Syllabus Name School year
Advanced Band 2018/2019
ISBN Various (students should choose the correct
book for their instrument)
Author Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
Title Yamaha Band Student: Book 2
Publisher Alfred Music
Strategy Purchase by the student
Advanced Drama 2018/2019
Algebra & Geometry I 2018/2019
ISBN 1565771346
Author Saxon Jr., John H.
Title Algebra 1: An Incremental Development, 3rd
Edition
Publisher Saxon Publishers
Strategy Loan to Student
Algebra & Geometry I 2018/2019
ISBN 1565771346
Author Saxon Jr., John H.
Title Algebra 1: An Incremental Development, 3rd
Edition
Publisher Saxon Publishers
Strategy Loan to Student
The Castle of Perserverence, by Anonymous Renaissance Theatre
Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare\ 19th/20th Century Theatre
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (the play), by Thomas Russell Sullivan Unit-Specific Resources
Ancient Theatre Antigone, by Sophocles Medieval Theatre
Great Monologues for Young Actors, edited by Craig Slaight and Jack Sharrar
https://www.mtishows.com/
www.pioneerdrama.com
https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/
www.theatrefolk.com
www.youtube.com (for viewing and dsicussing relevant examples of live theatre)
The instructor will provide information, readings, and scenes from the following lists of sources.NOTE TO PARENTS: These lists are not exhaustive; materials may be added or dropped throughout the year. It is also important to note that this course will be reading and performing selected scenes from plays, some of which may contain strong (but not inappropriate) language and/or mature themes. These will be dealt with professionally and academically so as best to prepare students to analyze works of art that make strong statements about the human condition. Finally, please note that families will NOT need to purchase anything on the following lists; materials will be provided in class.
General Resources
Instructional Materials Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Introduction to Theatre Arts: A 36-Week Action Handbook, by Suzi Zimmerman Shakespeare Set Free, from the Folger Shakespeare Library
Secondary Stages, by Jeff Bennett
Algebra & Geometry II 2018/2019
Algebra & Geometry II 2018/2019
AP Biology 2018/2019
ISBN 978-1464156410
Author Hillis, Sadava, Heller, Price
Title Principles of Life (2015 – 2nd edition)
Publisher W. H. Freeman, Sinauer Associates, Inc.
(Co-publisher)
Strategy Loan to Student
ISBN 9.78144E+12
Author Goldberg, Deborah T.
Title Barron's AP Biology (2017)
Publisher Barron's Educational Series; 6th edition
(February 1, 2017)
Strategy Purchase by Student
AP Calculus AB 2018/2019
ISBN 156577146
Author Saxon, John, and Wang, Frank
Darwin's Dangerous Idea (PBS)
At the beginning of the year, students will be provided with an AP Biology Equation Sheet. They will be expected to have this sheet in their binders in every class.
PBS: Becoming Human episodes, Production Co: Public Broadcasting (PBS), Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
Planet Earth episodes, Production Co: Discovery, Rating :TV “NR”, for Not Rated Life episodes, Production Co: BBC, Rating: TV "NR", for Not Rated
PBS: Evolution episodes, Production Co: Public Broadcasting (PBS), Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey episodes, Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
David Attenborough's Rise of the Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates, Production Co: BBC, Rating: TV "NR", for Not Rated
Text, lecture and labs will be supplemented with science and educational content from the internet. Bozeman science, CrashCourse, NOVA, Scientific American, and science journals are designed to support students with a comprehensive understanding and with their ability to apply their knowledge to the free response questions on the AP Exam.
Supplemental materials may include, but may not be limited to, the following videos: Students will also be expected to purchase an AP study book that was published after 2014. The recommended book is listed above in the Recommended Instructional Materials.
Algebra 2, 3rd edition , by John Saxon, ISBN: 1-56577-140-0 Algebra 2, 3rd edition , by John Saxon, ISBN: 1-56577-140-0
Required Instructional Material
Recommended Instructional Material
Title Calculus with Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry
Publisher Saxon Publishers, Inc.
Strategy Loan to Student
ISBN 978-1-4292-5074-0
Author Jon Rogawski, Ray Cannon
Title Rogawski's Calculus for AP, Early
transcendentals
Publisher W. H. Freeman and Company
Strategy Clasroom use
ISBN 978-1-4380-0497-6
Author David Bock, Dennis Donovan, Shirley O.
Hockett
Title AP Calculus
Publisher Barron's Educational Series, Inc
Strategy Recomended to purchase by student
AP English Language & Composition 2018/2019
Title: Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness Third Trimester
Author: Edward Abbey ISBN: 978-0156787338 Second Trimester Author: Virginia Woolf Title: A Room of One's Own ISBN: 978-0872206335 Author: Plato
Title: Five Dialogues First Trimester
The Language of Composition ISBN: 978-0312676506
(These textbooks should already have purchased in ninth grade. See me if you need one still.)
Shea, Renee, Lawrence Scanlon, et al.
Type of Instructional Material: Suplementary Instructional Material
AP English Literature & Composition 2018/2019
ISBN 10 743477567
Author William Shakespeare
Title The Merchant of Venice
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Strategy Purchase by the student
ISBN 10 0486282112
Author Mary Shelley
Title Frankenstein
Publisher Dover Thrift
Strategy Purchase by the student
ISBN 10 0486284727
Author H.G. Wells
Title Time Machine
Publisher Dover Thrift
Strategy Purchase by the student
ISBN 10 486264646
Author Joseph Conrad
Title Heart of Darkness
Publisher Dover Thrift
Strategy Purchase by the student
ISBN 10 0385474542
Author Chinua Achebe
Title Things Fall Apart
Publisher Penguin
Strategy Purchase by the student
ISBN 10 0812988523
Author Kurt Vonnegut
Title Slaughterhouse Five
Publisher Modern Library 100 Best Novels
Strategy Purchase by the student
AP Environmental Science 2018/2019
ISBN 978-1464108686
Author Friedland & Relyea
Title Environmental Science for AP 2nd Edition
Publisher W. H. Freemand and Company
Strategy School provides for student
Textbook: This textbook will be provided to the students and can be kept at home. I have a class set for in class use.
Review Book: The review book should be purchased by the student and, unless otherwise notified, left at home. Princeton Review and 5 Steps to a 5 are reliable choices.
All other texts are provided by the instructor. Texts include:
ISBN: 978-0671695880
Required Instructional Material
Required Instructional Material
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Required reading for this class. Required Instructional Material
Required Instructional Material
Required Instructional Material
ISBN 978-0826352477
Author Gregory McNamee
Title Gila: The Life and Death of an American
River
Publisher University of New Mexico Press
AP European History 2018/2019
Content Primary Sources
Black Death From Boccaccio’s Decameron
Hundred Years’ War From Anonimalle Chronicle on English Peasants’ Revolt
Conciliarism “Unam Sanctam” of Boniface VIII / Pisa and
Constance
Medieval art/architecture Various
Humanism From Petrarch’s Sonnets
Renaissance Man From Mirandola’s “Oration” and Castiglione’s Courtier
Renaissance art/architecture Various
Italy’s Political Decline From Machiavelli’s The Prince
Voyages of Discovery From Las Casas’ Devastation of the Indies Economy of Exploitation From Montaigne’s “Cannibals”
Unit I (Late Middle Ages and Renaissance) Recommended for AP European History exam:
Barron’s AP European History or a comparable AP review textbook
Selected Primary Sources
ISBN: 978-0-311-311475-1
Instructor will use modified versions of a variety of Power Points from www.pptpalooza.net, various lessons from www.besthistorysites.net, and primary sources from various readers and Internet sources including: www.fordham.edu.
