CDP Curriculum
The East Haven Adult Credit Diploma Program offers a curriculum that is diverse and demanding. Students are offered course selections that build esteem, awareness, and the skill sets that will transition the student to real life success. The ability to comprehend, synthesize, and make logical conclusions is paramount to our mission of life-long learning. Clarity in thoughtful, insightful responses, in both the written and spoken word, completes the focus we promote.
To highlight our curriculum goals, each student must pass a comprehensive exit exam in order to fulfill our graduation requirements. It is mandatory that every student score a minimum grade of 70 or better in the following core disciplines: Mathematics, Science, History, Reading, and a writing sample.
Among the courses East Haven Adult Education offers our Credit Diploma students are:
Ø Black and Latino Studies (Mandatory effective 1/1/2022 CSDE)
In this one-year, integrated course, the history of Africa and the Diasporas are explored with intentional linkages to the accomplishments, struggles, and beauty of Black and Latino people in the U.S., Americas (North and South), the Caribbean, and around the world. Through the lens of these very unique histories, students, with the guided support of their educators, will have opportunities to make connections to their own cultural and racial backgrounds and strengthen their understanding of what positive identity can look and sound like, the importance of inclusivity of diverse perspectives, and value for social justice to inform actions in their own community.
Ø U.S. History (Beginnings & Modern)
1865-1900
Changes after the Civil War in the South
Western expansion and how effected the American Indians
Transforming of the West because of mining and railroads
Segregation and Social tensions in the South and West
Ø World and Ancient Civilizations
1800 -1914
The New Imperialism
Building Overseas Empire
The Partition of Africa
Europeans Claims in Muslims Region
Ø Civics
Foundations of American Government
Principles of Government
Government and the State
Forms of Government
Basic Concepts of Democracy
Ø U.S. Government
Origins of American Government
Our Political Beginnings
American Independence
Declaration of Independence
Creating of the Constitution
Ratifying the Constitution
Ø Composition
Remedial Composition
Vocabulary
Sentence, paragraph, and essay structure
Analogies
College Essay
Creative Writing
The literature and seminar courses run on a two year cycle.
Ø British Literature (Romantic, Victorian, Shakespeare, Modern)
Shakespeare
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
William Blake
Songs of Experience and Songs of Innocence
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Kahn
Dejection: an Ode
William Wordsworth
Resolution and Independence
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass
Oscar Wilde
Picture of Dorian Gray
Plays
The Ideal Husband
The importance of Being Earnest
Ø Music and Poetry
Poetry (Beats, Modern, Abstract)
§ Dylan
§ Ginsberg
· Howl
§ Frost
· Road less traveled
§ Songs of war, peace, social change, protest, liberation, organization
Ø Modern American and British novels
Mitch Albolm
Tuesday with Morrie
Five People you meet in Heaven
Jonathan Foer
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Truman Capote
In Cold Blood
Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
Patricia Baker
Union Street
Blow Your House Down
George Orwell
1984
Animal Farm
Jack Kerouac
On the Road Again
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughter House Five
Welcome to the Monkey House
Alex Halley
Malcolm X
Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
Ø American Literature
Edgar Allen Poe
Short Stories
Mark Twain
Short stories
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Scarlet Letter
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
Arthur Miller
Crucible
John Steinbeck
East Of Eden
Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
Pearl
Cannery Row
Ø Native American Literature
Dee Brown
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knees
Ø Gay/Lesbian Film and Literature
Annie Proulx
Brokeback Mountain
Jean Copeland
The Revelation of Beatrice Darby
Ø Greek Mythology
Homer
The Odyssey
Ø Literature of the Sixties (Vietnam Literature)
Tim O’Brien
The Things They Carried
Ø Harlem Renaissance
Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Toni Morrison
Sula
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes are Watching God
Walter Dean Myers
Monster
Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
Ø Holocaust Literature
Imere Kertesz
Fateless
Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
Ø Biology
Cellular structure
Ecology
Kingdoms
Human Anatomy
Ø Earth Science
Geology
Oceanography
Astronomy
Weather
Ø General Science
Cellular structure
Plants
Animals
Biomes
Ø Math for Manufacturing
Distribution of Processing
Organization of production
Conversion of standard measurement to metric
Measurement using industry specific instruments
Design and build (home and building)
3D printing
Ø Consumer Math
Covering Expenses
Fixed and variable
Making and Changing your Budget
Estimating with money
Salary and take home Pay
Yearly, weekly, monthly, salaries
Overtime pay
Commission
Gross and Net
Taxable Income: Refund or Balance due
Ø Basic Math
ASMD whole numbers
FDP
Word Problems
Ø Probability
X! nPr nCr n!x!x!x!
Counting Principle
Conditional probability
Ø Statistics
Mean, Mode, Median, Standard Deviant
Graphs and interpretation
Surveys and raw data
Ø Algebra
From the number line through quadratic equations (3 consecutive courses)
Ø Geometry
Triangles, polygons, and quadrilaterals
Construction with a compass and straight edge
Perspective
The basics of Sketchpad (computer program)
Ø Calculus
Derivatives and integrals used to solve myriad problems
Ø Trigonometry
(Circular) Angular speed, linear velocity, area, and arc length
(Triangular) Pythagoras, sine, cosine, tangent, air, and sea bearings
Ø Tech Math
All aspects of the TI-83 calculator
Ø PPS
Solving problems with:
Diagrams
Systematic lists
Venn
Trial and error
Elimination
Ø Accuplacer
All aspects of the college entrance placement exam (3 consecutive terms