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Language Arts 9B++ Language Arts Credits: 0.5 Language Arts 9A++ Prerequisite: Language Arts 9A Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Like semester A, semester B consists of integrated units focused on a theme or mode English for grade 9 is an integrated of study. Literature study in semester B curriculum. Each unit contains thematically focuses on the analysis of different forms of related lessons in five domains: reading and literature and on comparative studies of world the study of literature, reading informational literature and literature delivered in different text, writing, speaking and listening, and media. Writing and informational text lessons language study, which includes word guide students through the stages of research knowledge and grammar skills. Topics are and demonstrate how to evaluate, integrate, presented in ways that help young adolescents and share the information gathered during relate literacy skills to other aspects of their research. Students are required to share their lives. Writing assignments include narrative, ideas and analysis using several different expository, and persuasive/argumentative modes, including oral and multimedia modes and emphasize the use of and details presentations. and reasoning to support ideas. Speaking and listening lessons in Semester A emphasize collaborative discussion skills and peer review. Vocabulary development instruction is integrated into literature and informational text lessons. Each unit ends with an authentic assessment that presents students with a real- world scenario requiring some of the skills they learned in the unit.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Language Arts 9A Honors for each Honors assignment along with a Credits: 0.5 detailed rubric for evaluation. Prerequisite: None Language Arts 9B Honors English Honors for grade 9 is an integrated Credits: 0.5 curriculum with challenging assignments Prerequisite: Language Arts 9A Honors aimed at preparing Honors-level students for advanced work in the study of literature and Like semester A, semester B of English 9 language arts. Each unit contains thematically Honors consists of integrated units focused on related lessons in five domains: reading and a theme or mode of study. Literature study in the study of literature, reading informational semester B focuses on the analysis of different text, writing, speaking and listening, and forms of literature and on comparative studies language study, which includes word of world literature and literature delivered in knowledge and grammar skills. Topics are different media. As in Semester A, Honors presented in ways that help young adolescents assignments in this semester require students relate literacy skills to other aspects of their to take a more analytical or active approach to lives. Writing assignments include narrative, many of the assignments and activities in the expository, and persuasive/argumentative course. Honors students will write more often modes and emphasize the use of and details and more deeply about topics and also reflect and reasoning to support ideas. Speaking and more critically on the processes they use to listening lessons in Semester A emphasize read and write. Writing and informational text collaborative discussion skills and peer lessons guide students through the stages of review. Vocabulary development instruction research and demonstrate how to evaluate, is integrated into literature and informational integrate, and share the information gathered text lessons. Each unit ends with an authentic during research. Students are required to share assessment that presents students with a real- their ideas and analysis using several different world scenario requiring some of the skills modes, including oral and multimedia they learned in the unit. presentations. Assignments that are specific the Honors level of this course ask students to apply advanced skills earlier in the course and more often than students in the regular version of English 9. For example, students move immediately beyond the identification of literary elements or aspects of informational text to the analysis of these components. Likewise, Honors students don’t simply recognize and describe rhetorical strategies—they also use these strategies to create specific effects. Some Honors assignments require students to go one step farther in developing an assignment—for instance, writing an essay after generating ideas for the essay using the worksheet provided to students in the regular course. Clear and extensive guidelines are provided
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Language Arts 10A++ Language Arts 10B Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Language Arts 9A & 9B Prerequisite: Language Arts 10A
English for grade 10 is an integrated Like semester A, semester B consists of curriculum, with each unit consisting of integrated units focused on a theme or mode thematically related lessons in five domains: of study. Literature study in semester B analyzing literature, analyzing informational focuses on the analysis of different forms of text, writing, speaking and listening, and literature and as well as the evaluation of language study, which includes word various modes and forms of writing. Writing knowledge and grammar skills. The skills that and informational text lessons guide students students practice for this course are similar to through the stages of a rigorous research the skills in English 9 but require more process and demonstrate how to evaluate, independence and depth of thought. An integrate, and share the information gathered introductory lesson at the start of each unit during research. Students are required to share helps students identify any areas of weakness their ideas and analysis using several different and review those topics before starting the modes, including oral and multimedia more challenging grade 10 lessons. Writing presentations. assignments required in Semester A of this course include fiction, expository, and persuasive, and analytical modeses, emphasizing the use of details, evidence, and reasoning to support ideas. Speaking and listening lessons in Semester A cover collaborative discussion skills, the peer review process, and how to plan and deliver informative speeches and presentations. Vocabulary development instruction is integrated into literature and informational text lessons. Each unit ends with an authentic assessment that presents students with a real- world scenario requiring some of the skills they learned in the unit.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Language Arts 10A Honors provided to students in the regular course. Credits: 0.5 Clear and extensive guidelines are provided Prerequisite: Language Arts 9A & 9B Honors for each Honors assignment along with a detailed rubric for evaluation. English 10 Honors is an integrated curriculum consisting of thematically related lessons in Language Arts 10B Honors five domains: analyzing literature, analyzing Credits: 0.5 informational text, writing, speaking and Prerequisite: Language Arts 10B Honors listening, and language study, which includes word knowledge and grammar skills. The Like semester A, semester B consists of course provides challenging assignments integrated units focused on a theme or mode aimed at preparing Honors-level students for of study. Literature study in semester B advanced work in the study of literature and focuses on the analysis of different forms of language arts. An introductory lesson at the literature and as well as the evaluation of start of each unit helps students identify any various modes and forms of writing. Writing areas of weakness and review those topics if and informational text lessons guide students needed. Writing assignments required in through the stages of a rigorous research Semester A of this course include fiction, process and demonstrate how to evaluate, expository, persuasive, and analytical integrate, and share the information gathered modeses, emphasizing the use of details, during research. Students are required to share evidence, and reasoning to support ideas. their ideas and analysis using several different Speaking and listening lessons in Semester A modes, including oral and multimedia cover collaborative discussion skills, the peer presentations. As in Semester A, Honors review process, and how to plan and deliver assignments in this semester require students informative speeches and presentations. to take a more analytical or active approach to Vocabulary development instruction is many of the assignments and activities in the integrated into literature and informational course. Honors students will write more often text lessons. Each unit ends with an authentic and more deeply about topics and also reflect assessment that presents students with a real- more critically on the processes they use to world scenario requiring some of the skills read and write. they learned in the unit. Assignments that are specific the Honors level of this course ask students to apply advanced skills earlier in the course and more often than students in the regular version of English 10. For example, students move immediately beyond the identification of literary elements or aspects of informational text to the analysis of these components. Likewise, Honors students don’t simply recognize and describe rhetorical strategies—they also use these strategies to create specific effects. Some Honors assignments require students to go one step farther in developing an assignment—for instance, writing an essay after generating ideas for the essay using the worksheet
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Language Arts 11A++ Language Arts 11B++ Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Language Arts 10B Prerequisite: Language Arts 11A
English for grade 11 is an American Literature Semester B of English 11 consists of units course, with units organized chronologically focused on historical eras and literary according to periods in literary history. As movements of the 20th and 21st century, such students read foundation works of literature as Naturalism, Imagism, the Harlem and other historical documents written Renaissance, and Post-Modernism. Literature between 1600 and 1900, they’ll review and analysis lessons in semester B focus on the extend skills in five domains: analyzing forms of literature that were most commonly literature, analyzing informational text, written during the Twentieth Century and how writing, speaking and listening, and language the forms, styles, and techniques of that study, which includes word knowledge and century inform literature written today. grammar skills. Each module or unit begins Students will also evaluate various modes and with a lesson that provides historical context forms of language expression, including single for the era and introduces themes that media and multimedia messages. Writing and emerged in the literature of that era. Each informational text lessons guide students lesson provides students with an opportunity through the stages of a rigorous research to review basic analysis skills before applying process and demonstrate how to evaluate, those skills to works of literature or key integrate, and share the information gathered historical documents. Lessons focused on during research. Students are required to share more difficult historical documents include their ideas and analysis using several different activities that help students comprehend the modes, including oral and multimedia complex ideas in these works. presentations. Writing modes addressed in Semester A of this course include narrative, reflective, persuasive, and analytical modes. Assignments emphasize the use of details, evidence, and reasoning to support ideas; writing lessons include model essays that demonstrate key features of each mode. The speaking and listening lessons in Semester A cover rhetoric, the peer review or writing workshop process, and performance skills. Vocabulary development instruction is integrated into literature and informational text lessons. Each unit ends with an authentic assessment that presents students with a real- world scenario requiring some of the skills they learned in the unit.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Language Arts 11A Honors Language Arts 11B Honors Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Language Arts 10B Honors Prerequisite: Language Arts 11A Honors
Honors English 11 is an American Literature Semester B of Honors English 11 consists of course, with units organized chronologically units focused on historical eras and literary according to periods in literary history. As movements of the 20th and 21st century, such students read foundational works of literature as Naturalism, Imagism, the Harlem and other historical documents written Renaissance, and Post-Modernism. Literature between 1600 and 1900, they’ll review and analysis lessons in semester B focus on the extend skills in five domains: analyzing forms of literature that were most commonly literature, analyzing informational text, written during the Twentieth Century and how writing, speaking and listening, and language the forms, styles, and techniques of that study, which includes word knowledge and century inform literature written today. grammar skills. Each module or unit begins Students will also evaluate various modes and with a lesson that provides historical context forms of language expression, including single for the era and introduces themes that media and multimedia messages. Writing and emerged in the literature of that era. Each informational text lessons guide students lesson provides students with an opportunity through the stages of a rigorous research to review basic analysis skills before applying process and demonstrate how to evaluate, those skills to works of literature or key integrate, and share the information gathered historical documents. Lessons focused on during research. Students are required to share more difficult historical documents include their ideas and analysis using several different activities that help students comprehend the modes, including oral and multimedia complex ideas in these works. The Honors presentations. As in Semester A, the second level of the course provides additional semester of Honors English 11 provides challenging assignments aimed at preparing additional challenging assignments aimed at college-bound students for advanced work in preparing college-bound students for the study of literature and language arts. advanced work in the study of literature and Writing modes addressed in Semester A of language arts. this course include narrative, reflective, persuasive, and analytical modes. Assignments emphasize the use of details, evidence, and reasoning to support ideas; writing lessons include model essays that demonstrate key features of each mode. The speaking and listening lessons in Semester A cover rhetoric, the peer review or writing workshop process, and performance skills. Vocabulary development instruction is integrated into literature and informational text lessons. Each unit ends with an authentic assessment that presents students with a real- world scenario requiring some of the skills they learned in the unit.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Language Arts 12A++ Gwendolyn Brooks said, “I believe that we Credits: 0.5 should all know each other, we human carriers Prerequisite: Language Arts 11B of so many pleasurable differences. To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or Students examine major works of literature destroy.” So begin your own journey through organized into thematic units. Each unit the world, and do this by reading, writing contains poetry, short stories, and a novel that about what you read, and experiencing the revolve around the theme for the unit. Themes work of writers. include the self, relationships, alienation, choice, and death. As students read these Language Arts 12A Honors: Advanced works, they have the opportunity to reflect on Composition these important themes by writing in multiple Credits: 0.5 modes and creating cross-disciplinary Prerequisite: Language Arts 11B Honors projects. English 12A Honors focuses on learning to Language Arts 12B++ write with confidence and mastery. Emphasis Credits: 0.5 is placed on building language flexibility, Prerequisite: Language Arts 12A improving sentence structure, and mastering the writing process. Students create, revise, “There is nothing either good or bad, but and edit six writing projects that are designed thinking makes it so” – Shakespeare to help them take their writing to the next Welcome to the contemporary world literature level. As an Honors course, emphasis is course. In this course you will experience the placed on project-based instruction and novels, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction increased reading and writing opportunities. In from countries around the world. You will this thought-provoking writing course, discover that the writers in this course have students prepare themselves for the demands ideas and lives as interesting as their work. of college and/or the job market by You will discover many writers have unique developing their writing skills. Through text writing styles, unique ideas, unique lives, and readings, videos, interactive PowerPoint unique approaches to their art. You will also presentations, practice activities, workbook have the chance to do some unique work of questions, interactive skills challenges, your own. By reading contemporary work and discussions, writing projects, and other some work of the 20th century you will also activities students demonstrate their mastery discover that “no matter what a writer’s of the writing process. Students will integrate origins, certain themes and events have been the 6-Traits of Writing (i.e., ideas and content, hard to run away from in the 20th and early organization, voice, word choice, sentence 21st centuries.” As you read, it is my hope fluency, and conventions) to all of their that you will come to an understanding that, “. writing. As an Honors course, emphasis will . .reading literature from around the world is be placed on additional reading and writing unlikely to teach you everything there is to project-based instruction. Students will create know about a culture. But it may help. . .” projects including a short story, expository Along this journey you will use technology, essay, functional document, persuasive essay, writing, reflection, vocabulary, research, and literary analysis, and research paper. Through other academic and personal skills to help you the engaging activities in English 12A learn to enter the world of your community, Honors, students become more mature and your country, and your world. As the poet accomplished writers.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Language Arts 12B Honors: British Literature English Foundations I Credits: 0.5 Credits: 1.0 Prerequisite: Language Arts 12A Honors Prerequisite: none This course is for students with special needs In English 12B Honors, students experience a who require a remedial course to support survey of dynamic British literature from the their learning goals. ancient epic poem of Beowulf to more contemporary pieces by authors such as English Foundations I supports adolescent George Orwell and Doris Lessing. Emphasis literacy development at the critical stage is placed on major literary movements, British between decoding and making meaning from authors and classics, and the impact of text. Through intensive reading and writing historical events on literary works. In English skills instruction, deep practice sets, consistent 12B Honors, students gain a better formative feedback, graduated reading levels, understanding of English masterpieces as well and helpful strategy tips, the course leads as their own writing. As an Honors course, students to improved comprehension and text emphasis is placed on project-based handling. instruction and increased reading and writing opportunities. Engaging videos, interesting English Foundations II readings, and interactive activities provide Credits: 1.0 students with pragmatic opportunities to apply Prerequisite: none reading comprehension and writing skills to This course is for students with special needs their lives. Students work through interactive who require a remedial course to support lessons, completing several self-check their learning goals. activities and quizzes. In each unit, students complete an exam as well as writing projects English Foundations II offers a year of skill that include a personal narrative, a research building and strategy development in reading document, a literary response, a descriptive and writing. Semester one is a reading essay, an expository essay, and a persuasive program designed to help struggling readers composition. Students also participate in daily develop mastery in the areas of reading discussions and teacher feedback is provided comprehension, vocabulary building, study throughout the course. English 12B Honors skills, and media literacy. Semester two is a covers the content and skills in English 12B as writing program which builds confidence in well as providing additional project-based composition fundamentals by focusing on the instruction and increased reading and writing areas of composing, grammar, style, and opportunities. media literacy.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Creative Writing A Contemporary Novels Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Language Arts 9 Prerequisite: Language Arts 9
At the beginning of the semester, students consider the importance of word play exercises in improving their facility with language while building a compelling and creative writing style. Focusing on word nuances and precision, later lessons guide students to write in a variety of short modes— including poetry, song lyrics, prose poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. There are several opportunities for peer review in this semester, during which students learn best practices for participating in writing workshops, and then revise their work using feedback from their peers.