Students should feel free to use these sites as resources. In addition, students will watch at least one review video at the end of each major unit; among these, we will see some of the episodes of Top Documentary Films (topdocumentaryfilms.com) and John Green’s series, “Crash Course World History.”
A full list of possible videos can be supplied upon request by email from the parent. The Western Heritage by Donald Kagan, et al
· Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey episodes, Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
· David Attenborough's Rise of the Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates, Production Co: BBC, Rating: TV "NR", for Not Rated
· Darwin's Dangerous Idea (PBS)
· Planet Earth episodes, Production Co: Discovery, Rating :TV “NR”, for Not Rated
· The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
· PBS: Evolution episodes, Production Co: Public Broadcasting (PBS), Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
Supplemental materials may include, but may not be limited to, the following videos:
· PBS: Becoming Human episodes, Production Co: Public Broadcasting (PBS), Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
Renaissance in Spain From Cervantes’ Don Quixote
Renaissance in England From More’s Utopia
Renaissance in France From Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel
Content Primary Sources
Causes of the Reformation Luther’s 95 Theses
Reformation outside of Germany From Zwingli’s Selected Works
English Reformation From Calvin’s Institutes
Consequences of Reformation
Counter-Reformation Baroque art and architecture Thirty Years’ War
Council of Trent
Content Primary Sources
Dutch Golden Age Dutch Declaration of Independence
Constitutional England From Hobbes’s Leviathan
French Absolutism From Bossuet’s Politics from Holy Scripture Central and Eastern Europe Speech from Friedrich Wilhelm
Russia Speech from Peter the Great
Content Primary Sources
Newtonian Revolution Newton’s Laws
Scientific Reason in Enlightenment Thought From Descartes’ Discourse Enlightenment Political Theory From Locke’s Two Treatises Enlightenment and Female Scholarship From Cavendish’s The Blazing World Enlightenment and Scientific Satire From Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
The Philosophes From Voltaire’s Candide and Philosophical Dictionary
Enlightenment and Education From Rousseau’s Emile and Wollstonecraft’s Vindication
Enlightened Monarchs From debate between Joseph and Maria Theresa on toleration
Content Primary Sources
Causes of French Revolution “What is the Third Estate?”
Enlightenment Influences “Declaration of Rights of Man” and “Rights of Woman”
Reign of Terror From Robespierre’s “The Terror Justified” Thermidorian Reaction
Rise of Napoleon From Code Napoleon
Napoleonic Empire Francisco Goya
Congress of Vienna
Content Primary Sources
Proto-Industrialization
Industrial innovators and innovations
Demographics From Malthus’s “Population”
Economic theories From Ricardo’s “Wages”
Penal system Dickens’s “Newgate Prison” and Foucault’s
Discipline and Punish
Communism From Kapital and C. Manifesto
Content Primary Sources
Unit VI (Industrial Revolution)
Unit VII (Transatlantic Economy and Conservative Reform) Unit IV (Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment)
Unit V (French Revolution and Napoleonic Era) Unit II (Reformation and Religious Wars)
European Empires
Transatlantic Economics Writings from Atlantic Passage Trade Wars
American Revolution From Paine’s Common Sense and Wilke’s North Briton (No. 45)
Rise and Fall of Conservative Order Great Reform Bill
Content Primary Sources
Revolutions of 1848 Crimean War
Italian Unification From Garibaldi’s Speeches
German Unification From Bismarck’s Speeches
Third French Republic From Zola on Dreyfus Affair Revolutionary Stirrings in Russia From The People’s Will
Reform in Britain From Gladstone’s “Home Rule Bill”
Suffrage and Jewish Emancipation From Pankhurst’s speeches
Darwinism From Origin of Species
Modernism in Art and Literature From Joyce, Woolf, Picasso, etc. Modern Philosophy From Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals Birth of Psychoanalysis From Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams
Content Primary Sources
Racism and the Social Sciences From Chamberlain’s Foundations
Rise of Zionism From Herzl’s The Jewish State
British colonization of India Macaulay’s “Minute on Indian Education”
New Imperialism From Lenin’s Imperialism
Partition of Africa From Churchill’s The River War
Boxer Rebellion From Fei Ch’i-hao’s Boxer Rebellion of 1900 Tools and technologies of Imperialism Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden”
Content Primary Sources
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente WWI Interactive Documentary (The Guardian)
Assassination of Ferdinand From “The Austrian Ultimatum” and “Serbia’s Answer”
Western Front From Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western
Front
Eastern Front De Lazovert, “On the Assassination of
Rasputin”
Russian Revolution From Reed’s Ten Days that Shook the World
War Propaganda From Shoulder Arms (Charlie Chaplin)
Treaty of Versailles
World War I and Colonial Empires From Sykes-Picot Agreement
Content Primary Sources
Great Depression From Keynes’s General Theory of
Employment
Soviet Politics From Orwell’s Animal Farm
Rise of Mussolini From Mussolini’s “Force and Consent”
Weimar Republic From Triumph of the Will
Anti-Semitism and the Police State From Buffum’s eyewitness account of Kristallnacht
Successor States
Dadaism and Surrealism Selected art and architecture Unit XII (World War II)
Unit X (World War I)
Unit XI (Interwar Years) Unit VIII (Age of Nationalism)
Content Primary Sources
Spanish Civil War From De Rivera’s “Falange Manifesto” Munich Settlement
From Speeches by Hitler and Petain Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact (Nazi-Soviet Pact) Japan and the United States
Defeat of Nazi Germany Atomic Bomb
Holocaust From Levi’s Is This a Man, Spiegelman’s
MAUS, and Kertesz’s Fateless War and Post-War Negotiations From Atlantic Charter, Tehran, Yalta,
Potsdam Conferences
Content Primary Sources
American Foreign Policy and NATO Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan Division of Germany
Israel Balfour Declaration and White Papers
Khrushchev Warsaw Pact, “Secret Speech,” and from
Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Brezhnev Brezhnev Doctrine
British Decolonization From Gandhi’s “Doctrine of Non-Violence” and current article on Kenyan reparations French Decolonization From Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth Collapse of Communism and the U.S.S.R. From Drakulic’s How We Survived
Communism and Even Laughed
Contemporary Russia From Gorbachev’s Speeches
Rise of Political Islam From Rushdie’s Joseph Anton Welfare State Politics From Thatcher and Blair’s Speeches Women in Contemporary Europe From De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex
Existentialism From Sartre’s Existentialism and Camus’s
“Sisyphus” Americanization of Europe
Art in Contemporary Europe Various Post-Modern Works Emergence of the European Union From Maastricht Treaty
22. Mann, Charles C. 1493.
23. Ozment, Steven. A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People. 24. Panek, Jaroslav and Oldrich Tuma. A History of the Czech Lands. 25. Saramago, Jose. Journey to Portugal.
16. Hughes, Robert. Barcelona. 17. Hughes, Robert. Rome.
18. Jenkins, Simon. A Short History of England: The Glorious Story of a Rowdy Nation. 19. Johnson, Paul. A History of the Jews.
