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Anonymous wrote:What schools have different levels of this course? My child’s middle school only has one level of each humanities class in middle school.

There aren’t different levels of the course. There’s on-level (IWS) Global Humanities (HIGH), and, at only two MS, Humanities.

Sorry I don’t understand the above. Humanity focused magnet middle schools aside, do MCPS middle schools have the option of having an on-level humanities course and an above-level humanities course? My child’s school only has one option Historical Inquiries Global Humanities. Thanks

Correct. All middle schools must offer the enriched/above-level social studies courses to students who are centrally identified, and then it is their choice how many other students they want to offer it to, if any. Some schools enroll all kids in it (or all except kids who are below-level/ELL/etc.). Others have continued the standard on-level social studies course for many of their students. Overall about 40% of middle schoolers district-wide are in the enriched social studies classes, but at some schools it may be far more and at others far less.

Thank you, this is very helpful information. I understand most of it, but I continue to be quite confused by some of the decisions my child’s school is making. My child’s middle school only offers Historical Inquiries in Global Humanities (HIGH), yet the school has a large population of emergent language learners. I’m left wondering if the HIGH curriculum is watered down in order to make it accessible to everyone. This feels like just another example of MCPS being disingenuous. Does anyone have a link to the HIGH curriculum that I can review?

Which school does your child attend?

Doesn’t matter.

The lessons are not inaccessible to EMLs who are literate in their home language. The curriculum writers provide a folder in Spanish and one in French that are supposed to be for the immersion schools, but everyone I know uses them with EMLs. I’ve translated into Arabic, Amharic, and Vietnamese as needed. We also push the translate button for any materials we make ourselves.

If you mean SLIFE kids, that is something different.

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Anonymous wrote:What schools have different levels of this course? My child’s middle school only has one level of each humanities class in middle school.

There aren’t different levels of the course. There’s on-level (IWS) Global Humanities (HIGH), and, at only two MS, Humanities.

Sorry I don’t understand the above. Humanity focused magnet middle schools aside, do MCPS middle schools have the option of having an on-level humanities course and an above-level humanities course? My child’s school only has one option Historical Inquiries Global Humanities. Thanks

Correct. All middle schools must offer the enriched/above-level social studies courses to students who are centrally identified, and then it is their choice how many other students they want to offer it to, if any. Some schools enroll all kids in it (or all except kids who are below-level/ELL/etc.). Others have continued the standard on-level social studies course for many of their students. Overall about 40% of middle schoolers district-wide are in the enriched social studies classes, but at some schools it may be far more and at others far less.

Thank you, this is very helpful information. I understand most of it, but I continue to be quite confused by some of the decisions my child’s school is making. My child’s middle school only offers Historical Inquiries in Global Humanities (HIGH), yet the school has a large population of emergent language learners. I’m left wondering if the HIGH curriculum is watered down in order to make it accessible to everyone. This feels like just another example of MCPS being disingenuous. Does anyone have a link to the HIGH curriculum that I can review?

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QRi7wEq6jkGZlYkh_Gqs7GWmtt7vbQmO

I suspect there may be some pretty significant variation from school to school on how these courses are implemented. There are dozens of additional/enriched lessons provided, but it appears that most of them are optional. For example in the 6th grade scope and sequence doc: "Teachers are expected to use as many of the lessons as possible. In order to include the additional lessons within the core curriculum, teachers may eliminate lessons that are redundant or overlapping or shorten lessons to require less time. The new enriched lessons may also be adapted to fit your classroom’s pacing. However, there are three components that MUST be implemented: the Nile DBQ, Model UN simulation and the two literature books A Long Walk to Water, and Red Scarf Girl."

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Anonymous wrote:What schools have different levels of this course? My child’s middle school only has one level of each humanities class in middle school.

There aren’t different levels of the course. There’s on-level (IWS) Global Humanities (HIGH), and, at only two MS, Humanities.

Sorry I don’t understand the above. Humanity focused magnet middle schools aside, do MCPS middle schools have the option of having an on-level humanities course and an above-level humanities course? My child’s school only has one option Historical Inquiries Global Humanities. Thanks

Correct. All middle schools must offer the enriched/above-level social studies courses to students who are centrally identified, and then it is their choice how many other students they want to offer it to, if any. Some schools enroll all kids in it (or all except kids who are below-level/ELL/etc.). Others have continued the standard on-level social studies course for many of their students. Overall about 40% of middle schoolers district-wide are in the enriched social studies classes, but at some schools it may be far more and at others far less.

Thank you, this is very helpful information. I understand most of it, but I continue to be quite confused by some of the decisions my child’s school is making. My child’s middle school only offers Historical Inquiries in Global Humanities (HIGH), yet the school has a large population of emergent language learners. I’m left wondering if the HIGH curriculum is watered down in order to make it accessible to everyone. This feels like just another example of MCPS being disingenuous. Does anyone have a link to the HIGH curriculum that I can review?

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QRi7wEq6jkGZlYkh_Gqs7GWmtt7vbQmO

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Anonymous wrote:What schools have different levels of this course? My child’s middle school only has one level of each humanities class in middle school.

There aren’t different levels of the course. There’s on-level (IWS) Global Humanities (HIGH), and, at only two MS, Humanities.

Sorry I don’t understand the above. Humanity focused magnet middle schools aside, do MCPS middle schools have the option of having an on-level humanities course and an above-level humanities course? My child’s school only has one option Historical Inquiries Global Humanities. Thanks

Correct. All middle schools must offer the enriched/above-level social studies courses to students who are centrally identified, and then it is their choice how many other students they want to offer it to, if any. Some schools enroll all kids in it (or all except kids who are below-level/ELL/etc.). Others have continued the standard on-level social studies course for many of their students. Overall about 40% of middle schoolers district-wide are in the enriched social studies classes, but at some schools it may be far more and at others far less.

Thank you, this is very helpful information. I understand most of it, but I continue to be quite confused by some of the decisions my child’s school is making. My child’s middle school only offers Historical Inquiries in Global Humanities (HIGH), yet the school has a large population of emergent language learners. I’m left wondering if the HIGH curriculum is watered down in order to make it accessible to everyone. This feels like just another example of MCPS being disingenuous. Does anyone have a link to the HIGH curriculum that I can review?

Which school does your child attend?