Creative Writing B Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Creative Writing A
This semester focuses on longer works of fiction: short stories, plays, and novels. Students learn basic techniques of plot and character development along with strategies for creating suspense and building a theme, and they have opportunities to write in several different genres. Lessons cover a few special topics as well, including graphic novels, animation, comedy, and improvisation. Students apply what they have learned about writing workshops and revising to the longer pieces of writing they create for this semester.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Pre-Algebra B Mathematics Credits: 0.5 Pre-Algebra A Prerequisite: Pre-Algebra A Credits: 0.5 *This course does not meet high school Prerequisite: Math 7 graduation requirements. *This course does not meet high school graduation requirements. Pre-Algebra B will continue to move students into the exciting world of the unknown, Pre-Algebra A will help students move from Algebra. Building on what they have learned the world of simple mathematics to the in mathematics and Pre-Algebra, students will exciting world of Algebra and Geometry. expand their skills. They will be introduced to They will develop skills that will be necessary increasingly abstract concepts. Pre-Algebra B throughout their life. Students will stretch will provide the student with a concrete their thinking by learning to solve real world understanding of the basics for algebraic problems. Learning math and algebra concepts thinking. With numerous hands on activities can be fun. Abstract ideas can be challenging and demonstration videos, they will have for many students but the challenge is one multiple opportunities to enhance their they can meet. Concepts are presented with a process solving skills. Students will be given little humor, making the learning fun. Students different assessment opportunities to will enjoy learning each new concept and demonstrate mastery of each skill. The course develop a deeper understanding of the math is offered in a six-unit format containing 5 skills they already have. Each concept is lessons each for a total of 30 lessons. Students presented using examples of the skills, will study text pages, watch videos, interact concepts, and strategies students will need. with flash presentations, and complete Scaffolding of ideas is provided to ensure practice problems. The pace is controlled by student learning. The course is offered in a the student and reviewing the material is six-unit format containing 5 lessons each for a encouraged. total of 30 lessons. Students will study text pages, watch videos, interact with flash presentations, and complete practice problems. The pace is controlled by the student and reviewing the material is encouraged.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Algebra 1A Algebra 1A Honors Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Math 8 Prerequisite: Math 8
Algebra 1 (semester A) introduces students to Honors Algebra 1 (semester A) introduces the world of Algebra through expressions and students to the world of Algebra through equations. Students will evaluate algebraic expressions and equations. Students will expressions, solve linear equations and graph evaluate algebraic expressions, solve linear them. This course also steers students through equations and graph them. This course also various real-world scenarios with the steers students through various real-world emphasis on using basic statistics to interpret scenarios with the emphasis on using basic the information given and found. statistics to interpret the information given and Students learn through online lesson materials, found. videos and interactive activities. The end of Students learn through online lesson materials, each unit tests students’ understanding with a videos and interactive activities. The end of self-check quiz with feedback. Also included each unit tests students’ understanding with a is a unit exam and project for students to self-check quiz with feedback. Also included apply what they have learned. is a unit exam and project for students to apply what they have learned. Algebra 1B++ Credits: 0.5 Algebra 1B Honors Prerequisite: Algebra 1A Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Algebra 1A Honors Algebra 1 (semester B) builds on the concepts learned in the first semester by providing a Honors Algebra 1 (semester B) builds on the strong foundation in solving problems. concepts learned in the first semester by Students will work with problems and providing a strong foundation in solving applications that involve exponents, quadratic problems. Students will work with problems equations, polynomials and factoring methods, and applications that involve exponents, rational and radical equations, data analysis quadratic equations, polynomials and and probability. factoring methods, rational and radical Students will interact with course materials equations, data analysis and probability. through online lessons, videos, interactive Students will interact with course materials questions and real-world applications. through online lessons, videos, interactive Each unit ends with a self-check quiz to questions and real-world applications. confirm knowledge of the concepts learned. Each unit ends with a self-check quiz to There is also a unit exam and project. Teacher confirm knowledge of the concepts feedback is given throughout the course. learned. There is also a unit exam and project.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Algebra 2A++ Algebra 2A Honors Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Algebra 1B Prerequisite: Algebra 1B Honors
This course further extends the learner’s This course further extends the learner’s understanding of major algebra concepts, and understanding of major algebra concepts, and prepares them with the building blocks needed prepares them with the building blocks needed to dive deeper into trigonometry, pre-calculus to dive deeper into trigonometry, pre-calculus and advanced probability and statistics. Topics and advanced probability and statistics. Topics include radicals, quadratic functions and include radicals, quadratic functions and equations, polynomials, rationals, systems of equations, polynomials, rationals, systems of equations and inequalities, exponents and equations and inequalities, exponents and logarithms, sequences and series, probability logarithms, sequences and series, probability and statistics and trigonometry. and statistics and trigonometry. In the honors course, students will do in depth study, Algebra 2B++ problem-solving and application of algebraic Credits: 0.5 concepts. Prerequisite: Algebra 2A Algebra 2B Honors This course continues to extend the learner’s Credits: 0.5 understanding of major algebra concepts, and Prerequisite: Algebra 2A Honors prepares them with the building blocks needed to dive deeper into trigonometry, pre-calculus This course continues to extend the learner’s and advanced probability and statistics. Topics understanding of major algebra concepts, and include radicals, quadratic functions and prepares them with the building blocks needed equations, polynomials, rationals, systems of to dive deeper into trigonometry, pre-calculus equations and inequalities, exponents and and advanced probability and statistics. Topics logarithms, sequences and series, probability include radicals, quadratic functions and and statistics and trigonometry. equations, polynomials, rationals, systems of equations and inequalities, exponents and logarithms, sequences and series, probability and statistics and trigonometry. In the honors course, students will do in depth study, problem-solving and application of algebraic concepts.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Geometry A++ Honors Geometry A Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Algebra 1B Prerequisite: Honors Algebra 1B
Geometry is the study of the measurement of Geometry Honors is the study of the the world. What makes Geometry so engaging measurement of the world, with a focus on is the relationship of figures and measures to application of geometric concepts. What each other, and how these relationships can makes Geometry so engaging is the predict results in the world around us. relationship of figures and measures to each Through practical applications, the student other, and how these relationships can predict sees how geometric reasoning provides insight results in the world around us. Through real- into everyday life. The course begins with the world applications, the honors student sees tools needed in Geometry. From these how geometric reasoning provides insight into foundations, the student explores the measure everyday life. The course begins with the tools of line segments, angles, and two-dimensional needed in Geometry. From these foundations, figures. Students will learn about similarity, the student explores the measure of line triangles and trigonometric ratios. Geometry segments, angles, and two-dimensional A consists of six modules. Each module figures. Students will learn about similarity, comprises ten lessons for a total of 60 lessons triangles and trigonometric ratios. Geometry in the course. A consists of six modules. Each module comprises of ten lessons for a total of 60 Geometry B++ lessons in the course. Honors students are Credits: 0.5 expected to complete several assignments Prerequisite: Geometry A within each module that demonstrate their knowledge of the applications of geometry. This course builds on the foundation of the first terms in Geometry. As in previous Honors Geometry B courses, deductive and inductive reasoning are Credits: 0.5 emphasized, while applying problem-solving Prerequisite: Honors Geometry A techniques to real-world problems. Students explore quadrilaterals and circles, and learn This course builds on the foundation of the how an object is transformed, as well as how first terms in Geometry. As in previous to represent that transformation algebraically courses, deductive and inductive reasoning are and geometrically. Students calculate area and emphasized, while applying problem-solving volume of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional techniques to real-world problems. Students objects. Geometry B consists of six modules. explore quadrilaterals and circles, and learn Each module comprises ten lessons for a total how an object is transformed, as well as how of 60 lessons in the course. to represent that transformation algebraically and geometrically. Students calculate area and volume of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional objects. Geometry B consists of six modules. Each module comprises ten lessons for a total of 60 lessons in the course. Honors students are expected to complete several assignments within each module that demonstrate their knowledge of the applications of geometry.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Consumer Math++ Math Foundations I Credits: 1.0 Credits: 1.0 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: none This course is designed for students in special This course focuses on the mathematics education who need a remedial course involved in making wise consumer decisions. designed to support their individual learning Students explore the many ways in which goals. mathematics affects their daily lives. The first semester will cover paychecks and wages, Math Foundations I offers a structured taxes, insurance, budgets, bank accounts, remediation solution based on the NCTM credit cards, interest calculations, and Curricular Focal Points and is designed to comparison shopping. Second semester topics expedite student progress in acquiring 3rd- to include vehicle and home purchasing, 5th-grade skills. The course is appropriate for investing, and business and employee use as remediation for students in grades 6 to management. 12. When used in combination, Math Foundations I and Math Foundations II (covering grades 6 to 8) effectively remediate Pre-Calculus AB computational skills and conceptual Credits: 1.0 understanding needed to undertake high Prerequisite: Geometry & Algebra 2 school–level math courses with confidence.
In this course, students will understand and Math Foundations II apply concepts, graphs and applications of a Credits 1.0 variety of families of functions, including Prerequisite: none polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, logistic This course is designed for students in special and trigonometric. An emphasis will be placed education who need a remedial course on use of appropriate functions to model real designed to support their individual learning world situations and solve problems that arise goals. from those situations. A focus is also on graphing functions by hand and understanding Based on the NCTM Curricular Focal Points, and identifying the parts of a graph. A Math Foundations II is designed to expedite scientific and/or graphics calculator is student progress in acquiring 6th- to 8th-grade recommended for work on assignments, and skills. The course is appropriate for use as on examinations. remediation at the high school level or as Pre-Calculus Part B covers the major units of middle school curriculum. The program Introductory Trigonometry and Graphs, simultaneously builds the computational skills Trigonometric Equations and Identities, and conceptual understanding needed to Analytical Trigonometry, Sequences and undertake high school-level math courses with Series, Conic Sections and an Introduction to confidence. Calculus. A focus is also on graphing functions by hand and understanding and identifying the parts of a graph.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Gifted Replacement, Math: The Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) History Length: Varied World History A++ Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 Students within the gifted and talented Prerequisite: None program can elect to enroll in courses powered by The Art of Problem Solving. This World History begins with a focus on the is an optional replacement for the traditional skills needed to read, understand, and analyze math curriculum. history, also demonstrating how historians and The Art of Problem Solving course costs will social scientists arrive at their conclusions be the responsibility of the parent. Course fees about human history. Semester A covers the vary by course. history of civilization from hunter-gatherer societies through the characteristics of the earliest civilizations to the Enlightenment period in Western Europe. The second half of Semester A explores early intellectual, spiritual, and political movements and their impact on interactions among world cultures.
World History B++ Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: World History A
Semester B applies the reading and analytical strategies introduced in Semester A to the events and movements that created the modern world. In the second semester, World History emphasizes the effects of the Industrial Revolution and changing attitudes about science and religion as well as the impact of European colonization. Students are encouraged to make connections between World War I and II and events related to the Cold War and between 19th-century imperialism and modern independence movements.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Honors World History A Honors World History B Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: Honors World History A
In World History A Honors, students explore In this course, students examine the factors ancient civilizations in order to understand the leading up to World War I, the rise of geographic, political, economic, and social nationalism, and the worldwide economic characteristics of people. By developing their depression. The causes of War II, and the understanding of the past, students can better military strategies involved are also analyzed. understand the present and determine their The advances in modern warfare for both direction for the future. In this course, World Wars are a special focus. In addition, students explore the first civilization in students learn about the struggle between the Mesopotamia; the ancient civilizations of ideologies of democracy and communism as China, Greece, and Rome; the rise of the well as the change in the balance of power Byzantine Empire; and the feudal system in after World War II in which countries fought Europe and Japan. They also learn about the for self-rule. An appraisal of the Cold War Renaissance and Reformation, the and the fall of the Soviet Union are included. Enlightenment Period, and the scientific and Later lessons find students exploring the roots democratic revolutions in Europe that spread of terrorism and the conflicts in the Middle to the new nation of America. The last part of East, Eastern Europe, and Asia. The final unit the course concentrates on the Napoleonic of the course centers on the new global Era, the Industrial Revolution in England, and economy, advances in science and technology, the rise of imperialism in Europe. In addition, and current environmental issues. Students historical analysis and current events are assess primary and secondary source materials featured in the final lessons. in depth. Projects and class discussions challenge students to predict outcomes, draw conclusions, and make choices based upon critical thinking.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com American History A++ American History B++ Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: World History Prerequisite: American History A
This course covers the discovery, American History B begins with a study of development, and growth of the United States. American life before the 1929 Stock Market Major topics include; American Indian crash and how the Roaring Twenties cultures, European colonization of the influenced society in the late 19th through Americas, and the causes and effects of the early 20th centuries. Students will examine American Revolution. Geographical, the causes and consequences of the Great economic, and political factors are explores as Depression and move on into a detailed study the key factors in the growth of the United of World War II with an emphasis on States of America. American History I is a America’s role in the conflict. The course survey of the struggle to build the United continues with an analysis of the Cold War States of America from the colonial period to struggle and America’s rise as a superpower. the beginning of the twentieth century. By The Civil Rights and Women’s rights means of reading, analyzing, and applying movements, pollution and the environment, historical data, students come to appreciate the and American domestic and foreign policy forces that shaped our history and character as will be examined. The course wraps up with a an American people. Not only are the topics summary of current events and issues, of American history discussed, but students including a study of the Middle East. This also explore research methods and determine course begins with an assessment of life in accurate sources of data from the past. United States pre-World War I and ends with Knowing the facts and dates of history are just the conflicts of the new millennium. Students the beginning: each student must understand look at the nation in terms of economic, how history affects him or her. social, and political trends. The experiences of the last century are summarized, including a look into the civil rights issues that have embroiled the nation in conflict. The development of the United States of America into a superpower is explored within a global context.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Honors American History A American Government++ Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Honors World History or World Prerequisite: None History This course will guide students through an in- American Foundation to the 1920s: depth study of the history, structure, and American History A Honors helps students guiding principles of American government. learn the story of the founding of North The first unit will review the origins of America by Europeans in the 1600s. A government in general and American prevailing theme of the course is that America government in particular—from the earliest accomplished tasks that no other country had models for democracy to the founding undertaken before. America broke away from documents that created a federalist system of Europe, established its own country with a government in the U.S. Several units will help Constitution that has given freedom to more students explore the roles and responsibilities people than any other country in the world, of each branch of government as well as the and settled a country by putting that impact that the Constitution has had and Constitution into practice. The course ends continues to have on the way government with a study of America’s emergence as a works and on the lives of individual world power at the beginning of the 20th Americans. The course’s final unit will guide Century. Students will encounter primary and students through a series of projects that secondary source document investigations, require them to apply what they have learned biographies of key individuals, political about American government to an issue that cartoons, map studies, and period literature. interests them.
