This year, Frederick Douglass Academy VIII will be utilizing Wit and Wisdom Curriculum, as well as Learning Path (created by Edmentum), and a multitude of websites and apps for additional activities to support and enhance student learning outcomes.
The Wit and Wisdom curriculum is easily accessible digitally as well as through pdf and audiobooks, and Edmentum via to clever.com.
Students are expected to read daily, have discussions about reading and write about their reading using stop and jots, organizers, and other digital mediums. They will learn to write narrative, argumentative and informative essays.
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The Global History curriculum is entitled: PLATO Course Middle School World History, Semester A and Semester B.
Throughout the schools year they will be studying-
During Semester A:
During Semester B:
The United States curriculum is entitled: PLATO Course Advanced US History Semester A
Throughout the school year the scholars will be studying extremely important topics of United States History, Government, and Economics. Scholars will be exploring through reading primary and secondary sources of various articles on the topics listed below. Moreover, scholars will be utilizing their English Language Arts skills to create Document Based Essays, Thematic Essays, and Argumentative essays on various topics.
The United States curriculum is entitled: PLATO Course Advanced US History Semester B.
Throughout the school year the scholars will be studying extremely important topics of United States History, Government, and Economics. Scholars will be exploring through reading primary and secondary sources of various articles on the topics listed below. Moreover, scholars will be utilizing their English Language Arts skills to create Document Based Essays, Thematic Essays, and Argumentative essays on various topics. Some of the topics that will be covered will be:
https://youtu.be/dL0rmzWIzKwThe Barbara Gathers Fine Arts Department"Art is too important not to share" - Romero Britto
Visual Arts with Ms. Schubart
Scholars learn about cultural and historical points in history and the arts of those topics. Those topics are then translated into art projects like, drawings, paintings and collage art projects.
6th: Systematic Racism, Harlem Renaissance
7th: Medieval Times, Italian Renaissance 8th: Arts of India, Hispanic Arts
Strings with Mr. Jones
We are exploring musical expression through the lens of audio engineering via SoundTrap, an online recording program. Throughout the year we will be creating Podcasts, Radio Dramas, Interviews, and Songs (bot writing and producing) all while connecting with the overarching theme of arts history and history through Humanities/Social Studies classes. 6th Grade classes will also learn music theory in preparation of next year's performances.
Dance with Ms. Grace
Grade 6 Scholars will be working on dance tableaus that reflect either that protest posters created in visual arts or their lyrics they created from music (Systemic Racism Unit) They will be using google chrome book video to upload their tableaus
Grade 7: Scholars are creating their own dances incorporating dances from the Medieval Times. They are using Flipgrid to create their work. (Middle Ages Unit)
Grade 8: Scholars are working on a 3 part East Indian choreography series. They have used Flipgrid to creatively create Mudras ( hand gestures) video where they demonstrate 5 mudras, in East Indian language and its meaning
Part 2: create a short story using Mudras and some body movement with explanations
Part 3: create a Bollywood dance that incorporates East Indian style and their own.
All grades assignments reflect their Art & Culture History classes
Exact Path
All scholars are enrolled in Enrichment classes to support their reading and math growth.
Enrichment teachers use ExactPath software to provide targeted lessons to meet each student where they need the most support.
MAP Test data is used to determine your child's level and assign lessons.
Disc golf is just one of the many units we will be doing. We are starting a backyard games unit that will include games like Cornhole, Shuffleboard, Kan Jam, and Ball Jam.
All scholars will be making their own game using the skills that we learn and teaching their classmates how to play.
We will also be doing some health units like diseases, nutrition, safety, and character education among others.
Remote scholars will be making a project where they make up their own quarantine game. This should be a game that anyone can play while being quarantined at home.
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