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| Fine Arts - 1 Credit Art
In Focus
THE MOST IMPRESSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ART PROGRAM AVAILABLE! Art in Focus is filled with colorful reproductions, photographs, graphics, and student artwork, all designed to challenge, surprise, and inspire your students to create and appreciate art. Your students expect something a little different from art class. The 2000 edition of Art In Focus offers the kind of inspiration and challenge your students expect. It is filled with more colorful reproductions, photos, and graphics than ever before. It uses both words and graphics to highlight relevant art topics. It integrates technology resources. It even features student artwork, so your students can see that talent can be celebrated and acknowledged at any age. Retained Features :
Time and Place Connections features a display of artifacts from the specific time period being studied, so students can see how the events and attitudes of that time influenced the art that was created. It includes an activity that relates to the topic under discussion.Your Portfolio provides a multi-step portfolio activity that correlates with chapter content so students have frequent opportunities to add relevant, chapter-specific projects to their portfolios.Focus on the Arts provides students with an overview of the literature, theatre, music, or dance that was poular during the corresponding artistic period they are exploring in the text so they can examine artistic influences and interpretations from a number of different perspectives.Looking Closely highlights selected pieces of art and provides easy-to-read details about the artwork to help students and teachers analyze and understand what they see.Studio Lessons encourage students to explore one specific artistic discipline by examining a related inspiration, studying the process, and then creating and evaluating their own work using that discipline.Artsource® directs students to the Performing Arts Handbook, where they can find detailed information about particular artists and their craft.Symbolism in Art highlights areas within a showcased work of art and describes what the elements within the work might symbolize, to help students examine the "message" behind some of the world's greatest artistic treasures.Technology Projects at the end of each chapter provide a number of student projects that give students the opportunity to use CD-ROM, laserdisc, multimedia, and Internet technology.The Careers in Art feature directs students to the Careers in Art Handbook, where they can read about a career that utilizes one of the skills covered in the previous chapter, so students understand how their studies relate to the world of work.Internet Connections lead students to more detailed information about chapter topics to help them build their Internet skills as they broaden their understanding.Art and . . . provides cross-curricular connections between the arts and science, language arts, math, and social studies, so your students can recognize how these disciplines influenced the art of the period. Table of Contents :
Text Chapter Titles 1. Art and You 2. Developing a Visual Vocabulary 3. Creating Art: Media and Processes 4. Art Criticism and Aesthetics 5. Art History 6. Art of Earliest Times 7. The Art of Ancient Egypt 8. Greek Art 9. Roman Art 10. The Art of India, China, and Japan 11. The Native Arts of the Americas 12. The Arts of Africa 13. Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art 14. Early Medieval and Romanesque Art 15. Gothic Art 16. The Italian Renaissance 17. Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe 18. Art of Sixteenth-Century Europe 19. Baroque Art 20. Rococo Art 21. New Styles in Nineteenth Century Art 22. Art of the Later Nineteenth Century 23. Art of the Early Twentieth Century 24. Modern Art Movements to the Present |
| Computer Science - 1
Credit The objective for this class is to provide in-depth treatment of introductory computer subjects. Students will finish the course with a solid understanding of computers, how to use computers, and how to access information on the World Wide Web. Students will also learn the fundamentals of computers and computer nomenclature, particularly with respect to personal computer hardware and software, and the World Wide Web; gain an in-depth understanding of why computers are essential components in business and society in general; be able to plan for a career and get certified in the computer field
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HEALTH
- .5 Credit (1/2 year)
Health maintains the proven Curriculum pedagogy, while providing more material to help you reach the needs of all your students. Correlated to the National Health Standards, this program presents key concepts via a manageable, step-by-step approach that enables all students to learn at a pace that's right for them. Now, with a full-color design, updated content including health issues of the 21st Century. Exercises in this student workbook build the skills of application, analysis, sythesis, and evaluation while helping students make connections, draw conclusions, and formulate judgements about the material they are studying. Explains all the systems of the human body. Use the 200 reproducible student worksheets to adapt your curriculum to meet every students needs. Discussion questions covering important social health issues, unit-by-unit vocabulary lists, chapter summaries, learning objectives, and teaching suggestions, are included. Covers common safety precautions and first aid as well as prevention techniques. Teaches students to identify and use health resources in their own communities. Promotes concept retention through frequent questions. Offers practical information about issues of interest to young adults, such as physical appearance, nutrition, exercise, friends and peer pressure, and environmental factors that influence health. On the Cutting Edge presents discoveries and developments in health. People in Health captivates students with mini-biographies. What Do You Think encourages discussion about health issues. |