Honors American History B Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Honors American History A
Jazz Age to WWII: American History B Honors begins in the 1920s Jazz Age and ends in the 21st Century. Students will examine economic factors that lead to the Great Depression and World War II. The West’s involvement in the Cold War, as well as the fall of the Soviet Union, will be covered in detail. America’s rise as a world power is featured. The final unit of the course includes a study of the environment, modern presidential foreign and domestic policies, and the Middle East. Unit 30 includes a lesson designed to help students prepare for the final exam.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Honors American Government extended research-based papers and through Credits: 0.5 participation in community service. Prerequisite: None
American Government Honors provides the student with the basic knowledge of the history and philosophy of the United States government, and the principles that guide our democracy. The student examines the United States Constitution to answer questions and determine the facts of government. The course focuses on the functions and duties of the three branches of government, which are the legislative, executive, and judicial. Special attention is given to political participation, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and government systems of the world. American Government Honors references the view of political institutions to explore the history, organization, and functions of the U.S. government. It offers students learning opportunities that build one on another. A goal of the course is for the student to develop the critical skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation in a demanding and thoughtful academic setting. Students are encouraged to use their knowledge of the organizations and management of governing to develop their own views on current political issues. Then the students are taught how to apply what they have learned into civic action. The course looks closely at the political knowledge and values of the country as it gives students a look into the problems faced by presidents, congressional representatives, and other political activists. It also covers the roles of political parties, interest groups, and the media in shaping the government. The Supreme Court is presented as the voice of reason in the balance of powers. Students are encouraged to perform at higher levels as they analyze historical documents and additional readings, work with a set of facts arranged by theme, become skillful in note taking, and join in student discussions. Students develop and demonstrate their writing skills by preparing
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Economics++ Honors Economics Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
This course introduces the principles and the Economics Honors provides the student with applications of economics in everyday life. basic knowledge of the history and philosophy Students develop an understanding of limited of the United States economy and the resources, and compare it with unlimited economic principles that guide our wants and needs. Students learn how democracy. Students demonstrate problem individual and national economic decisions solving, and their understanding of the are made to allocate goods and services processes for economic reasoning, by among competing users. Students apply applying economic principles to decisions economic principles to think and problem they make as consumers, workers, and solve. The study of Economics uses the view members of local and larger societies. This, in of economic institutions and policies to turn, enables the student to understand the explore the history, organization, and issues and public policies that affect functions of the U.S. government in economic, political, and cultural systems. The controlling our economy. It offers students course focuses on the functions and duties of learning opportunities that build one on the three branches of government, which are another. A goal of the course is for the student the legislative, executive, and judicial as they to develop the critical skills of analysis, relate to the economy. Special attention is synthesis, and evaluation in a demanding and given to the role of the Federal Reserve thoughtful academic setting. Students are System in administering the United States encouraged to use their knowledge of the economy. policies and institutions of economics to develop their own views on current economic World Geography & Cultures A++ and monetary issues. They are taught how to Credits: 0.5 apply what they have learned into personal Prerequisite: None financial activities. The course looks closely at the economic knowledge and values of the The student will be taught to use the basic country and gives students a look into the skills of map reading and development, problems faced by presidents, and geographic technology, and the recognition of congressional representatives. It also covers geographic themes to make sense of the the roles of political activists, political parties, world. The course examines world regions interest groups, and the media in shaping the including the nations, people, and cultures of U. S. economy. The Supreme Court is the Americas and Western Europe. presented as the voice of reason in the balance of powers. Students are encouraged to perform at higher levels as they are presented with historical documents and additional readings, work with a set of facts arranged by theme, become skillful in note-taking, and join in student discussions. Students develop and demonstrate their writing skills by preparing extended research-based papers.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com World Geography & Cultures B++ Civics++ Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: World Geography & Cultures A Prerequisite: None
This second-semester course continues to In this course students will understand the teach the basic skills of map reading and significance of government, law, and politics. development, the use of geographic They will examine the United States technology, and the recognition of geographic foundational documents and how they shaped themes. The focus examines the world the Unites States government. Students will regions, including the nations, people, and examine the purposes and functions of federal, cultures of Central Europe and Northern state and local government, the justice system, Eurasia, Central and Southwest Asia, South political systems the environment, and the Asia, Africa, East Asia, and the Pacific. economy. Learners will evaluate their role and civic responsibility to their families, communities, and country including voting and being a productive member of society. Students will get to know leaders and influential people that have championed many causes including civil rights and the environment. Learners will also learn proper ways to interact in society including interpersonal skills and respecting differences in others including disabilities. Learners will follow a step-by-step approach for successfully completing each lesson, which includes textbook reading, interactive activities, supplemental reading, lecture, video clips, and Power Point presentations to enhance and reinforce learning. Learners receive frequent feedback from teacher and peers through discussions. By the end of the course students will have a deep understanding of their civic responsibilities as well as the difference one individual can make in society.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Earth Science A++ Science Credits: 0.5 Physical Science A++ Prerequisite: Pre-Algebra/Math 8, Physical Credits: 0.5 Science 8 Prerequisite: None The first three modules of Semester 1 cover This is an introduction to the Physical Scientific Inquiry, the Structure and Sciences and scientific methodology. The Composition of the Universe, and the Features objectives are to impart a basic knowledge of of the Solar System. Students learn the the physical properties and chemistry of importance of scientific inquiry and how to matter. Skills are developed in the classroom, communicate the results of scientific and reinforced through homework reading, investigations. They then have material on the and interesting labs that relate to everyday formation of the universe, including the Big life. Bang Theory, the motions of celestial objects, and stellar evolution. The third module covers Physical Science B++ material related to the Solar System, including Credits: 0.5 features of the Sun and the planets and the Prerequisite: Physical Science A movements of Earth. The second three modules of Semester 1 cover Weather, This is an introduction to the Physical Climate, and Earth’s Water Cycle. Students Sciences and scientific methodology. The first learn in Module 4 about the atmosphere objectives are to impart a basic knowledge of and clouds, as well as the factors that the physical properties and chemistry of influence local and global climate. In Module matter. Skills are developed in the classroom, 5 they continue by learning about weather and and reinforced through homework reading, air masses, meteorology and storms. Module 6 and interesting labs that relate to everyday then discusses the water cycle, including life. groundwater and ocean features, as well as water scarcity and pollution.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Earth Science B++ Biology A++ Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Earth Science A Prerequisite: Algebra 1
The first three modules of Semester 2 cover Biology A introduces students to the scientific the physical structure of the Earth and Earth’s method and the major concepts of biology tectonic system, including the rock cycle, from an historical and practical viewpoint. tectonic activity, and mountain building. It The three major themes of this course are the then covers weathering and erosion and soil cell, the molecular basis of heredity, and the formation. The next material in the course interdependence of organisms. Students who then addresses the concept of systems; it take this class will have a deeper appreciation addresses the Earth as a system, feedback in for the complexities of living organisms. Life systems, and Earth’s major nutrient cycles. on this planet, unlike anywhere else in the The second three modules of Semester 2 cover observable universe, is complex and highly geologic history, including the evolution of organized. Whether examining life on the Earth’s atmosphere, the geologic time scale, molecular or the planetary level, it exhibits a and the fossil record. It then goes over natural highly organized structure that inspires awe by resources and the effects of human population its genius and complexity. In the last 50 years, on natural resources. The course wraps up discoveries have launched new branches of with a discussion of human society and its biology that have transformed the daily interconnectedness with the Earth’s routine, from conception to death. New environment, how science and technology challenges await, such as the current crisis in work together, and the technological design ecology, global warming, and the resurgence process in earth science applications. in viral disease. To make rational choices in the 21st century, the citizen must have a basic understanding of biological concepts and the reasoning behind them. Biology A is presented in a multimedia format using interactive modules, labs, narrated animation, text, and videos to present the study of life on this planet. Students work through and complete several self-check activities and quizzes for practice, and participate in self- reflection. In each unit, students complete the unit exam and deliver a unit project.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Biology B++ Honors Biology A Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Biology A Prerequisite: Algebra 1
Biology B is a continuation of the basic course The science of biology must begin with cell in biology, Biology A. The major concepts theory, including the structure, function, and covered are population dynamics and chemistry of the cell. Cells form the primary evolution. Students explore population level of organization of all living things. The dynamics through the study of mutualism, chemistry and function of each cell shapes the predation, parasitism, and competition. The lifestyle of the organism, from feeding to theory of evolution is presented, along with reproductive patterns. This first course in the many evidences and details that make biology focuses on the life of the cell, dealing evolution the backbone of modern biology. with issues of structure, transport, genetics, From biochemistry to evolution, biology protein synthesis, energy production, and fascinates people. Biochemists first astounded usage. The tools of science are explained and the world by showing that life obeys the same then focused on the living systems in the cell. chemical principles as all creation, but that life In the case of genetics, the molecular behavior engineers chemistry to its own needs. Decades of DNA is elaborated to show how it later, Darwin shocked the world by suggesting determines the visible traits of the organism that life evolves according to the conditions of and population. Thus, you are led on a tour of the environment it inhabits. Evolution, often living systems from the tiniest to the broadest debated and derided, has survived to become a levels of organization. During this tour, you key concept of biology. This second course in will employ text, computer simulations, biology examines the wonder of life and its videotaped labs, and hands-on investigation to mechanisms. Students work through and verify each concept and make them relevant to complete several self-check activities and what you see each day. The aim of this course quizzes for practice, and participate in self- is to guide you, the student, to see your world reflection. In each unit, students complete the in biological terms, and then to expand your unit exam and deliver a unit project. vision to contemplate current topics in biological research and application.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Honors Biology B Chemistry B++ Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Honors Biology A Prerequisite: Chemistry A
The study of the human body involves more It follows the Chemistry 1 A course. In than just its anatomy, but also entails an Chemistry 1 B, students will investigate understanding of the roles each part plays, chemical bonding, thermochemistry, and acids how each contributes to system, and holistic and bases. The importance of the scientific wellness. The basic plan of the course is to method to solve real world problems will be examine each of the organ systems, including investigated. Knowledge will be gained in the the skeletal, muscular, integumentary (skin), following areas: organic chemistry, circulatory, respiratory, immune, digestive, biochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. This excretory, nervous, sensory, endocrine, and course will also stress the important reproductive systems. The regulation and relationship between math and science. coordination of these systems is what Students will use higher order thinking constitutes physiology, which is the major part throughout the entire course. An algebra of the laboratory investigations associated background is recommended because of the with the course. After completing the course, amount and type of math involved. students will have a foundation for more specialized studies in the health sciences. Honors Chemistry A Credits: 0.5 Chemistry A++ Prerequisite: Algebra 1 & Geometry Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Algebra 1 & Geometry In this course, students will discover what chemistry is, and how it is used and found all In this course, students will discover what around us. The importance of the scientific chemistry is, and how it is used and found all method to solve real world problems will be around us. The importance of the scientific investigated. Knowledge will be gained in the method to solve real world problems will be following areas: types of matter, atomic investigated. Knowledge will be gained in the structure, chemical periodicity, chemical following areas: types of matter, atomic formula writing and naming, chemical structure, chemical periodicity, chemical equations. This course will also stress the formula writing and naming, chemical important relationship between math and equations. This course will also stress the science while studying measurement, metric important relationship between math and system and stoichiometry. Students will use science while studying measurement, metric higher order thinking throughout the entire system and stoichiometry. Students will use course. higher order thinking throughout the entire course. An algebra background is recommended because of the amount and type of math involved.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Honors Chemistry B Physics B++ Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Honors Chemistry A Prerequisite: Physics A
It follows the Chemistry 1 A course. In Physics B continues the student’s exploration Chemistry 1 B, students will investigate of mechanics while also guiding them through chemical bonding, thermochemistry, and acids some other important topics of and bases. The importance of the scientific physics. Students begin by exploring simple method to solve real world problems will be harmonic motion, wave properties, and optics. investigated. Knowledge will be gained in the Students then learn the basics of following areas: organic chemistry, thermodynamics and fluids. Afterwards, the biochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. This students explore the principles of electricity course will also stress the important and magnetism. Finally, students explore the relationship between math and science. area of physics known as Modern Physics, Students will use higher order thinking which includes topics such as the throughout the entire course. photoelectric effect, nuclear science, and relativity. This is a trig based course. It is assumed you know and can use trigonometry. Physics A++ Credits: 0.5 Honors Physics A Prerequisite: Algebra 2 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Algebra 2 Students begin their exploration of physics by reviewing the International System of Units Students begin their exploration of physics by (SI), scientific notation, and significant digits. reviewing the International System of Units They then learn to describe and analyze (SI), scientific notation, and significant digits. motion in one and two dimensions. Students They then learn to describe and analyze learn about gravity and Newton’s laws of motion in one and two dimensions. Students motion before concluding the course with an learn about gravity and Newton’s laws of examination of circular motion. Students motion before concluding the course with an apply mathematical concepts such as graphing examination of circular motion. Students and trigonometry in order to solve physics apply mathematical concepts such as graphing problems. Throughout the course, students and trigonometry in order to solve physics apply their understanding of physics by problems. Throughout the course, students playing roles like science museum curator and apply their understanding of physics by elementary teacher. playing roles like science museum curator and elementary teacher.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Honors Physics B Anatomy & Physiology B Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: Honors Physics A Prerequisite: Anatomy & Physiology A
Physics B continues the student’s exploration Part B is designed to give the student an of mechanics while also guiding them through understanding of how structure and function some other important topics of are related in the human body. The student physics. Students begin by exploring simple will study the human body from the cellular harmonic motion, wave properties, and optics. level to the organ system level. All of the Students then learn the basics of major body systems will be studied in great thermodynamics and fluids. Afterwards, the detail. Additionally, biochemistry, cell students explore the principles of electricity biology, histology, biotechnology, bioethics, and magnetism. Finally, students explore the and pathology will also be studied. This area of physics known as Modern Physics, course is highly recommended for students which includes topics such as the seeking a career in science or a health-related photoelectric effect, nuclear science, and profession. relativity. This is a trig based course. It is assumed you know and can use trigonometry.
Anatomy & Physiology A Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None
The aim of this course is to expand upon what was learned in your Biology class, while emphasizing the application of this material to human structures and functions. This course begins the study of human beings at the microscopic level and works its way up to an in-depth study of select organ systems. Special emphasis will be placed upon applying and demonstrating the information learned in this course through, not only tests and quizzes, but through special projects and collaboration as well.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Spanish 3 Foreign Language Credits: 1.0 Spanish 1 Prerequisite: Spanish 2 Credits: 1.0 Prerequisite: None Students continue to develop their ability in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Spanish 1 is designed to develop an authentic Spanish through a systematic review of its and practical understanding of the Spanish structure. Students focus on applying language and culture. Students will have the vocabulary in a wider array of situations by ability to express their thoughts, feelings, and learning about the past progressive and opinions in the target language within basic, subjunctive moods and the present perfect, real-life situations and learning scenarios. All future, and conditional tenses. new concepts, grammatical concepts, and cultural information will be introduced in French 1 context while incorporating various listening, Credits: 1.0 speaking and writing activities. Prerequisite: None
Spanish 2 French 1 focuses on developing listening Credits: 1.0 skills by repeated exposure to the spoken Prerequisite: Spanish 1 language. Speaking skills are encouraged through recommended assignments using Students build upon the foundation developed voice tools. Reading and writing skills, as well in Spanish 1. They continue to build as language structures, are practiced through vocabulary, learn new verb tenses and other meaningful, real-life contexts. The use of grammar concepts, and they increase their technology enhances and reinforces authentic ability to communicate with others. They language development and fosters cultural learn new concepts, like reflexive verbs, understandings through exposure to native infinitive expressions, commands, the speakers and their daily routines. imperfect tense. Semester B will continue building on vocabulary, grammar concepts and communicating effectively in the target language. You will explore new countries where Spanish is spoken and continue to keep abreast of current events in the Spanish- speaking world.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com French 2 French 3 Credits: 1.0 Credits: 1.0 Prerequisite: French 1 Prerequisite: French 2
Semester A focuses on the continuation and Students further deepen their understanding of enhancement of language skills presented in French by focusing on the three modes of Level 1. Vocabulary and grammar structures communication: interpretive, interpersonal, are revisited and expanded to provide students and presentational. Each unit consists of a an opportunity to move towards an variety of activities which teach the students intermediate comprehension level. Speaking how to understand more difficult written and and listening skills are enhanced through spoken passages, to communicate with others recommended real-life voice activities. through informal speaking and writing Listening skills are honed through online interactions, and to express their thoughts and dialogues. Reading and writing skills are opinions in more formal spoken and written developed through access to completion of contexts. Students should expect to be actively meaningful activities, reading of culturally- engaged in their own language learning, use related articles of interest and responding to correct vocabulary terms and phrases reading in the target language. The use of naturally, incorporate a wide range of technology enhances and reinforces authentic grammar concepts consistently and correctly language development and fosters cultural while speaking and writing, participate in understandings through exposure to native conversations covering a wide range of topics speakers and their daily routines. and respond appropriately to conversational prompts, analyze and compare cultural Semester B continues the enhancement of practices, products, and perspectives of language skills. Vocabulary and grammar various French-speaking countries, read and structures are revisited and expanded as analyze important pieces of Hispanic students explore other French-speaking areas. literature, and take frequent assessments Speaking and listening skills are enhanced where their language progression can be through recommended real-life voice monitored. The course is conducted almost activities. Listening skills are honed through entirely in French. The course has been online dialogues. Reading and writing skills carefully aligned to national standards as set are developed through access to completion of forth by ACTFL (the American Council on meaningful activities related to travel, to the the Teaching of Foreign Languages). Olympics, to natural disasters, and to the space program. Reading of culturally related articles of interest and responding to reading in the target language, along with the use of technology, reinforces authentic language development and fosters cultural understandings through exposure to native speakers and their daily routines.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com German 1 German 2 Credits: 1.0 Credits: 1.0 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: German 1
This German 1A course is an introductory In this course, students build on grammar and course teaching basic comprehension and language skills that they acquired during their communication in German. It coordinates the G1A and G1B courses. While reviewing basic study of language with culture through the use grammar skills, (present and past tenses), of video, audio and mass media production. students learn and study stem-changing verb This course assumes prior or no knowledge of conjugation and explore cultural themes the German language. It introduces the regarding current events, famous German fundamentals of conversational and people, music and famous festivals. grammatical patterns of the German language with presentations to present the material. In the second semester course, students Students who complete the course increase their proficiency in being able to successfully will begin to develop a functional communicate by forming more complex competency in the four primary language German sentences in a variety of tenses using areas: speaking, reading, listening and writing, all four cases (Nominative, Accusative, Dative while establishing a solid grammatical base and Genitive). The variety of topics increases and exploration into German culture. also, from exploring different careers to discussing relationships. Cultural themes are The second semester course will expand on entwined throughout this course related to the knowledge gained from German 1A and going shopping, to going to the zoo and also further develop their skills in pronunciation, to travel throughout the German-speaking grammar skills, grammar structures and world. vocabulary. Oral practice (via Voice Tools), homework assignments, games, songs, watching videos, quizzes, tests, projects and other activities such as writing wikis and journal entries, will be emphasized to accomplish this goal. The different cultures of the German-speaking world are emphasized through readings, videos and other activities. Taking the time to learn another language is a mind-expanding activity that can open up a world of opportunities and advantages.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Rosetta Stone World Languages Length: 2 Semesters Prerequisite: None Students may enroll in a Rosetta Stone foreign language course for an additional fee of $170 per school year. Rosetta Stone Language Courses do not count toward the 2 credit high school graduation requirement.
