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A cooperatively taught, two credit integrated
U.S. History and American Literature course. Through
this interdisciplinary approach, students will explore
our nation’s past through numerous types of learning
activities, including class discussion, cooperative learning,
group and individual projects and presentations.
Novels, short stories, essays and poetry will be examined
for both literary merit as well as impact on, or response
to historical events. Students will have many opportunities
to refine research and essay writing skills. Themes
of race and membership, economics and technology, war
and peace, and contemporary America will be investigated.
Musical and artistic expression from our country’s
past will be also be emphasized throughout the year.
Students MUST fill out
an application to the program and will be selected through
a lottery.
Honors
credit available with approval
of SWS staff for either or both of the following:
| SWS
10E |
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1
CREDIT - ENGLISH |
| SWS
10S |
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1
CREDIT - SOCIAL
STUDIES |
| SWS
19 |
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1
CREDIT - AMERICAN
STUDIES ENRICHMENT SEMINAR |
American
Studies Enrichment Seminar
SWS 19
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1
CREDIT |
Grade
11
Required with American Studies
As an extension of classroom learning, this required seminar
provides further academic integration of the SWS English
and History curriculum. Including outdoor initiatives
to promote cooperation, self-confidence and team building
skills. The seminar also includes a guest speaker
forum. Additional field experiences in the surrounding
community and beyond will further enrich the curriculum
and require a high level of commitment and integrity.
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WORLD
CITIZENSHIP IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
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| Grade
12 |
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3
CREDITS TOTAL |
SWS
20E
SWS 20S
SWS 29 |
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1
CREDIT – ENGLISH
1 CREDIT – SOCIAL STUDIES
1 CREDIT – WORLD CITIZENSHIP ENRICHMENT SEMINAR
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Current
Nauset students have expressed the need for a course which
allows and encourages them to become centered and effective
citizens of the world through understanding current events
in terms of world power and economic structure.
We will investigate peaceful ways to effect change towards
a politically and environmentally sustainable future.
Students will be expected to explore important topics
of their own choosing and then to synthesize their findings
in creative ways which will enhance and enliven class
discussion.
| WORLD
CITIZENSHIP ENRICHMENT SEMINAR
SWS29
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1
CREDIT |
Grade 12
REQUIRED WITH WORLD CITIZENSHIP IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
As
an extension of classroom learning, this required seminar
provides further academic integration of the SWS English
and History curriculum; including outdoor initiatives
to promote cooperation, self-confidence and team-building
skills. The seminar also includes a guest speaker forum.
Additional field experiences in the surrounding community
and beyond will further enrich the curriculum and require
a high level of commitment and integrity.
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FACING
HISTORY AND OURSELVES |
Grade
12
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2
CREDITS |
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1
CREDIT – ENGLISH
1 CREDIT– SOCIAL STUDIES
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Prerequisite: U.S. History
A
cooperatively taught two credit integrated history
and English course. This interdisciplinary approach
begins with issues of personal identity; moves to consideration
of historical events and judgment of those events; and
ends with examples of positive participation in both the
past and present. Through an examination of the
events that led to the Holocaust, students come to understand
that few events in history are inevitable, most are the
result of choices made by countless individuals and groups.
Even the smallest decisions may have profound consequences
that affect generations to come. Throughout, students
and teachers confront the moral questions inherent in
a study not only of racism, anti-Semitism, and violence,
but also of courage, caring and compassion. Students
will explore novels, short stories, children’s literature,
essays, poetry, music and art and will refine research
and writing skills. They will also have the opportunity
to complete college essays, scholarship letters, and participate
in several related community events. This course,
as former students have said, “had an amazing impact”
on them, one that has continued to affect them long after
graduation.
MYTHOLOGY
FOR WRITERS
SWS 33
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1
CREDIT- English |
Through
a structural examination of classical eastern and western
mythologies, students will comprehend the interaction
of myth and culture. Students will study the universal
plot, themes, characterization and conflict present in
all mythology in order to bring these fundamental aspects
into their own writing. Students will also produce
an original screenplay and a documented research paper.
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INTRODUCTION
TO ASTRONOMY
SWS 45 (Fall)
SWS 55 (Spring) |
1/2
CREDIT - SCIENCE |
Seen
through an SWS model curricular approach, this course
will examine the heavens and the relationship of humans
to them. Major constellations and heavenly bodies
will be identified, and a basic overview of celestial
navigation will be provided as well as a discussion of
cosmology and the implications of quantum physics.
We will look at space programs of the past, present and
future, track satellites and study the building and operation
of light telescopes. The course will conclude with
an examination of the promise and problems inherent in
extra-terrestrial colonization.
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