BPS High School Course Catalog 24-25 - Flipbook - Page 45
Excel 12: Contemporary American Studies (Groves),
Honors Excel 12: Contemporary American Studies (Groves)
Excel 12 offers students an interdisciplinary, project-based learning approach to studying the concepts
of government, psychology, and English, analyzing of the major challenges that threaten our ability to
trust each other and solve our problems. The class will compare the visions of government according to
the framers, literature, and contemporary essays, exploring the relationship between our ability to
govern ourselves and research on our collective and individual psychology. The course will assess what
securing our rights to “Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness” looks like as a citizen in this modern
society, utiliz-ing Harvard’s Case Method Institute. The work of the course will emphasize the skills of
critical thinking, case analysis, writing, and problem-solving, analyzing the various logics and
perspectives for how to improve our communities, workplaces, relationships, and livelihoods.
This course has the possibility of a blended component. Excel 12 will fulfill the credit requirements for
English 12A & 12B, Psychology, Government, or a social studies elective. Students will have the option to
take the class for honors credit.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Excel 11 or English 11
Grades Taught: 12
Credit: 2
NCAA Approved
110420 AP Literature and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition is an introductory college-level literary analysis course. AP
English Literature and Composition prepares students for the AP test offered in May through which
students, by strong performance on the exam, may earn up to one year of college credit. The course
stresses close reading, analysis, and critical writing as they explore concepts like character, setting,
structure, perspective, figurative language, and literary analysis in the context of literary works. The
readings for the course include classics and contemporary fiction from various genres and periods and
are both wide and deep, necessitating close, deliberate, and thoughtful attention to detail and
complexity. Students develop the skills of literary analysis as they practice analyzing poetry and prose,
then compose arguments about an interpretation of a literary work. In this AP Literature course, the
mode of instruction, whether blended or not, will be determined by the teacher based on the specific
needs and dynamics of the class.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of AP Language or equivalent
Grades Taught: 12
Credit: 1
NCAA Approved
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