The following courses are available through Rosetta Stone: Arabic Chinese (Mandarin) Dutch French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latin Persian (Farsi) Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Russian Spanish (Latin America) Spanish (Spain) Swedish Turkish Vietnamese
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Physical Education Health & Physical Education Credits: 1.0 Health Prerequisite: None Credits: 1.0 Prerequisite: None Physical Education encompasses learning how Semester A to live and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This course covers physical fitness, why it is In this course, students acquire the knowledge important, how to have a healthy attitude, and and skills they need to lead a healthy life. how to stick with a healthy game plan. In this Semester A focuses on the impact of personal ever-changing world, physical fitness decisions on the student’s own health. becomes more important and more difficult to Students learn how to find, evaluate, and use find the time for. This course allows the reliable information related to a variety of student to discover how to make physical health topics. They also study the basic fitness not only a part of their daily life, but science behind nutrition, exercise, stress, and also see that it is attainable. This course leads psychology, and examine how these factors the student to discover healthy behaviors and affect a person’s overall health. Each lesson in sets the tone for physical fitness as well as the course guides students in applying what healthy exercise. PE for a Healthy Lifestyle they have learned in the lesson to their own will examine the emotional, physical, and lives and choices—and gives them a chance to scientific factors that influence physical discuss the topic with peers and instructors. performance. This course is designed for Semester B anyone, ranging from the beginner to Semester B focuses on the developmental advanced abilities. aspects of being human and healthy. Students learn about some of the more dramatic changes that the human body experiences from birth to death. They explore topics related to aging and sexuality and identify ways to remain healthy and safe throughout life’s major events and challenges. As in Semester A, this part of the course emphasizes what students can do to improve or maintain their own health and encourages them to be a positive influence on family and friends. Each lesson helps identify ways that students might use what they have learned in the lesson in their own lives. As in semester A, students discuss lesson topics with peers and/or an instructor.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Individual & Team Sports First Aid Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
To improve and maintain optimum health, it is In this course, students learn and practice first necessary for people of all ages to participate aid procedures for a variety of common in physical exercise. There is little doubt that, conditions, including muscular, skeletal, and in addition to students in schools, the number soft tissue injuries. In addition, students learn of adults participating in sports and how to appropriately respond to a variety of recreational activities in the United States has emergency situations. They also learn the increased in recent years. Physical education procedures for choking and CPR for infants, is much more than just fitness and exercise. A children, and adults. In addition to emergency well-planned program will cause you to think response, students will explore personal, and express your emotions about different household, and outdoor safety, and disaster situations. In addition, a good program can preparedness. make a valuable contribution to your education. These experiences will help you Flexibility Training develop a sense of wellness. Credits: 0.5 Emphasis in this course is placed on the value Prerequisite: Physical Education of these sports as possible lifetime activities and on creating a clear explanation of the rules This course focuses on the often-neglected and basic principles of a variety of sports. The fitness component of flexibility. Students sports covered in this course are archery, establish their fitness level, set goals, and bicycling, golf, skiing, tennis, volleyball, design their own flexibility training program. baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and They study muscular anatomy and learn soccer. specific exercises to stretch each muscle or Information about the playing area and muscle group. Students focus on proper equipment, basic rules, safety considerations, posture and technique while training. They and terminology for each sport are included in also gain an understanding of how to apply the the discussions. For the most part, the FITT principles to flexibility training. This information presented in each lesson applies course explores aspects of static, isometric, to sports programs throughout most sections and dynamic stretching, as well as touch on of the United States. aspects of yoga and Pilates. This course also discusses good nutrition and effective cross- training. Students take a pre- and post-fitness assessment. Throughout this course students also participate in a weekly fitness program involving flexibility training, as well as elements of cardio and strength training.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Nutrition Strength Training Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
This course takes students through a This course focuses on the fitness components comprehensive study of nutritional principles of muscular strength and endurance. Students and guidelines. Students will learn about establish their fitness level, set goals, and world-wide views of nutrition, nutrient design their own resistance training program. requirements, physiological processes, food They study muscular anatomy and learn labeling, healthy weight management, diet specific exercises to strengthen each muscle or related diseases, food handling, nutrition for muscle group. Students focus on proper different populations, and more. Students will posture and technique while training. They gain important knowledge and skills to aid also gain an understanding of how to apply the them in attaining and maintaining a healthy FITT principles and other fundamental and nutritious lifestyle. exercise principles, such as progression and overload, to strength training. This course also Running discusses good nutrition and effective cross- Credits: 0.5 training. Students take a pre- and post-fitness Prerequisite: None assessment. Throughout this course students also participate in a weekly fitness program This course is appropriate for beginning, involving strength training, as well as intermediate, and advanced runners and offers elements of cardio and flexibility. a variety of training schedules for each. In addition to reviewing the fundamental Walking Fitness principles of fitness, students learn about Credits: 0.5 goals and motivation, levels of training, Prerequisite: None running mechanics, safety and injury prevention, appropriate attire, running in the This course helps students establish a regular elements, good nutrition and hydration, and walking program for health and fitness. effective cross-training. While this course Walking is appropriate for students of all focuses mainly on running for fun and fitness, fitness levels and is a great way to maintain a it also briefly explores the realm of moderately active lifestyle. In addition to competitive racing. Students take a pre- and reviewing fundamental principles of fitness, post-fitness assessment. Throughout this students learn about goals and motivation, course students also participate in a weekly levels of training, walking mechanics, safety fitness program involving running, as well as and injury prevention, appropriate attire, elements of resistance training and flexibility. walking in the elements, good nutrition and hydration, and effective cross-training. Students take a pre- and post-fitness assessment. Throughout this course students also participate in a weekly fitness program involving walking, as well as elements of resistance training and flexibility.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Art in World Cultures Fine Arts (this course has an additional fee of $125) Art Appreciation Length: 1 Semester Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12
What makes an artwork a masterpiece? Why Who do you think is the greatest artist of all do artists create art? What is the difference time? Maybe Leonardo da Vinci? between Rococo and Art Nouveau? In this Michelangelo? Maybe a more modern artist course, students will discover the answers to like Claude Monet or Pablo Picasso? Or is it these questions and more. We examine the possible that the greatest artist of all time is elements of art and principles of design and actually someone whose name has been lost to explore how artists have used these elements history? In Art in World Cultures, you’ll learn and principles in the creation of art for about some of the greatest artists in the world centuries. while creating your own art, both on paper and digitally. This course explores basic Art History principles and elements of art and teaches you Credits: 0.5 how to critique different art works art. And Prerequisite: None along the way, you will get to discover some traditional art forms from various regions of This Art History course integrates the four the world including the Americas, Africa, and components of art study: art production, Oceania. historical and cultural context, critical process and aesthetic process. Students will be able to Arts Careers identify and describe art from prehistoric Credits: 0.5 times to modern time. Throughout this course, Prerequisite: None students will discuss various artworks, research artists, and create documents and For every Broadway dancer, every television presentations demonstrating concepts learned. star, and every pop singer, there are countless people behind the scenes helping to make it happen. Arts Careers introduces students to the skills that are part of many fascinating careers in the arts. Studying the arts creates independent and innovative thinkers and many doors are open to an artist with the proper training.
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Basic Drawing Beginning Painting Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
In Basic Drawing, students will experiment This course introduces students to classical with several different art materials and tools to and contemporary painting, techniques and see what each tool can do best. Students will concepts, with emphasis on the understanding explore ordinary things around them to of its formal language and the fundamentals of become more observant of the structures and artistic expression. Painting from still life, meanings of things which can be seen in your landscape, and life models from observation their home and community. will be geared towards realism; at the same Your work will be your own study of the time, various other painting styles could be forms, textures, movements, and patterns of explored. Color theory, linear perspective, the things that you see every day. compositional structure, figure/ground Each project and each lesson is based on the relationships, visual perception, spatial one before it; so always do the lessons in the concepts, and critical thinking skills will all be order they are given. Be sure to follow the emphasized. Students will study and research directions exactly regarding which materials, major painting styles and movements in sizes, and subject matter to use for each historical context. The hope is that students project. Each lesson will be a study of a new will use this global approach to develop a way of drawing. The examples given will “critical eye” in evaluation of contemporary show only the method and materials to be painting. Acrylic and watercolors are the used, never the same subject or size as the mediums used in this class. The main project assigned. The examples are never to be emphasis of this course is to encourage and copied. An example will only show one way nourish individuality and creativity. of using the technique described. By becoming more observant, by Digital Media experimenting with new materials, and by Credits: 0.5 exploring a variety of methods, students will Prerequisite: None continue to grow in artistic skill and enjoyment. Digital Media is a project-based survey of Beyond fundamental skills are various levels different forms of digital media, such as of creativity. Each lesson provides room for digital audio, imaging and illustration, movie expressing the technical skill learned in a editing, and animation. It’s oriented toward unique, creative way. teaching broad, flexible tools and concepts that are not tied to any one platform or program. Each module ends with a culminating task (like a podcast or short film), and students will be able to draft and develop their projects as they build their skills over each lesson.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Digital Photography Digital Photography 2: Discovering Your Credits: 0.5 Creative Potential Prerequisite: None (this course has an additional fee of $125) Length: 1 Semester Understanding the tools available opens the Prerequisite: Digital Photography 1A & 1B possibilities to create images with impact. In Grades 9-12 Digital Photography, students will study the history of photography as well as the basic In today’s world, we are surrounded by operation of a digital camera. As they are images. We are continually seeing introduced to different styles of photography photographs as they appear in advertisements, and photographers, students will begin to on websites, in magazines, and on billboards; develop artistic skills as well as their own they even adorn our walls at home. While voice through their photographs. many of these images have been created by professional photographers, it is possible for Digital Photography 1A your photos to take on a more professional (this course has an additional fee of $125) look after you discover how to increase your Length: 1 Semester creative potential. In Digital Photography II: Prerequisite: None Discovering Your Creative Potential, you will Grades 9-12 examine various aspects of the field including specialty areas, ethics, and famous Have you wondered how professional photographers throughout history. You will photographers manage to capture that perfect also learn how to effectively critique image? Gain a better understanding of photographs so you can better understand photography by exploring camera functions composition and go on to create more eye- and the elements of composition while putting catching photographs on your own. theory into practice by taking your own spectacular shots! Learn how to display your Music Appreciation work for exhibitions and develop skills Credits: 0.5 important for a career as a photographer. Prerequisite: None
Digital Photography 1B: Creating Images with Students will gain a thorough understanding Impact! of music by studying the elements of music, (this course has an additional fee of $125) musical instruments, and music history, as Length: 1 Semester well as music advocacy. Students will be Prerequisite: Digital Photography 1A introduced to the orchestra and composers Grades 9-12 from around the world. They will be required to be a composer, performer, instrument Building on the prior prerequisite course, inventor, and advocate. further develop your photography skills by learning more professional tips, tricks, and techniques to elevate your images. Explore various photographic styles, themes, genres, and artistic approaches. Learn more about photojournalism and how to bring you photos to life. Using this knowledge, build a portfolio of your work to pursue a career in this field!
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Theater Studies Credits: 0.5 Electives Prerequisite: None Character Education Credits: 0.5 Have you ever wondered how a play goes Prerequisite: None from the playwright’s mind all the way into a multi- million-dollar Broadway production? In This course teaches students practical skills this course, you’ll learn the whole process! for understanding and managing their This course provides a thorough introduction emotions, setting goals and getting organized, to the theater by providing an overview of understanding and getting along with others in major topics in theater studies, with a blend of our diverse world, and making good decisions. theoretical and practical lessons. In the first Research shows that people who practice half of this course you will learn about the these skills have greater academic definitions of theater, theater history, and achievement as students and experience more contemporary theatrical genres. The second of success and satisfaction as adults. half of the course will guide you through all of the elements of putting on a professional Child Development theatrical production. You will learn about the Credits: 0.5 entire production process, from playwriting Prerequisite: None through opening night, including elements of technical theater, the rehearsal process, and This course is designed to help prepare audience response. Whether you’re an students for their responsibilities as parents aspiring actor, technician, director, or and caregivers of children. Topics include producer, or even just an avid theatergoer, this prenatal care, growth and development course is for you. through age six, teen pregnancy, maternal health, parenting skills, and child guidance.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Psychology Study Skills Credits: 1.0 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
Psychology 1A The Study Skills and Strategies course equips In Psychology A the student begins with a students with skills and understandings critical brief history of psychologists and their to effective learning. Using a unique approach experimental methods. Next, they examine to the traditional topic of study skills, this personality theories. Then human course weaves understanding regarding the development from the infant stage through role of the brain in learning into the adult stage is explored. Finally, the last part of instruction of discrete learning skills and the course is about consciousness: sleep, strategies. Moving beyond a list of good tips dreams, and conscious-altering substances. and ideas, the Study Skills and Strategies Students are encouraged to increase their own course will challenge students to develop self-awareness as they move through the intentional approaches to learning. They will course. be required to make connections between the strategies and skills they learn in this course Psychology 1B and the implementation of those strategies and Students continue to learn about psychology. skills in their other coursework. Upon Students examine the nature of intelligence in completion of the course, students will have humans and animals, including the origin of learned a variety of specific learning skills and intelligence and how to measure it. They learn strategies, gained greater understanding of about learning with an emphasis on classical their own learning preferences, and become and operant conditioning. Students also prepared to develop and implement specific investigate social psychology and learning and study plans for any academic psychological disorders. They demonstrate course or other learning needs. their understanding by completing projects in which they play roles like teacher, parent, and psychologist. The World of STEAM Sociology Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Each aspect of the arts relies on science and Sociology examines the basics of sociology, technology. In The World of STEAM, which is the study of society including students will learn why the eye sees color, individuals, human groups, and organizations. how a dancer uses gravity and what makes a The course is divided into four main areas: the sound wave travel. The arts, science and sociological perspective, social structures, technology are intertwined, now more than inequality in society, and social institutions ever. Understanding the science behind the art and change. Students will examine will elevate students to a new level of controversies around social change, creativity. inequality, gender, and race. The course revolves around an overview of the field with projects that offer the student a chance to explore from a sociologist’s perspective.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Career Electives Business Law Accounting Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Students learn about the American legal In this semester course, you will explore system. They examine ethics, court systems, accounting, including investigating accounting criminal law, and law of torts. They examine careers. You will learn basic accounting skills how the court systems work together, and and procedures both with and without a what misconduct results in going to court. It is computer for general journals, general ledgers, important to also understand your consumer cash payments journals, cash receipts journals, rights. As they progress through the course, sales journals, accounts payable ledgers, and they will also gain an understanding from a accounts receivable ledgers. You will also business perspective what is right and wrong learn how to reconcile a bank statement and to business actions and employment laws. As an prepare payroll records. This course covers employee or employer it is important to the basic principles of financial accounting for understand the laws that protect the employee individuals and for companies with attention and employer. The study will focus on the to both the mathematical formulas and to the formation of a business and the basic legal ethical side of accounting. Each unit has issues associated with each type of business. practical exercises including a project at the end of the unit. Career Planning Credits: 0.5 Basic Web Design Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None The Career Planning course guides students through the essential elements of the career In this course, students will learn how to planning process and the development of a design a beautiful and functional website. defined career plan. Students will consider the Students will learn how to take their design many factors that impact career success and and translate it into a live website using satisfaction. Using a process of investigation, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and research, and self-discovery, students will Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) programing acquire the understandings critical to the languages. HTML5 and CSS3 will be the career planning process. Upon completion of standard versions used in the class. Students the course, students will have created a will understand design components of practical and comprehensive college or career websites, including the use of color, layout transition portfolio that reflects their skills and and when to use different techniques, abilities, as well as their interests, values, and typography rules, and the importance of goals. imagery. At the conclusion of the course, students will present a website to the class. Upon completion of this course, each student will have hands-on experience creating a fully functioning website. Students do not need to have a previous technical background with HTML or CSS prior to taking this course.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Computer Basics Graphic Design Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
In this course you will learn how to use Graphic Design is an introduction to elements productivity and collaboration tools, such as G of design, spatial relationships, typography Suite by Google Cloud to create word and imagery as they apply to practical visual processing documents, spreadsheets, surveys solutions for self-promotion, resumes, logo and forms such as personal budgets and design, Web design, and sequential systems. invitations. In this course, the student explores the basic foundations of design through a series of Film & Television visual projects that explore the principles and Credits: 0.5 elements of design. Students will work both Prerequisite: None with analog and digital media as they explore two-dimensional and three-dimensional The culture of cinema and television tells a design along with color theory. This course unique story of history and innovation. will help develop and explore a student’s Students in Film and Television will be ability to communicate visually. introduced to industry icons and stars of the In each lesson students acquire new skills, big and small screen. By studying and writing which take some effort. Beyond fundamental about film and television, students will skills are various levels of creativity. Each analyze trends in technology and culture and lesson provides room for a student to express better understand how to be an informed the technical skill learned in his or her own viewer. creative way.
