Emphasis is placed on the development of listening skills through consideration of masterworks of "classical" music literature from the past to the present day. Historical periods studied include Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, 20th Century and Contemporary. Falls and Springs. (ARTS)(PPDI)
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Prepares students to be informed citizens of the United States. Topics provide background and insight into what made modern American society and its culture. Analyzes social, racial and economic as well as political factors of American life to provide a background for our evolving American society. Explores the relationship between individuals in American society and the impact of one individual on society. In written assignments and class discussions, students analyze primary documents and begin to see some of the difficulties and the rewards in investigating and understanding the past and how the past has an impact on the present. With that understanding, the class provides students with an understanding of how they fit into the larger American society. Springs. (HIST)(SSDI)
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Addresses various scientific inquiry skills by analyzing the world's most extreme weather events in terms of their scientific basis and their economic, human and historical consequences. Topics include hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, cold waves, heat waves, floods, droughts, major air pollution events and others. Falls and Springs. (SCIE)(SIDI)
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Examines the Earth as the home of humans. Develops a foundation by investigating Earth Systems and Cycles, such as the atmosphere, the lithosphere and the oceans. Looks at human interaction with and impact upon these systems. Students develop skills with the tools of geography in our analyses, such as map interpretation, geographic information systems and aerial image analysis. Falls and Springs. (SCIE)(SIDI)
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Examines what it means to be "an American male" and how masculinity has been and is constructed by our culture. Analyzes, through examples taken from a range of written and visual texts, the contemporary American male as he seeks to understand and to place himself within a dynamically evolving society, one, it seems, that is inducing, at increasing rates, suicide, homicide, substance abuse, sports injuries, work-related stress, heart attacks and failure at relationships. Explores diverse expressions of masculinity across the lifespan of the individual and in terms of race, class, wealth and sexual orientation. Springs. (SSDI)
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Introduces students to fiction, poetry, and drama that offer opportunities to examine the relationship of self to society. What does it mean to be sane or insane, normal or abnormal? What behaviors affect others in destructive ways and how does society deal with those who seem to be different from the norm? Springs. (LITY)(SSDI)
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