20. Kishlansky, et al. Civilizations in the West.
21. Lendvai, Paul. The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat. 10. Gilbert, Martin. A History of the Twentieth Century.
11. Gilmour, David. The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions, and their Peoples.
12. Glenny, Misha. The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011. 13. Goodwin, Jason. Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire. 14. Hirst, John. The Shortest History of Europe.
15. Horne, Alistair. Seven Ages of Paris. 4. Ascher, Abraham. Russia: A Short History.
5. Brook-Shepherd, Gordon. The Austrians: A Thousand-Year Odyssey. 6. Davies, Norman. Europe: A History.
7. Ferguson, Niall. Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order. 8. Finkel, Caroline. Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire. 9. Fraser, Rebecca. The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present.
The following sources will be used throughout the course to provide greater depth, clarity, or examples of a course theme or topic.
1. Ackroyd, Peter. London: The Biography. 2. Ansary, Tamim. Destiny Disrupted.
3. Arblaster, Paul. A History of the Low Countries. Unit XIII (Cold War and Contemporary Europe) German Conquest
AP Microeconomics / AP Macroeconomics 2018/2019
Murder on the Margin by Briet and Elzinga Economic Sophisms by Frederic Bastiat Free to Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman Use of Knowledge in Society by F.A. Hayek The Price of Everything by Russell Roberts Invisible Heart by Russell Roberts The Consitution of Liberty by F.A. Hayek
Economic Freedom and Interventionism by Ludwig von Mises Human Action by Ludwig von Mises
The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek Huffington Post
Inquiry into The Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith That Which is Seen, and that Which is Unseen by Frederic Bastiat
Library of Economics and Liberty Salon
The New York Times The Economist The Wall Street Journal The Freeman
https://www.collegeboard.org/?navId=apc-cb
https://www.mruniversity.com/
A number of other readings and handouts will be provided from the following sources:
ACDC Economics
Marginal Revolution University
Khan Academy
I highly recommend, but not required that students purchase and utilize Five Steps to a Five by Eric Dodge and/or Barron's AP Microeconomics/Macroeconomics 6th edition as a study prep if they should decide to sit for the AP exam(s).
Additional resources that students have found helpful: Websites:
28. Sixsmith, Martin. Russia: A 1,000-Year Chronicle of the Wild East 29. Williams, Mark R. The Story of Spain.
30. Zamoyski, Adam. Poland: A History.
The textbook for this class will be provided, and it is Foundations of Macroeconomics (8th Edition) by Robin Bade and Michael Parkin, and Foundations of Microeconomics (8th Edition) by Robin Bade and Michael Parkin. This is a readable and well-written textbook, so I encourage students to take advantage of this great resource by reading ahead. I will have a list of when we will discuss each chapter so students can follow along.
26. Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. 27. Schulze, Hagen. Germany: A New History.
AP Physics 1 2018/2019
AP Psychology 2018/2019
ISBN 9.78143E+12
Author Myers, David
Title Psychology (9th edition)
Publisher Worth Publishers
Strategy Classroom Set
ISBN 9.78146E+12
Author Myers, David
Title Psychology for AP (2nd edition)
Publisher Worth Publishers
Strategy Purchase by the student
AP U.S. Government and Politics 2018/2019
ISBN (w/o dashes) 9780133905045
Author Edwards and Wattenberg
Title Government In America: 2014 Elections and
Updates Edition
Students must purchase one of the two books below. The ISBN's are for specific editions, however, students may choose to purchase a more recent edition instead.
Physics.org: http://www.physics.org
The Physics Classroom: http://www.physicsclassroom.com
AP Physics 1 Page from the College Board:
https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-physics-1
Additional Resources: The following websites may be helpful in your study of physics. Hyperphysics: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu/hbase/Hframe.html
The Mechanical Universe: http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html
Textbook #1: College Physics. OpenStax by Rice University. Available online for FREE! Textbook #2: Physics: Principles with Applications. Douglas C. Giancoli. Seventh Edition. Saving Capitalism video
Dirty Money video
Top
Textbooks: Students will be provided with a loaned copy of the textbook for this course. Learn Liberty videos
Keynes and Hayek rap video Capitalism Hits the Fan video Econtalk podcasts
Call of the Entrepreneur video Commanding Heights video series Nobel Laurate in Economics speeches The Lighthouse in Economics by Ronald Coase
Video and Podcast Resources: Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlett Thinking Beyond Stage One by Thomas Sowell
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Publisher Pearson
Strategy Loan to student
Required Resource
ISBN 978-0-451-52881-0
Author Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and
John Jay
Title The Federalist Papers
Publisher Signet Classics
Strategy Charged to student account
AP U.S. History 2018/2019
ISBN 978-0-393-63445-7
Author Foner, Eric
Title Give Me Liberty!: An American History, AP
Edition
Publisher W.W. Norton
ISBN 978-1-5247-5815-8
Authors The Staff of the Princeton Review
Title Cracking the AP US History Exam, 2019
Publisher The Princeton Review
Strategy Outside Student Purchase
ISBN 978-0-451-46647-1
Authors Richard Heffner and Alexander Heffner
Title A Documentary History of the United States
Publisher Penguin
Strategy Outside Student Purchase
ISBN 0-06-08-3865-5
Author Howard Zinn
Title A People's History of the United States
Publisher Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Strategy Outside Student Purchase
ISBN 0-375-40544-5
Author Joseph Ellis
Title Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary
Generation
Publisher Vintage Books
Strategy Outside Student Purchase
Art History & Practice: Band 2018/2019
ISBN Various (students should choose the correct
book for their instrument)
Author Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
Title Yamaha Band Student: Book 1
Publisher Alfred Music
Strategy Purchase by the student
Recommended Resources
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Art History & Practice: Performance Arts 2018/2019
Art History & Practice: Visual Arts 2018/2019
Drawing Basics, Jacklym St. Aubyn, Wadsworth Thomson Learning. 1998 Drawing Space, Form and Expression, Wayne Enstice, Melody Peters, 3rd Ed. The Artist’s Handbook, Ray Smith, ISBN: 0394555856
The Visual Experience, Jack Hobbs, Richard A. Salome, Ken Vieth, ISBN: 0-87192-640-7
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook, Betty Edwards, ISBN: 1-58542-195-2 How to Talk to Children about Modern Art, Francoise Barbe-Gall, ISBN: 978-0-7002-3289-1
How to Talk to Children about World Art, Francoise Barbe-Gall, ISBN: 978-0-7110-3091-1
How to Understand a Painting, Decoding symbols in art, Francoise Barbe-Gall. ISBN13:9780711232136
This course will be supplemented by additional materials chosen by the instructor. Gardner's Art Through the Ages
Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya ISBN-13: 9780155050907
The Castle of Perserverence, by Anonymous Renaissance Theatre
Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare\ 19th/20th Century Theatre
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (the play), by Thomas Russell Sullivan Unit-Specific Resources
Ancient Theatre Antigone, by Sophocles Medieval Theatre
Great Monologues for Young Actors, edited by Craig Slaight and Jack Sharrar
https://www.mtishows.com/
www.pioneerdrama.com
https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/
www.theatrefolk.com
www.youtube.com (for viewing and dsicussing relevant examples of live theatre)
The instructor will provide information, readings, and scenes from the following lists of sources.NOTE TO PARENTS: These lists are not exhaustive; materials may be added or dropped throughout the year. It is also important to note that this course will be reading and performing selected scenes from plays, some of which may contain strong (but not inappropriate) language and/or mature themes. These will be dealt with professionally and academically so as best to prepare students to analyze works of art that make strong statements about the human condition. Finally, please note that families will NOT need to purchase anything on the following lists; materials will be provided in class.
