Welcome New Members!
Meeting Times:
Study sessions: Wednesdays 3:30 - 4:30
Check with the coaches (Mrs. Jumper or Mrs. Avery) for location as we vary from B124 to the library
Independent study: Tues - Friday 1st period in B124 or 6th and 7th period in the library
Business meetings are held on Tuesdays at lunch
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New Topic Announced for 1009 -2010 Season!
The French Revolution
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- SUPER QUIZ: The Super Quiz™ will focus on the French Revolution and the Super Quiz Resource Guide will include readings on such topics as the Old Regime (Ancien Régime), the causes of the French Revolution, the radicalization of the revolution, the revolution in Saint-Domingue (Haiti), and the legacy of the French Revolution.
- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: The language and literature curriculum will include critical reading, one novel, and six shorter works. The featured novel will be A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
- ART: The art curriculum will focus on eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century French art.
- MUSIC: The music curriculum will focus on music in France during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and will include a companion CD, featuring fourteen listening selections.
- SCIENCE: The science curriculum will focus on an introduction to chemistry and will include a brief overview of the historical development of chemistry with particular focus on the role of Antoine Lavoisier.
- ECONOMICS: The economics curriculum will cover fundamentals of economics, including general topics in macro- and microeconomics and international trade and global economic development. The economics curriculum will also include a thematic section focused on the economic history of revolutionary France.
- MATH: The math curriculum will cover topics in the fields of general math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and differential calculus
Comments (3)
javery said
at 4:32 pm on Nov 1, 2007
Everyone please join in with your comments and ideas. For now, Can you attend the mini scrimmage at PHS on Wed. Nov. 28th at 5:00pm?
brittany said
at 7:22 pm on Nov 1, 2007
Yes!! I can attend. But I'll need to drive myself because I voulenteer for an hour after school on Wed. See you all Thursday!!
Andrew Kessler said
at 8:30 pm on Nov 1, 2007
Yes, of course I can go. My mom is sitting here next to me ready to slap me over the head because i had the audacity to even ask. What's going on with transportation? Are we providing for ourselves?
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