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8/8/2019 MICDS US CURRICULUM

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MICDSWorld Languages

Course offerings

Latin

Mandarin

German

French

Spanish


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Communication

Engage in

conversation, express

feelings and emotions,

exchange opinions

Understand and

interpret written andspoken language

Present information,

concepts, and ideas to

an audience of listeners

or readers on a variety

of topics

(MICDS students pictured in a classroom in Quertaro, Mxico)

Communicate in Languages Other than English


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Cultures

(MICDS welcomes sister school from Dortmund, Germany)

Demonstrate an

understanding of

the relationship

between the

practices andperspectives of the

culture studied

Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures


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ConnectionsConnect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information

(MICDS students being led on a tour of Quertaro.)

Reinforce and

further knowledge

of other disciplinesthrough the foreign

language


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ComparisonsDevelop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture

(Exchange students at future partner school in Shanghai. )

Demonstrate

understanding of

the nature of

language through

comparisons of

the language and

culture studied

and English

language andAmerican culture


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CommunitiesParticipate in Multilingual Communities at Home and Around the

World


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T1 T2 T3

Spanish 100 Spanish 100 Spanish 100

Spanish 200

Spanish 250

Spanish 200

Spanish 250

Spanish 200

Spanish 250

Spanish 300

Spanish 350

Spanish 300

Spanish 350

Spanish 300

Spanish 350

Spanish 401: Leisure

Spanish 450: Leisure

Spanish 402: Routines

Spanish 452: Routines

Spanish 403: Conversation and

Culture

Spanish 453: Immigration

Spanish 454: Spain: Culture and

Civilization

Spanish 455: Short Stories and

Creative Writing

Spanish 501: Hispanic Film Spanish 502: Social Justice in

Latin America

Spanish503: Caribbean

Experience

Spanish 551: Contemporary

Literary Study (required course

for AP)

Spanish552: Spanish Film and

Literature (required course for

AP)

Spanish 600: AP Spanish

Language

Black Graduation requirement Green Electives Red AP Level


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Sample of World Language Offerings

We offer courses in

Latin

Mandarin

German

French

Spanish

Only Spanish is presented here in detail. Similarofferings exist in each language.


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Class of 2011 / (12th grade Seniors) have completed their requirements for graduation and are free to pursue any art course they wish.

Students who did not take an art in 11 th grade must complete one trimester to fulfill their graduation requirement.

Class of 2012 / (11th

grade Juniors) must complete one trimester studio art course to complete their graduation requirements

Class of 2013 / (10th grade Sophomores) must complete three trimesters of a studio art course to complete their graduation

requirements

Class of 2014 and forward/ (9th grade Freshmen) must complete a minimum of six

trimesters.

Art Department Graduation RequirementsStudents must complete six trimesters of art.


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Music and Drama

Cult. Lit. Music: *Band

Concert Choir Womens Choir Chamber

Choir

Intro to Singing Mens Chorus AP Music

Cult. Lit. Drama*

Acting 1 Acting 2 Acting 3 Auditions*

Musical Theater*+ Moliere*

Modern

Playwrights


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Visual Arts

Sculpture 1 Hand Building

Sculpt Figure

Design Drawing 1 Drawing 2 Painting AP Studio/Draw

Architecture 1 Architecture Architecture 3 CAD Rendering

CAD

Stagecraft

Art 19thCentury* AP Art Hist.

Art 20thCentury *

Digital Design * Web Design

Magic of Photo

Digital Photo

Digital Eye Creative Darkroom Senior Folio/Photo

Photo Essay AP Studio/Photo

The Graphic Novel* +


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Graduation requirement

Completion of eight trimesters of History:

World History I (three trimesters)

20thCentury World History (two trimesters)

United States History (three trimesters)


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The following are the requirements for the

MICDS Upper School History Department:

World History (Grade 9Full-Year); all students will complete theyear-long course; students ready for Accelerated 20th Century World

History will be identified

20th Century World History (Grade 10Trimesters One and Two); all

students will complete the two-trimester course; based on

departmental recommendation, some students may take

Accelerated 20th Century World History

United States History (Grade 11Full-Year); students may take

either regular or, based on departmental recommendation, AP; those

taking AP MUST take The Atlantic World course or successfullycomplete a reading and writing assignment based on the material

covered in that course

TOTAL: 8 Trimesters


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Year First Trimester Second Trimester Third Trimester

Grade 9 One year of World History

Grade

10

Regular: 20th Century World

Accelerated: 20th Century World

NOTREQUIRED--

ELECTIVES

Accelerated: The

Atlantic World

Grade

11

Regular: U.S. History (year-long)

AP: Advanced Placement U.S. History (year-long)

Grade

12NOTREQUIRED--ELECTIVES


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Electives for the First Trimester

(for Juniors and Seniors)

A House Divided: The American Civil War

Born to Shop: The History ofAmerican Consumer

Culture

Colonization and Revolution: A Comparative Study of

the United States and India

The History of Race and Sports in Modern America

Electives for the Second Trimester

(for Juniors and Seniors)

