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Secondary Courses

English must be taken in each year of the 9-12 program.

One credit is defined as 135 clock hours of instruction

Language Arts

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
English l	1
English ll	1
English lll	1
English lV	1

English l

1 Credit English l is comprised of two parts: Composition and World Literature. First semester reviews the basic of grammar and usage. Students learn to put together well-organized , thoughtful sentences, paragraphs, and essays. Emphasis is on concise, technical writing. Second semester is focused on World Literature. Students explore literature by authors from around the world. Culturally diverse, famous pieces are the basics for discussion and expository writing.

English ll

1 Credit English II is composed of two parts: Advanced Speech, Composition, and British Literature.
First semester is based on composition. The writing process is emphasized, and students are encouraged to do a great deal of writing to express opinions, capture detail and use sensory language. First semester also includes an oral component. Students will be required to write and deliver 3-5 speeches as part of this course.
Second semester of English II is focused on British Literature. Continental authors and works range from the 1300’s to today. Meaningful, insightful text is the basis for discussion, composition and debate.

English lll

1 Credit English lll is a study of American Literature and U.S. Literature.
First semester is focused on American Literature from the top of South America to the Polar Region. Students explore works from colonization of the Americas to the late 18oo’s. Short stories, essays, novels, and plays will be offered. Emphasis is on literary analysis, comparison and contrast.
Second semester focuses on American and U.S. Literature from the turn of the century to the present. Contemporary authors, modern literature and modes of communication by mass media are covered. A term paper is a requirement for completion of this course.

English lV

1 Credit English lV is divided into two parts: Communication and Creative Reading/Writing.
First Semester explores modes of modern communication. Literature, music, video, cinematography, and on-line communications are utilized to acquaint students with all the major methods of modern communication and information access. Students will participate in activities related to gathering and effective communication.
Second semester offers students a chance to read preferred authors and try their collective hand at writing for enjoyment and mastery. Emphasis is on individual preference and Alaskan Literature.

Mathematics

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Advanced Mathematics	1
Algebra l	1
Algebra ll	1
Integrated Mathematics l	1
Integrated Mathematics ll	1
Calculus	1
Geometry	1
Pre-Algebra	1
Trigonometry	1

Advanced Mathematics

1 Credit This course culminates the process of acquiring fundamental skills in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.

Algebra l

1 Credit This course emphasizes signed numbers, integer exponents, solving equations, systems of two linear equations in two unknowns, coin problems and unit conversions. The course also includes perimeter, area and volume in irregular geometric solids, and unit multipliers with English-metric and metric-English conversions. Surface area problems involving prisms, cylinders, cones, and spheres are also practiced.

Algebra ll

1 Credit This course completes the automation of fundamental skills of algebra by including motion problems, chemical mixture problems, nonlinear and simultaneous equations with two and three variables. The course alsi includes all concepts of geometry and 70 problems in trigonometry. Emphasis is placed on rectangular-to-polar and polar-to-rectangular coordinated, addition of vectors, similar triangles, problems on the equation line, complex numbers, completing the square, and deriving and using the quadratic formula.

Geometry

1 Credit This course is designed to acquaint the student with the basics of plane geometry. Areas such as lines, planes, angles, congruent triangles, polygons, constructions, loci, area, and volume of solids, coordinated geometry, and transformations are considered.

Integrated Math l

1 Credit This course bridges elementary math and high school math. It includes the study of fractions, decimals, percents, word problems, geometry, perimeter, circumference, area, pi, volume, ratio, proportion, exponents, scientific notation, signed numbers, mean, median, mode, sales tax, solving equations, and unit multipliers.

Integrated Math ll

1 Credit This course is a continuation of Integrated Math l.

Pre-Algebra

1 Credit This course automates the use of fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals. It includes procedures for solving simple word problems.

Social Studies

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Alaska Studies l	.5
Alaska Studies ll	.5
Alaska Native Land Claims	.5
U.S. Government	1
U.S. History	1
World History	1

Alaska Studies l

½ Credit This course includes an overview of the six main geographical areas of Alaska and how these relate to Alaska’s natural and human resources, transportation and communication.

Alaska Studies ll

½ Credit This Course is a continuation of the first semester course and surveys Alaska’s history from the first appearance of people in Alaska to the present, including a look at local, state, and federal governments in Alaska and current Alaska issues.

Alaska Native Land Claims

½ Credit May be offered in place of Alaska Studies ll. The 1971 act is the event around which the course is organized. Achievement of the settlement act shapes the historical sketches that make up the first part of this course; the act’s provisions-as implemented in 1975 and additional changes- define the topics for the second part of this course. The focus of the course is Alaska Natives and their destinies. Students will be able to tell why and how Eskimos, Indians, and Aleuts achieved a claims settlement and to explain what the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act provides.

U.S. Government

1 Credit The course covers the basic principles, structure, and operations of national, state, and local government. Participation in the political system, policy making, and contrasting economic and political systems are also studied.

U.S. History

1 Credit This course presents the values, ideals, and attitudes of Americans and significant themes in American History. Major topics include colonial settlement, the Revolutionary War, the development of the federal government, the Civil War and Reconstruction. Additional topics include industrialization, the First World War, Franklin Roosevelt, the Second World War, and contemporary international and domestic development.

