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Integrated Studies Syllabus
2004-2005
Essential
Question of the year: What is Social Justice?
Core Values of the
Integrated Studies Program
InclusionÑEssential because inclusion gives
all students equal and appropriate access to challenging and interesting
work. Students have a greater
opportunity to learn from a diverse group of peers.
IntegrationÑEssential because an integrated
curriculum helps students make connections and deepens their understanding.
CollaborationÑEssential because collaboration
establishes shared expectations and a common culture for all 10thgrade
students. Teachers who work
collaboratively are able to challenge one another to provide the best possible
learning experience for their students.
Units and Major Concepts
Unit One: Are competition and
struggle necessary for survival?
Explain with evidence.
Skill Focus: Inference
Habits of Mind: Evidence
and Connection
Language
Arts: Lord of the Flies, analytical essay, and Mock Trial
Project
World
History: Renaissance, Enlightenment, Western
Ideas of Social Justice
Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Sociobiology
Unit Two: What
is progress? Is it inevitable?
Skill Focus: Prediction
using evidence
Habit of Mind:
Supposing
Language
Arts: Brave New World, persuasive paragraph, Vision
Project
World
History: Industrial Revolution, Economic
Justice
Biology: Genetics, Biotechnology Magazine
Project
Unit Three: What
happens when a system is threatened?
Skill Focus: Cause
and Effect
Habits of Mind: Significance
and Connection
Language
Arts: Othello, Drama Project
World
History: Age of Colonialism, Africa
Biology: Infectious Disease, Immune System
,Disease Research Project
Unit Four: What
is the cycle of birth and rebirth?
Skill Focus: Point
of View
Habit of Mind: Viewpoint
Language
Arts: Latin American Short Stories
World History: Latin America, Globalization
Biology Growth and Development, Environmental Studies