Financial Literacy Health Careers Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to help students In this course students explore a variety of budget, keep a checkbook and filing system, career options related to the health care field, deal with debt and credit, and become wiser including medicine, nursing, physical therapy, consumers. Students will learn how money pharmacy, dental careers, child care, sports and the dynamics surrounding it affect their medicine, personal training, social work, relationships, their lifestyles, and their psychology, and more. Students will learn retirement. about various options within each field, what each of these jobs entails, and the education and knowledge required to be successful. In addition, they will focus on basic job skills and information that would aid them in health care and other career paths.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Introduction to Business Intro to Nursing Credits: 0.5 Credits: 1.0 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
This course introduces students to the basic This two-semester course introduces students business concepts that will help them to the field of nursing. In the first semester understand how a business survives in today’s students will learn about the history and economy and the role that consumers play in evolution of nursing, education and licensure the same economy. Students will learn how to requirements, career path options, and nursing balance a checkbook, save for the future, and responsibilities. Students will also focus on use credit wisely. Students will also learn how foundational information such as basic to create a resume and how to participate in a anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, job interview. pharmacology, first aid, and disease prevention. Intro to Java Programming In semester two students will examine various Credits: 0.5 nursing theories, as well as focus on the Prerequisite: None nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, and treatment options. Students will Java is one of the most widely used computer also learn about professional and legal languages in the world. This course will teach standards and ethics. Additional skills of students Java by having them complete communication, teaching, time and stress multiple projects, both in the console and user management, patient safety, crisis interface, including: mad libs, player vs management will be included. computer games, battleship, tic tac toe, picture shuffler and many more. This is course is Javascript meant to give students lots of experience in Credits: 0.5 Java by creating multiple standalone Prerequisite: Basic Web Design programs. This course assumes no coding experience with Java programming and In this course, students will learn how to start includes self-graded quizzes and tests. programming with JavaScript. Students will learn the basics of JavaScript including testing, functions, objects, arrays, loops, conditional code, operators and syntax basics. Students will learn timing and animations, and how to debug. The class will conclude with a robust project that incorporates everything they learned in the semester. Students should have a working knowledge of HTML and CSS prior to taking this course.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Journalism Media & Communication Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to prepare you to From banner ads to billboards, newspaper become a student of journalism and media. articles, and Facebook feeds, people are The work we do here will equip you with the constantly sharing ideas. This course looks at critical skills you must have to succeed in high the many facets of mass media. Students will school media, college media, and beyond. We learn how the media shapes every aspect of will read a variety of journalistic material and our lives. We examine the role of newspapers, do a great deal of news writing. We will also books, magazines, radio, movies, television, look at journalism from legal, ethical, and and the growing influence of Facebook, historic vantage points. Expect to complete YouTube, and Twitter. numerous writing activities in a variety of styles including editorial, hard news, feature, Medicine review, and more. If you participate actively, Credits: 0.5 you will gain tremendous skills that will serve Prerequisite: None you for the rest of your life. Individual and group project will also be a part of this class. This course provides students with an This course is a project based course and does introduction to healthcare, with emphasis on not include traditional tests, unit level modern, clinical medicine. Students review understanding is assessed through unit basic human anatomy and physiology, then projects. study major health concerns affecting people in the U.S. and the world. This Marine Science comprehensive, 10-unit course examines such Credits: 0.5 topics as infectious diseases, cancer, traumatic Prerequisite: None injuries, and healthcare career opportunities.
About 70% of the Earth is covered by water. Photojournalism Even today, much of the world’s oceans Credits: 0.5 remain unexplored. Marine scientists make Prerequisite: None exciting new discoveries about marine life A powerful image can tell an eloquent story every day. In this course, students will without words. Students in Photojournalism discover the vast network of life that exists will be introduced to some of the pioneers beneath the ocean’s surface and study the who set the standards for this unique way of impact that humans have on the oceans. storytelling. As they study the principal types of photojournalism and the ethical responsibilities a photojournalist has behind the lens, students will develop their own storytelling skills through their writing and their photographs.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Paleontology Renewable Energy Credits: 0.5 Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None
From Godzilla to Jurassic Park, dinosaurs The earth’s population is growing rapidly, and continue to captivate us. In this course, we need to find new, innovative ways to students will learn about the fascinating ensure that we are able to provide for our creatures both large and small that roamed the global energy needs. Students will look at the earth before modern man. Watch interesting reasons why sustainability is important, take a videos from experts at The Royal Tyrrell balanced and evidence-based look at climate Museum, a leading paleontology research change, and learn new ways that we can facility, and discover how the field of harness renewable resources. paleontology continues to provide amazing insight into early life on earth. Space Exploration Credits: 0.5 Python Multiplayer Adventures Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.5 Prerequisite: None In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go to space. In 1969, Neil Armstrong Python is a powerful language designed to do became the first human to step on the moon. just about anything! This course allows This comprehensive course will examine the students to learn Python by first completing a history and future of space travel. Find out text-based console game and then turning it how we have put people in space in the past, into a multiplayer adventure! Students will and what it will take for us to reach new not only learn Python from going through the frontiers, including Mars and beyond. individual lessons and video reviews but also understand a client server relationship. They will get to code in their own python web server that allows connections through a browser. Students will gain experience using variables, classes, functions, lists, dictionaries, generators and proper Python formatting. This is a great course for anyone interested in preparing themselves for future coding classes. This course assumes no coding experience and includes self-graded quizzes and tests.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com eDynamic Learning: Career & Advertising & Sales Promotion Specialized-Elective Courses Length: 1 Semester (additional fee of $125/course) Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 3D Modeling Length: 1 Semester What comes to mind when you think of Prerequisite: None “marketing”? Perhaps a familiar television Grades 9-12 jingle plays in your head? Or maybe you think of those irritating sales phone calls? There’s Are you interested in a career in technology? no denying the sheer magnitude and power of Are you curious about working in fields like the marketing industry. Every year companies virtual reality, video game design, marketing, spend approximately $200 billion promoting television and motion pictures, or digital their products and services – and that’s just in imaging? If so, this course in 3D Modeling is the United States alone! You may be familiar a great place to start as it is the foundation for with being on the receiving end marketing, but all these career paths. Gain a deeper what’s it like on the other side? In Advertising understanding of graphic design and and Sales Promotions, you’ll see how these illustration as you use 3D animation software marketing campaigns, ads, and commercials to create virtual three-dimensional design are brought to life and meet some of the projects. Hone in on your drawing, creative folks who produce them. You’ll learn photography, and 3D construction techniques about different marketing career opportunities and develop the skills needed to navigate and discover ways to be part of this exciting, within a 3D digital modeling workspace. This fast-paced industry. course is an excellent introduction to careers in the fast-growing field of technology and design.
CRE: Access: Office Fundamentals Series Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12
Learn to create, manage, and link databases for essential business operations. Develop your database, design, and planning skills and learn to implement security features to protect and back-up your important data. Put your new skills into practice with a capstone project. The content of this course will be applicable to the Microsoft Office Suite certification exam.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com African American History CRE: Outlook: Office Fundamentals Series Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Over the course of U.S. history, how have Master your email and learn about Outlook’s African Americans helped shaped American functions to produce professional culture? This African American History communications, helping you to succeed in course answers that question by tracing the business and in life. Understand effective accomplishments and obstacles of African communication techniques, working with Americans beginning with the slave trade on attachments, formatting, replying, and up to the modern Civil Rights movement. organizing. Be prepared for your day with What was it like during slavery, or after other features such as calendars, contacts, and emancipation, or during the years of tasks. Content of this course will also be discrimination under Jim Crow? Who were applicable to the Microsoft Office Suite some of the main figures who have shaped certification exam. African American history? In this course, you’ll learn about the political, economic, CRE: PowerPoint: Office Fundamentals social, religious, and cultural factors that have Series influenced African American life, come face Length: 1 Semester to face with individuals who changed the Prerequisite: None course of history, and explore how the African Grades 9-12 American story still influences current events today. Learn to create clean and professional presentations while also building your skills as CRE: Excel: Office Fundamentals Series a speaker, leader, and marketer! Create and Length: 1 Semester format presentations while inserting Prerequisite: None multimedia, images, transitions, and Grades 9-12 animations to make a dynamic final product! Content of this course will also be applicable Discover the real world uses of Microsoft to the Microsoft Office Suite certification Excel and its impact upon business, academic, exam. and personal applications. Move from inserting and manipulating data, to working with tables, charts, graphs, and calculations. Content of this course will also be applicable to the Microsoft Office Suite certification exam.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com CRE: Word: Office Fundamentals Series Agriscience 2: Sustaining Human Life Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: Agriscience 1 Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Learn to effectively and efficiently use one of Have you ever strolled past a bright green the most common tools of business, school, cauliflower at the market and paused to and personal correspondence – Microsoft ponder its unusual color? Ever wonder why Word! You will learn not only how to create “broccolini” is suddenly a thing? Well, if you word-processing documents like letters and find yourself curiously questioning these, and reports, but how to style them using fonts, other, peculiar vegetables and wondering colors and editing tools. Discover how to about the role of agriculture in the modern format documents, create tables, use bullets world, Agriscience II is for you. Learn how and numbering, and insert images. Skills you science and technology are revolutionizing learn in this course can be applied our food supply and promoting innovative immediately to school and prepares you to ways to produce healthy plant-based foods, take the MOS Word certification exam. such as developing better hybrids and growing Content of this course will also be applicable edible plants in challenging places. Food is to the Microsoft Office Suite certification our most essential resource; see how plant exam. science will change the face of eating in the 21st century and give us the knowledge to Agriscience 1: Introduction continually improve our green thumbs. Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None CRE: Allied Health Assistant 1A Grades 9-12 Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None How can we make our food more nutritious? Grades 9-12 Can plants really communicate with each other? These are just two of the questions Are you passionate about helping people and tackled in Introduction to Agriscience. From making a different in their lives? Explore your studying the secrets in corn roots to examining options by learning how to properly care for how to increase our food supply, this course your patients and provide for the examines how agriscientists are at the administrative needs of healthcare. Learn to forefront of improving agriculture, food prepare exam room, schedule, bill and production, and the conservation of natural document all while solidifying your resources. In Introduction to Agriscience, professional skills in communication, privacy, you’ll learn about the innovative ways that safety, and ethics. science and technology are put to beneficial use in the field of agriculture. You’ll also learn more about some of the controversies that surround agricultural practices as nations strive to provide their people with a more abundant and healthy food supply.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com American Sign Language 1A American Sign Language 2B: Advancing Length: 1 Semester Communication Skills Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: American Sign Language 1A, 1B & 2A Did you know that American Sign Language Grades 9-12 (ASL) is the third most commonly used language in North America? American Sign Building upon the prior prerequisite course, Language 1a: Introduction will introduce you students will increase their proficiency by to vocabulary and simple sentences, so that learning about sequencing, transitions, role- you can start communicating right away. shifts, and future tenses. Students will learn Importantly, you will explore Deaf culture – how to tell a story and ask questions, social beliefs, traditions, history, values and benefiting with greater exposure to deaf communities influenced by deafness. culture. Speed, conversations, signing skills, and cultural awareness are characteristic of American Sign Language 1B: Learn to Sign this course. Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: American Sign Language 1A CRE: Anatomy & Psysiology 1A Grades 9-12 Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None The predominant sign language of Deaf Grades 9-12 communities in the United States, American Sign Language is a complex and robust Increase your students understanding about language. American Sign Language 1b: Learn the form and function of the human body! to Sign will introduce you to more of this Starting with the relationship between language and its grammatical structures. You anatomy and physiology, students will then will expand your vocabulary by exploring learn about cell structure and their processes. interesting topics like Deaf education and Learners will also discover the functions and Deaf arts and culture. purposes of the skeletal, muscular, nervous, and cardiovascular systems, as well as American Sign Language 2A: Communicating diseases that affect those systems. Focusing Length: 1 Semester on terminology, this course is essential to Prerequisite: American Sign Language 1A & students pursuing the health sciences or 1B wanting to gain a greater sense of how the Grades 9-12 human body works.
Building upon the prior prerequisite course, emphasis in this course is placed upon comprehension and signing. Learners will also continue to establish their communication skills and foster their understanding of deaf culture. In addition to learning classifiers, glossing, and mouth morphemes, students will explore vocabulary for descriptions, directions, shopping, making purchases, and dealing with emergencies.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com CRE: Anatomy & Physiology 1B: Anthropology 1: Uncovering Human Discovering Form & Function Mysteries Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Anatomy & Physiology 1A Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Building on the prior prerequisite course, What makes us human? Is it our ability to use students will examine the form and function language? Is it our abstract thinking skills or of even more body systems. Students will our use of tools and technology? In learn about the structure, function, and Anthropology 1: Uncovering Human interrelation between the lymphatic, immune, Mysteries you will trace the history of homo respiratory, digestive, urinary, and the sapiens and explore our evolutionary trail. endocrine systems. The reproductive system is This course offers an anthropologic lens to also discussed along with hereditary traits and observe our movement from cave dweller to genetics. Finally, students will explore the modern human. It sheds light on how we importance of accurate patient documentation forged our way and developed all of the things as well as technology used in the industry. that make us human, such as our cultures, languages, and religions. We, as humans in Animation the 21st century, are highly intelligent, Length: 1 Semester innovative people with astounding Prerequisite: None technological ability – how did we get this Grades 9-12 way?
Do you wonder what it would be like to create Anthropology 2: More Human Mysteries the next blockbuster animated movie or do Uncovered you want to make the next big video game? Length: 1 Semester Do you have an eye for drawing, technology, Prerequisite: Anthropology 1 and timing? If so, Animation is the course for Grades 9-12 you! You will learn how to use animation tools to conceptualize and bring your creations How does your culture influence you? Find to life. You’ll learn the ins and outs of out how different locations shape various creating 2D and 3D animation, from start to cultures and, in turn, how these cultures shape finish. You’ll even begin working on our own people’s lives around the world – from the design portfolio and get hands on experience jungles of the Amazon to the islands of with creating your own animation projects. Indonesia. Anthropology II: More Human Learning about Animation could lead to a Mysteries Uncovered provides a fascinating thriving career in the growing world of look at this puzzle of culture. Many of our technology and animation. ancient cultures and languages were shaped by the geographical locations of our ancestors, and in this course, you will begin to visualize new ideas about how ancient cultures flourished through examining their views on life, death, art, and survival. In looking back and learning about cultures through the ages, we are better equipped to understand the world around us today.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com CRE: Applied Engineering 1A Art in World Cultures Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12 Who do you think is the greatest artist of all Discover how technology has changed the time? Maybe Leonardo da Vinci? world around us by pursuing technological Michelangelo? Maybe a more modern artist solutions to everyday problems. While using like Claude Monet or Pablo Picasso? Or is it scientific and engineering methods, learn how possible that the greatest artist of all time is electricity, electronic systems, magnets, and actually someone whose name has been lost to circuits work. Understand the design process history? In Art in World Cultures, you’ll learn and bring your ideas to life. Explore how about some of the greatest artists in the world engineering advances your ideas and the while creating your own art, both on paper world and digitally. This course explores basic principles and elements of art and teaches you Archaeology: Detectives of the Past how to critique different art works art. And Length: 1 Semester along the way, you will get to discover some Prerequisite: None traditional art forms from various regions of Grades 9-12 the world including the Americas, Africa, and Oceania. The famous Spanish philosopher and writer George Santayana once said, “Those who Astronomy 1A cannot remember the past are condemned to Length: 1 Semester repeat it.” We know from studying history Prerequisite: None how true this statement is, and the age-old Grades 9-12 field of archaeology helps us to better understand, through discovery and analysis, This course will introduce students to the how ancient civilizations have shaped the study of astronomy, including its history and modern world. This fascinating course, development, basic scientific laws of motion Archaeology: Detectives of the Past, explores and gravity, the concepts of modern the various techniques, methods, and theories astronomy, and the methods used by of this field and illustrates how archaeologists astronomers to learn more about the universe. conduct their studies. What is it like to Additional topics include the origin of the uncover precious artifacts? How are they universe, the Milky Way, and other galaxies located and preserved? Find the answer to and stars. these questions and more as you learn how ancient discoveries can unlock the secrets of a long and colorful past.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Astronomy 1B: Exploring the Universe CRE: Business Information Management 1A Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Astronomy 1A Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Building upon the prior prerequisite course, Students will build their career skills and this course presents a variety of subjects that strengthen their knowledge of business allow the student to become more familiar information management by exploring types with the universe. Students will explore the of businesses and the elements of business solar system, the sun, comets, asteroids, and planning. Learning about the initial meteors as well as become familiar with the requirements to start a business, students will concepts of space travel and settlements. then examine business finances, marketing, Students will also examine the life cycle of sales, and the importance of customer service. stars and the properties of planets. Computer hardware, networks, and the internet are discussed as well as the basics of Biotechnology 1A web design. Lastly students will explore ethics Length: 1 Semester and business law, giving each learner an Prerequisite: None opportunity to discover their passion for Grades 9-12 business.