General Resources
Introduction to Theatre Arts: A 36-Week Action Handbook, by Suzi Zimmerman Shakespeare Set Free, from the Folger Shakespeare Library
Secondary Stages, by Jeff Bennett
Living With Art, 8th Edition, Mark Getlein, ISBN: 978-0-07-319076-1
Interior Design & Decoration, 5th Edition, Sherrill Whiton, Stanley Abercrombie, ISBN: 0-13-030748-3
The Annotated Mona Lisa, Second Edition, Carol Strickland ISBN: 978-0-7407-6872-9 Gateways to Art, AP Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, ISBN: 978-0-500-29191-7
History of Art for Young People, 5th Edition, H.W. Janson ISBN: 978-0810941502 Art Across Time, Second Edition, Vol. I Prehistory to the Fourteenth Century, Laurie Schneider Adams, ISBN: 0-0-242546-6
Art Across Time, Second Edition, Vol. II The Fourteenth Century to the Present, Laurie Schneider Adams, ISBN: 0-07-244996-9
Drawing: A Creative Process, Francis DK Ching, ISBN: 0-471-28968-X
World Views: Topics in Non-Western Art, Laurie Schneider Adams, ISBN: 0-07-287202-0
Interior Design Visual Presentation A Guide to Graphics, Models, and Presentation Techniques, Maureen Mitton, ISBN: 0-471-29259-1
History of Modern Art 5th Edition, HH Arnason ISBN: 0-13-184069-X The British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/
Phoenix Art Museum U.S. National Gallery of Art
The Getty Museum and Center http://www.getty.edu/global/connect.html The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation https://www.guggenheim.org/ The Louvre Museum http://www.louvre.fr/en
PBS: Art 21 DVD
Metroploitan Museum of Art- history texts http://metmuseum.org/art/collection Indianapolis Museum of Art: Art Babble
Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice, Core Concepts in Art DVD CBS Sunday Morning Art Clips
Mattise and Picasso DVD
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring DVD, ISBN 0-7697-7778-3
Elements and Principles of Design, Gerald Brommer, DVD, ISBN 978-1-56290-317-6 Launching the Imagination, Core Concepts in Art DVD
The Google Art Project, Google, www.googleartproject.com Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy, ISBN 0-7670-6609-x Chuck Close, DVD, ISBN 1-4229-8769-8
Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice by Ocvirk, Stinson, Wigg and Bone, ISBN-13-978-0-07-286233-1
Understanding Art, Lois Fichner-Rathus, ISBN 0-495-00692-0 IncredibleArt Department, www.incredibleart.org
Art Studio 2D 2018/2019
The Artist’s Handbook, Ray Smith, ISBN: 0394555856
The Visual Experience, Jack Hobbs, Richard A. Salome, Ken Vieth, ISBN: 0-87192-640-7
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook, Betty Edwards, ISBN: 1-58542-195-2 How to Talk to Children about Modern Art, Francoise Barbe-Gall, ISBN: 978-0-7002-3289-1
How to Talk to Children about World Art, Francoise Barbe-Gall, ISBN: 978-0-7110-3091-1
How to Understand a Painting, Decoding symbols in art, Francoise Barbe-Gall. ISBN13:9780711232136
Art Education Journal
Art Publications from the Wallace Foundation Composition Made Easy by William Palluth Creative Painting, Lenore Sherman How to Draw, Walter Foster
The Skylight Studio Library: Keys to Art Instrucion Special Effects in Watercolors, Kolan Peterson How to do Water Colors, Walter Foster The Getty Museum Education Resources
Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya ISBN- 13:9780155050907
Color Studies, Edith Anderson Feisner ISBN 1-56367-213-8 College Board Materials- AP Studio Art
http://www.art21.org/ AP Art History study guides
Through the Eyes of Vincent van Gogh, Barrington Barber ISBN: 978-1-4351-5856-6 Through the Eyes of Leonardo da Vinci, Barrington Barber ISBN: 978-1-4351-5855-9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP87w0_jiMk
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, Ross King, ISBN: 0-14-200369-7 World of Art, Classics Edition, ISBN: 0-75255-148-5
MC Escher The Graphic Work, ISBN: 978-1-4351-1858-4
Gaudi - The Complete Buildings, Rainer Zerbst, ISBN: 3-8228-4072-6 Architecture: A Spotter's Guide, ISBN: 978-1-4351-2436-3
Modern Architecture, ISBN: 13:978-1-4351-2436-3 Monet, Karin Sagner-Duchting, ISBN: 3-8228-7219-9 Wright Rooms, Spencer Hart, ISBN: 1887354-21-2 The Arts and Crafts Movement, ISBN: 0-7607-4222-7
Living With Art, 8th Edition, Mark Getlein, ISBN: 978-0-07-319076-1
The Annotated Mona Lisa, Second Edition, Carol Strickland ISBN: 978-0-7407-6872-9 Gateways to Art, AP Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, ISBN: 978-0-500-29191-7
History of Art for Young People, 5th Edition, H.W. Janson ISBN: 978-0810941502 Art Across Time, Second Edition, Vol. I Prehistory to the Fourteenth Century, Laurie Schneider Adams, ISBN: 0-0-242546-6
Art Across Time, Second Edition, Vol. II The Fourteenth Century to the Present, Laurie Schneider Adams, ISBN: 0-07-244996-9
Drawing: A Creative Process, Francis DK Ching, ISBN: 0-471-28968-X
World Views: Topics in Non-Western Art, Laurie Schneider Adams, ISBN: 0-07-287202-0
Interior Design Visual Presentation A Guide to Graphics, Models, and Presentation Techniques, Maureen Mitton, ISBN: 0-471-29259-1
History of Modern Art 5th Edition, HH Arnason ISBN: 0-13-184069-X The British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/
Phoenix Art Museum U.S. National Gallery of Art
The Getty Museum and Center http://www.getty.edu/global/connect.html The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation https://www.guggenheim.org/ The Louvre Museum http://www.louvre.fr/en
PBS: Art 21 DVD
Metroploitan Museum of Art- history texts http://metmuseum.org/art/collection Indianapolis Museum of Art: Art Babble
Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice, Core Concepts in Art DVD CBS Sunday Morning Art Clips
Mattise and Picasso DVD
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring DVD, ISBN 0-7697-7778-3
Elements and Principles of Design, Gerald Brommer, DVD, ISBN 978-1-56290-317-6 Launching the Imagination, Core Concepts in Art DVD
The Google Art Project, Google, www.googleartproject.com Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy, ISBN 0-7670-6609-x Chuck Close, DVD, ISBN 1-4229-8769-8
Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice by Ocvirk, Stinson, Wigg and Bone, ISBN-13-978-0-07-286233-1
Understanding Art, Lois Fichner-Rathus, ISBN 0-495-00692-0 IncredibleArt Department, www.incredibleart.org
Drawing Basics, Jacklym St. Aubyn, Wadsworth Thomson Learning. 1998 Drawing Space, Form and Expression, Wayne Enstice, Melody Peters, 3rd Ed. The Art of Responsive Drawing, Nathan Goldstein, ISBN: 0-13-048216-1
Biology 6 2018/2019
ISBN 30647797
Author Allen, Katy Z.; Berg, Linda Ruth; Taylor, Mark
F.