P.E.- 2 CreditsAs soon as possible, parents should notify IHS by e-mail of the intended Physical Education activity their student(s) will be performing. Minimum requirements are that the student participate in any aerobic activity for 45 minutes per day or the equivalent time every-other-day.The number of hours spent each day and the number of days per week you choose to spend on P.E. activities should be recorded in a log book to reflect that the P.E. requirements have been met. It is recommended that elementary students spend 4-8 hours per week in meaningful Physical Education activities. If your student is a high school student and has already completed the P.E. requirement, or is involved in team sports, or other physical activities such as self-defense, dance, hiking, jogging, etc, please email us with what activities are taking place to satisfy the P.E. requirement. |
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Spanish
1 -1 Credit
(2 credits of Foreign language required if attending college) The worktext, Spanish Now, Level 1, presents the Spanish language in a context designed to stress listening, speaking, reading and writing effectiveness via humorous yet informative dialog readings followed by personalized questions and answer drills that develop knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. The text begins with a practical Pronunciation Guide and six Preparatory Lessons. Part One presents the basic elements of the Spanish language structure and verbs. There are 5 Cultural Units that stress the influence of Hispanic culture in the Spanish I includes topics such as: GRAMMAR Common nouns with definite and indefinite articles Present tense regular AR, ER, & IR verbs Simple negative and interrogative words Calendar terms-#, days, months, seasons, etc. Present tense of Irregular verbs: caer, conocer, dar, decir, ser, estar, ir, oir, poner, querer, salir,tenir, traer, venir, ver, Uses of preposition “a” Uses of preposition “de” Contrasting uses of “ser” and “estar” Descriptive adjectives Shorting of adjectives “malo”, “bueno” etc. Direct command forms Possessive Adjectives Demonstrative Adjectives Common Adverbs; Exclamatory ¡Que! Stem changing verbs of “ar” and “er” infinitives The infinitive after “ir a…, tener que…, and para…” Prepositional pronouns Direct Object Pronouns Indirect Object Pronouns Gustar, (to be pleasing, to like) Past tense of regular “ar”, “er”, “ir” verbs Past tense of irregular verbs Negative expressions, “nunca, nada, nadie” Stem changing verbs of “ir” infinitives CULTURE Introduction the Hispanic Culture in Our Mexican Americans; Spanish in American English Discoverers, Conquerors, and Explorers of VOCABULARY AND IDIOMS Expressions of Courtesy Weather, Age, Sensations Telling time, The Date In the Classroom Nature and Animals Body, Clothing and Health Foods and Quantities Home and Family Occupations Time and Math Expressions showing locations SPANISH TWO 1 Credit
Spanish 2 includes topics such as: Review of topics presented in level 1: nouns, articles, present and past tenses of regular irregular verbs, uses of ser & estar, present participles, negative word structure, math expressions Hace & time & que…, desde… formulas for, “how long…” Acabar de & infinitive = “to have just” Idiomatic expressions: a, a la, al, con, cuanto, dar, de Imperfect indicative verb tense Present Participle and Past Progressive tense Comparatives and Superlatives Possessive Adjectives Past tense for Irregular and Stem Changing Verbs Future Tense Reflexive Verbs Idiomatic expressions: hasta, lo, mañana, mismo, no, para, poco Conditional verb tense Introduction to simple letter writing Double Object Pronoun placement Present Subjunctive Possessive Pronouns Relative Pronouns Imperfect Subjunctive Past Participle “Haber” as an auxiliary verb, haber de, & inf., and tener Proverbs Past perfect tense Conocer vs Saber Deber de and tener que & infinitive Preterit Perfect tense Passive Voice |
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FRENCH
1 The worktext, Bienvenue, presents the French language
in an integrated approach of contextual presentation of vocabulary and grammar
elements along with cultural aspects of French speaking areas of the world. The goal is to balance the 4 skills of reading, writing,
listening and speaking. Each unit is composed of an introduction of thematic
vocabulary with accompanying exercises, presentation of structure or grammar
with accompanying exercises, modeled conversations with accompanying exercises,
and a reading that presents aspects of culture. Each
unit culminates with a wrap up review enabling students to have a concise
source for quiz preparation. FRENCH TWO The worktext, A Bord, presents the French language
in an integrated approach of contextual presentation of vocabulary and grammar
elements along with cultural aspects of French speaking areas of the world. The goal is to balance as much as possible, the 4
skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Each unit is composed
of an introduction of thematic vocabulary with accompanying exercises, presentation
of structure or grammar with accompanying exercises, modeled conversations
with accompanying exercises, and a reading that presents aspects of culture. Each unit culminates with a wrap up review enabling
students to have a concise source for quiz preparation. |