Did you know that the field of biotechnology CRE: Business Information Management 1B encompasses everything from plant and Length: 1 Semester animal breeding to genetics? Discover how Prerequisite: Business Information biotechnology has changed the world around Management 1A us from food to genetics. Build on historical Grades 9-12 applications with modern discoveries. Understand how regulations and ethics govern Building on the prior prerequisite course, you the course of biotechnology and learn of its will become more familiar with the importance to the field of medicine. Increase application of information management in your understanding of this cutting-edge field! business. You will learn about professional conduct, team work, and managerial skills Biotechnology 1B: Unlocking Nature’s while also examining careers in business Secrets technology. The basics of word processing, Length: 1 Semester spreadsheets, databases, and presentation Prerequisite: Biotechnology 1A software are explored while you become Grades 9-12 comfortable operating each of these programs. Finally, the future of business technology is Building on the prior prerequisite course, discussed, providing you a foundation in expand your knowledge in the field of business information management. biotechnology. Explore the discovery of antibiotics and the concerns of antibiotic resistance while also examining the agricultural, pharmaceutical, ad genetic applications of biotechnology. Finally, learn about the future of biotechnology to understand the depth and breadth of this field.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Careers in Criminal Justice Coding 1B: Programming Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: Coding 1A Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Most of us have watched a sensationalized Are you passionate about technology? Do you crime show at one time or another, but do we love learning how things work and are excited really know how things work behind those about the idea of further exploring the world dreaded prison bars? Do we really understand of computer science? If you thrived in Coding all the many factors in our justice 1a: Introduction to Programming, now is your proceedings? The criminal justice system is a chance to build on that knowledge with very complex field that requires many Coding 1b: Programming. In this course, you seriously dedicated people who are willing to will continue to cultivate an understanding of pursue equal justice for all. The Careers in programming languages and expand on Criminal Justice course illuminates what those website development. You will learn the different career choices are and how the difference between web development and web juvenile justice system, the correctional application development as well as further system, and the trial process all work together explore Advanced Python, HTML, and to maintain social order. Find out more about JavaScript. You will also examine software what really happens when the television show engineering concepts, learn more about ends and reality begins. security, privacy, and ethics in technology, and explore the wide variety of careers in Coding 1A: Introduction to Programming computing. Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12
Have you ever wanted to create your own web page or wondered how your favorite websites were built? Maybe you want to know more about how computers and technology are affecting the world around us. In Coding 1a: Introduction to Programming, you will explore the role technology plays in our lives as well as study the fundamentals of computer science, review hardware and software, and learn how the internet functions. You will also discover how to create and build your own website using HTML and CSS and learn basic and complex commands and sequences as you become familiar with programming languages like JavaScript and Python Programming. This course also covers data collection methods, access rights, protocols, and security.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Concepts of Engineering & Technology Cosmetology 2: The Business of Skin & Nail Length: 1 Semester Care Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: Cosmetology 1 Grades 9-12 What if you could do the impossible? Engineers understand a lot of things, but the Helping people put their best face forward is a word impossible definitely isn’t one of them. growing, vibrant industry which needs skilled Through Concepts of Engineering and and personable professionals well-versed in Technology, you’ll learn how the momentum the latest trends and technological advances. of science is continually propelling engineers In Cosmetology 2: The Business of Skin and in new directions towards a future full of Nail Care, experience what the day-to-day life insight and opportunity. This course explores of a cosmetologist is like. You will discover the different branches of engineering and how that cosmetology is much more than knowing problem-solving, sketching, collaboration, and and applying techniques. Additionally, you experimentation can change the very fiber of will explore skin care and facials, learn how to our human lives. This ever-increasing give manicures and pedicures and how to knowledge can also lead to serious ethical apply artificial nails, and gain an dilemmas and the need to discuss where the understanding of different hair removal boundaries of science lie (or even if there techniques. Discover the next steps towards should be boundaries). By examining launching a rewarding and creative career in astounding engineering feats and complex cosmetology. ongoing issues, you, too, will begin to question whether the word impossible really Cosmetology 3A: Introduction to Hair Skills exists. Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Cosmetology 1 & 2 Cosmetology 1: Cutting Edge Styles Grades 9-12 Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Cosmetology is a specialized field with a high Grades 9-12 skill set. Students taking this course will be exposed to the complexities of cosmetology We all want to look our best, but did you by learning to perform a hair, scalp, and skin know there is actually a science behind cutting analysis. Students will also learn about hair your hair and painting your nails? In types, face shapes, and color theory. Finally, Cosmetology: Cutting-Edge Styles, you will to effectively prepare students for a career in learn all about this often-entertaining field and cosmetology, color techniques with an how specialized equipment and technology emphasis on salon and chemical safety is are propelling our grooming into the next examined. century. Just like all careers, cosmetology requires certain skills and characteristics, all of which are thoroughly explored in this course. You will learn about various beauty regimes related to hair, nails, skin, and spa treatments, and discover how to create your own business model quickly and efficiently while still looking fabulous, of course!
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Cosmetology 3B: Waving, Coloring, and Creative Writing: Unleashing the Core of Advancing Hair Skills Your Imagination Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Cosmetology 1, 2, and 3A Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Building on the prior prerequisite course, For many hundreds of years, literature has students will delve into the realm of hair been one of the most important human art styling and cutting techniques. Students will forms. It allows us to give voice to our explore varieties wigs, extensions, and emotions, create imaginary worlds, express hairpieces, while also developing knowledge ideas, and escape the confines of material about shampooing and conditioning. Manual reality. Through creative writing, we can curling and the use of chemicals to curl and come to better understand ourselves and our straighten hair are highlighted in this course as world. This course can provide you with a well as safety when working with chemicals. solid grounding in the writing process, from Students can expect to be well versed with a finding inspiration to building a basic story. plethora of hair skills upon completion. Then, when you are ready to go beyond the basics, learn more complicated literary Creative Writing techniques to create strange hybrid forms of Length: 1 Semester poetry and prose. By the end of this course, Prerequisite: None you can better discover your creative thoughts Grades 9-12 and turn those ideas into fully realized pieces of creative writing. For many hundreds of years, literature has been one of the most important human art forms. It allows us to give voice to our emotions, create imaginary worlds, express ideas, and escape the confines of material reality. Through creative writing, we can come to better understand ourselves and our world. This course can provide you with a solid grounding in the writing process, from finding inspiration to building a basic story. Then, when you are ready to go beyond the basics, learn more complicated literary techniques to create strange hybrid forms of poetry and prose. By the end of this course, you can better discover your creative thoughts and turn those ideas into fully realized pieces of creative writing.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Criminology: Inside the Criminal Mind Culinary Arts 1B: Finding Your Palate Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Understanding the criminal mind is not easy. Did you know that baking is considered a Why do certain people commit horrible acts? science? Building on the prior prerequisite Can we ever begin to understand their course, discover how to elevate your culinary reasoning and motivation? Perhaps. In skills through the creation of stocks, soups, Criminology: Inside the Criminal Mind, you sauces, and learn baking techniques. Examine will be given the rare opportunity to climb sustainable food practices and the benefits of inside the mind of a criminal and examine the nutrition while maintaining taste, plating, and ideas and motivations at work. The mental presentation to truly wow your guests. The state of a criminal can be affected by many last unit in this course explores careers in the different aspects of life-psychological, culinary arts for ways to channel your biological, sociological-all of which have newfound passion! differing perspectives and influences. You will investigate not only how these variables Culinary Arts 2: Baking, Pastry, and More! affect the criminal mind but also how the Length: 1 Semester criminal justice system remains committed to Prerequisite: Culinary Arts 1A & 1B upholding the law through diligence and an Grades 9-12 uncompromising process. Whether you aspire to be a world-class chef or Culinary Arts 1A just want to learn the skills needed to create Length: 1 Semester your own dishes, Culinary Arts 2 will help Prerequisite: None you build a strong foundation and grow your Grades 9-12 knowledge of this exciting industry. In this course, you will explore baking and desserts, Thinking of a career in the food service learn how to prepare proteins, and study industry or looking to develop your culinary nutrition and safety in the kitchen. You will skills? This introductory course will provide also enhance your understanding of you with basic cooking and knife skills while sustainability in the food industry, learn to preparing you for entry into the culinary prepare meals from a global perspective, and world. Discover the history of food culture, dissect the business of cooking, from food service, and global cuisines while managing a kitchen to successfully running a learning about food science principles and catering company. Discover the delights that preservation. Finally, prepare for your future await you on this delicious culinary by building the professional, communication, adventure! leadership, and teamwork skills that are crucial to a career in the culinary arts.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Cybersecurity 1A: Foundations CRE: Digital Media Fundamentals 1A Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
We depend more and more on the Discover your talent for building digital media technologies we interact with every day, and applications using text, graphics, animations, we put more and more of our personal data sounds, videos, and more! Learn about the out there online. Can all of that data really be elements that make impressive media, such as kept “secret”? We all need to know more typography, color theory, design, and about how to protect our personal information, manipulation. Explore careers to apply your especially given how much we rely on and use digital media skills and find your place in this our network devices and media. You’ll learn fast-paced and exciting field! about the various parts of your computer, how they work together, and how you can CRE: Digital Media Fundamentals 1B: manipulate them to keep your data safe. Producing for the Web You’ll also dive into the tools, technologies, Length: 1 Semester and methods that will help protect you from Prerequisite: Digital Media Fundamentals 1A an attack and discover the many opportunities Grades 9-12 in the rapidly growing field of cybersecurity. Building on the prior prerequisite course, Cybersecurity 1B: Defense Against Threats polish your digital media skills and learn all Length: 1 Semester about web design. Incorporate your ideas into Prerequisite: Cybersecurity 1A websites and dabble in the basics of marketing Grades 9-12 to understand how your work is used. Finally, explore the world of podcasts and audio Ever wonder what it’s like to be a hacker? Or editing to construct a solid foundation from think about who is trying to steal your which you can pursue a career! passwords while you’re shopping online using the free Wi-Fi at your local coffee shop? Digital Photography 1A Unmask the cybersecurity threats around you Length: 1 Semester by understanding hackers and identifying Prerequisite: None weaknesses in your online behavior. Learn to Grades 9-12 avoid the various types of cyberattacks, including those to your social media accounts, Have you wondered how professional and to predict the potential legal consequences photographers manage to capture that perfect of sharing or accessing information that you image? Gain a better understanding of do not have rights to. Dig into these crimes in photography by exploring camera functions depth by taking a look at cyber forensics and and the elements of composition while putting other cybersecurity careers. In a world where theory into practice by taking your own such threats have no boundaries, cybersecurity spectacular shots! Learn how to display your will undoubtedly play an increasingly larger work for exhibitions and develop skills role in our personal and professional lives in important for a career as a photographer. the years to come.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Digital Photography 1B: Creating Images with Early Childhood Education 1A Impact! Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: Digital Photography 1A Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12 Are you curious to see what it takes to educate Building on the prior prerequisite course, and nurture early learners? Use your curiosity further develop your photography skills by to explore the fundamentals of childcare, like learning more professional tips, tricks, and nutrition and safety, but also the complex techniques to elevate your images. Explore relationships caregivers have with parents and various photographic styles, themes, genres, their children. Examine the various life stages and artistic approaches. Learn more about of child development and the best educational photojournalism and how to bring you photos practices to enrich their minds while thinking to life. Using this knowledge, build a portfolio about a possible future as a childcare of your work to pursue a career in this field! provider!
Digital Photography 2: Discovering Your Early Childhood Education 1B: Developing Creative Potential Early Learners Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Digital Photography 1A & 1B Prerequisite: Early Childhood Education 1A Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
In today’s world, we are surrounded by Building on the previous prerequisite course, images. We are continually seeing discover the joys of providing exceptional photographs as they appear in advertisements, childcare and helping to develop future on websites, in magazines, and on billboards; generations. Learn the importance of play and they even adorn our walls at home. While use it to build engaging educational activities many of these images have been created by that build literacy and math skills through professional photographers, it is possible for each stage of childhood and special need. Use your photos to take on a more professional this knowledge to develop your professional look after you discover how to increase your skills well suited to a career in childcare! creative potential. In Digital Photography II: Discovering Your Creative Potential, you will examine various aspects of the field including specialty areas, ethics, and famous photographers throughout history. You will also learn how to effectively critique photographs so you can better understand composition and go on to create more eye- catching photographs on your own.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Entrepreneurship: Starting Your Business Forensic Science: Secrets of the Dead Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
What does it really take to own your own Fingerprints. Blood spatters. Gunshot residue. business? Does the sound of being your own If these things intrigue you rather than scare boss make you feel excited or anxious? Either you, Forensic Science I: Secrets of the Dead way, Entrepreneurship: Starting Your may be for you. This course offers you the Business will get you started in the right chance to dive into the riveting job of crime direction. This course explains the ins and scene analysis. Learn the techniques and outs of such an enterprise, giving you the practices applied during a crime scene confidence needed to be your very own boss. investigation and how clues and data are You will discover what is needed to operate a recorded and preserved. You will better personal business from creating a plan, understand how forensic science applies generating financing, and pricing products to technology to make discoveries and bring marketing services and managing employees. criminals to justice as you follow the entire If you’ve ever dreamed of being a true forensic process – from pursuing the evidence entrepreneur but feel daunted by the prospect, trail to taking the findings to trial. By careful this is your chance to learn all you need to examination of the crime scene elements, even know. the most heinous crimes can be solved.
Fashion & Interior Design Forensic Science 2: More Secrets of the Dead Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: Forensic Science 1 Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Do you have a flair for fashion? Are you Every time a crime is committed, a virtual constantly looking for new ways to decorate trail of incriminating evidence is left behind or design your room? If so, Fashion and just waiting to be found and analyzed. In Interior Design is the course for you. Explore Forensic Science II: More Secrets of the Dead, the world of design and begin to understand you’ll learn even more about the powerful the background and knowledge needed to science of forensics and how it has changed develop a career in this exciting field. Try the face of crime and justice in our world. You your hand at designing through a project- will learn some basic scientific principles used based process, learning how color, in the lab, such as toxicology, material composition, and texture can all affect great analysis, microscopy, and forensic aesthetics. You’ll develop the essential anthropology and find out how scientists use communications skills necessary to build a everything from insects to bones to help them successful business and begin to develop the solve crimes. Discover how advanced kind of portfolio that will lead to future career techniques and methodical processes can lead opportunities. Perhaps it’s time to get your to catching even the craftiest criminal. The stylish foot in the door? best way to battle crime these days is not with a weapon, but with science.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Forensics: The Science of Crime CRE: Foundations of Game Design 1B: Length: 1 Semester Storytelling, Mechanics & Production Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: Foundations of Game Design 1A Grades 9-12 Fingerprints. Blood spatter. DNA analysis. The world of law enforcement is increasingly Building on the prior prerequisite course, use making use of the techniques and knowledge your creativity to develop a game from start to from the sciences to better understand the finish! Develop your game creation skills and crimes that are committed and to catch those practice with the tools professionals use to individuals responsible for the crimes. launch your career options in the field of game Forensic science applies scientific knowledge design. The content of this course also applies to the criminal justice system. This course to certification exams. focuses on some of the techniques and practices used by forensic scientists during a Gothic Literature: Monster Stories crime scene investigation (CSI). Starting with Length: 1 Semester how clues and data are recorded and Prerequisite: None preserved, the student will follow evidence Grades 9-12 trails until the CSI goes to trial, examining how various elements of the crime scene are Vampires, ghosts, and werewolves have lived analyzed and processed. in our collective imagination since the 18th century, and they continue to influence the CRE: Foundations of Game Design 1A world of fiction even today. Gothic Literature: Length: 1 Semester Monster Stories focuses on the major themes Prerequisite: None found in Gothic literature and demonstrates Grades 9-12 the techniques writers use to produce a thrilling psychological experience for the Does your love of video games motivate you reader. The themes of terror versus horror, the to pursue a career in this field? Pursue your power of the supernatural, and the struggle passion by learning about the principles of between good and evil are just a few of the game design through the stages of classic Gothic subjects explored in this course. development, iterative process, critiques, and Are you brave enough to go beyond the fear game development tools. Put these new skills and find an appreciation for the dark beauty of to work by designing your own game! Gothic stories?