Title Human Body Systems and Health
Publisher Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Strategy Loan to students
Art Education Journal
Art Publications from the Wallace Foundation Required Instructional Material
Composition Made Easy by William Palluth Creative Painting, Lenore Sherman How to Draw, Walter Foster
The Skylight Studio Library: Keys to Art Instrucion Special Effects in Watercolors, Kolan Peterson How to do Water Colors, Walter Foster The Getty Museum Education Resources
Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya ISBN- 13:9780155050907
Color Studies, Edith Anderson Feisner ISBN 1-56367-213-8 College Board Materials- AP Studio Art
http://www.art21.org/ AP Art History study guides
Through the Eyes of Vincent van Gogh, Barrington Barber ISBN: 978-1-4351-5856-6 Through the Eyes of Leonardo da Vinci, Barrington Barber ISBN: 978-1-4351-5855-9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP87w0_jiMk
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, Ross King, ISBN: 0-14-200369-7 World of Art, Classics Edition, ISBN: 0-75255-148-5
MC Escher The Graphic Work, ISBN: 978-1-4351-1858-4
Gaudi - The Complete Buildings, Rainer Zerbst, ISBN: 3-8228-4072-6 Architecture: A Spotter's Guide, ISBN: 978-1-4351-2436-3
Modern Architecture, ISBN: 13:978-1-4351-2436-3 Monet, Karin Sagner-Duchting, ISBN: 3-8228-7219-9 Wright Rooms, Spencer Hart, ISBN: 1887354-21-2 The Arts and Crafts Movement, ISBN: 0-7607-4222-7
Interior Design & Decoration, 5th Edition, Sherrill Whiton, Stanley Abercrombie, ISBN: 0-13-030748-3
Biology 7 2018/2019
ISBN 9.78003E+12
Author Dushek, Jennie
Title Animals
Publisher Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Strategy Classroom set
ISBN 9.78003E+12
Author Allen, Katy Z.; Berg, Linda Ruth
Title Microorganisms, Fungi, and Plants
Publisher Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Strategy Classroom set
Biology 8 2018/2019
ISBN 9.78013E+12
Author Miller, Kenneth and Levine, Joseph
Title Biology
Publisher Pearson Publishing
Strategy Loan to Student
Chemistry 6 2018/2019
ISBN 9.78156E+12
Author Stacy, Angelica
Title Living by Chemistry
Publisher Bedford, Freeman & Worth
Strategy There is sufficient quantity of materials
available to the students in the classroom during class.
Chemistry 7 2018/2019
Often the material in class is supplemented with educational materials from the internet to include NOVA, PBS, Bozeman Science, Amoeba Sisters, CrashCourse, Scientific American, The Cell, Bio 101, TED Talks and other nationally and internationally recognized science education based websites and journals.
Required Instructional Material
Required Instructional Material
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN 9.78156E+12
Author Stacy, Angelica
Title Living by Chemistry
Publisher Bedford, Freeman & Worth
Strategy There is sufficient quantity of materials
available to the students in the classroom during class.
Chemistry 8 2018/2019
College Level Environmental Science 2018/2019
ISBN 978-1464108686
Author Friedland & Relyea
Title Environmental Science for AP 2nd Edition
Publisher W. H. Freemand and Company
Strategy School provides for student
ISBN 978-0826352477
Author Gregory McNamee
Title Gila: The Life and Death of an American
River
Publisher University of New Mexico Press
Review Book: The review book should be purchased by the student and, unless otherwise notified, left at home. Princeton Review and 5 Steps to a 5 are reliable choices.
On lab days, students must wear closed-toed shoes and long pants (not shorts or dresses) in order to complete the lab.
Textbook: This textbook will be provided to the students and can be kept at home. I have a class set for in class use.
· Loose leaf paper · Colored pencils (optional)
Students are expected to bring to every class: a writing utensil, a notebook/binder, a scientific calculator, and a CJ.
· Cloth to clean white boards · Highlighter
· Index cards
· 1 two-pocket folder (optional) · 2-3 dividers
· Dry erase markers
· Scientific calculator (recommended: Texas Instruments TI-30XIIS) · Spiral notebook
· 1/2 inch or 1 inch binder (larger binder is okay if students wish to put notebook inside) School Supplies
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Required reading for this class.
College Level Psychology 2018/2019
ISBN 9.78146E+12
Author Myers, David
Title Psychology for AP (2nd edition)
Publisher Worth Publishers
Strategy Purchase by the student
Economics 2018/2019
[https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/macroeconomics] Reffonomics
Khan Academy Economics
Microeconomics (first half of the year) https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics
Macroeconomics (second half of the year) https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/macroeconomics
ACDC Economics
http://www.acdcecon.com/ap-econ
to clarify concepts, below are a list of web resources that can be helpful. The topics learned in this class are almost entirely standard to
college economics classes. I encourage students to talk to me if they are not sure how to use these resources or are looking for extra
help. I also have a number of economics textbooks that students are welcome to read in student hours.
Course Resources:
We do not have a textbook for this class, because I have not found an approachable textbook for 8th graders. Note taking will be a
requirement in class and will provide students with all information needed for this course. For students who would like outside reading
A full list of possible videos can be supplied upon request by email from the parent. · Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey episodes, Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
· David Attenborough's Rise of the Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates, Production Co: BBC, Rating: TV "NR", for Not Rated
· Darwin's Dangerous Idea (PBS)
· Planet Earth episodes, Production Co: Discovery, Rating :TV “NR”, for Not Rated
· The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
· PBS: Evolution episodes, Production Co: Public Broadcasting (PBS), Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
Supplemental materials may include, but may not be limited to, the following videos:
· PBS: Becoming Human episodes, Production Co: Public Broadcasting (PBS), Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
English 7 2018/2019
ISBN 9.78068E+12
Author Cisneros, Sandra
Title The House on Mango Street
Publisher Vintage
Strategy Purchase from the school
ISBN 978-0-14-017739-8
Author Steinbeck, John
Title Of Mice and Men
Publisher Penguin
Strategy Purchase from the school
ISBN 978-1-4516-7331-9
Author Bradbury, Ray
Title Fahrenheit 451
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Strategy Purchase from the school
English 8 2018/2019
ISBN 978-0-446-310789
Author Harper Lee
Title To Kill a Mocking bird
Publisher Grand Central Publishing
Strategy Purchase through school
Short stories and/or excerpts of longer works by Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William Faulkner, Malcolm Gladwell, and Franz Kafka
Required Materials
Handouts of additional materials will be provided in class, including, but not limited to: Poetry by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, e. e. cummings, Robert Frost, and William Shakespeare
Welker’s Wikinomics
Videos - http://www.econclassroom.com/ [http://www.econclassroom.com/] Flash Cards - http://www.econclassroom.com/?page_id=3694
[http://www.econclassroom.com/?page_id=3694] http://www.econlib.org/library/CEE.html Learn Liberty Videos
http://www.learnliberty.org/ [http://www.learnliberty.org/]
Macroeconomics http://www.reffonomics.com/TRB/INPROGRESS/Macroeconomics [http://www.reffonomics.com/TRB/INPROGRESS/
Macroeconomics]
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics Microeconomics
http://www.reffonomics.com/TRB/INPROGRESS/Microeconomicsindex.html
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN 978-0-451-52493-5
1984
Publisher Signet classics
Strategy Purchase through school
ISBN 978-0-399-50148-7
Author William Golding
Lord of the Flies
Publisher Perigee
Strategy Purchase through school
ISBN 978-0573617287
Author Sam Shepard
True West
Publisher Samuel French, inc.
