through the classical to the most contemporary in the world at large. The course is offered in a two-semester format. The first semester covers primitive musical forms... Read More
  • State Certified

Reading Skills and Strategies

Apex Learning
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0.5 Unit
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English Language Arts
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Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Reading Skills and Strategies is a course is designed to help the struggling reader develop mastery in the areas of reading comprehension, vocabulary building, study skills, and media literacy, which are the course’s primary content strands. Using these strands, the course guides the student through the skills necessary to be... Read More
  • State Certified