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MICDSWorld Languages
Course offerings
Latin
Mandarin
German
French
Spanish
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Communication
Engage in
conversation, express
feelings and emotions,
exchange opinions
Understand and
interpret written andspoken language
Present information,
concepts, and ideas to
an audience of listeners
or readers on a variety
of topics
(MICDS students pictured in a classroom in Quertaro, Mxico)
Communicate in Languages Other than English
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Cultures
(MICDS welcomes sister school from Dortmund, Germany)
Demonstrate an
understanding of
the relationship
between the
practices andperspectives of the
culture studied
Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures
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ConnectionsConnect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information
(MICDS students being led on a tour of Quertaro.)
Reinforce and
further knowledge
of other disciplinesthrough the foreign
language
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ComparisonsDevelop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture
(Exchange students at future partner school in Shanghai. )
Demonstrate
understanding of
the nature of
language through
comparisons of
the language and
culture studied
and English
language andAmerican culture
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CommunitiesParticipate in Multilingual Communities at Home and Around the
World
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T1 T2 T3
Spanish 100 Spanish 100 Spanish 100
Spanish 200
Spanish 250
Spanish 200
Spanish 250
Spanish 200
Spanish 250
Spanish 300
Spanish 350
Spanish 300
Spanish 350
Spanish 300
Spanish 350
Spanish 401: Leisure
Spanish 450: Leisure
Spanish 402: Routines
Spanish 452: Routines
Spanish 403: Conversation and
Culture
Spanish 453: Immigration
Spanish 454: Spain: Culture and
Civilization
Spanish 455: Short Stories and
Creative Writing
Spanish 501: Hispanic Film Spanish 502: Social Justice in
Latin America
Spanish503: Caribbean
Experience
Spanish 551: Contemporary
Literary Study (required course
for AP)
Spanish552: Spanish Film and
Literature (required course for
AP)
Spanish 600: AP Spanish
Language
Black Graduation requirement Green Electives Red AP Level
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Sample of World Language Offerings
We offer courses in
Latin
Mandarin
German
French
Spanish
Only Spanish is presented here in detail. Similarofferings exist in each language.
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Class of 2011 / (12th grade Seniors) have completed their requirements for graduation and are free to pursue any art course they wish.
Students who did not take an art in 11 th grade must complete one trimester to fulfill their graduation requirement.
Class of 2012 / (11th
grade Juniors) must complete one trimester studio art course to complete their graduation requirements
Class of 2013 / (10th grade Sophomores) must complete three trimesters of a studio art course to complete their graduation
requirements
Class of 2014 and forward/ (9th grade Freshmen) must complete a minimum of six
trimesters.
Art Department Graduation RequirementsStudents must complete six trimesters of art.
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Music and Drama
Cult. Lit. Music: *Band
Concert Choir Womens Choir Chamber
Choir
Intro to Singing Mens Chorus AP Music
Cult. Lit. Drama*
Acting 1 Acting 2 Acting 3 Auditions*
Musical Theater*+ Moliere*
Modern
Playwrights
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Visual Arts
Sculpture 1 Hand Building
Sculpt Figure
Design Drawing 1 Drawing 2 Painting AP Studio/Draw
Architecture 1 Architecture Architecture 3 CAD Rendering
CAD
Stagecraft
Art 19thCentury* AP Art Hist.
Art 20thCentury *
Digital Design * Web Design
Magic of Photo
Digital Photo
Digital Eye Creative Darkroom Senior Folio/Photo
Photo Essay AP Studio/Photo
The Graphic Novel* +
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Graduation requirement
Completion of eight trimesters of History:
World History I (three trimesters)
20thCentury World History (two trimesters)
United States History (three trimesters)
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The following are the requirements for the
MICDS Upper School History Department:
World History (Grade 9Full-Year); all students will complete theyear-long course; students ready for Accelerated 20th Century World
History will be identified
20th Century World History (Grade 10Trimesters One and Two); all
students will complete the two-trimester course; based on
departmental recommendation, some students may take
Accelerated 20th Century World History
United States History (Grade 11Full-Year); students may take
either regular or, based on departmental recommendation, AP; those
taking AP MUST take The Atlantic World course or successfullycomplete a reading and writing assignment based on the material
covered in that course
TOTAL: 8 Trimesters
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Year First Trimester Second Trimester Third Trimester
Grade 9 One year of World History
Grade
10
Regular: 20th Century World
Accelerated: 20th Century World
NOTREQUIRED--
ELECTIVES
Accelerated: The
Atlantic World
Grade
11
Regular: U.S. History (year-long)
AP: Advanced Placement U.S. History (year-long)
Grade
12NOTREQUIRED--ELECTIVES
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Electives for the First Trimester
(for Juniors and Seniors)
A House Divided: The American Civil War
Born to Shop: The History ofAmerican Consumer
Culture
Colonization and Revolution: A Comparative Study of
the United States and India
The History of Race and Sports in Modern America
Electives for the Second Trimester
(for Juniors and Seniors)
A House Divided: The American Civil War
The Cold War
Constitutional Law: Individual Rights
American Protest Movements of the 1960s and 1970s
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Year-long electives for Seniors
Advanced Placement United States Government
Advanced Placement European History
Electives for the Third Trimester (Seniors ONLY)9/11: Causes and Responses
Selected Topics in Global Issues
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Electives for the Third Trimester
(for Sophomores and Juniors)
A
frica: 20
th
Century to the Modern WorldThe History of Oil
The Artist as Historian
History as Mystery
History of China
The Second World War
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The Atlantic WorldAn accelerated course offered to sophomores
The course is required for those students wishing to take
Advanced Placement United States History
This course examines the various cultures that existedaround the Atlantic Ocean from the 15th century to the
brink of the American Revolution. Particular attention will
be paid to colonial American history, the trans-Atlantic
slave trade and the interaction between indigenous
Americans, Europeans, and Africans.