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Great Minds in Science: Ideas for a New CRE: Health Science Foundations 1A Generation Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12 Introduce your students to the rewarding field Sometimes there are simply more questions of health science! Learners will acquire than answers. Does life exist on other planets? foundational knowledge required to pursue a How extreme is the human ability to survive? career, such as the roles in the health care Will the issue of global warming ever be industry and the education, training, and solved? Today, scientists, explorers, and credentials needed to attain them. Basic writers are working to answer such questions medical terminology, principles of anatomy by using extensive inquiry to find innovative and physiology, and legal and ethical solutions. Similar to such famous minds from responsibilities are also discussed. In addition, history as Edison, Einstein, Curie, and students will explore communication, Newton, the scientists of today are finding teamwork, and leadership techniques – ways to revolutionize our lives and the world. providing a solid basis for those wanting to Great Minds in Science: Ideas for a New advance through the health sciences. Generation takes an in-depth look at the extraordinary work of these individuals and CRE: Health Science Foundations 1B: demonstrates how their ideas may very well Professional Responsibilities shape the world of tomorrow. Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Health Science Foundations 1A Health 1: Life Management Skills Grades 9-12 Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Building on the prior prerequisite course, you Grades 9-12 will further develop your understanding of health science. Starting with safety, you will Imagine the healthiest people you know . . . analyze your responsibilities for ensuring what’s their secret? While some health traits patient and personal safety with special are genetically determined, the truth is we all attention paid to emergency procedures. have the ability to make positive changes in Infection control, first-aid, CPR, and our physical lives. In Health 1: Life measuring vitals are discussed in detail. You Management Skills, you will learn how to will also learn about numerical data, such as promote better health by decreasing stress and systems of measurement, medical math, and finding a fuller vision of your life. Explore reading and interpreting charts. Finally, different lifestyle choices that can influence examine effective team work and leadership your overall health, from positively interacting characteristics while building your with others, to choosing quality health care, to employment skills. making sensible dietary choices. You will have the opportunity to build your own plan for improvement and learn how to create the type of environment that will ensure your overall health, happiness, and well-being.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com CRE: Medical Diagnostic Technology 1A Health Science 2: Patient Care & Medical Length: 1 Semester Services Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Have you ever wondered how a health professional knows how to diagnose an Are you looking for a job that’s challenging, illness? Or what medications to prescribe to a interesting, and rewarding? These three words patient depending on the person’s body and describe many of the different careers in their signs and symptoms? Learn about health care, and Health Sciences II: Patient different diagnostic technology used and Care and Medical Services will show you how essential body systems and fluids that need to to become part of this meaningful vocation. be understood to make an accurate diagnosis Promoting wellness, communicating with of a disease, condition, or illness. This career patients, and understanding safety in the field is flourishing, and now is the time to be workplace are just a few of the essential skills part of it! you will learn, all the while becoming familiar with some of the more prominent areas in the CRE: Medical Diagnostic Technology 1B field, such as emergency care, nursing, Length: 1 Semester infection control, and pediatrics. You’ll learn Prerequisite: Medical Diagnostic Tech 1A about some of the inherent challenges faced Grades 9-12 by this age-old profession and how you can become a significant part of the solution. Our bodies are complex, and when we start feeling ill, a doctor or specialist must analyze Health Science: Nursing Assistant 1A and diagnose what could be wrong. Learn Length: 1 Semester about different diagnostic technology, Prerequisite: None procedures, essential body systems, and fluids Grades 9-12 that need to be understood to make an accurate diagnosis of a disease, condition, or If you ever wanted a career that is centered illness. This career field is flourishing, and around the care of others and that directly now is the time to be part of it! impacts the most vulnerable populations, then it’s time to explore what it means to be a Nursing Assistant. This role can be the first step on your nursing career ladder or into other healthcare positions. Learn career options, ethical and legal responsibilities, anatomy and physiology, patient care, and safety. Discover what it takes to start your journey into this highly needed field.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Health Science: Nursing Health Science: The Whole Individual Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Nursing is an in-demand career, perfect for We know the world is filled with different someone looking for a rewarding and health problems and finding effective challenging vocation in the healthcare sector. solutions is one of our greatest challenges. With a strong focus on patient care, a nurse How close are we to finding a cure for cancer? must be skilled in communication, promoting What’s the best way to treat diabetes and wellness, and understanding safety in the asthma? How are such illnesses as meningitis workplace. In Health Science II Nursing, you and tuberculosis identified and diagnosed? will explore communication and ethics, Health Sciences I: The Whole Individual anatomy and physiology, and the practice of provides the answers to these questions and nursing. Learn how to build relationships with more as it introduces you to such health individuals, families, and communities and science disciplines as toxicology, clinical how to develop wellness strategies for your medicine, and biotechnology. Understanding patients. From emergency to rehabilitative the value of diagnostics and research can lead care to advances and challenges in the to better identification and treatment of many healthcare industry, discover how you can diseases, and by learning all the pertinent launch a fulfilling career providing care to information and terminology you can discover others. how this amazing field will contribute to the betterment human life in our future. Health Science: Public Health Length: 1 Semester History of the Holocaust Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 What is public health? Who is in control of our health systems and who decides which “Never shall I forget that night, the first night diseases get funding and which do not? What in camp, which has turned my life into one are the human and environmental reasons for long night, seven times cursed and seven health inequality? Health Science: Public times sealed.” Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust Health answers all of these questions and survivor, wrote these words about his more. You will study both infectious and non- experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. communicable diseases as well as learn how History of the Holocaust will take you through we conquer these on a community and global the harrowing details of anti-Semitism, the level through various methods, including power of the Nazi party, the persecution of proper hygiene, sanitation, and nutrition. European Jews and other groups, and the Explore the role current and future tremendous aftermath for everyone involved technologies play worldwide as well as in World War II. You’ll explore the causes of consider the ethics and governance of health the Holocaust, the experiences of Jews and on a global scale. Discover unique career other individuals during this time, and what opportunities, and fascinating real-life has been done to combat genocide since situations. WWII. “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.”
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Hospitality & Tourism 1: Traveling the Globe Hospitality & Tourism 2B: Hotel & Length: 1 Semester Restaurant Management Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: Hospitality & Management 1 & 2A Think about the best travel location you’ve Grades 9-12 ever heard about. Now imagine working there. In the 21st century, travel is more exciting Building upon the prior prerequisite course, than ever, with people traversing the globe in students will embark on their journey to growing numbers. Hospitality and Tourism: becoming managers in the hotel and restaurant Traveling the Globe will introduce you to a industry by gaining knowledge and thriving industry that caters to the needs of developing a variety of skills. Students will travelers through managing hotels, restaurants, learn of different management styles, laws, cruise ships, resorts, theme parks, and any and regulations that govern hotels and other kind of hospitality you can imagine. restaurants as well as how to develop job Operating busy tourist locations, creating descriptions and business plans. In addition, marketing around the world of leisure and students will learn how to create menus, travel, spotting trends, and planning tasteful advertise vacancies, perform interviews, and events are just a few of the key aspects you understand financials of the hotel or will explore in this course as you locate your restaurant. own career niche in this exciting field. Human & Social Services 1 Hospitality & Tourism 2A: Hotel & Length: 1 Semester Restaurant Management Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: Hospitality & Tourism 1 Grades 9-12 Those working in the field of social services are dedicated to strengthening the economic If you love working with people, a future in and social well-being of others and helping hospitality may be for you. In Part A of them lead safe and independent lives. In Hospitality and Tourism 2: Hotel and Human and Social Services 1, you will Restaurant Management, you will learn about explore the process of helping, body, mind, what makes the hotel and restaurant industries and family wellness, and how you can become unique. Learn about large and small a caring social service professional. If you are restaurants, boutique and resort hotels, and interested in an emotionally fulfilling and their day-to-day operations. Evaluate the rewarding career and making a difference in environment for these businesses by the lives of others, social and human services examining their customers and their may be the right field for you. competition. As well, you will discover trends and technological advances that makes each industry exciting and innovative. In Part A, you can explore a variety of interesting job options from Front Desk and Concierge services to Maître’d and food service.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Human Geography: Our Global Identity Introduction to Forestry & Natural Resources Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Modern humans have been roaming the earth Whether you are a treehugger or not, everyone for about 200,000 years. How do the places loves the beauty and serenity of a healthy we live influence the way we live? How do forest. Our precious woodland species not geography, weather, and location relate to our only supply us with aesthetic beauty but also customs and lifestyles? In Human Geography: play a valuable role in nature. Trees uphold a Our Global Identity, you will explore the great deal of our wildlife’s ecosystem while diverse ways that different people have providing us humans with needed lumber, physically influenced the world around them paper products, and even food. But these and how they, in turn, are changed by their forests cannot protect themselves and depend surroundings. Discover how beliefs and ideas greatly on humans for conservation. In spread through time, shaping and changing the Introduction to Forestry and Natural cultures they encounter. In this course, you’ll Resources, you will learn more about this gain tremendous insight into human meaningful relationship and how geography and begin to better understand the environmental policy, land use, water important relationship between humans and resources, and wildlife management all factor their environments. into current forestry issues. After better understanding these variables and how they International Business: Global Commerce in affect the majesty of our forests, you may just the 21st Century be hugging these gentle giants after all. Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Imagine meeting with suppliers at an office in Europe while calling your salesroom that’s back in Asia. Imagine investing in foreign markets and visiting partners in exotic locales. With the evolution of current technology, our world is more connected than ever before, and the business community today is larger than ever. International Business: Global Commerce in the 21st Century will demonstrate just how you can gain the knowledge, skills, and appreciation to live and work in the global marketplace. You will begin to understand how both domestic and international businesses are affected by economic, social, cultural, political, and legal factors and what it takes to become a true manager of a global business in the 21st century.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Introduction to Manufacturing: Product Introduction to Military Careers Design & Innovation Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12 Most of us have seen a war movie; maybe it Think about the last time you visited your had a hotshot aviator or a renegade private or favorite store. Now picture the infinite number a daring Special Forces operative. But outside of products you saw. Have you ever wondered of these sensationalized portrayals, do you how those things made it to the shelves? really understand how the military works or Whether it’s video games, clothing, or sports what it can do for you? The military offers far equipment, the goods we purchase must go more career diversity than most people through a manufacturing process before they imagine, and Introduction to Military Careers can be marketed and sold. In Introduction to will provide the information you need to gain Manufacturing: Product Design and a broader understanding of how to find the Innovation, you will learn about different right fit. You will learn about the five military types of manufacturing systems as well as branches – Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, career opportunities, including engineers, Marines Corps, and Navy – and examine technicians, and supervisors. As a culminating which jobs you might like to pursue. From project, you will plan your own manufacturing aviation, to medicine, to law enforcement, the process and create an entirely original military can be an outstanding place to product! If you thought manufacturing meant achieve your dreams in a supportive and well- mundane assembly lines, this course will structured environment. show you how exciting, creative, and practical this industry can be.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Introduction to Philosophy: The Big Picture CRE: Introduction to Programming 1B: Length: 1 Semester Problem Solving through Programming Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: Intro to Programming 1A Grades 9-12 Go on an exciting adventure covering over 2,500 years of history! Along the way, you’ll Building on the prior prerequisite course, run into some very strange characters, like the discover how programming can solve a vast dirty barefoot man who hung out on street array of problems! Plan and develop a corners pestering everyone with questions, or problem-solving program while performing that eccentric fellow who climbed inside a testing, debugging, and quality assurance stove to think about whether he existed. procedures. Design and plan your own app as Despite their odd behavior, these and other part of your capstone project to give you a philosophers of the Western world are among thorough introduction to the world of the world’s most brilliant and influential programming. thinkers and originated the fundamental ideas of Western civilization. Introduction to Introduction to Renewable Technologies Philosophy: The Big Picture asks some of the Length: 1 Semester same questions these great thinkers pondered, Prerequisite: None so by the time you’ve “closed the book” on Grades 9-12 this course, you will better understand yourself and the world around you – from Cars that run on used vegetable oil. Electricity atoms to outer space and everything in produced from your garbage. A windmill between. made from spare bicycle parts that pumps water to crops. Energy is life. So, how do we CRE: Introduction to Programming 1A address the world’s growing concerns about Length: 1 Semester energy sources? Where will it come from in Prerequisite: None the future? How can energy be something Grades 9-12 sustainable, renewable, and accessible? Introduction to Renewable Technologies Have you ever wondered how your favorite begins to uncover the development of new software is created? Explore the software energy technologies and explores how recent development life cycle from start to finish approaches to generating, storing, and creating while developing your own programming this precious resource have evolved. By skills with Python. Explore the power of data gaining a larger understanding of this and algorithms along with their influence challenge, we, as thoughtful people, can upon the world. Launch yourself into the implement real change and unlock the solution endless possibilities a career as a programmer needed for a safer, cleaner, and more enduring can bring you! world.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Introduction to Women’s Studies: A Personal Journalism 1B: Investigating the Truth Journey through Film Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Journalism 1A Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12 Building on the prior prerequisite course, go Maybe you grew up watching movies with beyond the world of print and discover how female characters like Cinderella, Belle, Snow journalism can lead to exciting careers that White, or Ariel. Maybe you’ve wondered why will put you right in the action. Learn how to there are stereotypes about women being bad cover important events while honing your drivers or ignorant about sports. Maybe you research and observational skills. Discover want to know about feminism and the how journalism can shape your future and women’s movement. The Introduction to others. Women’s Studies: A Personal Journey Through Film can help you answer these Law & Order: Introduction to Legal Studies questions. Though it focuses on the Length: 1 Semester experience of women, it’s appropriate for Prerequisite: None anyone who wants to learn to critically Grades 9-12 examine films while learning about the history of the women’s movement and how gender, Imagine if there were no laws and people race, and social class influence us. Women could do anything they wanted. It’s safe to say have earned their right to stand up and be the world would be a pretty chaotic place! recognized as equal partners and reap the Every society needs some form of regulation benefits of their hard work. As the anonymous to ensure peace in our daily lives and in the quote goes, “History is Herstory too.” broader areas of business, family disputes, traffic violations, and the protection of Journalism 1A children. Laws are essential to preserving our Length: 1 Semester way of life and must be established and Prerequisite: None upheld in everyone’s best interest. In Law and Grades 9-12 Order: Introduction to Legal Studies, you’ll delve deeper into the importance of laws and Does your curiosity lead you to the heart of consider how their application affects us as the matter? Channel this curiosity into individuals and communities. Through developing strong writing, critical thinking, understanding the court system and how laws and research skills to perform interviews and are actually enacted, you will learn to write influential pieces, such as articles and appreciate the larger legal process and how it blog posts. Learn about the evolution of safeguards us all. journalism and its ethics, bias, and career directions to forge your path in this field.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Learning in a Digital World: Digital Marine Science: Secrets of the Blue Citizenship Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12 Have you ever wondered about the secrets of The digital world seems to change every day, the deep, and how the creatures below the and touch more of our lives. We use ocean’s surface live and thrive? It is truly a technology to communicate with friends and new frontier of discovery, and in Marine family, find never-ending entertainment Science, you will begin to understand a great options, follow our favorite sports teams and deal more about the aquatic cycles, structures, fashion trends, and do our school work. In and processes that generate and sustain life in Learning in a Digital World you will get the the sea. Through the use of scientific inquiry, tools to navigate this exciting and always research, measurement, and problem solving, changing world. Learn about real-world issues you will conduct various scientific procedures and how to solve real-world problems through that will lead to an increased level of interactive and hands-on assignments. knowledge about Marine Science. You will Discover what it means to be a responsible also have the opportunity to use technology digital citizen, expand your digital literacy, and laboratory instruments in an academic and become a successful online student. setting. By recognizing the inherent ethics and Consider the best ways to find, create, and safety procedures necessary in advanced share information, learn to maximize experiments, you will become progressively information and communication technologies, more confident in your abilities as a capable and explore digital content creation, from marine scientist. emails and blogs to social media, videos, and podcasts. CRE: Marketing Foundations 1A Length: 1 Semester Life Skills: Navigating Adulthood Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Introduce your students to the fast-paced and exciting world of marketing! Students will What do you want out of life? How do you learn about the role of marketing in business achieve your dreams for the future? These can in addition to the basics of business be difficult questions to answer, but with the management, customer service, and right tools, they don’t have to be. This course economics. Furthermore, students will will encourage you to learn more about examine how to identify target markets, yourself and help you to prepare for the perform market research, and develop future. You will explore goal setting, decision successful marketing strategies. Finally, the making, and surviving college and career. You legal and ethical considerations of business will also discover how to become a valuable and marketing are discussed along with the contributing member of society. Now is the impact of government on business. time to take action. It’s your life, make it count!
