I think that you have missed the thread. I teach APUSH. I am much more aware of you of the balance between topics. All of this happened, AND MORE, but we only focus on social history. And the fact that you think there are textbooks (and especially textbooks with "other" topics) just shows your ignorance on the subject. Trust me, no one, even in red states, is being shortchanged on learning about colonialism, reform movements, slavery, labor movements, womens' rights, imperialism, the progressive reforms, the civil rights movement, etc. Given that they read very few books in school, it becomes even more important that there be a variety. |
My kid is taking this in 6th right now. He read "A Long Walk to Water" in the first semester and is currently reading "The Red Scarf Girl." At the end of the year, the class will participate in a Model UN program (in school, not as an after-school activity). At our school you need to be selected for the class, so the biggest benefit is that it's a leveled class. |
^to PP, those are the same two books our read years ago. Do they rotate the books or is it always the same? |
I don’t think they rotate books because kids only take the class once, and I imagine it is easier for teachers to be able to repeat prior lessons. |
What is your kid's Global Humanities class doing now? Isn't this class supposed to be an accelerated course? |
"Accelerated" here doesn't necessarily mean "faster," as far as I can tell, more like "deeper." Teachers on here could say better than I can, but I haven't noticed DC having to work quickly so much as I have noticed them doing a variety of different things. |
They call it enriched rather than accelerated. |
What exactly are they being enriched with???? Our read the same book this year that was read in 4th/5th grade Center for Enriched Studies. |
It's a wonderful class with in-depth analysis of very interesting and worldly topics. I am learning so much alongside my 6th grader. Not like the SS we had in school. This class is really remarkable!
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You didn't know the stuff they teach in this class before your kid took it?? Wow. Really? |
Same books at my kid's middle school, though he did the Model UN simulation at the end of the first semester. I read both books after he did because he really liked them, and I enjoyed them too (I particularly learned a lot from "Red Scarf Girl). HIGH is my child's favorite class, and it seems to be a good substitute for an actual rigorous English class, since the curriculum in English is super slow and repetitive, particularly for kids who come from ELC and are used to more depth. HIGH includes a good deal of analyzing texts and doing writing assignments that involve citing evidence. |
When do they decide what novels to read for next school year? Kids read same novels even though they were years apart. |