All Courses
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IB ENG11 LT1HLB_Morales_S2
EN652A/B - IB English: Language and Literature HL 1 Learning Recommendations: This course is taught in a block with SS650A/B - IB History of the Americas HL 1. There are no formal requirements for students undertaking this course. Students who take this course often have varied language profiles and may be multilingual. While it is recommended that students have had experience writing critical essays about texts, not having done so should not exclude them from taking this course. This course offers the opportunity for continued language development and the acquisition of a range of skills including, for example, textual analysis and the expression of literary appreciation. Content: In this course, students will investigate the nature of language and literature and the ways in which it shapes and is influenced by context, identity, and culture. Students will learn about a range of text types in a variety of media, both literary and non-literary, and apply corresponding techniques specific to the text type. Course Aims: Engage with a range of text types, in a variety of media and forms, from different periods, styles, and contexts and use appropriate techniques for corresponding text types. Develop skills in interpretation, analysis and evaluation in both speaking and writing. Develop an understanding of relationships between texts and a variety of perspectives, cultural contexts, and local and global issues and an appreciation of how they contribute to diverse responses. Communicate and collaborate in a confident and creative way. Foster a lifelong interest in and enjoyment of language and literature. Equipment to be provided by Student: None Note: Skyline offers the IB English exam at the Higher Level only. In order to sit for the IB English exam, students must take both IB English: Language and Literature HL 1 and EN661A/B - IB English: Language and Literature HL 2 in 11th & 12th grades. *subject to modification based on class needs
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LAW AND SOCIETY_Petersen_S1
This course examines the central features of law as a social institution. We will explore the nature of law as a set of social systems, central actors in the systems, legal reasoning, and the relationship of the legal form and reasoning to social change. The primary purpose of the course will be to develop our perspective on law beyond the legal profession and learn that law and its relationship to society is shaped by social, economic, and political opportunities and constraints.
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CRIM JUST 1_von Trapp_S1
Criminal Justice 1 is a Career and Technical Education (CTE) course designed to expose students to many components of the criminal justice system. This includes federal, state, and local law enforcement procedures; laws that authorize and limit police behaviors and actions; current events that relate to our course of study. Students will be involved in activities intended to promote individual leadership skills, career exploration, occupational skills practice, and critical thinking. The Criminal Justice course is enriched with guest speakers from police departments, courts and other agencies representing a broad spectrum of subjects and issues.