Strategy Purchase through school
Honors Biology 2018/2019
Essays: Students will be assigned short essays to read and analyze, including, but not limited to, "We Should All Be Feminists" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, "Consider the Lobster" by David Foster Wallace, and "Los Angeles Notebook" by Joan Didion
Speeches:
Students may be assigned to read transcripts and/or watch video clips of speeches including, but not limited to, "What To A Slave Is the Fourth of July" by Frederick Douglass, "This is Water" by David Foster Wallace, and "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln
Additionally, the teacher may choose to show TED talks and YouTube videos on selected English topics.
Students will be assigned to read short stories including, but not limited to, "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane, and "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
Poetry:
Students will be assigned to read and/or listen to poems including, but not limited to "In the Baggage Room at Greyhound" by Allen Ginsburg, "who are you,little i" by e. e. cummings, and "Wild nights- Wild nights!" by Emily Dickinson.
Supplemental Materials
There is no need to purchase the following items as they will be handed out in class, but a book is never a waste of money.
Short Stories: Title
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Title
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Title
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
ISBN 321696484
Author Campbell, Reece, Taylor, and Simon
Title Concepts and Connections, 7th Edition,
Publisher Benjamin Cummings
Strategy Loan to Student
ISBN 978-1429257213
Author David M Hillis
Title Prinicples of Life, 1st Ed.
Publisher W.H. Freeman
Strategy Loan to Student
Honors Chemistry 2018/2019
ISBN 0-321-6518-2
Author Nivaldo J Tro
Title Chemistry: A Molecular Approach, 2nd Ed.
Publisher Pearson
Strategy Loan to the student
Honors English Language and Composition 2018/2019
ISBN 978-1457657414
Author Renee Shea, John Golden, Lance Balla
Title Advanced Language & Literature: For
Honors and Pre-AP English
Publisher Bedford/St. Martins
Strategy Purchase from the school.
Honors English Literature and Composition 2018/2019
ISBN 978-1457657414
Additional materials will be provided by instructor from free response questions and multiple choice passages of released AP Language tests.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey episodes, Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
David Attenborough's Rise of the Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates, Production Co: BBC, Rating: TV "NR", for Not Rated
Darwin's Dangerous Idea (PBS)
PBS: Becoming Human episodes, Production Co: Public Broadcasting (PBS), Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
Planet Earth episodes, Production Co: Discovery, Rating :TV “NR”, for Not Rated Life episodes, Production Co: BBC, Rating: TV "NR", for Not Rated
PBS: Evolution episodes, Production Co: Public Broadcasting (PBS), Rating: TV “NR”, for Not Rated
Supplemental materials may include, but may not be limited to, the following videos: Additional Instructional Materials: The textbook may be supplemented with handouts, worksheets, videos and information from the internet like Bozeman Science, CrashCourse, NOVA, PBS, Scientific American, Nature, The Cell, the Amoeba Sisters and other science education sources.
Type of Instructional Material: Required Instructional Material
Type of Instructional Material: Required (Also used in Honors Literature)
Author Renee Shea, John Golden, Lance Balla
Title Advanced Language & Literature: For
Honors and Pre-AP English
Publisher Bedford/St. Martin's
Strategy Purchase from the school.
ISBN 978-0486406539
Author Hermann Hesse
Title Siddhartha
Publisher Dover Thrift Editions
Strategy Purchase from the school.
ISBN 978-0451531191
Author Anonymous; trans. Burton Raffel
Title Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Publisher Signet Classics
Strategy Purchase from the school.
ISBN 978-0141439513
Author Jane Austen
Title Pride & Prejudice
Publisher Penguin
Strategy Purchase from the school.
Honors Physics 2018/2019
Intro P. E. & Sports 2018/2019
Wiffleball Bat and Balls Playground Balls Soccer Balls Basketball Balls Footballs
Suggested Course Materials:
These are the suggested materials to cover most of the base syllabi for 5th-12th grade PE. If you wish to run more specialized sports at your school and have the equipment, you are encouraged to do so and reflect that in your lesson unit.
Disc Cones
Physics.org: http://www.physics.org
The Physics Classroom: http://www.physicsclassroom.com
AP Physics 1 Page from the College Board:
https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-physics-1
Additional Resources: The following websites may be helpful in your study of physics. Hyperphysics: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu/hbase/Hframe.html
The Mechanical Universe: http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html
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Textbooks: Students will be provided with a loaned copy of the textbook for this course. Textbook #1: College Physics. OpenStax by Rice University. Available online for FREE! Type of Instructional Material: Required
Textbook #2: Physics: Principles with Applications. Douglas C. Giancoli. Seventh Edition. Type of Instructional Material: Required
Intro to Band 2018/2019
ISBN Various (students should choose the correct
book for their instrument)
Author Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
Title Yamaha Band Student: Book 2
Publisher Alfred Music
Strategy Purchase by the student
Intro to Drama 2018/2019
Instructor will have students read and watch (*) scenes from the following plays: Antigone by Sophocles
The Complete Mr Bean Collection Rowan Atkinson Drum solo
Showboat by Kern & HammersteinLiving Theatre: A History More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
A Crazy Christmas Carol by Mr. Vines
The Prisoners of Hazelteen Avenue by Robert Mattson The Complete Works of August Wilson
Matilda by Roald Dahl Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe The Sea Gull by Anton Chekhov Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Selections of The collected works of Oscar Wilde
Sections of Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mystery stories The Collected Works of Mark Twain
*Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (2009 live production) Tartuffe by Moliere
*The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (2002 film) Antigone by Sophocles
Medea by Euripides
The Complete works of William Shakespeare
The instructor will provide information, readings, and scenes from the following list of sources:
Living Theatre: A History
Instructor will have students read and watch (*) scenes from the following plays: Jump Ropes
Multipurpose Foam Balls Flag Football Flags Pinnies
Tennis Balls
*The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (2002 film) *The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan (1982 film) She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
*Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) and The Tempest by William Shakespeare *Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (2009 live production)
Second Shephard's Play The works of William Shakespeare Tartuffe by Moliere
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles The Birds by Aristophanes The Menaechmi by Plautus
Fundamentals of Theatrical Design by Karen Brewster and Melissa Shafer Norton Anthology of Drama
Instructor may have students read and watch (*) scenes from the following plays: Showboat by Kern & Hammerstein
Creative Communication: Projects in Acting, Speaking, and Oral Reading, 5th Edition Basic Drama Projects, 9th edition
The Prisoners of Hazelteen Avenue by Robert Mattson The Complete Mr Bean Collection
Rowan Atkinson Drum solo Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark A Crazy Christmas Carol by Mr. Vines Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller The Complete Works of August Wilson Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Collected Works of Mark Twain The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe The Sea Gull by Anton Chekhov
*The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (2002 film) Selections of The collected works of Oscar Wilde
Sections of Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mystery stories The Complete works of William Shakespeare
*Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (2009 live production) Tartuffe by Moliere
Latin II B 2018/2019
Latin I B 2018/2019
Latin II A 2018/2019
Traupman, John, C. The New College Latin and English Dictionary. Bantam Books. ISBN: 9780553590128 (Any Latin to English dictionary may be used in class, but this one is strongly recommended.)