World History

1 Credit This course gives a brief overview of world history from the Stone Age to the 1990’s. Course topics include the rise of civilization, the Greeks and Romans, early Asian empires, African and American cultures, the spread of Islam, the development of Europe through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and the European colonial system.

Science

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Biology	1
Chemistry	1
Integrated Science l	.5
Integrated Science ll	1
Integrated Science lll	1

Integrated Science l

½ Credit This course provides an overview of physical science, biology, geology, and chemistry.

Integrated Science ll

1 Credit This course provides more in-depth study of physiology, physics, earth science, biology, and chemistry.

Integrated Science lll

1 Credit This course provides more detailed study of physiology, physics, earth science, biology, and chemistry.

Physical Education

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Physical Education	1

Physical Education

1 Credit Students will be able to recognize the components of fitness, develop positive attitudes toward fitness and sports activities, and demonstrate cooperation and respect for rules and sportsmanship in all activities. Some team sports are flag football, soccer, floor hockey, basketball, volleyball and softball.

Health and Family Living

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Health	.5

Health

½ Credit This course provides an overview of health. It studies the effect that life-style can have on one’s overall wellness and the ways in which people can maximize their physical, emotional, and social health through positive life-style choices.

Fine Arts

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Dance	.5
Drama	.5
Music	.5

Dance

½ Credit This course is designed to provide physical exercise, improve stamina and increase knowledge of the performance arts. Students will engage in various forms of dance including jazz, modern and ballet. Students will also study basic movement and the great performances and performers. Traditional Athabascan dance will also be included.

Drama

½ Credit This course is designed to explore and study the performance art. Students will study the great performances, playwrights, and actors/actresses from early civilization to the twentieth century. Students are expected to take part in several one-act plays, reader’s theatre and improvisational theatre. There will be one major production per year, and all students must participate.

Music

1 Credit This course is designed to study the art of music. Music appreciation, basic structures and music origin will be taught the first semester. Modern music and music video/multimedia production will also be taught. The second semester will be based on choral singing. Students will learn the basics of vocalization, rhythm, and sight-reading. Students will be required to participate in all performances.

Electives

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Gwich'in Language Studies l	1
Gwich'in Language Studies ll	1
Gwich'in Studies	1
Journalism	.5
Native Crafts	.5
Principles of Technology l	1
Principles of Technology ll	1

Gwich’in Studies

½ Credit The goal of this course is to incorporate traditional practices of the Gwich’in people into a classroom learning experience. To ensure that we meet our educational objectives, the bilingual instructor will introduce an extensive Gwich’in vocabulary list with each unit. This course will be facilitated by the regular classroom teachers, but much of the instruction will be presented by local native speakers of Gwich’in. Gwich’in history will introduce the course, and will be part of each unit. Oral traditional stories as well as published material will be used in this course.

Gwich’in Language Studies l

1 Credit Introduction to Gwich’in, the language of the upper Yukon Flats. This course provides a framework for learning to speak, read, and write the language. Consideration given to dialect differences.

Gwich’in Language Studies ll

1 Credit The course is designed to learn to speak and understand Gwich’in. Focus on communication in everyday situation. For speakers the course provides literacy and grammatical analysis.

Journalism

½ Credit All aspects of the news profession are examined through a balance of objective and subjective questions. Written work includes the development of a student newspaper.

Native Crafts

½ Credit This course includes building skin canoes, snow shoes, sleds, drums and beading.

Principles of Technology l

1 Credit The student will learn traditional physics concopts in the context of their relationship to four energy systems - mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal. This course allows students to discover and experience physics first-hand by exposing them to modern technical equipment with over 90 hands - on laboratory activities. Students learn both the underlying mathematical and scientific principles behind techonology. Units during the first year focus on Force, Work Rate, Resistance, Energy, Power and Force Transformers.

Principles of Technology ll

1 Credit The second year deals with Momentum, Waves and Vibrations, Energy Converters, Transducers, Radiation, Optical Systems, and Time Constants.

Vocational Education

Home Economics

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Basic Home Economics	.5
Child Development	1
Healthful Living/Human Relations	.5
Clothing and Sewing	.5
Skin Sewing	.5
Independent Living/Family Living	.5
Basic Foods and Nutrition	.5

Industrial Arts

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Construction / Carpentry	.5
Electricity / Wiring	.5
Power Mechanics	.5
Snowmachine Maintenance and Repair	.5
Small Engine Repair	.5
Outboard Engine Repair	.5
Vocational Drawing and Drafting	.5
Photography	.5
Welding	1
Woodworking	1
Chainsaw Maintenance and Repair	1

Business and Management

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Accounting	1

Business and Office

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Recordkeeping	.5
Bookkeeping	.5
Computer Business Applications	.5
Keyboarding / Typing I	.5
Keyboarding / Typing II	.5
Journalism	.5

Marketing

COURSE TITLE	CREDITS
Marketing and Distributive Education	.5
Applied Communications	1
Work Experience	.5
On - The - Job - Training	.5

Applied Communications

1 Credit Students develop awareness of human relations. Students will develop competencies in communications skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Students will develop competencies in business vocabulary and electronic communications.