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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, utilizing 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
110421/110422 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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