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13072 Advanced Theatre Research: Groves
This course is a culmination and extension of concepts and ideas developed in Theatre 1, Theatre 2,
Theatre 3. Theatre 4 and Theatre 5A/B courses. Students will apply and evaluate the skills that they have
learned in the previous courses as it applies to a major/minor area of study. Students may be involved in
script analysis and dramaturgical study, design considerations, construction of a model set, designing
and/or building costumes and focus on a major area of specialized study. Furthermore, students study
the basics of communication and public speaking where they develop self-confidence in oral
presentations while researching and presenting speeches on topics that relate to their major or minor
area of study.
Prerequisites: Theatre 5 A/B or permission of instructor
*This course may be repeated for credit
Grades Taught: 11, 12
Credit: .5
11412 Readings in Literature
This course is designed to promote the appreciation and love of reading by providing students with the
opportunity to design and implement a personal reading plan. In addition to sustained reading over the
course of the term, students will engage in book talks with the class and their teacher, and compose
written reflections on their reading. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: None
Grades Taught: 9, 10, 11, 12
Credit: .25
NCAA Approved
12082/92 Video Production/Advanced Video Production
This course gives students the opportunity to explore the power, presence, and influence of the media in
today’s society, while equipping them with the knowledge, tools, and basic skills required to create video
projects of their own. While being provided a hands-on experience with professional video, audio, and
editing equipment, students will be taught the basic skills required to write, film, and edit a variety of
different video projects including: commercials, PSA’s, short films, vlogs, music videos, documentaries,
news reports, videos for streaming online and more.
Prerequisites: None
Grades Taught: 9, 10, 11, 12
Credit: .25
120420 Radio Speech/Audio Digital Media Production (Seaholm):
This course is for students interested in developing communication skills in a broadcast setting. They
will learn physical and vocal delivery skills and audio production skills in group and individual settings to
create speeches, public service announcements, radio productions and podcasts. They will get handson experience using technology and equipment simulating real-word production. These projects will be
hosted and streamed on WSHS Seaholm’s radio station.
Prerequisites: None
Grades Taught: 9, 10, 11, 12
Credit: .25
11392 Holocaust Literature: Groves (English or Social Studies Credit)
This course will focus on those European and American writers who witnessed and experienced the
horrors of the Holocaust, documenting how survivors testified to the pain they endured through literary expression. The stories we will read and watch about the Holocaust will help us put a human shape
on inhuman behavior. Holocaust narratives keep us from looking at photographs of victims as if they
were simply anonymous beings, devoid of humanity-- exactly what the Nazis wanted the world to see.
By reading and hearing the dignity of these victims’ voices, their humanity is restored. When this history
is personalized and recollected–when we see not just a mass genocide, but also personal tragedy–the
distance closes between the victims and ourselves.
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