A House Divided: The American Civil War

The Cold War

Constitutional Law: Individual Rights

American Protest Movements of the 1960s and 1970s


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Year-long electives for Seniors

Advanced Placement United States Government

Advanced Placement European History

Electives for the Third Trimester (Seniors ONLY)9/11: Causes and Responses

Selected Topics in Global Issues


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Electives for the Third Trimester

(for Sophomores and Juniors)

A

frica: 20

th

Century to the Modern WorldThe History of Oil

The Artist as Historian

History as Mystery

History of China

The Second World War


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The Atlantic WorldAn accelerated course offered to sophomores

The course is required for those students wishing to take

Advanced Placement United States History

This course examines the various cultures that existedaround the Atlantic Ocean from the 15th century to the

brink of the American Revolution. Particular attention will

be paid to colonial American history, the trans-Atlantic

slave trade and the interaction between indigenous

Americans, Europeans, and Africans.


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Hallmarks of our Program, 9-12

Close Reading

Critical Thinking

Intentional and Repeat Instruction in the Writing Process (brainstorming,outlining, drafting, conferencing, revising)

Socratic Discussion

Systematic Vocabulary acquisition

Syntax Development via Sentence Pattern practice

Systematic honing ofAnalytical Skills


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English 9 Crossing Thresholds: Stories of

Orientation and Transformation

English 9 is a three trimester (36-week) foundational course in

which students read and study a series of significant stories

stories of creation, stories of change and transformation,

stories of growth and initiation.

Texts include Lord of the Flies, creation stories and poems, Things

Fall Apart,Antigone,A Midsummer Nights Dream,The Rime of

the Ancient Mariner, The Odyssey, The Bear, and The

Laughing Sutra. Students also read and write about

independently chosen books.


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English 10 The Individual and the Quest for

Authenticity

English 10 is a two trimester (24-week) course in which students

build on themes introduced in English 9 but emphasize issues

particularly important to 10th-graders: the quest for

authenticity, the nature of the self, the search for truth about

our world and ourselves.

Texts include The Namesake, The Catcher in the Rye, Hamlet,

Interpreter of Maladies, and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

In addition to these major works, 10th graders also read avariety of short stories, essays, and poems and independently

chosen books.


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English 11 American Literature: Transcending

Self, Asserting Self

English 11 is designed as a two trimester

(24-week) conversation about American literature within a

community of readers and writers.

Texts include Into the Wild, essays by Thoreau and Emerson,

poems by Whitman and Dickinson, The ScarletLetter, In our

Time, The Great Gatsby, Ma Raineys Black Bottom, Love

Medicine, and Song of Solomon.


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10th and 11th grade T3 Options

During the third trimester, 10th and 11th graderschoose from among a list of topical courses

including:

Creative Non-Fiction

Getting Started in the 1950s

The Good Life

The Graphic Novel:The Illustrated Word Literature of the Uncanny

Monarch, Magician, Warrior, Lover

Peat and Repeat: Adaptation and Their Sources


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English 1212th graders select from among a range oftrimester courses including:

The Art of the Short Story

Contemporary Family Stories

Contemporary Fiction

Creative Writing

The Existential Imagination

Literary Monsters

Satire: A Bowl of Mixed Fruits

Shakespeares Principal Plays

During Trimester 3, all 12th graders take The Author Project: ACapstone Course in Reading, Writing, and Research


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AP Calculus AB

7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Pre-Algebra

Topics in

MathAlgebra Int. Math 1

Int. Math2

(T1 & T2)

T3: Elective

Math Modeling

& Trig

(T1 & T2)

T3: Elective

Electives

Algebra Int. Math 1

Int. Math2

(T1 & T2)

T3: Elective

Math

Modeling& Trig

(T1 & T2)

T3: Elective

AP Statistics

Calculus

Algebra/

Geometry 7

Algebra/

Geometry 8

Int. Math 1

Accelerated

Int. Math 2

AcceleratedAP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC

Core Mathematics Curriculum


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Mathematics Electives for 2011-2012

The Programming

Environment

No Pre-requisite

Multivariable Calculus

Pre-req: BC Calculus

Mathematical Ways of

Thinking

Pre-req: Int. Math 2

Advanced DataStructures

Pre-req: Programming

Environment

Discrete Mathematics

Pre-req: Math

Modeling & Trig.

Modeling withTechnology

Pre-req: Math

Modeling & Trig.

Analytic Geometry

Pre-req: Math

Modeling & Trig.

Interdisciplinary

Statistics Ecology

and Environmental

Science


Linear Algebra



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Its What and How


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What TPACK Means to You


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Consider

Faculty are asked to speak at other schools-internationally

27% of Upper School Faculty present at

conferences Lots of Faculty PD=Community of Learners Brain Conference, NAIS, ASCD, METC, Lausanne, National

Organizations

We follow college trends

Portfolios Exams

POGIL


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The Right Learning Mix

Curriculum

Pedagogy

Technology


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