Bilingual World History

5 Points-Full Year-Required 

• In order to master the proficiencies for this course, attendance, consistent with Board of Education policy, is required in order to demonstrate skills, social interaction, and the inter-play of ideas from student/teacher exchange.

• The student will demonstrate basic knowledge of the following topics:  prehistory, Egypt, Mesopotamia, classical Greece and Rome, ancient India and China, successors to Rome, Africa, the Americans, Asia (16^th-19^th century), the rise of the West, changing Western civilization, empire building and conflict, and the modern world.

• The student will be able to demonstrate thinking skills related to discrimination and judgment in the evaluation of facts.

• The students will be given opportunities to appreciate the differences and similarities of the worlds’ cultures.

 

Bilingual US History 1

5 Points-Full Year-Required 

This is a basic course for all Spanish-speaking students in the bilingual program. It surveys the development of the United States from its foundation in colonial times to the period of reconstruction after the Civil War. The foundation and establishment of democratic society and government is stressed with a special emphasis on the American Constitution.  

• In order to master the proficiencies for this course, attendance, consistent with Board of Education policy, is required in order to demonstrate skills, social interaction, and the inter-play of ideas from student/teacher exchange.

• The student will demonstrate evidence of understanding the background and causes of the Age of Discovery, including conditions in Europe which fostered discovery and exploration, the nations and major figures involved in exploration and colonization of the western hemisphere.

• The student will demonstrate evidence of understanding the development of the Anglo-American colonies into and in an independent nation, including the ideas and traditions that inspired the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the development of American Constitution Government.

• The student will demonstrate an understanding of the development of American nationalism from the early federal period throughout the first half of the nineteenth century including the idea of manifest destiny, the acquisition of additional territories, and the beginning of industrialization.

• The student will demonstrate an understanding of the issues, which developed sectional differences that led to the growth of southern nationalism and the war between the states.

• The student will illustrate knowledge of the major strategies, military conditions, and civilians factors which led to the eventual Union victory in the war between the states.

• The student will demonstrate the ability through discussion and the answering of questions, an understanding of current events especially as they realty to political, social, and economic problems of the United States.

• The student will demonstrate an understanding of the US Constitution. They will study the national government and its relation to the states’ governments.

Bilingual U.S. History 2

5 Points-Full Year-Required 

Prerequisite- Bilingual U.S. History 1 

This course is a continuation of Bilingual U.S. History 1 and continues into the contemporary world. Twentieth century American History is studied in detail with a special emphasis on the U.S. as a world power and current events. 

• In order to master the proficiencies for this course, attendance, consistent with Board of Education policy, is required in order to demonstrate skills, social interaction, and the inter-play of ideas from student/teacher exchange.

• The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, social and political development between the period of reconstruction.

• The student will demonstrate a knowledge of the development of the labor movement between the period of reconstruction and the end of World War 1 which led to the emergence of the United States as a world power and industrial leader.

• The student will demonstrate a knowledge of the development of the labor movement, populis, and progressive and identify at least five political economic, social and cultural aims or factors which resulted from these movements.

• The students will demonstrate a knowledge of the social and economic conditions and reforms which emerged from the Great Depression and the New Deal.

• The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and results of World War 2 and how they have impacted modern American society.

• The student will demonstrate the ability through discussion and the answering of questions and understanding of current events, especially as they relate to political, social, and economic problems of the United States.

• The student will demonstrate the ability through discussion and the answering of questions and understanding of Post War America, especially, the Cold War, the struggle for Civil Rights, and the Changing Society.

ESL HSPA Prep

5 Points-Full Year

Prerequisite- Student must fail reading or writing section of the HSPA, grade 11

The purpose of this course is to provide the students with concentrated practice in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills necessary to pass the reading and/or writing sections of the HSPA. Students in these classes are at different levels. The proficiencies are based upon entry level English reading and writing skills.  

• In order to master the proficiencies for this course, attendance, consistent with Board of Education policy, is required in order to demonstrate skills, social interaction, and the inter-play of ideas from student/teacher exchange.

• The student will demonstrate an understanding of vocabulary words in context.

• The student will demonstrate the ability to write a coherent narrative essay.

• The student will demonstrate the ability to identify grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors in sentences.

• The student will demonstrate the ability to combine ideas into well-constructed sentences.

• The student will demonstrate the ability to use transition words effectively and to recognize the order of sentences in a paragraph.

• The student will demonstrate the ability to identify main idea, recognize details, and infer meaning from context in reading selections geared to their ability.

• The student will demonstrate the ability to comprehend and answer in writing, open-ended questions based on reading selections.