Humanities 2
Humanities II Grade 10 2 Credits
This two course program is required for all sophomores.
Each course follows a common set of Humanities II themes for each quarter: "Industrialization & the Development of Communities"; "Dogmatism & Oppression"; "Activism & Witnessing"; and "Sustainability in Contemporary Society."
When school starts in the fall, students will have the choice to take the embedded honors option for this course. Parents and students will receive more information about this possibility during the first two weeks of the school year.
English – 10th Grade
This course emphasizes reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills in alignment with state standards and Keystone Literature assessment anchors. Students will engage these foundational literacy skills across the curriculum here at ECHS and beyond, from post-secondary education and the workplace to their role as community members. In particular, we focus on building our capacity for independent reading, comparative analysis, and analytical writing. Minor assessments will allow students to collaborate in showing their understanding of literary form and author's purpose through text analysis, inquiry discussions, and design projects. Major assessments will ask students to demonstrate their learning through extended comparative analysis, long-term research projects, and creative writing applications. All students will be offered the opportunity to deepen their learning through our Embedded Honors option, which further challenges critical thinking skills and engages students in supplemental reading and thinking activities related to each unit theme.
Social Studies – 10th Grade
This required course will focus on global studies and issues spanning from the end of World War I in 1919 through the contemporary world – with particular attention to issues of inequity, conflict, and injustice that permeate the globe. The class will devote particular attention to the United Nations and its 17 Sustainability Goals as well as other multinational organizations and initiatives that promote peace and the greater welfare of all people, and students will analyze major themes, cause & effect, historical patterns, and the myriad ways in which events, trends, and conflicts from the past can inform our understanding of the world today. This course will also provide opportunities for students to read and analyze primary source documents and conduct historical research, and through the Humanities model, students will pursue a thorough interdisciplinary experience that is synthesized with their English class.