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Hallmarks of our Program, 9-12
Close Reading
Critical Thinking
Intentional and Repeat Instruction in the Writing Process (brainstorming,outlining, drafting, conferencing, revising)
Socratic Discussion
Systematic Vocabulary acquisition
Syntax Development via Sentence Pattern practice
Systematic honing ofAnalytical Skills
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English 9 Crossing Thresholds: Stories of
Orientation and Transformation
English 9 is a three trimester (36-week) foundational course in
which students read and study a series of significant stories
stories of creation, stories of change and transformation,
stories of growth and initiation.
Texts include Lord of the Flies, creation stories and poems, Things
Fall Apart,Antigone,A Midsummer Nights Dream,The Rime of
the Ancient Mariner, The Odyssey, The Bear, and The
Laughing Sutra. Students also read and write about
independently chosen books.
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English 10 The Individual and the Quest for
Authenticity
English 10 is a two trimester (24-week) course in which students
build on themes introduced in English 9 but emphasize issues
particularly important to 10th-graders: the quest for
authenticity, the nature of the self, the search for truth about
our world and ourselves.
Texts include The Namesake, The Catcher in the Rye, Hamlet,
Interpreter of Maladies, and Their Eyes Were Watching God.
In addition to these major works, 10th graders also read avariety of short stories, essays, and poems and independently
chosen books.
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English 11 American Literature: Transcending
Self, Asserting Self
English 11 is designed as a two trimester
(24-week) conversation about American literature within a
community of readers and writers.
Texts include Into the Wild, essays by Thoreau and Emerson,
poems by Whitman and Dickinson, The ScarletLetter, In our
Time, The Great Gatsby, Ma Raineys Black Bottom, Love
Medicine, and Song of Solomon.
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10th and 11th grade T3 Options
During the third trimester, 10th and 11th graderschoose from among a list of topical courses
including:
Creative Non-Fiction
Getting Started in the 1950s
The Good Life
The Graphic Novel:The Illustrated Word Literature of the Uncanny
Monarch, Magician, Warrior, Lover
Peat and Repeat: Adaptation and Their Sources
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English 1212th graders select from among a range oftrimester courses including:
The Art of the Short Story
Contemporary Family Stories
Contemporary Fiction
Creative Writing
The Existential Imagination
Literary Monsters
Satire: A Bowl of Mixed Fruits
Shakespeares Principal Plays
During Trimester 3, all 12th graders take The Author Project: ACapstone Course in Reading, Writing, and Research
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AP Calculus AB
7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Pre-Algebra
Topics in
MathAlgebra Int. Math 1
Int. Math2
(T1 & T2)
T3: Elective
Math Modeling
& Trig
(T1 & T2)
T3: Elective
Electives
Algebra Int. Math 1
Int. Math2
(T1 & T2)
T3: Elective
Math
Modeling& Trig
(T1 & T2)
T3: Elective
AP Statistics
Calculus
Algebra/
Geometry 7
Algebra/
Geometry 8
Int. Math 1
Accelerated
Int. Math 2
AcceleratedAP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC
Core Mathematics Curriculum
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Mathematics Electives for 2011-2012
The Programming
Environment
No Pre-requisite
Multivariable Calculus
Pre-req: BC Calculus
Mathematical Ways of
Thinking
Pre-req: Int. Math 2
Advanced DataStructures
Pre-req: Programming
Environment
Discrete Mathematics
Pre-req: Math
Modeling & Trig.
Modeling withTechnology
Pre-req: Math
Modeling & Trig.
Analytic Geometry
Pre-req: Math
Modeling & Trig.
Interdisciplinary
Statistics Ecology
and Environmental
Science
Pre-req: Int. Math 2
Linear Algebra
Pre-req: Int. Math 2
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Its What and How
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What TPACK Means to You
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Consider
Faculty are asked to speak at other schools-internationally
27% of Upper School Faculty present at
conferences Lots of Faculty PD=Community of Learners Brain Conference, NAIS, ASCD, METC, Lausanne, National
Organizations
We follow college trends
Portfolios Exams
POGIL
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The Right Learning Mix
Curriculum
Pedagogy
Technology
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