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com CRE: Marketing Foundations 1B: Building CRE: Medical Terminology 1A Your Base Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: Marketing Foundations 1A Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12 Learning the language is essential for careers Building on the prior, prerequisite course, you in health science. Join word parts to form will dive deeper into the marketing world with medical terms, associations within body real world applications and practices. Engage systems, and better communicate with with the marketing mix by studying colleagues and patients. Build your understanding branding, advertising, proficiency and confidence with this course promotion strategies, and more. Learn about and prepare yourself for a career in health effective sales techniques and discover sciences. employment opportunities to pursue a career in this exciting field! CRE: Medical Terminology 1B: Discovering Word Foundations CRE: Marketing 2A: Global Business & Length: 1 Semester Trade Prerequisite: Medical Terminology 1A Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: Marketing Foundations 1A & 1B Adding on the prior prerequisite course, Grades 9-12 discover the medical terminology associated with even more body systems to increase your Can you think of a brand that first launched in ability to master prefixes, suffixes, and roots. the U.S. and then became popular in other Connect this language to real world patients countries? Facebook™ did this very thing! and clinical settings through practical Without a solid understanding of business and applications and specific scenarios. Launch international marketing strategy, it becomes your health knowledge with detailed medical nearly impossible to be successful and stand terms! out from the crowd. In this course, you’ll find out how business and marketing works around the world! You’ll learn about topics such as regulations, market research, marketing plans, global trends, buying and selling internationally, and more!
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Mythology & Forklore National Security: Diplomacy, Intelligence & Length: 1 Semester Defense Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Since the beginning of time, people have gathered around fires to tell stories of angry Do you know what it takes to keep an entire gods, harrowing journeys, cunning animals, nation safe? It not only requires knowledge of horrible beasts, and the mighty heroes who how to handle disasters, but it also demands a vanquished them. Mythology and folklore cool head and tremendous leadership abilities. have provided a way for these colorful stories In National Security, you will have the to spring to life for thousands of years. opportunity to learn about the critical elements Mythology and Folklore: Legendary Tales of the job, such as evaluating satellite will illustrate how these famous anecdotes information, analyzing training procedures, have helped humans make sense of the world. assessing military engagement, preparing Beginning with an overview of mythology and intelligence reports, coordinating information different types of folklore, you will journey with other security agencies, and applying with age-old heroes as they slay dragons, appropriate actions to various threats. Put outwit gods, defy fate, fight endless battles, yourself in the position of the country’s and outwit clever monsters with strength and decisive leaders and develop your own courage. You’ll explore the universality and knowledge base and skill set necessary to social significance of myths and folklore and meet the requirements of our nation’s most see how these powerful tales continue to demanding career. shape society even today. Nutrition & Wellness Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12
Have you ever heard the phrase “your body is your temple” and wondered what it means? Keeping our physical body healthy and happy is just one of the many challenges we face, and yet, many of us don’t know how to best achieve it. Positive decisions around diet and food preparation are key to this process, and you will find the essential skills needed to pursue a healthy, informed lifestyle in Nutrition and Wellness. Making sure you know how to locate, buy, and prepare fresh delicious food will make you, and your body, feel amazing. Impressing your friends and family as you nourish them with your knowledge? That feels even better!
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Peer Counseling 1 Personal Fitness Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Are you the person that people come to for What does being fit really mean? Is it just advice? Does it seem that your friends always based on physical appearance or is it talk to you about their problems? If so, Peer something deeper? Though we strive to be Counseling may be the perfect course for you. healthy and make sensible choices, it’s It offers ways for you to explore this valuable difficult to know how to achieve this. It’s not skill and better understand how it can make a only about losing weight or lifting a heavy difference in the lives of others. Helping barbell; in Personal Fitness you will learn people achieve their personal goals is one of about body functions, safety, diet, goals, and life’s most rewarding experiences, and Peer strategies for longevity. Human beings, in Counseling will show you the way to provide both body and mind, are complex and highly support, encouragement, and resource sensitive organisms that need the right information. Learn how to observe others as a attention to physically excel and feel great. Peer Counselor as you carefully listen and Being fit is about living life to the fullest and offer constructive, empathic communication making the most of what you have yourself! while enhancing your own communication Explore the world of healthy living and see skills. how real fitness can be achieved through intention, effort, and just the right amount of Personal & Family Finance knowledge. Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Personal Psychology 1: The Road to Self- Grades 9-12 Discovery Length: 1 Semester We all know money is important in life. But Prerequisite: None how important? In fact, the financial decisions Grades 9-12 you make today may have a lasting effect on your future. Rather than feeling anxious about Have you ever wondered why you do the money feel empowered by learning how to things you do? Have you asked yourself if make smart decisions! Personal and Family self-knowledge is the key to self- Finance will begin the conversation around improvement? Are you interested in how how to spend and save your money wisely, behavior changes as we age? Psychology can investing in safe opportunities and the days give you the answers! In Personal Psychology ahead. Learning key financial concepts around I: The Road to Self-Discovery, you will trace taxes, credit, and money management will the development of personality and behavior provide both understanding and confidence as from infancy through adulthood. You will you begin to navigate your own route to future come to learn more about perception and security. Discover how education, career consciousness and better understand the role choices, and financial planning can lead you of sensation. Are you ready to explore the in the right direction to making your life world of human behavior? Come explore all simpler, steadier, and more enjoyable. that psychology can offer to help you to truly understand the human experience.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Personal Psychology 2: Living in a Complex CRE: Principles of Business, Marketing, and World Finance 1A Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Personal Psychology 1 Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Why do you sometimes remember song lyrics Provide students with fundamental knowledge but can’t remember where you left your that will help them pursue a career in phone, your keys, or even your shoes? How business! Students will explore different types does language affect the way we think? Why of businesses and ownership forms, the impact is your personality so different from (or so of governments on business, and the similar) your brother’s or sister’s personality? marketing of goods and services. Students will Personal Psychology II: Living in a Complex also be expected to learn about globalization, World will you to explore what makes you free trade, and various economic systems. ‘you’. Why do some things motivate you more Finally, the impact of technology on business, than others? How can you determine your IQ? business ethics, and social responsibility are If you’ve ever wanted to dive right into the discussed, providing students with a depths of who you are and how you got to be foundational knowledge of business. you, jump on board and start your exploration now! CRE: Principles of Business, Marketing, and Finance 1B: Targeting Your Business Insight Principles of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Length: 1 Semester Resources Prerequisite: Principles of Business, Length: 1 Semester Marketing, and Finance 1A Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12 Building on the prior prerequisite course, you Did you know that the world’s population will expand your knowledge of the basics to could be as high as 11 billion people by the explore advanced topics, such as marketing year 2050? And certainly, as our population is strategy, banking, and investments. Finally, growing, so too are our food needs. Even examine employability skills and careers in today, millions of people around the world business, finance, and marketing as well as experience hunger. How can we balance various entrepreneurship opportunities. growing populations and keeping everyone fed? This is where the importance of agriculture, food, and natural resources comes in! Through the study of Principles of Agriculture: Food and Natural Resources, you will gain a stronger sense of how food ends up on the plate and how we can maximize the foods and natural resources the earth provides. You’ll learn more about agriculture’s history, animal husbandry, plant science, and natural resources, and you’ll be better prepared for your part in sustaining the world.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com CRE: Principles of Information Technology Principles of Public Service: To Serve & 1A Protect Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Develop your students’ understanding and Ambulances scream along, heading toward proficiency of computers! Students will learn those in need. But who makes sure someone is about computer hardware, Von Neumann there to answer the 9-1-1 call? When you take architecture, peripherals, and maintenance as a pill, who has determined that drug is safe for well as data management and storage options. the public? All of these duties are imperative Learners will trace the history of operating to our comfort and success as a society. Public systems and application software while also service is a field that focuses on building a exploring network systems, administration, safe and healthy world, and in Principles of and troubleshooting. Finally, students will Public Service: To Serve and Protect you will dive into word processing, spreadsheets, and be introduced to its many different career databases to cement their knowledge of choices. The protection of society is not only information technology! one of our greatest challenges, but it also provides ways for people to work together to CRE: Principles of Information Technology ensure safety and provide indispensable 1B services. If you have ever contemplated being Length: 1 Semester one of these real-life heroes, now is the time Prerequisite: Principles of Information to learn more! Technology 1A Grades 9-12 Public Speaking 1A Length: 1 Semester Building on the prior prerequisite course, you Prerequisite: None will gain further knowledge of information Grades 9-12 technology. Starting with an overview of programming, algorithms, and compilers, Do you strive to gain more confidence when students will then learn the basics of webpage speaking in front of people? Learn techniques design and creating graphics. You will also from famous speakers throughout history explore security and cybercrime, emerging while learning what it takes to make a great technologies, presentation software, and speech. Develop skills that will serve you well intellectual property laws. Finally, you will throughout your career and personal life. prepare for the future by discovering various careers in this field and planning your education!
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Public Speaking 1B: Finding Your Voice Real World Parenting Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Public Speaking 1A Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Building on the prior prerequisite course, Do you love children? Maybe you dream of bring your speeches to life by learning about being a parent someday. But perhaps you are body language, vocal, and other techniques. also asking yourself, just how, exactly, do you Learn about logic and reason while gaining learn to parent? Learning how to care for the confidence to help create and deliver great children while teaching them confidence and presentations and speeches. You will also accountability is not an easy feat. In Real- critically examine your speeches and World Parenting, you’ll learn that being a presentations and those of others to improve parent is much more than simply feeding, upon your presentation. bathing, and protecting a child. Creating a positive environment, nurturing, fostering Reading & Writing for Purpose education, and serving as a role model are all Length: 1 Semester critical aspects as well. You’ll learn how to be Prerequisite: None a positive force in the development of your Grades 9-12 future children as well as others around you.
This course introduces useful, real-world Restaurant Management information by having students learn to read Length: 1 Semester legal, insurance, employment, and vehicle Prerequisite: None related documents. Furthermore, students will Grades 9-12 explore media bias, trends in journalism, word structures, and research strategies. To Have you ever dreamed of running your own entrench real-world applications, students will eatery? Maybe you’ve thought of learn how to critically read, identify good collaborating with a famous chef to create an sources of information, and create an outline, unforgettable dining experience? What goes making this course an asset to building life on behind the restaurant dining room is a very and study skills. different world than what goes on out front and really determines the success or failure of an establishment. Restaurant Management will show you exactly what’s needed to run a successful restaurant, including ordering supplies, hiring quality workers, maintaining inventory, and managing a large staff. Understanding such concepts as food safety, hygiene, customer relations, marketing, and using a point-of-sale system are crucial to being an effective restaurateur. Whether you are hoping to operate a casual sit-down eatery, oversee a fine dining establishment, or buy a food franchise, this course is the perfect first step.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Social Media: Our Connected World Social Problems 2: Crisis, Conflicts & Length: 1 Semester Challenges Prerequisite: None Length: 1 Semester Grades 9-12 Prerequisite: Social Problems 1 Grades 9-12 Have a Facebook account? What about Twitter? Whether you’ve already dipped your It may seem like we live in a sometimes scary toes in the waters of social media or are still and ever-changing world. Everywhere we standing on the shore wondering what to make “look” from the homeless living on the streets, of it all, learning how to interact on social to world-wide health epidemics, to the often- media platforms is crucial to surviving and negative effects of our global world problems thriving in this age of digital communication. seem to appear at every corner. In Social In Introduction to Social Media, you’ll learn Problems II: Crisis, Conflict, and Challenges, the ins and outs of such social media you’ll explore more of the challenges we face platforms as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and learn what we can do to reduce the effects Google+, and more and how to use them for of these conflicts and problems. From drug your benefit personally, academically, and, abuse to terrorists to the changing nature of eventually, professionally. If you thought communities in our digital world, we can social media platforms were just a place to better face and solve these problems when we keep track of friends and share personal have a deeper understanding of their causes photos, this course will show you how to use and influences on our lives. these resources in much more powerful ways. Sociology 1: The Study of Human Social Problems 1: A World in Crisis Relationships Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
War, crime, poverty, global warming our Human beings are complex creatures; world often seems full of dire warnings and however, when they interact and begin to form predictions. How can we make sense of it all relationships and societies, things become and still dare to step outside each day? Social even more complicated. Are we more likely to Problems I: A World in Crisis will explore act differently in a group than we will when some of the biggest challenges facing our we’re alone? How do we learn how to be world today and prepare you to tackle them “human”? Sometimes it can feel as if there are head-on. You’ll learn what led to these social more questions than answers. Sociology I: problems, what effects they have on our lives The Study of Human Relationships seeks to and societies, and what possible solutions answer these questions and many more as it exist for solving them. Whether you want to explores culture, group behavior, and societal save the world from the next pandemic or institutions and how they affect human better understand the effects of the media on behavior. You’ll learn how social beliefs form society, this course will help you develop a and how this shapes our lives. How does this plan of action! happen? Join us and find out!
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com Sociology 2: Your Social Life Sports & Entertainment Marketing Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: Sociology 1 Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12
Why do people disagree on so many big Whether you are watching a famous athlete issues? Where do culture wars come from? make an unbelievable play or witnessing a Maybe you’ve wondered this as you’ve sensational singing performance, the world of looked through your social media feed or read sports and entertainment is never boring. the latest online article about groups fighting Although it may seem impossible for you to over different social issues. Sociology II: be a part of this glittery world, it’s not! The Your Social Life takes a powerful look at how Sports and Entertainment Marketing field social institutions like families, religion, offers careers that combine entertainment with government, and education shape our world traditional marketing, but with a whole lot and how collective behavior and social more glamour. Explore basic marketing movements can create change. Although the principles while delving deeper into the multi- reality of the battles isn’t always pretty, billion-dollar sports and entertainment gaining a clearer picture of the different sides industry. Learn how professional athletes, can help you better understand how our lives sports teams, and famous entertainers are are shaped by entertainment, social marketed as commodities and how the savvy institutions, and social change. people who handle these deals can become very successful. This course will show you exactly how things work behind the scenes of a major entertainment event and how you can be part of the act.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com The Lord of the Rings: An Exploration of the Veterinary Science: The Care of Animals Films & their Literary Influences Length: 1 Semester Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12 Grades 9-12 Lions and tigers and bears (oh my!) Whether Hobbits, Orcs, wizards, dashing knights, and you want to step into the wild side of powerful elves are all part of the magic veterinary medicine or just take care of the created in J.R.R. Tolkien’s famously epic furry dogs and cats down your street, tale, The Lord of the Rings. For years, the Veterinary Science: The Care of Animals will vivid characters within this beloved story show you how to care for domestic, farm, and could exist only in the “reader minds” until it wild animals and diagnose their common was adapted into a movie that allowed fans to diseases and ailments. Learn how different finally see, through the eyes of Hollywood veterinary treatments are used and developed magic and brilliant technology, the to improve the lives of animals and, as a manifestation of these characters onscreen. result, the lives of those people who treasure What does it take to transport these well- them. If you have always been drawn to the known images like Gollum and the Shire from world of our furry, scaly, and feathered dusty pages to the giant screen? In The Lord friends, this may be just the course for you! of the Rings: An Exploration of the Films & Its Literary Influences, you will see first-hand CRE: Web Development 1A how classic literature can become modern film Length: 1 Semester and bring the fantasy alive for a whole new Prerequisite: None generation of believers. Grades 9-12
Theater, Cinema & Film Production How many times per day do you access the Length: 1 Semester internet, including social media? The web is Prerequisite: None an important part of our daily lives, so it’s no Grades 9-12 surprise that web development is one of the hottest careers. In this course, you’ll start to Lights! Camera! Action! Let’s explore the get a real picture of professional web enchanting world of live theater and its development, including how to create content fascinating relationship to the silver screen. In for the web. You’ll learn about topics such as Theater, Cinema, and Film Production, you’ll servers, file organization, HTML, CSS, learn the basics of lighting, sound, wardrobe, JavaScript, and the development stack that and camerawork while examining the magic will let you build any website you can dream that happens behind all the drama. Delve into up! the glamorous history of film and theater, and examine the tremendous influence these industries have had on society and culture over the years. During this unit, you’ll discuss and analyze three classic American films “Casablanca, Singing in the Rain, and The Wizard of Oz” to help you learn how to critique and appreciate some of the most famous dramas of all time.
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IgniteLearningAcademy.com World Religions: Exploring Diversity Length: 1 Semester Prerequisite: None Grades 9-12
From Taoism, to Islam, to Christianity, religion inevitably affects us all in some way. On one level, religion can help us commune with and honor our spiritual natures, but it can also divide people and create great strife in the world. World Religions: Exploring Diversity will explore the various characteristics of faith and introduce the fundamentals of the major religions, including Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Shintoism, and Taoism. You’ll trace how these powerful faiths have influenced cultures over thousands of years and helped to shape the face of humanity. After this course, you’ll have a clearer understanding of how religion continues to affect the larger world.
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