Required Textbooks (must be purchased by student):
Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1, Fifth Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107690639
Cambridge Latin Course Unit 2, Fifth Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107699007
Students will receive a Latin Guide on the first day of class, they are expected to bring this to every class session. They are free to take notes in the guide.
Students can, if they so desire, purchase a copy of Wheelock's Latin, 7th edition. Students can, and are encouraged to buy used copies for often less than half the price of a new copy. Wheelock's is completely optional.
Traupman, John, C. The New College Latin and English Dictionary. Bantam Books. ISBN: 9780553590128 (Any Latin to English dictionary may be used in class, but this one is strongly recommended.)
Instructional Materials:
Cambridge Latin Course Unit 3, Fifth Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107675780
Cambridge Latin Course Unit 4, Fifth Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107693272
Strongly Suggested but not required: Stanislavski Complete Works
Various educational clips from streaming websites (youtube, netflix, amazon) Required Textbooks (must be purchased by student):
The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter Our Town by Thornton Wilder Uta Hagen Complete Works Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig Seascape by Edward Albee
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Odd Couple by Neil Simon No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
Selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals (2011 25th Phantom live production) Into The Woods by Stephen Sondheim
Death of a Saleman by Arthur Miller The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco
You Can't Take it With You by George Kauffman and Moss Hart The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Latin III 2018/2019
Latin IV 2018/2019
Logic 2018/2019
Mandarin I B 2018/2019
Mandarin I A 2018/2019
Title: Chinese Made Easy Workbook (Book One), First edition Publisher: Joint Publishing Co. Ltd.
ISBN: 978-9620424700
Note: Given the nature of this language class, various instructional audio/video clips (including songs, documentaries, children’s animated shorts) may be used throughout the school year to enhance your students’ learning. All materials used in this class are deemed appropriate for general viewing.
Title: Chinese Made Easy Textbook 1 (Simplified Chinese), First edition Publisher: Joint Publishing Co. Ltd.
ISBN: 978-9620424694
Learn Chinese with Me (Book One): Student’s book 1 + 2 CDs AND Learn Chinese with Me (Book Two): Student’s book 2 + 2 CDs: A class set will be provided in class. If students wish to keep a copy for home, the textbooks as well as the Work books can be purchases through Smart Charter.
Logic puzzles
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Copies of famous speeches and debates
Excelability in Advanced Latin, Marianthe Colakis. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2002. ISBN: 978-0865165120
Additional handouts will be provided throughout the year.
There is not a textbook for Logic. All handouts and materials will be provided by the instructor and may include:
Class resources not requiring purchase by students:
Vergil’s Aeneid, Barbara Weiden Boyd. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2012. ISBN: 978-0865167643 –or– Alternative Aeneid text: Vergil's Aeneid: Books I-VI, editor: Clyde Pharr. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 978-0865164215
Ovid: Amores, Metamorphoses, 3rd Edition, Charbra Adams Jestin, Phyllis B. Katz. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2013. ISBN: 987-0865167841
Accordian Folder or Binder for storing handouts and packets (does not need to be brought ot class daily)
Texts to be purchased by students:
Wheelock’s Latin Reader, 2nd Edition, Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur. Collins Reference, 2001. ISBN: 978-0060935061
Expo Marker (any color) Notebook
2 2-Pocket Folders
Additional handouts will be provided throughout the year. School Supplies:
Pencils and Pens (blue or black ink only)
Cambridge Latin Course Unit 4, Fifth Edition, Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107693272
Wheelock’s Latin Reader, Second Edition, by Frederic M. Wheelock, Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN: 978-0060935061
The Bantam New College Latin and English Dictionary, John Traupman, Bantam, 2007. ISBN: 978-0553590128 (Any Latin to English dictionary may be used. The teacher has merely recommended this one.)
Mandarin II 2018/2019 Mandarin III 2018/2019 Mandarin IV 2018/2019 PE & Sports 2018/2019 Basketball Balls Footballs
Wiffleball Bat and Balls
These are the suggested materials to cover most of the base syllabi for 5th-12th grade PE. All materials used in class will be provided by the school.
Disc Cones Soccer Balls
There are many varieties available. One example is the Berlitz Mandarin Chinese Compact Dictionary.
ISBN 978-981-268-649-7. Suggested Course Materials: ISBN: 9780231156233
Students are recommended to purchase a dictionary. Students should purchse the following workbook: Chaoyue Advancing in Chinese workbook
The following textbook book is available for students to check out for the school year. Students will return the book at the end of the year in good condition to avoid any fees. Chaoyue Advancing in Chinese
ISBN: 9780231145299
There are many varieties available. One example is the Berlitz Mandarin Chinese Compact Dictionary.
ISBN 978-981-268-649-7.
Learn Chinese with Me (Book Three): Workbook 3 by People’s Education Press ISBN: 978-7-107-18229-7
Students are recommended to purchase a dictionary. Students should purchase the following books:
Learn Chinese with Me (Book Three): Student’s Book 3 + 2 CDs by People’s Education Press
ISBN: 978-7-107-17719-4
Learn Chinese with Me (Book Two): Workbook 2 by People’s Education Press ISBN: 978-7-107-17545-9
Learn Chinese with Me (Book Two): Student’s Book 2 + 2 CDs by People’s Education Press
ISBN: 978-7-107-17422-3
PE & Sports 6 2018/2019
Physics 6 2018/2019
Physics 7 2018/2019
Physics 8. 2018/2019
PhET interactive simulations http:\\phet.colorado.edu/ /en/simulations/category/physics. The Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey FOX/National Geographic 2103 (Video)
Conceptual Physics ISBN 9780321568090
There will be no textbook issued for 8th grade physics this year. It is imperative that your Additional Instructional Materials include
Holt Science & Technology: Sound and Light ISBN 9780030648076
Holt Science & Technology: Electricity and Magnetism ISBN 9780030501227
The following textbooks may provide useful reference for students: Holt Science & Technology: Forces, Motion, and Energy ISBN 9780030648021
Conceptual Physics ISBN 9780321568090
Students will be assessed on the material presented in class, which must be recorded in their daily notes. Students may reference a hard copy of lessons during my student hours if they would like to check their notes or review missed material.
There is no ideal textbook that covers the complete curriculum for this course at an appropriate level. If students would like a reference they may check out a textbook to take home, or purchase their own copy for home use. Althought it can be a helpful resource, please keep in mind that these books contain much more information than the students are responsible for learning in this course.
Holt Science & Technology: Sound and Light ISBN 9780030648076
Holt Science & Technology: Electricity and Magnetism ISBN 9780030501227
The following text books may provide useful reference for students:
Holt Science & Technology: Forces, Motion, and Energy ISBN 9780030648021
Safety Gear Headgear, Chops, Kicks Mouthpiece Needed for Kumite instructiion (Optional)
Students will be assessed on the material presented in class, which must be recorded in their daily notes. Students may reference a hard copy of lessons during my student hours if they would like to check their notes or review missed material.
There is no ideal textbook that covers the complete curriculum for this course at an appropriate level. If students would like a reference they may check out a textbook to take home, or purchase their own copy for home use. Although it can be a helpful resource, please keep in mind that these books contain much more information than the students are responsible for learning in this course.
