JOURNALISM II/YEARBOOK- (11 th & 12th Grade)
415010
(1 Credit)
Prerequisite: Journalism I
Journalism II is a two-semester course designed to provide students with an intermediate study of media applications above Journalism I. This course can serve as further preparation for advanced media applications. Students in Journalism II will become active participants in the world of media to enhance their communication skills. Students will progress in their academic knowledge through the roles of reporters, photographers, ad sales, and marketing team members. Writing, technology, and visual and electronic media are used as tools for learning as students create, assess, and produce. Students will learn to apply journalistic guidelines for writing and design, which include objectivity, responsibility, and credibility.
DRAMA (Semester) (11 th , 12th Grades) (1 Credit)
416000
Drama activities in conjunction with unit in theater appreciation, stage movement, improvisation, mime, acting, theater history, play production and voice and diction.
SOCIAL STUDIES
ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY (10 th Grade) (1 Credit) Credit: Will count as World History requirement (1 Credit)
571020 ●
Advanced Placement World History is a college-level course that is intended to promote in students a greater understanding of the evolution of global developments and interactions with different types of human societies. This understanding is advanced through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills. The course offers truly balanced coverage with Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe. Students will need to be skilled in reading and writing. Students must be committed to daily homework assignments, devote considerable time to outside reading requirements and be able to participate actively in class discussions. The student will be trained to interpret, analyze and synthesize historical documents, as well as primary and secondary sources. The course is meant to challenge the most motivated and disciplined student to perform at a high level of mastery. This course will require a summer assignment.
AP students are required to take the examination in May.
471000
WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1450 (10th Grade) (1 Credit)
World History is designed to assist students in understanding the human condition, how people and countries of the world have become increasingly interconnected across time and space, and the ways different people view the same event or issue from a variety of perspectives. This course develops an understanding of the historical roots of current world issues, especially as they pertain to international/global relations. Knowledge of past achievements and failures of different peoples and nations provides citizens of the 21 st century with a broader context within which to address the many issues facing our nation and the world. World History references the eras and time periods from The National Center for History in the Schools.
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