CURRENT HISTORY
SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITY

Current History Small Learning Community will utilize the integration of social studies, language arts and technology to study U. S. and world history through current events.

Understanding the world requires a knowledge of history. By tying current events to their historical roots and examining similarities between recent and distant history, students better understand their role as citizens.

To enrich this understanding, students in the Current History SLC will read such works as All Quiet on the Western Front, Night, Things Fall Apart, Animal Farm, Alas Babylon, A Separate Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, Romeo and Juliet and Thousand Pieces of Gold.

As part of their coursework, students will learn about radio broadcasting and video production. (Freshman and Sophomore students are not guaranteed or required to have radio broadcasting experience.) Listed below is a sampling of material to be covered in grades 9 & 10:

Social Studies

World War I & II
Communism & Fascism
Russian Revolution
Geography Skills
U. S. Constitution
U. S. Intervention

Language Arts

Creative Writing
Narrative Writing
Persuasive Writing
Reading Strategies
Expository Writing
Elements of Literature
Poetry
Shakespeare
Short Stories