Flag Football Flags Pinnies
Jump Ropes Playground Balls Tennis Balls
Physics C: E&M/Physics C: M AP 2018/2019
Pre-Algebra 2018/2019
Pre-Calculus AB 2018/2019
ISBN 1565770390
Author Saxon Jr., John H
Title Advanced Mathematics: An incremental
Development (2nd edition)
Publisher Saxon Publishers, Inc.
Strategy Loan to the student
Please purchase this Graphing Calculator by August 31, 2018 : TI-Nspire CAS and CX or TI-Nspire CAS (order on amazon.com). Please check with the teacher before buying if you are unsure of the make and model.
by: Stephen Hake and John Saxon ISBN: 1-56577-149-4
AP Physics 1 Page from the College Board:
https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-physics-1
Textbook:
Algebra 1/2, 3rd Edition
The Mechanical Universe: http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html Physics.org: http://www.physics.org
The Physics Classroom: http://www.physicsclassroom.com
Additional Resources: The following websites may be helpful in your study of physics. They are excellent references and sources for reliable physics material on the web:
Hyperphysics: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu/hbase/Hframe.html
Textbook #1: University Physics (Calculus Based). OpenStax by Rice University. Available Textbook #2: College Physics (Algebra Based). OpenStax by Rice University. Available Textbook #3: Physics: Principles with Applications. Douglas C. Giancoli. Seventh Edition. 2014. ISBN 978-0-321-62592-2
Crash Course Physics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO5d5P0Jn4
Crash Course Astronomy
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ysd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL
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Textbooks: Students will be provided with a loaned copy of the textbook for this course.
AP Physics: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_physb.html
Physics.org http://www.physics.org
The physics classroom http://www.thephysicsclassroom.com
The following websites may be helpful in your study of physics. They are excellent references and sources for reliable physics material on the web:
Hyperphysics: http://hyperphysics.phy-aster.gsu/hbase/Hframe.html
The mechanical universe: http://www.learner.org/resources/seriese42.html
ISBN 160277305X
Author Saxon Publishers
Title Saxon Geometry
Publisher HMH Supplemental Publishers
Strategy Classroom Set
Spanish I A 2018/2019 Spanish I B 2018/2019 Spanish II 2018/2019 Spanish III 2018/2019 U. S. History 2018/2019 ISBN 30646790
Authors Sterling Stuckey, Linda Kerrigan Salvucci
Title Call to Freedom
Publisher Holt, Rinehart,and Winston
Strategy School sourced property
Ø TWO 3-ring binders to be used EXCLUSIVLY for this class · 1” hard-cover binder to be used as an ACTIVE binder REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS:
Strategy: Assistance in Chronological note taking Authors: Carter Smith, Allen Weinstein
Title: Presidents , Every Question Answered Publisher: Hylas Publishing
Various additional Primary and Secondary sources will be used throughout the course (testimonies, historical narratives, literary excepts, images, charts, graphs, tables, documentary clips, and relevant videos) I will be utilizing for the purpose of note taking information one additional text listed below.
ISBN : 1-59258-123-4
TEXTBOOKS AND RESOURCES:
There is one primary textbook for this class. This class uses a variety of primary and secondary sources from multiple authors and publishers to better instruct students. The following is a list of major texts and sources that we will use and draw from over the course of the year.
Descubre 3 workbook- It will be difficult to pass the class without the workbook. ISBN: 13:9781618572387
Realidades 2
Guided Practice Activities for Vocabulary and Grammar level 2
ISBN #10: 0131660233ISBN #: 9780131660236
It is strongly recommended for students to purchase the materials listed below, as it will be very difficult to meet course requirements without them.
A Spanish-English dictionary is highly recommended too.
Students will continue using Realidades I Workbook- ISBN- 9780133692686 from last year. The following resources are needed for this course:
Realidades 1 Leveled Vocabulary and Grammar Practice and Activity Workbook (ISBN: 9780133692686). Prentice Hall. 2013.
Textbook: Optional Instructional Material
World History & Geography I 2018/2019
Various additional Primary and Secondary sources will be used throughout the course (testimonies, historical narratives, literary excepts, images, charts, graphs, tables, documentary clips, and relevant videos)
· This text will be used weekly in class and is not required to purchase. World History and Geography
By: Jackson J. Spievogel Publisher: McGraw Hill
There is one primary textbook for this class. This class uses a variety of primary and secondary sources from multiple authors and publishers to better instruct students. The following is a list of major texts and sources that we will use and draw from over the course of the year.
TEXTBOOKS AND RESOURCES:
Important Note: Spiral Notebooks, trapper keepers, or Case-Its will NOT be allowed for use to organize assignments for this class.
Students must bring the CJ to every class, every day. It is the most important tool for students to manage their work, and to record quizzes, tests, and other assignments. Students are responsible for alerting their teachers to notes from their Parent and alerting their Parent to notes from the teachers or the School” (adapted from the Parent/Student Handbook).
· A working pen or pencil everyday · CJ brought to class everyday
· 1 set of 10 binder tabs (or an additional 2 sets of 5 binder tabs) for the archive binder
· A continual supply of college ruled loose leaf paper to be kept inside the active binder. This will be used for notes and classwork assignments.
o Students will need to replenish this supply throughout the course as needed. I recommend checking your student’s paper needs regularly so that they can actively participate in classroom lectures · 3” binder to be used as an ARCHIVE binder
o This will be primarily stored at home, but I will periodically request student bring this binder in on specific days to organize materials after major units or tests. While I will not regularly check this binder and it will not be kept at school, it is imperative that it be stored safely at home with easy access for the student. In addition to being a large part of their class grade, this will be an · 1 set of 5 binder tabs for the active binder
World History & Geography II 2018/2019
ISBN 0-312-64466-3
Author Robert Strayer
Title
Ways of the World: A Global History
with Sources,
Publisher Bedford/St. Martin's
Strategy Loan to the student with a classroom set
Additional primary and secondary source readings, charts, maps, and images will be provided throughout the school year.
Important Note: Spiral Notebooks, trapper keepers, or Case-Its will NOT be allowed for use to organize assignments for this class.
Students must bring the CJ to every class, every day. It is the most important tool for students to manage their work, and to record quizzes, tests, and other assignments. Students are responsible for alerting their teachers to notes from their Parent and alerting their Parent to notes from the teachers or the School” (adapted from the Parent/Student Handbook).
· A working pen or pencil everyday · CJ brought to class everyday
· 1 set of 10 binder tabs (or an additional 2 sets of 5 binder tabs) for the archive binder
· A continual supply of college ruled loose leaf paper to be kept inside the active binder. This will be used for notes and classwork assignments.
o Students will need to replenish this supply throughout the course as needed. I recommend checking your student’s paper needs regularly so that they can actively participate in classroom lectures · 3” binder to be used as an ARCHIVE binder
o This will be primarily stored at home, but I will periodically request student bring this binder in on specific days to organize materials after major units or tests. While I will not regularly check this binder and it will not be kept at school, it is imperative that it be stored safely at home with easy access for the student. In addition to being a large part of their grade, this will be an invaluable · 1 set of 5 binder tabs for the active binder
Ø TWO 3-ring binders to be used EXCLUSIVLY for this class · 1” hard-cover binder to be used as an ACTIVE binder
o This material is required to be brought to class daily REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS:
